Larry告诉李华他想报名参加救灾,帮助灾民。李华今天会学到两个常用语: get-go和on board。LL: Li Hua,there was a news report about families whose homes were damaged in a flood and they are not far from where my parents live. I knew from the get-go that I wanted to go help these people.
Larry和李华今天去看赛车。 李华会学到两个常用语sick和souped up。LH: Larry,你看, 每辆赛车都不一样,各有独特之处,真有意思。LL: That car over there is totally sick. Look at the paint and the tires. That is so cool. I'd love to have a car like that.
Larry和李华正在去学校的书店。 李华今天会学到两个常用语hip和square。LL: Wow, Li Hua, that is a really hip book bag!LH: Hip? Hip不是人的臀部吗。这跟我的书包有什么关系呢?
Larry昨晚因为赶工作而一夜没睡。他正在跟李华讨论睡眠问题。李华今天要学会两个常用语night owl和catch some zzzs。
Larry和李华刚下课。李华告诉Larry一个非常好的消息。李华今天要学会两个常用语get out of here和burned out。LM: Larry! 我有个好消息,说了你一定不相信,我买的彩票中奖了!LL: Really? Get out of here!LH: 我中了彩票,你不为我高兴,还让我出去?Get out of here? 我们又不在屋子里,出去上哪儿去呀?
Larry和李华在一个餐馆里商量周末的计划。李华今天会学到两个常用语glitch和tweak。LL: What a busy morning in our office! We discovered a glitch in some new software we were trying out at work.LH: 你们发现新的电脑软件有一个glitch。Glitch是什么呀?
Larry在告诉李华他公司里发生的事。 李华今天会学会两个常用语,trash talking和make waves。LL: So, Li Hua, yesterday at the office I heard two of my co-workers trash talking my boss.LH: 什么是trash talking? 难道他们在谈垃圾,垃圾有什么好谈的?
Larry和李华在一个大商场里买东西,那里非常拥挤。李华今天学会两个常用语my bad 和back in the day。LL: My bad! I didn't mean to step on your foot, Li Hua. It's just that there are so many people at the mall today.
Larry和李华在谈论州长竞选的问题。 李华会学到两个常用语toast和wiggle room。LL: If the Governor doesn't change his education policies, Li Hua, I think he is toast.
Larry和李华在谈论他们的朋友Dave。 Dave的老板刚刚给他加了一大笔工资 。李华今天要学会两个新的习惯用语,live large和a hoot.
Larry和李华打算乘火车去Larry家玩。Larry家住在纽约郊区。 Larry和李华还打算去纽约市旅游。李华会学到两个常用语:do the math和know the drill。
夏天的时候,Larry和李华开车去海边玩。李华会学到两个常用语:jazzed和to catch some waves。LL: Li Hua, I am really jazzed about this trip to the beach.LH: Jazz不是爵士乐吗?我们去海边跟爵士乐有什么关系呢?
Larry和李华在看篮球比赛,交战的一方是姚明所属的休士顿火箭队,另一方是迈阿密的热火队。李华会学到两个常用语:classic和go for it。
李华和Larry今天要和在他们的朋友Jenny一起去钓鱼。李华会学到两个常用语:go ballistic和get a move on。
Larry 告诉李华他连续几天给他哥哥打电话,可是总也找不到他。 李华会学到两个常用语:phone tag和chit chat。
Larry和李华都对他们的朋友Dave感到很同情,因为Dave最近刚同他的女朋友分手。李华会学到两个常用语:get a life和happy camper。
Larry和李华在谈李华教中文的事。李华会学到两个常用语:dumb down和win-win。
Larry和李华在学校的食堂里吃晚饭。李华今天会学到两个常用语:to down和to chug.
Larry和李华一起出去买东西, Larry说他肚子饿了。李华会学到两个常用语:grub和hustle。LL: Li Hua, I am so hungry. We need to find some grub quick.LH: 你怎么又饿了?你想吃什么?Grub? Grub是什么?
Larry和李华在一家咖啡店里聊天, Larry在告诉李华的办公室里最近发生的事。李华今天会学到两个常用语:head honcho和slam dunk。
李华和Larry正在商量去野营的事。今天李华会学到两个常用语:cold feet和do a number。LL: Hey Li Hua, are you ready for that camping trip this weekend?LH: 这个周末去野营的事呀? 嗯… 我还没一定是不是能跟你们一起去…LL: What? Don't tell me you're getting cold feet! You told me last week you wanted to come along!
Larry和李华要开车去一个国家公园,他们先到加油站给汽车加油。李华今天会学到两个常用语,gas guzzler和tree hugger。LL: I can't believe the price of gas these days! I am going to have to get rid of this gas guzzler.
Larry 刚在银行开了一个账户。他一走出银行的大门就遇到了李华。今天李华会学到两个常用语:freebie和megabucks。
这是个周末,Larry和李华在Larry叔叔的农场里摘了一天的苹果。李华会学到两个常用语:chock full和doohickey.
Larry和李华刚刚考试完毕。李华告诉Larry,她考得很不好。今天李华会学到两个常用语:Kiss something goodbye和Lose one's cool。