李華跟Larry 去參加Larry 公司舉辦的野餐會，結(jié)果迷路了。今天我們要學(xué)
兩個常用語：wild goose chase和 face the music.

    LH： Larry，你能肯定我們沒走錯嗎？按理說早該到了��？

    LL： I'm just following the directions my boss gave me - although ，
we should have been there a half hour ago. Let me turn around ……again.

    LH：你就該聽我的，在剛才那個加油站停下來問問路。

    LL： We already asked for directions three times……I don't know why
he wanted to have the party so far out of the city. It looks like this
is nothing but a wild goose chase.

    LH： A wild goose chase ？追野鵝？我們找路還來不及呢，哪還有時間去
追野鵝？

    LL： Oh ， that's just a phrase people say when they are looking for
something they will never find. And I don't think we are going to find
this picnic ground.

    LH：哦，原來 a wild goose chase ，意思是徒勞無功的尋找，白費勁。你
老板不是告訴你路了嗎？

    LL： Maybe he gave me the wrong directions？ Or maybe I wrote them
down incorrectly. I don't know， but I don't think he would send me on
a wild goose chase on purpose.

    LH：那上星期我們轉(zhuǎn)了半天也沒有找到你表弟足球比賽的賽場，也可以說是
a wild goose chase了？

    LL： Yep， that was a wild goose chase too. No one told me that the
game was canceled ！ I was looking for hours……

    LH：這么說，你上上個周末說要帶我去一片新聽別人介紹的沙灘，結(jié)果怎么
也找不到，也是 a wild goose chase ！

    LL： Lihua， you have such a good memory. Yes ， we've been on many
wild goose chases together. But ， keep in mind that you have taken me
on a wild goose chase or two in the past as well.

    LH：我也帶你做過這種無用功嗎？我怎么不記得？

    LL： Like last Wednesday when you sent me to get sushi from a restaurant
that was still under construction.

    LH： Oh ， yea……

    LL： Or the time we went to three different subway stations looking
for your friend when she was actually waiting at the airport……

    LH：Oh， right……

    LL： Or ， the time when……

    LH：好了好了，我承認(rèn)，咱倆找路的本事都不怎么樣！不過這次可既不是你
的責(zé)任，也不是我的責(zé)任。

    LL： That's right. Today， I'm going to blame the wild goose chase
on my boss giving me the wrong directions.

    ******

    十分鐘過后，Larry 和李華又繞了回來。

    LH： Larry，我看今天沒希望了，如果你不到，老板會不會一氣之下，炒你
的魷魚？

    LL： We were supposed to be celebrating his birthday today at the
picnic……If I don't show up at this party， he won't be happy when he
sees me in the office. I guess I have no choice but to go face the music
at work on Monday.

    LH： face the music ？難道說你老板生氣的時候喜歡聽音樂嗎？

    LL： No quite. To have to face the music means having to accept the
negative consequences of something you have done.

    LH：哦，to face the music 就是為自己的所作所為承擔(dān)后果，你是說星期
一只好硬著頭皮去見老板嘍？

    LL： That is unfortunately the case. I have no choice but to see him
on Monday ， so I guess I will have to face the music.

    LH：哎，我更慘，為了跟你來野餐，我把復(fù)習(xí)的時間都搭進去了，明天考試，
I will have to face the music when I take the exam.

    LL： What ？ Oh ， no ！ I didn't know you had a test on Monday. I
would hate for you to have to face the music because of my boss' mistake.

    LH：怎么樣？夠哥們吧？為了陪你，我連功課都不顧了。

    LL： Oh ， we are definitely ending this wild goose chase immediately.
Maybe you will have some time to study if we head home now.

    LH： Larry，你看，快沒油了，得趕緊找個加油站。

    LL： Find a gas station out here in the countryside ？ I don't know
……sounds like another wild goose chase to me.

    LH：再偏僻的地方也得有加油站啊，我們還是快找吧，一旦真沒油了，我們
就必須得 face the music and walk home ，走回家了。

    LL：（Sign） I'll face the music anyway once I get my gas bill at
the end of the month. All these wild goose chases sure waste a lot of
gas ！

    今天李華學(xué)了兩個常用語。一個是 wild goose chase ，意思是徒勞無功地
尋覓。另一個是 face the music ，意思是承擔(dān)后果。