LH： Larry，晚上你想干什么？

    LL： I'm not sure Li Hua， did you have anything in mind？

    LH：我想去看新上映的喜劇片，講好幾個俄亥俄單身女子的那個。

    LL： That movie ？ It looks like a total snoozefest ！ There's no
way you'll get me in there！

    LH： Snoozefest ？我猜snoozefest是無聊的意思吧？

    LL： Yes， Li Hua ， snooze is another word for sleep ， and fest
means party. So a snoozefest is something that's so boring it puts everyone
to sleep.

    LH：我可不覺得這個電影無聊。要不你說，看什么電影？

    LL： I would like to see that new action movie about a spy in Russia.

    LH：啊？你想看那個俄羅斯間諜片？光看介紹就知道，絕對是俗套的snoozefest！

    LL： I don't think it sounds like a snoozefest to me. I find action
movies to be very exciting.

    LH：看起來，我們兩人對電影的品味完全不同。

    LL： Yes， that sounds exactly right. So how are your classes going？

    LH：別提了，我剛完成的那篇文章枯燥極了。It is a total snoozefest.
題目是七十年代加拿大的經(jīng)濟(jì)和不列顛哥倫比亞省的捕魚業(yè)。

    LL：（Yawn） You're putting me to sleep just explaining it.

    LH：你還沒去上過課呢！那位老先生講起課來循循善誘，徐徐道來，經(jīng)常說
著說著就跑題了。It truly is a snoozefest.

    LL： How do you deal with it？

    LH：一個字：coffee.

    LL： That seems like a good plan. The other day I had a meeting at
work that was also a total snoozefest. It took all of my energy to stay
awake.

    LH：言歸正傳，咱們晚上到底看什么電影？趕快決定吧。

    LL： Well ， I guess we can see the movie you want to see.

    LH： Thank you. 你怎么會改變主意的？

    LL： I need to catch up on my sleep.

    ******

    MC：李華和Larry 看完電影后走出電影院。

    LH： Larry，你覺得那個電影怎么樣？特別好看吧！

    LL： Great？ I don't Li Hua ， I thought that movie was really pass
é。

    LH： Pass é。 Pass é是什么意思？

    LL： Pass é Pass-AY， is a word borrowed from French that means lame
or uncool when used in English.

    LH：什么？你居然會覺得這么好的電影沒勁？Your taste in movies is so
Passé不說這個了，現(xiàn)在時間還早，咱們干點(diǎn)什么？

    LL： We could go out to a club and go dancing.

    LH：好啊，去哪里跳舞？

    LL： The one on 9th street is cheap.

    LH：你說九街上那間舞廳？But that place is so pass é那里的音樂都是
老掉牙的。

    LL： Yes， I'll admit it is a little pass é。

    LH：咱們?nèi)ナ兄行男麻_的那個舞廳怎么樣？聽說里面特別棒，It's not pass
é at all.

    LL： I heard it's pretty cool ， but it's kind of far away.

    LH：這倒是真的。那我們還是去九街上的那間吧。

    LL： That sounds good to me. Say， did you ever finish that book I
loaned you？

    LH：剛看完。

    LL： What did you think of it ？

    LH：還可以。我覺得it was a little passé作者在書里并沒有提出什么新
論點(diǎn)，都是別人提過的。

    LL： Really ？ I did not think it was passé at all. I thought that
the author made some interesting points.

    LH：書里只有個別片段讓我感興趣，但是總的來說，I thought it was a snoozefest.

    LL： Well I for one liked it. Did I tell you that a new restaurant
opened down the street from my job？

    LH：你們公司附近又開新餐館了？How is it ？

    LL： I haven't been yet ， but I read a review of it. It said the
decorations are somewhat pass é but the food is supposed to be delicious.

    LH：真的？什么風(fēng)味的？

    LL： I think it is a Moroccan restaurant.

    LH：我們下次去吃吃看。

    LL： Sure ， I think that sounds like a great idea Li hua.

    今天李華學(xué)了兩個常用語。一個是snoozefest，意思是無聊得只會讓人睡覺。
另一個是passé，意思是落伍的，過時的。