LL： Bob gave me a ride in his new set of wheels on Saturday. That
car is so awesome. It rides like a dream！

    LH：你說Bob 讓你坐他新的什么？Set of wheels ？你是在說Bob 的新車吧？

    LL： Yeah. "Set of wheels" or just "wheels" is a slang term for car.
Or you can just say wheels. Bob's new wheels are really cool. LH：噢，
所以set of wheels 或者wheels都可以用來指汽車。對(duì)了，Bob 有沒有告訴你，
他花了多少錢買那輛新車？

    LL： He didn't say and I thought it would be rude to ask； but I know
that a car like that costs at least $35 ，000. LH ：那樣的車至少要三萬
五千美元？那可真是一大筆錢哪！

    LL： I suppose it's worth it if you have that much money to spend.
For people like us， who are still studying ， it seems like a lot of
money. LH ：是啊，像我們這種窮學(xué)生，對(duì)這么貴的車，可是想都不敢想。不過，
Bob 有一份好工作，錢賺的多，所以才能買這么貴的車。

    LL： Just imagine ， in a few years ， you and I will be able to afford
wheels like that. LH：嗯，就算以后我能賺這么多錢，我大概也不會(huì)用來買那
樣的車。

    LL： Why not？ I'd buy a set of wheels like that if I had enough money.
LH：我認(rèn)為你不必花那么多錢就能買輛不錯(cuò)的汽車，而且你還可以把剩下的錢買
別的東西，像是買房子��！

    LL： That's true. I guess it depends on your priorities. If it's really
important to you to have a fancy set of wheels， then it seems worth it.
LH：每個(gè)人的優(yōu)先考慮都不一樣，如果有一輛豪華車對(duì)你來說是重要的，那就值
得。我呀，寧可把錢存起來，或用在其他東西上。

    ******

    LL： Bob got into an accident and ruined his new car. Isn't that the
pits？

    LH：�。�Bob 撞車?yán)�！好可怕，那他受傷了嗎�?/p>

    LL： He had minor infuries， but he'll be okay. LH：噢，受了輕傷，
那倒還算好。Larry ，你剛才說the pits，那是什么意思？

    LL： If something or someplace is "the pits" it means it is the worst
situation or place imaginable. LH ：噢，the pits，是指最糟糕，最差勁的
意思。就是啊，Bob 那么貴的新車就這樣撞爛了，真是太糟糕了！還好他受的傷
并不嚴(yán)重。

    LL： I visited him yesterday and he's kind of depressed. Fortunately，
his insurance will pay for a new car. LH：你昨天去看他啦？他情緒低是可
以想象的。不過，保險(xiǎn)公司會(huì)出錢幫他買新車，那太好了！那Bob 什么時(shí)候可以
拿到新車？

    LL： He has to special order another car like his and it will take
several months. Until then， he won't have a car to drive. LH ：他為什
么要定做一輛和他一樣的車呢？這不但要等上好幾個(gè)月，而且?guī)讉�(gè)月沒有車開。

    That's the pits ！要是我，換一輛車不就行了嗎？

    LL： I know. His injuries won't allow him to walk very well and now
he doesn't have a car to drive either. That really IS the pits.

    LH：真可憐。Larry ，我們可以帶Bob 去吃晚飯，讓他開心一點(diǎn)��！我們可
以去學(xué)校附近那家新餐館。

    LL： No ， I tried that place last week and it's really the pits.
Let's take him somewhere a bit nicer.

    LH：你說那家餐館很差勁。好吧，那我們就讓Bob 自己決定上哪兒吃飯嘍！

    今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語。第一個(gè)是set of wheels ，就是指汽車，你也可
以說wheels. 另一個(gè)常用語是the pits，是指最糟糕，最差勁的意思。