Larry 陪李華一起找公寓。李華今天要學(xué)兩個常用語，up for grabs和psyched.

    LL： Wow！ Check out the price for this place ……

    LH：很便宜嗎？多少錢？

    LL： Wait ……what's your budget？ I forgot - $2000 per month ？ Hahaha！

    How much you should be able to afford after getting that new job！

    LH：兩千塊的房子我可住不起。我的標(biāo)準是，房租不能超過一千美金！

    LL： Well ……it's $1200 per month. I guess I'll keep looking ……

    oh - hey - this one looks tempting - "one bedroom in group house for
$675 up for grabs.

    LH：跟別人合租，675 美元一個月，價錢倒是滿便宜的，可是 Larry，廣告
上說的up for grabs是什么意思��？

    LL： "Up for grabs" is a casual ， informal way of saying that something
is available - but you have to compete for it ！

    LH：��？還要跟別人爭啊，是不是看誰出價高呢？

    LL： In this case ， it means that the room is available to the first
suitable person who is willing to take the room and pay for it.

    LH：哦，那咱們下手為強。太好了，我們現(xiàn)在正好有時間�？齑螂娫捊o他們。

    LL：（Calling ） Hello？ Hi there. Is your room still available ？

    Ok， if it's still up for grabs ， we'll be there in half an hour.

    LH：太好了，Larry ，你看。那一帶還有好幾處價格比較合適的房子，咱們
正好一塊看了。

    ******

    LH： Larry，你覺得這個公寓怎么樣？

    LL： Well ， I can understand why it's still up for grabs ……the
bedroom is small， the house smells of cigarette smoke， and the housemates
seems strange ！

    LH：就是，怪不得沒人愿意租，不僅地方小，屋里都是煙味，而且那兩個室
友也都怪怪的。我們還是去看下一家吧，就在街對面。

    LH： WOW！這里簡直太棒了，而且還配家具，價錢只稍微貴一點。Excuse me
，is this room still up for grabs？ It is？ Fantastic！ I'll take it ！

    LL： You should see the expression on your face ， Lihua！ You seem
totally psyched ！

    LH：簡直難以相信！哎，Larry ，我剛才是不是特不正常？

    LL： Well - 'psyched' in this situation means that you are really
excited because you're happy.

    LH：能找到這么好的房子，我當(dāng)然高興了。I am totally psyched！這個周
末就搬家。

    LL： I'm glad that you're psyched. I was worried that you wouldn't
find a new place for a reasonable price that is close to your new office.

    LH：現(xiàn)在想想，搬家又要打包，高興勁兒一下少了一半。不過有些家具我不
打算要了。Any extra furniture I leave behind is up for grabs.

    LL： I'd be psyched if you left behind that new leather couch you
got for Christmas last year. I'll take that one off your hands！

    LH：原來你在惦記我去年圣誕節(jié)買的新沙發(fā)。我還想讓你幫我搬過來呢！哈
哈！

    LL： Well ， it was worth a try ！ You've got so much to be psyched
about ， Lihua - you've got your new， cool job ， a new place， and the
best friend in the world to help you move your stuff！

    LH：還真是，好事都讓我趕上了。

    LL： I'm psyched for you.

    LH：那我們得慶祝慶祝。Now. What is something Larry would get psyched
for ……ah yes， - a free dinner！晚上我請客。

    LL： Larry certainly would be psyched about that！ In fact， he's
so psyched that he can't wait ！ This apartment hunting makes me really
hungry.

    LH：（Laughing）別說，我肚子也開始叫了。那你想吃什么？

    LL： I'd be the most psyched for some Burger King ！ Their new triple
cheeseburger sounds delicious ！ What do you think？

    LH：漢堡王？太不健康了。這樣好了，我點一份中餐，帶到漢堡王去陪你一
起吃。

    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個常用語。一個是 Up for grabs ，可以得到的，待價而
沽的。另一個是 Psyched，指特別高興。