Larry和李華正在圖書(shū)館里看書(shū)，在他們旁邊有個(gè)學(xué)生在用手機(jī)打電話。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：to tick someone off和get lost.

    （Someone talking on the phone loudly）

    LL： It really ticks me off when people talk so loudly in the library. Don't they realize that other people are trying to study？

    LH： 就是嘛，在圖書(shū)館里這么大聲說(shuō)話，真討厭！Hey，Larry， 你說(shuō)tick me off，那是什么意思啊？

    LL： That person ticks me off means he irritates me. To tick someone off is to annoy or irritate someone. LH： 噢，to tick someone off就是惹人生氣，讓人討厭的意思。沒(méi)錯(cuò)！那家伙說(shuō)話這么大聲害我不能專(zhuān)心看書(shū)。Larry，我們是不是該跟他說(shuō)說(shuō)呢？

    LL： No， that's okay. I think he's leaving now anyway. Thank God. Besides， that would be a rude thing to say to someone's face. LH： 對(duì)噢，當(dāng)眾要他小聲點(diǎn)似乎也太厲害，不夠禮貌。你看他走了，謝天謝地。Larry，你知道還有什么事tick me off ， 惹我生氣嗎？

    LL： What ticks you off， Li Hua？

    LH： 哼！Smith 教授在假期里給我們安排這么多作業(yè)，真是氣人！這樣我們根本沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)好好休息嘛！

    LL： Yeah， that ticks me off， too， but there's nothing we can do about it. What else ticks you off？

    LH： 說(shuō)的也是，我啊再抱怨，作業(yè)還是得做。嗯，還有什么事讓我生氣的��？對(duì)了，我那同屋常常三更半夜才回家，每次都把我吵醒，我一生氣就怎么也睡不著了！

    LL： No wonder you look so tired lately. You should really talk to your roommate about that. You need to sleep. LH： 我看起來(lái)很累的樣子，是不是？哎呀，真糟糕。我是該跟她好好談?wù)�，可是這種事情真的很難開(kāi)口嘛！

    LL： You can just very politely tell her that it really ticks you off when she comes home so late and ask her to try and be more quiet. LH： 很禮貌地告訴她她那么晚回來(lái)讓我生氣？讓她小聲一點(diǎn)？唉，我得好好想想該怎么說(shuō)才不讓她生氣。I don't want to tick her off.

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    LL： Hey， Li Hua， you're still looking really tired today. Didn't you talk to your roommate？

    LH： 唉，別提了，我和我同屋說(shuō)了�。】墒撬�叫我get lost.嗯，Larry，get lost是什么意思��？

    LL： That's so rude！ "Get lost" is a rude way of telling someone to leave. She told you in a very rude way to leave her alone. LH： 哎喲，昨天她說(shuō)的時(shí)候是很不高興的樣子，但是我當(dāng)時(shí)不懂什么是get lost. 哼，原來(lái)是叫我走開(kāi)，別煩她的意思。這可真是粗魯。那我現(xiàn)在該怎么辦呢？

    LL： Next time she comes home at 2 am， I would tell her to get lost and find somewhere else to sleep. LH： 下次她再晚回家，你讓我也對(duì)她說(shuō)get lost， 叫她到別處睡去。那怎么行哪？

    LL： I know， but she deserves it. Maybe you can look for another roommate. She doesn't sound like a nice person to live with. LH： 嗯！你說(shuō)得沒(méi)錯(cuò)。等我找到一個(gè)新的同屋就把她給踢出去。到那時(shí)，我就可以對(duì)她說(shuō)get lost！

    LL： That's right. I'm sure you'll tick her off. LH： 她要生氣，那真是活該了。嗨， 對(duì)了，Larry， 我們剛才應(yīng)該對(duì)那個(gè)打電話的人說(shuō)get lost，對(duì)不對(duì)？

    LL： We could， but that would be kind of rude. Try not to use "get lost" too much unless you are kidding with someone. LH： 噢，開(kāi)玩笑的時(shí)候也可以說(shuō)。OK， Larry， get lost！

    今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是：to tick someone off， 意思是惹人生氣，討人厭。李華學(xué)到的另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是get lost.意思是叫人走開(kāi)，別來(lái)煩我的意思。這是一種非常粗魯?shù)恼f(shuō)法。