Larry 說(shuō)好開(kāi)車(chē)來(lái)接李華去藝術(shù)館，可是李華等了他好久也不見(jiàn)他來(lái)。李華
今天會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ) spaced 和in a jiffy.

    （Phone rings ）

    LH： Hello？

    LL： Hi ， Li Hua ， This is Larry. I am so sorry I am late. I completely
spaced that we were going to the museum today.

    LH： You spaced going to the museum ？我們要去藝術(shù)館不是航空館，跟
space 沒(méi)有關(guān)系！

    LL： By "spaced" I meant I completely forgot. Again ， I'm really
sorry.

    LH：你怎么全忘了呢？我們不是一直說(shuō)要去看畫(huà)展嗎？

    LL： I know ， Li Hua. I can't explain how I spaced it. I got busy
doing little things at home like laundry and cleaning the kitchen.

    LH：什么？你在忙著洗衣服和打掃廚房？平時(shí)不見(jiàn)你干活，怎么今天這么勤
快呢？不過(guò)別著急， Larry誰(shuí)都有忘記的時(shí)候，包括我在內(nèi)。

    LL： I can't believe it ， Li Hua. You are so well organized. I can't
imagine you spacing anything.

    LH：我今年就忘了給我母親寄生日賀卡。 I completely spaced it ！

    LL： You spaced sending your own mother a birthday card ？！

    LH：是啊，真不好意思。那幾天我忙著改學(xué)生的作業(yè)，把寄卡的事忘得一干
二凈。Completely spaced it！

    LL： Well ， that makes me feel a little better about spacing today's
trip to the museum.

    LH： Larry，你忘了沒(méi)關(guān)系，現(xiàn)在還來(lái)的及。我們還有時(shí)間去看展覽。

    LL： Really ？ I thought I had the pamphlet for the museum with its
closing time， but I seem to have spaced where I put it.

    LH：博物館的小冊(cè)子也不知道放在哪里了？你今天怎么了？得了，我上網(wǎng)去
查吧！讓我看看……有了，網(wǎng)站上說(shuō)他們6 點(diǎn)關(guān)門(mén)。

    LL： OK ， if I don't space anything else ， we should have plenty
of time to see the exhibit and maybe get some dinner afterwards.

    LH： Larry，千萬(wàn)別忘了把門(mén)票帶上。Don't space bringing the tickets
for the exhibit.沒(méi)有票我們就慘了。

    LL： Don't worry Li Hua ， I won't space the tickets. I've got them
right in my pocket. I'll be over soon. Bye！（hangs up）

    ******

    LL： See， I told you I'd be over in a jiffy！

    LH： In a jiffy ？你是說(shuō)很快就到了，是嗎？

    LL： Exactly， Li Hua. In a jiffy means a very short amount of time.

    LH：對(duì)了，你平時(shí)要花一刻鐘才能到我這里，今天怎么十分鐘不到就到了呢？
You did make it here in a jiffy.

    LL： I tried very hard to get over here in a jiffy， because I felt
so bad about spacing our trip to the museum today.

    LH：別再想忘了去參觀的事了。我們得馬上出發(fā)，不然就沒(méi)有時(shí)間看畫(huà)展了。
We better get there in a jiffy.

    LL： Oh ， it won't take long to get there， Li Hua. The museum isn't
far. I promise we will be there in a jiffy. Are you ready to go ？

    LH：我去拿一下大衣和錢(qián)包，馬上就準(zhǔn)備好。

    LL： While you are getting your coat and purse， I'll check the directions
to the museum on the Internet.（computer clicking sounds）

    LH： Okay ，我去拿大衣。你在網(wǎng)上查查去博物館的路線(xiàn)。

    LL： The web page isn't coming up. Usually web pages come up in a
jiffy.

    LH：是啊，平時(shí)網(wǎng)頁(yè)一點(diǎn)就開(kāi)，今天真奇怪。 Larry，我們沒(méi)有時(shí)間了，還
是趕快上車(chē)吧。

    LL： Li Hua ， I didn't have lunch because I rushed to get over here.
Do you mind if I fix myself a sandwich real quick ？ I can make one in
a jiffy.

    LH： Oh ， Larry，實(shí)在抱歉，我不知道你還沒(méi)有吃午飯。你趕快去作sandwich
吧，我在這里等你。不過(guò)要快噢。Please do it in a jiffy ！

    LL： I will ， and I promise I will also eat it in a jiffy， too！

    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是spaced，意思是忘了。還有一個(gè)是in a
jiffy 意思是馬上、立刻。