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Larry跟李华约好，下班后一起在餐馆吃饭，李华先到了一步。今天我们要学两个常用语：have a full plate 和 to kill time。
LH: （远远地）Hey, Larry! 我在这儿呢！
LL: Hi Lihua. Phew! It's so good to finally sit down and relax.
LH: 你怎么累成这副样子？没不舒服吧？
LL: I'm just a bit tired...I've got quite a full plate at work right now; it's been a very stressful couple of weeks.
LH: A full plate? 什么？你在办公室已经吃了满满一盘子饭菜？不是说好跟我一起吃饭的吗？
LL: Oh, I don't mean a real plate of food, Li Hua, it's just a figure of speech. Saying you have a full plate at work means that you are very busy, it doesn't actually have anything to do with food.
LH: 哦，我明白了，说自己 have a full plate 意思就是在有限的时间里有许许多多的事情要做。
LL: That's right. That's exactly how I would describe my situation at the office right now.
LH: 那我期末考试前没日没夜地复习功课，也可以说 I had a full plate？
LL: Yes, that would be a perfect example. Everyone feels like they have a lot on their plate when finals come around. Or, last fall when my friend Steve was working two part-time jobs while going to school - I could say he really had a full plate back then.
LH: 好，我明白了，说了这么半天 a full plate，我肚子已经咕咕叫了。服务员来了，你想好点什么了吗？
LL: You bet I am! I've had such a full plate at work, I didn't even have time to eat lunch today!
LH: 什么？你居然忙得连午饭都没顾得上吃，早知道这样，我们应该去吃自助餐才对！
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Larry和李华吃完晚饭，Larry一副酒足饭饱、心满意足的样子。
LL: (Sounding satisfied) Ah! That was a superb bacon-cheeseburger. Now if only I didn't have to worry about going back to work tomorrow morning.
LH: 不想去上班？你开什么玩笑？我敢担保，象你这种闲不住的人，如果没工作，整天待在家里，一定会无聊得发疯。
LL: Lihua, You don't know how lazy I can be. Killing time is one of the things I do best.
LH: Killing time? 什么是kill time?
LL: Killing time is just another way of saying "wasting time." Of course I wouldn't actually kill anything!
LH: 哦，killing time就是中文里说的打发时间。
LL: That's right. And I am an expert at killing time.
LH: 这一点我可以作证。你每天把大把的时间都用来打电子游戏，浪费时间的能力确实已经达到了“专家”的水平。
LL: Very funny...So I like to kill time with my Playstation on the weekends, there's nothing wrong with that. And besides, I'm not the only one who knows how to kill time. I always see you playing those online games with your friends.
LH: 这倒是真的，上网玩游戏确实是消磨时间的好办法，可以让我放松。Well, I guess I am good at killing time too.
LL: Now if I didn't have such a full plate at work, we could have more time to kill together.
LH: (哈哈)，要不这样吧，你明天下班来图书馆陪我看书，我准备考试，你消磨时间。
LL: Well...I think I'd rather go shoe shopping before staring at the walls in some library.
LH: Shoe shopping? 对啊，好主意，我们去逛鞋店。
LL: Uhh...Let's just say I'd much rather kill some time at home rather than spending a few hours at the library or the shoe store.
LH: 想反悔，没那么容易，既然你主动提醒我，那就一定要陪我去逛街。
LL: (Reluctantly) OK. Can I at least listen to my mp3 player while you try on the shoes. Listening to music is a very relaxing way to kill time.
今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是have a full plate，意思是在有限的时间里有好多事情要做。另一个是to kill time，意思是打发时间，消磨时光。 |
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发表于 2016-8-3 12:47:28