【大紀元12月15日訊】
這是個週末，Larry和李華在Larry叔叔的農場裡摘了一天的蘋果。李華會學到兩個常用語：chock full和doohickey.
LL: Wow, Li Hua, your basket is chock full of apples.
LH: Chock full of apples？你是不是說我的籃子都裝滿了？
LL: Yeah, chock full means full to the point of overflowing, and I don’t think you could put another apple in that basket.
LH: 噢，chock full是指籃子不僅滿了，而且是滿得快掉出來了。那也是，我這籃子裡是一個也放不下了。Larry，你的籃子怎麼還沒有裝滿呀？
LL: You are right. My basket is not as chock full of apples as yours, but I have an excuse!
LH: Excuse！什麼理由？
LL: When I’m out picking apples on a nice, sunny day in the fresh air, I start to think about things. Soon my mind is chock full of ideas, but I’m afraid my basket isn’t chock full of apples.
LH: 我才不信呢！什麼一到陽光明媚，空氣新鮮的環境裡摘蘋果，你就開始動腦子。那你倒說說，今天都想了些什麼呀！
LL: I was thinking of things we could do with these apples. My aunt has a cabinet in the kitchen chock full of recipe books.
LH: 你在想怎麼處理這些蘋果? 得了，這是你動作慢的借口罷了。不過，我對你說的你阿姨廚房裡的食譜倒很感興趣，咱們去找她聊聊吧。
LL: And while we are in the kitchen talking to my aunt, we can have a little snack. She has a jar on the counter that is chock full of cookies.
LH: 餅乾我就不吃了， 太油太甜，They are chock full of sugar and fat.
LL: Oh, a little sugar and fat won’t hurt you, Li Hua. Besides the cookies are chock full of things that are good for you, like nuts, oatmeal and peanut butter.
LH: 餅乾裡有果仁，麥片和花生醬？這些都是對身體有好處的？多吃了也是一樣不好，你只是嘴巴讒而已！
LL: Ha, ha, Li Hua. Very funny. Hey, while we on are way to the kitchen, let’s stop by my uncle’s tool shed.
LH: 你要先去看看你叔叔的工具房？ 好呀！
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LL：Boy, I forgot my uncle has so many tools. Can you hand me that doohickey on the tool bench?
LH: Doohickey是什麼呀？
LL: Oh, I should have been more specific, Li Hua. A doohickey is a generic term for a tool or a gadget.
LH: Doohickey是工具或小型工具的總稱。那你要的是哪個呀？
LL: I want the doohickey in the middle of the bench.
LH: 在板凳當中的那個， 給你。Larry，這個東西是幹什麼用的？
LL: This doohickey is one of the greatest inventions of all time. It is an apple corer, peeler and slicer.
LH: 這玩藝兒既能削皮，挖掉蘋果的核還能把蘋果切成片，有這麼多功能呀。怪不得你說它是最偉大的發明之一。
LL: Yes, it does. This doohickey may look simple, but it is a good tool to have in a country kitchen when you have a lot of apples.
LH: 當然啦，在這樣的農村廚房裡，摘了那麼蘋果，有這麼一個工具當然好呀！這個工具怎麼用的？
LL: Well, first you stick the entire doohickey on a flat surface of a table.
LH: OK， 先把這工具放在平的桌面上。我來試試， 看看這個東西是怎麼切蘋果的。
LL: Put the apple here like this. And then turn the handle of the doohickey. And there you have it — a cored, peeled, and slice apple!
LH: 把蘋果放在這裡，然後轉動這個把手。真的耶，你看，皮也削了，核也沒了，而且已經切成片了。
LL: Isn’t this doohickey great?
LH: Wow! 真有意思， 你叔叔的工具房裡還有什麼好的小玩藝兒呀? Any other interesting doohickeys?
今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是chock full , 意思是裝的滿滿的。還有一個是doohickeys，意思是工具。(//www.dajiyuan.com)
