【流行美语】249：受够了；脱身（2/2）
李华到Larry家借书，正好赶上Larry的朋友Dave打电话来。她今天要学两个常用语, fed up（不耐烦，受够了）和off the hook（脱身，摆脱责任的意思）。
只需要听写文中出现的【男生说的】英文部分，中文对话部分（包括里面个别的英语词组）不需要听写！！
Hints:
Li Hua
Professor Jones
流行美语更新频率：早晚8点各更新一次，两期是一篇完整的音频~~谢谢大家支持
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201211/20121116030951897098.mp3He told me the tow truck finally arrived. It looks like I'm off the hook!
Yes, it does, Li Hua. You know when you go fishing for fun, how you put a hook on the end of your line?
And when a worm is off the hook, it's free. Just like I am now. I am off the hook, because I don't need to drive Dave to work after all.
That's right. Say, speaking of obligations, don't you have a Chinese class you should be teaching right now?
I forgot that today is a holiday. Unfortunately, I am not off the hook today. I need to go into work this afternoon to finish up a project I am working on.
Well, we don't really say someone is "on the hook" in English when we mean they have something they need to do.
You've got it, Li Hua. Say, how about going to a movie tonight? Do you still have to write your paper for Professor Jones, or are you off the hook?LH: Dave又打电话说什么？
LL: He told me the tow truck finally arrived. It looks like I'm off the hook!
LH: Off the hook? 这种说法跟钓鱼有关吧？
LL: Yes, it does, Li Hua. You know when you go fishing for fun, how you put a hook on the end of your line?
LH: 当然了，我还记得上次跟你老爸一起去钓鱼，鱼线最后面有一个钩子，在上面挂上鱼饵。
LL: And when a worm is off the hook, it's free. Just like I am now. I am off the hook, because I don't need to drive Dave to work after all.
LH: 所以，off the hook就是脱身的意思。你不用再开车送Dave去上班了，所以你说自己是off the hook.
LL: That's right. Say, speaking of obligations, don't you have a Chinese class you should be teaching right now?
LH: Oh, No. I am off the hook today, Larry. 今天学校放假，所以我不用去教中文课了！
LL: I forgot that today is a holiday. Unfortunately, I am not off the hook today. I need to go into work this afternoon to finish up a project I am working on.
LH: 那你就是on the hook喽？
LL: Well, we don't really say someone is "on the hook" in English when we mean they have something they need to do.
LH: 所以说不用再去做一件事情是off the hook, 但是反过来，必须去做一件事情，则不能说on the hook.
LL: You've got it, Li Hua. Say, how about going to a movie tonight? Do you still have to write your paper for Professor Jones, or are you off the hook?
LH: 唉，I'm not off the hook. 我今天晚上必须得写完那篇论文。我可不希望让琼斯教授 fed up with me.
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