Michael這個(gè)美國(guó)學(xué)生由于各方面的壓力太大而情緒不太好。 今天他想去找李華一起出去放松放松。現(xiàn)在他正在敲李華的門(mén)。Michael會(huì)教李華兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：to play hooky和to snap.

    L：Michael，你在這兒干什么？你不是有課嗎？

    M：Yes， I'm supposed to be in class right now. But I didn't read the assignment for class today， and I just didn't feel like going， so I decided to play hooky.

    L：你真夠嗆，沒(méi)看今天上課的材料就不想去上課，還想在家玩什么游戲！什么是hooky呀？

    M：No， to play hooky means to skip class.

    L：噢，原來(lái)to play hooky是指逃學(xué)，曠課。我還以為是玩什么游戲呢！Michael， 你要進(jìn)來(lái)坐會(huì)兒?jiǎn)幔?/p>

    M：Actually， I was going to the student center to hang out and have lunch. I was wondering if you would like to come with me.

    L：你要到學(xué)生中心那兒去看看，然后再吃午飯呀？我跟你一起去，我本來(lái)就要去吃午飯。不過(guò)，我只有一個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間，下午我得去工作。

    M：It seems like you have been working a lot lately. I have an idea！ Why don't you call in to work and tell them you're sick！ You can also play hooky from work.

    L：我最近工作是很忙。Michael，你的意思是讓我打電話給工作的地方說(shuō)我生病，這樣就可以不去上班？這也可以說(shuō)是to play hooky？

    M：Yes， you can play hooky from school or from work.

    L：你可真能出餿主意！自己逃學(xué)還不算，還要我裝病不去工作。不行，我工作的地方星期一總是很忙的，而且上星期我真的生病，請(qǐng)了兩天假。I don't want to play hooky from work. 我說(shuō)得對(duì)不對(duì)，Michael？

    M：Yes， very good. I guess you'd better go to work then. It's too bad I can't spend more time with you. Well， if you have only one hour for lunch， we'd better hurry.

    L：別著急，一個(gè)小時(shí)來(lái)得及。等我拿件大衣。

    L：Michael， 你很幸運(yùn)，沒(méi)有象我那么多的壓力。我得自己賺錢(qián)付學(xué)費(fèi)，還要養(yǎng)活自己。你可以隨便play hooky， 我可不行。

    M：Hey， I may play hooky once in a while， but I usually study hard. Do you think I don't feel any pressure to get good grades？ If I don't do well， I won't get a good job later on.

    L：?jiǎn)眩�哪兒�?lái)那么大的火氣呀！我知道你不是經(jīng)常逃學(xué)，你學(xué)習(xí)很努力，爭(zhēng)取得到好分?jǐn)?shù)，將來(lái)找一份好工作。你不用發(fā)那么大的脾氣嘛！

    M：I'm sorry， Li Hua. I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that right now I'm so stressed. That's part of the reason why I didn't go to class today.

    L：沒(méi)關(guān)系，我知道你最近壓力很大。你說(shuō) “I didn't mean to snap at you"， 那是什么意思呀？是不是指你很生氣地跟我說(shuō)話？

    M：Yeah， to snap， s-n-a-p. To snap at someone means to yell at someone or talk to them in an angry way.

    L：to snap at someone 就是對(duì)某人大聲嚷嚷，或者很生氣地和某人說(shuō)話。Michael，你一般不對(duì)人那么講話的。我想可能是你最近壓力太大了。

    M：Yeah， but that's no excuse for snapping at you. I know you didn't mean to make me angry.

    L：我是沒(méi)有讓你生氣的意思。 沒(méi)關(guān)系，每個(gè)人都有情緒不好的時(shí)候嘛！Michael， 我以前好象聽(tīng)到別人用過(guò)to snap at someone， 可不太清楚它的意思。有一次，一個(gè)小孩說(shuō)他打破了什么東西……

    M：His mother must have snapped at him when he broke something at home.

    L：對(duì)，他是說(shuō)他媽媽罵他因?yàn)樗�打破了一個(gè)花瓶。可是，Michael，這里的snap是過(guò)去時(shí)，那該怎么拼呢？

    M：Past tense for snap is s-n-a-p-p-e-d. I can say， "I snapped at you but I apologized."

    L：得了，不用道歉了。啊呀，不好了，時(shí)間到了，我得去上班了。See you later， Michael！

    M：Bye， Li Hua！

    今天李華又從Michael那兒學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，to play hooky就是逃學(xué)，或者裝病不去上班；to snap就是對(duì)某人嚷嚷，很生氣地對(duì)某人說(shuō)話。