Larry正開(kāi)車(chē)和李華一起到他父母家過(guò)周末。兩人在車(chē)上討論這個(gè)周末的活動(dòng)。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：have a ball和tizzy。

(Highway traffic)

LH: 我希望你媽媽會(huì)喜歡和我一塊兒去逛街。

LL: Oh, I'm sure that the two of you will have a ball if you go shopping together. You both love to shop.

LH: Have a ball? 哎，我是要和你媽逛街，不是和她去打球?

LL: To have a ball means to have a lot of fun. I think you and my mother would have a lot of fun shopping together.

LH: 噢，原來(lái)如此。To have a ball就是玩的非常開(kāi)心，所以，Larry你的意思是我和你媽會(huì)逛的很開(kāi)心。嗯，我也這么覺(jué)的。

LL: I plan on watching some football with my dad and playing baseball with my cousins. That's my idea of having a ball.

LH: 和你爸爸看球賽，又和你表弟打球，這些對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)就是玩得過(guò)癮啦！不過(guò)啊，我是一點(diǎn)興趣也沒(méi)有。

LL: While I'm doing that, you and my mom can go and have a ball shopping. It works out perfectly.

LH: 對(duì)了，Larry，你家有游泳池，對(duì)吧？

LL: Yep, they have a big pool in the backyard. My cousins have a ball splashing around in it.

LH: 嗯，我想我和你的表兄妹一樣，一定會(huì)在游泳池里玩的很開(kāi)心！我已經(jīng)有好久好久都沒(méi)有游泳了！

LL: Yeah, I wouldn't mind going swimming either. This hot weather is great for hanging out in the pool.

LH: 啊，我覺(jué)得這個(gè)周末一定會(huì)玩的很開(kāi)心！

LL: Yep, everybody is going to have a ball.

LH: 我們還有多久才會(huì)到呢？

LL: Another three or four hours.

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(Cell phone ringing)

LH: Larry，你媽怎么一直打你的手機(jī)呢？她有什么急事嗎？

LL: Oh, she's in a tizzy because she's excited that we're coming home for a visit. She misses me while I'm away.

LH: 我知道你媽盼望著你回家。我也知道她很想你，可是她怎么啦？She's in a what? Tizzy? 那是什么意思??？

LL: A tizzy is a state of nervous excitement. My mom is excited about us coming home, but she's nervous because she wants to make sure everything is ready for us.

LH: 所以tizzy就是指很緊張，很興奮。你媽媽知道你要回家，所以她很興奮，我媽也是這樣，每次我要回家，她都會(huì)把家里打掃的一塵不染，還買(mǎi)一大堆我喜歡吃的東西。

LL: My mom does the same thing. Be prepared to eat a lot this weekend. My mom gets in such a tizzy that she cooks enough to feed an army.

LH: 哇，你媽媽一興奮就會(huì)作好多飯菜?。克龅牟撕贸詥?？

LL: My mom is a great cook! You're going to have some old-fashioned American food.

LH: 嗯，聽(tīng)起來(lái)好誘惑人噢！我快等不及了。說(shuō)真的，我也有點(diǎn)tizzy，興奮又緊張了。

LL: Why are you in a tizzy?

LH: 我很興奮因?yàn)榭梢缘揭粋€(gè)美國(guó)人的家庭過(guò)周末，吃道地的美國(guó)菜。可是我又很緊張，因?yàn)槲蚁胱屇慵胰藢?duì)我有好印象??！

LL: Don't worry about that! You know my family thinks you're great!

LH：你們家的人都對(duì)我很好。這我知道。

今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是to have a ball，就是玩的很痛快，很開(kāi)心。另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是tizzy，這是形容一個(gè)人很緊張，很興奮。