李華來(lái)laundromat洗衣服，正巧碰上也在那兒洗衣服的Michael. 在他們二人一起洗衣服的時(shí)候，Michael教給了李華兩個(gè)流行的美語(yǔ)：Flip out和 off my back.

    L： Michael，最近你跟鄰居處的如何？他們每天晚上還是吵的很厲害嗎？

    M： It‘s funny you should mention that. Last night they had their music turned on so loud that I finally just flipped out and went over and yelled at them.

    L： 你做的對(duì)，你終于去吼他們了�？墒悄銊偛耪f(shuō)你flipped out，那是什么意思啊？ 是不是指你氣瘋了的意思？

    M：Yeah， to flip out means to go crazy because you are very angry about something. People sometimes flip out because they just can't stand something anymore.

    L： 你在忍了好多個(gè)星期整日震天價(jià)響的吵聲之后，終于忍無(wú)可忍對(duì)他們大發(fā)雷霆了。

    M： Yes. I really don‘t like to complain to my neighbors， but it was so loud that my windows were shaking.

    L： 我真不敢相信在昨晚之前你早沒(méi)有氣瘋。你怎么能夠讀書(shū)呢？更別說(shuō)晚上睡覺(jué)了。

    M： Well， it is pretty difficult.

    L： 我要是你的話，早在八百年前就發(fā)火了。對(duì)了，你能不能再給我舉個(gè)例子來(lái)說(shuō)明怎么用 flip out？

    M： Let me see. Well， do you remember I told you about the time I left my keys in the door of my apartment overnight？ When my roommate found the keys in the morning， he totally flipped out.

    L：你是不是說(shuō)他因?yàn)樽蛲砟惆谚�匙整夜忘在公寓門(mén)外的鎖上使他大為光火了？

    M： Yeah， he was so angry that I thought he was going to kill me. He said that， since we don‘t live in a very good neighborhood， I should be more careful. He said I had put both of our lives in danger.

    L： 他我想你該更小心點(diǎn)，不過(guò)我認(rèn)為你是無(wú)心之失，他實(shí)在不必生那么大氣flipped out.

    M： Well， my roommate was always getting angry at me for one thing or another. I am glad he doesn‘t live with me anymore.

    L： Hey， Michael， 你的衣服是不是洗好了？

    M： Yeah， I have to put my clothes in the dryer.

    L： So， Michael， 你告訴我你怒氣沖天地對(duì)你鄰居大吼大叫，可是你沒(méi)告訴我他們的反應(yīng)是什么。

    M： Not very well. The girl just yelled at me and said “get off my back”。 I think I‘m going to have to talk to the apartment company.

    L： 我的老天，他們非但沒(méi)向你道歉，居然還朝著你吼。不過(guò)那個(gè)女孩說(shuō)“get off my back”是什么意思��？

    M： To “get off my back” means to leave me alone or stop bugging me about something.

    L： Oh，要是你說(shuō)“get off my back”， 就是表示：別管我閑事或是說(shuō)別為了什么事來(lái)煩我。

    M： She told me to get off her back， because they were just having some friends over and listening to some music.

    L： 說(shuō)所以當(dāng)你告訴別人get off your back， 也就是要他別來(lái)煩你的時(shí)候，同時(shí)表示你認(rèn)為你根本沒(méi)做甚么錯(cuò)事。

    M： That‘s right， Li Hua. Well， her roommate was a little more polite to me. She said they would turn down the music a little bit. But a couple hours later， they turned it back up again.

    L：現(xiàn)在你要怎么辦��？ Michael？

    M： I think I‘ve got to talk to the apartment company now. I don’t care if that girl told me to get off her back.

    L： 我想既然你的鄰居根本不理會(huì)你，那就是唯一可行的辦法了。有了什么結(jié)果再告訴我， Michael！

    今天在洗衣時(shí)，Michael告訴李華說(shuō)他的鄰居實(shí)在太吵了，以致他因?yàn)樘珣嵟璮lip out而去吼罵鄰居，但是他的鄰居惱羞成怒，要他get off her back，也就是要 Michael別管她閑事，別再煩她。