【大紀元4月30日訊】

今天Larry和李華花了大半天時間在購物中心裡，采購聖誕禮物。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：to be beat和to O.D. on something.

LL: The mall was so crowded! I’m totally beat from fighting the crowds all day long.

LH: 就是啊！我從來沒有看過這麼多人一塊兒逛街。哎，Larry，你剛才說I’m beat，是不是說我們擠在人群裡的時候，有人打你啊？

LL: No, nobody hit me. The expression “I’m beat” means, “I’m exhausted.”

LH: 噢，原來I’m beat，不是打的意思，而是累壞了。其實，我也好累。你想想我們在這兒花了6個小時耶，怎麼可能不累。

LL: It would only have taken two hours at most if we didn’t have to spend so much time waiting in line to pay for things. I bet the sales people are really beat by the end of the day.

LH: 你說的沒錯，光是付錢，我們就花了很多時間排隊。我看那些售貨員一天下來肯定累壞了。

LL: Well, I’m glad I don’t work in a store. I’m so beat that I think I’m going to go to bed very early tonight. What about you?

LH: 我也累死了，今晚可能也得早點睡。嘿！Larry, 如果我逛街逛累了，是不是能說shopping beat me?

LL: No, you can only say, “I’m beat from shopping.”

LH: 噢，這麼說，下星期我要准備期末考試，我應該說：Next week, I’ll be beat from studying for my final exams.

LL: Please, don’t mention exams. I’m beat just thinking about studying for them.

LH: 哎，Larry，你也別這麼想嘛！准備的時候是很累，可是考試考的得好，不也是很高興的事嘛！

LL: That’s true. I hope my family members appreciate the effort I put into finding their Christmas presents.

LH: 你花了那麼大功夫買來的禮物，你家人一定會喜歡的。唉！我們倆都累了，還是回家吧。明天見咯！

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LH: 嘿, Larry, 你好一點了嗎？還是你仍然覺得累呢？

LL: I’m afraid I’m not feeling much better. I caught a cold and then I O.D.ed on cold medicine. Now, I feel really tired and spacey.

LH: 什麼，你感冒啦？你還說你O.D.了一些感冒藥。那是什麼意思？嚴不嚴重啊？

LL: “To O.D. on something” is short for “to overdose on something.”

LH: O.D.就是服藥過量啊？那不是很危險嗎？你是不是該去醫院檢查一下啊？

LL: No, don’t worry. Usually, O.D.ing on medicine or drugs is very serious, but I probably took a little bit too much cold medicine, not enough to hurt me.

LH: Oh, 那就好！你剛才真把我嚇一跳。其實我也不太舒服。我看了好幾個小時的書，現在頭好疼呢！

LL: Hey, please don’t mention exams and studying. I don’t even want to think about exams now that I have a cold!

LH: 好啦！我不再提念書和考試了嘛！Larry, 也許你應該少吃些感冒藥，多多睡覺。這樣或許會感覺好一些。

LL: I think O.D.ing on some more sleep is a good advice, it’s probably the only way I’m going to get through exams with a cold.

LH: 那好，如果你想多睡覺多休息，我可要多叫點比薩來吃，我快餓壞了！

LL: I wouldn’t mind having some pizza, too. Order enough for both of us.

LH: Larry, 如果你還能感覺肚子餓，那你肯定沒有病的太嚴重啦！

今天李華學到兩個常用語，第一個是to be beat，意思是因為做某件事而累壞了，就是to be beat from something。第二個常用語是to O.D. on something，意思是對某個東西服用過量。

(轉載自《美國之音》)(//www.dajiyuan.com)