Li Hua正在往圖書館走，突然，Larry把她叫住了。 Li Hua在今天的談話中會學(xué)到兩個常用語：what's her face和thingamajig.

    LL： Hey， Li Hua. One of your classmates asked me to give you this envelope. LH： 我的同學(xué)要你給我這個信封？哪個同學(xué)呀？

    LL： Oh， it was…… what's-her-face， you know， the tall girl with red hair. LH： 高個子、紅頭發(fā)的女孩兒？你還說什么- What's her face？ 哎，F(xiàn)ace不是“臉”嗎？

    LL： I said "what's-her-face" instead of her name because I couldn't remember her name. I guess it means I can remember her face， but not her name. LH： 噢，你不記得她的名字，但是你記得她的臉長的是什么樣子，所以你說what's her face， 也就相當(dāng)于what's her name .Hm，Larry， 你這么說是不是不太禮貌呢？

    LL： Well， it's not really rude， but it's very informal. You shouldn't call someone what's-her-face if she is nearby…… in that case， you should just ask her what her name is. LH： 哎喲，幸虧你告訴我，盡管what's-her-face是很隨便的說法，但是也不應(yīng)該當(dāng)著那個人的面這么說。要是這個人就在你身邊，那么我就應(yīng)該直接問她叫什么名字。哎，對了，Larry， 剛才你是說what's her face， 要是男孩子的話，那應(yīng)該怎么說呢？

    LL： You would say what's-his-face. LH： 噢，要是男生，但是又記不起他的名字，那也可以說what's his face.我想起來了，那個高個紅頭發(fā)的女孩是Julia.我和Jenny向她借了上星期四的筆記，因為那天我倆沒去上課。這個信封里肯定是她的筆記。

    LL： That's right - You missed a class last Thursday. Hey wait， if you needed notes， why didn't you just ask me？

    LH： 但是我們覺得 - what's-her-face…… um， Julia…… 她肯定比你記得好。

    LL： Well， come to think of it - If I were what's-her-face， er…… I mean Jenny， I wouldn't want my notes either.

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    LH： 哎，Larry， 你手里拿的是什么東西呀？

    LL： This thing in my hand？ Oh， it's the thingamajig I use to measure the air pressure in my car's tires.

    LH： 什么？Thin-ga-ma-jig - 這名字聽起來很好玩兒。

    LL： No no， that's not the real name of this thing. We use "thingamajig"， to replace the name of an object when we don't know or can't remember its real name.

    LH： 噢，Thingamajig不是這個東西的名字。那要是不知道，或是忘了一樣?xùn)|西的名稱，我們就可以用這個thingamajig來代替。哎，那不就是像我們中文里說的“那玩意兒”嗎？是不是？

    LL： That's right. Actually， I think the thing in my hand is called a "tire pressure gauge". Tom asked me to help him check the air pressure of his car's tires.

    LH： 原來你手里拿的這個thingamajig是用來測量汽車輪胎壓力的。你要幫Tom來測測他的車子輪胎啊 ？哎喲，Larry， 看來你對車子還挺懂的嘛！

    LL： Hey， I never said I'm good with cars. To me， everything under the hood of my car is just a bunch of thingamajigs.

    LH： 汽車引擎蓋下面的東西你是一竅不通啊？我才不信。噢，說到修車，我這輛自行車的手閘最近不太靈，你幫我看看好不好？

    LL： Let me see. I think you just need to oil these thingamajigs on your handlebars here.

    LH： 自行車把手上的這些零件該上油��？你肯定嗎？

    LL： Well， if you don't believe me， you can ask what's-his-face， Jenny's boyfriend， the tall Indian guy - He can fix bikes.

    LH： 那個高個子的印度人，Jenny的男朋友？你是說Rick吧！他會修自行車？那我可要去問問Jenny了！

    LL：OK！ Let's go！

    今天李華從Larry那兒學(xué)到兩個常用語。一個是what's her face， 也可以說what's his face.意思是“那個叫什么什么的人”。李華學(xué)到的另一個常用語是thingamajig， 就相當(dāng)于中文里所說的“那個玩意兒”。