李華在咖啡館跟Larry 見面。今天我們要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語：taking stock和 dead
tired.

    LH： Larry，這兩天還好嗎？

    LL： I'm doing pretty well. How are you ？

    LH：還可以，就是這個(gè)周末有好多功課要做，肯定會忙得不得開交。

    LL： I know how that goes. I am taking stock of all the errands I
need to run this weekend.

    LH： Taking stock 是什么意思？

    LL： Taking stock means to step back from a situation and try to look
at the whole picture. In this case it means the same thing as collecting
one's thoughts.

    LH：我知道了，taking stock就是縱觀全局，全面考慮。你是說我應(yīng)該從整
體出發(fā)，安排所有要做的事情。

    LL： Exactly！ When you take stock of a situation ， you think about
it more clearly as a whole.

    LH：你剛才說，這個(gè)周末你也有一大堆事情要做。What things are you taking
stock of？

    LL： This weekend I have to go to the dry-cleaners； drop off some
mail at the post office ； wash my car； and pick up some groceries. I
don't think it will take too long.

    LH：看起來，你已經(jīng)taking stock of the situation ，把所有要做的事情
都安排好了。

    LL： Yes， taking stock of what I need to do certainly helps put things
in perspective and lets me realize how to best go about getting things
done.

    LH：下星期上課前，我要完成兩篇論文，有三篇文章要讀，還要借同學(xué)的筆
記，把上星期生病缺席的功課補(bǔ)上。

    LL： It certainly sounds like you have quite a bit of work to do.

    LH：不過，我肯定能完成，特別是如今在你的幫助下，把思路全部整理清楚
了，我準(zhǔn)備在圖書館泡上一整天，不完成作業(yè)絕不出來。

    LL： That's the spirit.

    ******

    星期天晚上，Larry 和李華一起吃晚飯。

    LL： So Li Hua， did you get everything done？

    LH：做是做完了，可我現(xiàn)在連說話的力氣都沒有了。

    LL： Yeah ， I did a lot today too， and now I'm dead tired.

    LH： Dead tired ？意思應(yīng)該是特別累吧？

    LL： I am so tired it feels like I'm dying. Chinese has similar expressions，
right ？

    LH：有啊，可以直接翻譯成“累死了”。

    LL： Since I am dead tired， what do you say we just order a pizza
for dinner？

    LH：雙手贊成！我整整一個(gè)周末都是在圖書館里度過的。

    LL： That sounds exhausting ， but are you done now ？

    LH：總算是把功課都做完了，今天晚上可以好好休息一下，明天早上去上課
就好了。

    LL： That sounds like a smart idea. Here let me call in the order.

    ******

    LH： Larry，你說，這么熱的天，烤比薩餅的人多辛苦，they must be dead
tired from working in the heat.

    LL： The person who answered the phone did sound dead tired. At least
we will be able to eat soon though.

    LH：這個(gè)周末可真是一個(gè)名副其實(shí)的工作的周末。

    LL： I agree， there sure was a lot to do. Hopefully I can get a good
night's sleep tonight so that I am not dead tired at work tomorrow.

    LH： Yes， me too.上次熬夜復(fù)習(xí)功課，第二天雖然dead tired，但還是硬
挺著去上課，結(jié)果整堂課都是睡過來的。

    LL： Oh ， I've experienced that before. I guess that's the result
of exhaustive research.

    LH：還說呢，這個(gè)周末我在圖書館里看到好多人都累得不行，索性趴在圖書
館的桌子上呼呼大睡。

    LL： I believe it. There have even been meetings at work where someone
is so dead tired that they drift off to sleep.

    LH：老實(shí)說，你開會睡沒睡過覺？

    LL： No ， definitely not. I've been dead tired before， but I avoid
falling asleep in a meeting no matter what.

    LH：說起來容易，我也不想上課睡覺，可有時(shí)候?qū)嵲谑翘�累��，一閉眼就睡
著了。

    （Door Bell ）

    LL： It sounds like the pizza is here ！

    LH： Great！

    今天李華學(xué)了兩個(gè)常用語。一個(gè)是taking stock，意思是全面考慮。另一個(gè)
是dead tired，意思是累死了。