李華和Larry 一起去買自行車。今天我們要學(xué)兩個常用語：To keep an eye
out for sth.和push one's luck.

    LH： Larry等你買了自行車，你可以天天騎車上班，又鍛練身體又省汽油錢。

    L ： Yeah ， I think biking will be a lot of fun. And when it rains
or snows， I'll have the perfect excuse to take the day off from work.

    LH：這個嘛……我可沒說讓你以這個為理由偷懶不上班！

    L ： Well ， Lihua， you know I'm always keeping an eye out for a
reason not to go to work.

    LH： Keeping an eye out ？什么意思？

    L ： When you are looking for or expecting something， you can say
that you are keeping an eye out for it.

    LH：哦，就是特別留意的意思。你是說，你總是特別想找些理由，好不去上
班。

    L ： That's right ！

    LH：以后我當(dāng)了老板，肯定不雇你這種員工！你再舉個例子行嗎？

    L ： Sure. When you're riding your bike on the road ， it's important
to keep an eye out for cars.

    LH：對，騎車的時候要特別留意周圍的交通狀況，小心汽車。哎，說到安全，
你應(yīng)該買個騎車時戴的頭盔。

    L ： Of course. When we get to the store， I'll keep an eye out for
other things I might need too ， like a bell and a light.

    LH：行。那我們?nèi)ツ募业曩I呢？

    L ： I've been keeping an eye out for some good deals ， and found
a sale at a store near my house.

    LH：好吧，我們就去那兒。對了，Larry ，我聽過一種說法叫"keep an eye
on something."這和keep on eye out for something 有區(qū)別嗎？

    L ： When you keep an eye on something， you pay close attention to
it， usually because something negative has happened or will happen.

    LH：我明白了，keep an eye on something通常用在負(fù)面情況中。也就是說，
因?yàn)榕履承┎缓玫氖虑榘l(fā)生，所以緊盯著，特別注意著。

    L ： Yes. For example ， one of the employees at my company has been
coming to work late every day ， so the boss is keeping an eye on him.

    LH：是嗎？你們公司有個人上班天天遲到，所以老板已經(jīng)盯上他了。這個人
不就是你嘛？

    L ： Of course not！ I haven't bought my bike yet.

    LH：買了自行車你也不能這么干��！對了，待會兒你要騎車回家么？這天好
像要下雨了。

    L ： Well it's dangerous to ride a bike in the rain ， so we'll have
to keep an eye on the weather.

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    LH： Larry，你這輛新車真好看，待會兒你就騎車回家吧！

    L ： I'm really excited to ride it. But unfortunately I don't think
I can ride it today ， because it will probably rain.

    LH：會么？沒準(zhǔn)不會下的，你騎吧！

    L ： No ， I would really hate riding in the cold rain. I'm not going
to push my luck.

    LH： Push your luck ？什么意思？

    L ： When you push your luck， you take a big risk in the hope that
you will have good luck.

    LH：哦，就是抱著僥幸心里去冒險。你是說，你不想抱著天不下雨的僥幸心
理去騎車。

    L ： Right！ Here is another example. Even though everyone knows smoking
will likely give them cancer， some people decide to push their luck and
smoke anyway.

    LH：可不，抽煙的人都希望自己運(yùn)氣好，不會因?yàn)槌闊煻�得肺��。把自己�?br /> 健康寄托在運(yùn)氣上，我可不干這種事。

    L ： Speaking of risks， I should buy a helmet， too. What do you
think of this one ？

    LH：這個是不錯，可是太貴了，不值。

    L ： I guess I could just not buy a helmet and hope I don't get into
an accident ， but I don't want to push my luck.

    LH：對，要是真把腦袋撞傷了，可不是鬧著玩兒的。

    L ： Exactly. You know， Lihua， I really appreciate you helping me
shop for this bike. I really owe you a favor.

    LH：啊，這樣吧，為了表示你對我的感激，給我買個數(shù)碼相機(jī)怎么樣？

    L ： Don't push your luck ， Lihua. I was planning to buy you lunch.

    LH：請吃午飯？那也行�。∪ツ膬撼�？

    L ： How about McDonalds？ Remember that I took you there last weekend，
too ？

    LH： Larry， don't push your luck.上禮拜就騙我吃麥當(dāng)勞，這個禮拜還
吃？！今天我一定要宰你一刀，吃牛排吧！

    今天李華學(xué)了兩個常用語。一個是keep an eye out for sth ，表示特別留
意。另一個是push one's luck ，意思是抱著僥幸心理冒險。