【大紀元2月25日訊】李華來找Larry，Larry正坐在沙發上發呆。今天我們要學兩個常用語：chilling和Oh Snap.
LH: Hey Larry, 想什麼呢?
LL: Oh you know, just chilling.
LH: 是啊，房間裡好像是有點冷，我去把溫度調高。
LL: What? Oh, no, I’m not chilly, I’m chilling.
LH: Chilly不就是涼颼颼的意思嗎？
LL: Oh, not chilly. If you’re chilly, you’re cold. But if you’re chilling it means you’re just hanging out.
LH: 哦，我明白了。你說的chilling就是放鬆、閒待著的意思。你今天不是有很多事情要做嗎？還不趕快行動起來。
LL: Well to be honest Li Hua, I have a bit of headache, so I kind of just want to lay about and chill for a bit.
LH: 頭疼？你是不是生病了？發燒嗎？要不要去看醫生？
LL: I don’t think I’m sick. I just had a bit too much to drink at Jimmy’s birthday party last night.
LH: 哦，原來是昨天喝多了，難怪頭疼。你看上去臉色是不太好。
LL: Tell me about it. Now I just want to lay around and chill.
LH: 昨天晚上Jimmy的生日派對還真熱鬧。我玩得特別開心。
LL: I had a really good time too. Though I have this nightmarish bruise on my leg and couldn’t figure out where I got it.
LH: 哈！你真的一點都不記得了？
LL: What? What happened?
LH: 昨天Jimmy的女朋友沒站穩，把椅子碰倒，撞到了你的腿上。看來你真是喝多了。So you’re just chillin’ here all day?
LL: I think so. I need to get some groceries and pick up my dry cleaning, but I don’t really feel up to it for right now. I just want to chill.
LH: 確實，昨天折騰到那麼晚，我今天也不太想動。I could stand for some chillin’ too. 電視裡有什麼好節目嗎？
LL: Eh, not really. I have been watching some reruns. Ghost busters, The Lord of the Rings part II, Titanic….
LH: WOW, you really are chillin’.
LL: Yeah. I have taken chillin’ to a new level.
LH: 你再這樣chill下去，小心粘在沙發上站不起來了。
LL: Then I would be complete….
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兩小時過後。
LL: The movie is terrible. I’ve seen paint dry with more plot development. Oh snap!
LH: 不簡單，這麼無聊的電影咱倆居然能從頭看到尾。不過Larry, 你剛才說的Oh Snap是什麼意思？
LL: Oh snap! It is an exclamation used to indicate that a witty thing has just been said. For instance, if we go out for dinner and I forget my wallet, you could say, “What a surprise, I have to pay as usual. Oh snap!”
LH: 噢，原來是感歎詞。那我上次跟朋友約好早上一起去跑步，結果睡過了頭，他就可以說，You sleep more than a bear in hibernation. Oh snap!
LL: Yeah, but you have to say it like you mean it.
LH: OK, let me try. 這電影太沒勁了，我一直在打哈欠。Oh Snack! wait…. not snack. One more time. Oh Snap!
LL: Now you’re getting it.
LH: Oh Snap. 我完全忘記了今天十一點半約好了去看牙。
LL: Man, you have got the memory of a goldfish. Oh Snap!
LH: 有個病人臨時取消，我才約到今天。 我得趕緊走，不然要晚了。 怎麼樣，要不要陪我去？
LL: No thanks. I don’t think I’m alone in wanting to avoid the dentist office.
LH: Oh snap!
LL: Plus, I have been working overtime the whole week, and I just want to lay on the couch and chill on my day off.
LH: You’re getting to be an expert at that. Oh snap! 好吧，那我自己去，哎呀，我手機呢？
(Cell Phone Ringing)
LH: (Answering the phone) Hello….Yes. I am on my way. Thanks…. (對Larry說)這家診所真不錯，居然還會打電話來提醒我。我走了，Bye…
今天李華學了兩個常用語，一個是chilling, 意思是放鬆；另一個是Oh Snap是感歎詞。 (http://www.dajiyuan.com)
