李華在咖啡館跟Larry 見面。今天我們要學兩個常用語： don't put all your
eggs in one basket和seeing red.

    LL： How's it going Li hua？

    LH：還可以，我這兩天正琢磨著畢業(yè)以后找工作的事情。

    LL： Have you had any luck so far ？

    LH：我找到了兩個比較合適的，我覺得自己能夠勝任，而且起薪也不錯。

    LL： That's great Li Hua， but don't put all your eggs in one basket.

    LH：雞蛋？我看中的工作跟養(yǎng)雞一點關(guān)系都沒有。

    LL： Haha ， no Li Hua， "don't put all your eggs in one basket" is
a saying in English. It means don't put all of your hopes on one thing，
or in other words ， have a backup plan if things don't turn out the way
you imagine.

    LH：噢，我明白了，別把所有雞蛋都放在一個籃子里，就是中文里說的別孤
注一擲，別在一棵樹上吊死。你是說我最好應(yīng)該多申請幾個。你放心，我會盡可
能多寄一些申請表，我一定不會put all my eggs in one basket.

    LL： That's a very good idea.

    LH： Larry，你這兩天忙什么呢？

    LL： Well ， Li Hua ， I have been thinking of moving ， so I have
been looking at the classifieds for a new place. I am looking all over
town and compiling a list ， that way I will have a back up if my first
choice falls through. I'm not putting all my eggs in one basket.

    LH：好主意。我的租約也快到期了。到時候你要幫我，多找?guī)讉�合適的公寓，
看看哪里有空的，按你的話說，I cannot put all my eggs in one basket.

    LL： Exactly. Now what shall we do tonight？

    LH：我們可以去看今天上映的那部新片。不過，也有可能買不到票，所有我
們要做兩手準備。We don't want to put all our eggs in one basket.

    LL： That is a good point ， Li Hua. Do you have any ideas of other
things to do to avoid putting all our eggs in one basket？

    LH：電影院旁邊就有個保齡球館，萬一買不到電影票，我們就去打保齡球。

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    李華和Larry 沒看上電影，只好去打保齡球。

    LH：真倒霉，被我不幸言中，電影票還真賣光了。

    LL： That's OK， Li Hua ， now I can awe you with my bowling skills.
Here I go.

    （Sound of gutter balls ）

    LH：哈！上來就是一個落溝球，演砸了吧。

    LL：（Sign） Oh Boy ， I am seeing red about having bowled so poorly.

    LH：眼前都是紅色？你別嚇唬我。

    LL： No ， Li Hua ， seeing red means I'm really mad about something.

    LH：噢，seeing red是特別生氣的意思。那我們沒買到電影票，你有沒有seeing
red ？

    LL： Well ， no Li Hua， I was a little annoyed but I was not quite
seeing red. Seeing red means that you are really angry.

    LH：那兩個月前，我的手提電腦被偷，我就可以說I was seeing red.

    LL： Yes， Li Hua ， that's exactly right ， if somebody stole my
laptop， I would certainly be seeing red.

    LH：對了，昨天早上我在餐廳里把番茄醬灑了一身。I was really seeing
red.

    LL： Was it because you were angry or because the sauce is literally
red ？

    LH：你還開我玩笑！我昨天穿了件新襯衣，真心疼死我了。

    LL： I've done that in the past. It is pretty bad.

    LH：你聽說了嗎，圖書館為了節(jié)省經(jīng)費，要縮短開放時間。

    LL： Oh really？ How do the students feel about that？

    LH： The students are really seeing red.很多人都在校報上發(fā)表文章罵
學校，還有不少人在校長辦公室門前示威抗議。

    LL： Yes that does sound like something that would really make students
mad. I would be seeing red too.

    LH：不過話說回來，學校要節(jié)省開支，就一定要減少服務(wù)，不管減的是哪個
部門，都會有人受到影響。Someone will be seeing red.

    LL： That is a very good point Li Hua. Now hopefully I'll start bowling
better， or I won't be seeing red ， I'll be red with embarrassment.

    LH：好啊，該你了，good luck ！

    今天李華學了兩個常用語。一個是don't put all your eggs in one basket
，意思是不要孤注一擲。另一個是seeing red ，意思是氣死了。