Larry 告訴李華他想報名參加救災，幫助災民。李華今天會學到兩個常用語
： 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.

    LH：對，我今天早上聽到這條新聞，說有不少房屋被洪水沖垮了。你要去幫
助救災那當然好咯。不過你剛才說 from the get-go I wanted to go help these
people.From the get-go是什么意思呀？

    LL： From the get-go means from the beginning. I knew from the beginning，
from the get-go ， that I wanted to do something to help out.

    LH：原來from the get-go 就是一開始的時候。也就是，你一聽到這新聞就
想去救災。我雖然沒有想到要去救災，不過我聽到這消息后就馬上為災民的遭遇
感到難過。From the get-go ， I felt sorry for those people .

    LL： From the get-go， I felt the same way. So， this afternoon I
am going to go to the American Red Cross to volunteer.

    LH：你今天下午就要去美國紅十字會去做義工呀？這太好了。

    LL： The Red Cross is a wonderful organization. In any disaster ，
they are always ready to help ， ensuring that the victims have food，
water ， medicine and shelter from the get-go.

    LH：可不是嘛。美國紅十字會是有名的，一有災情，他們一般都是首先趕到，
向災民提供救濟。Larry ，你到紅十字會打算作些什么呢？

    LL： Well ， my plan from the get-go has been to stop by the Red Cross
and see what kind of help they need. Depending on what they need， I will
take a couple days off work and drive to the town hit by the flood to
help out.

    LH：對，是要根據(jù)他們的需要。你還要向公司請假，開車到災區(qū)去？ Larry.
我好佩服你。我從一認識你， from the get-go，就知道你是個好人。

    LL： Thanks ， Li Hua. That is really nice of you to say. You have
been a good friend from the get go， too.

    LH：誰都喜歡和你這樣的人作朋友。Larry ，你去紅十字會之前，我們先去
吃午飯，怎么樣？

    LL： That would be good. Today I have been hungry from the get-go.
Where do you want to go ？

    LH：你早就餓啦，那我們就在附近找個地方吧。你看馬路對面的這家pizza
店怎么樣？

    LL： Great！ That place has been so popular from the get-go ！

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    （Restaurant sounds ）

    LL：（To waiter ） I'll have two slices of cheese pizza please. So，
Li Hua， I was wondering if I could convince you to get on board this
volunteering effort.

    LH： Get on board ？你的意思是讓我也參加救災？

    LL： Yes， when I asked you to get on board ， I meant would you join
me and help out.

    LH：我這兩天正好不用教課，所以跟你去一兩天沒問題。

    LL： That would be great！ The people at the Red Cross will be so
happy to have you on board.

    LH：那我們怎么去呢？

    LL： Well ， I was thinking we would drive. I was wondering if you
would be on board with the idea of renting a van for the trip.

    LH：租個面包車？租車不是很貴嗎？

    LL： It is a little expensive. But don't worry， Li Hua ， I will
pay for renting the van. I'd rather have you on board to help out.

    LH：那好啊，如果你出錢，我沒意見。 .

    LL： And since we have a van， I am wondering if we can get anyone
else on board. We will have room to take some other people.

    LH：那也是，車里還有好幾個空位呢，我的一些學生可能也愿意去災區(qū)服務(wù)。

    LL： You should ask them， Li Hua ， the more people we can get on
board to help with the relief effort， the better.

    LH： Larry，我們現(xiàn)在就去紅十字會報名吧。讓他們知道我們要參加救災，
let them know we are on board.

    LL： Good idea， but I really want to finish this pizza first.

    LH： I am definitely on board with that ！ Let's eat！

    今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是from the get-go ，意思是從一開始。
還有一個是on board，，意思是贊成、愿意參加。