李華在學(xué)校租了一塊花圃，讓Larry 來幫忙。李華今天要學(xué)兩個常用語，get
into和grubby.

    LL： I think it is great that you have rented a garden plot ， Li
Hua ， but I don't think I can really get into gardening. LH： You don't
think you can "get into" gardening， Larry？相信我，一點都不難，你只要
跟我一起去，進了花圃就行了。Then you will be in the garden.

    LL： Well ， I may be in the garden ， but that doesn't mean I'll
get into gardening. To "get into" something means to really like something
or to enjoy doing something. LH ：噢，原來你說的get into是喜歡的意思。

    那你說you don't think you can get into gardening. 意思就是說你不u
會喜歡上園藝了？

    LL： Right. I am sorry， Li Hua ， because I know how much you get
into gardening. LH：不過，你起碼應(yīng)該試試看�。�

    LL： Okay ， Li Hua. I'll try it. Maybe I'll learn why you have gotten
into gardening. LH：我喜歡園藝完全是因為我媽。我們小時候，她總是在家里
的院子里種很多菜。

    LL： That sounds nice. Fresh grown vegetables are so much better than
the ones in the grocerystore. LH：那你呢，Larry ？ What do you get into？

    LL： Oh ， you know me， Li Hua. I love computers. You know I really
get into video games. I could play video games all day long. LH ：我永
遠搞不懂你為什么那么喜歡打電玩，我覺得打電玩很吵，而且打久了會很累。

    LL： Well ， every body gets into different things. You get into gardening，
and I get into video games. LH：那也是。還有，我喜歡布魯斯，你喜歡搖滾
樂。

    LL： Yes， and while you can't understand how I can get into video
games ， Li Hua ， I have never understood why you get into blues music.
How can you listen to blues music ？ It just makes me sad. LH ：我喜歡
布魯斯的節(jié)奏和歌手的嗓音。但是我從來無法欣賞搖滾樂。簡直吵死了。

    LL： I wonder if there is something we can both get into. LH：我有
個主意。We can both "get into" the car，到花圃去。

    LL： "Get into" the car. Very funny ， Li Hua ！

    ******

    （Outdoor sounds， Larry and Li Hua are at the garden ）

    LL： I should have brought some garden gloves. My hands are getting
all grubby from digging in the dirt. LH ： Grubby ？我猜grubby肯定是臟
的意思。你的手還真是夠臟的。

    LL： Grubby does mean dirty. Li Hua ， my hands are so grubby ， I've
got dirt under my fingernails. Yuck ！

    LH：真沒想到你還挺愛干凈。別忘了，園藝一半的樂趣就在于渾身上下沾滿
泥土。

    LL： Well ， maybe you think so ， Li Hua. I'm just glad I wore some
grubby， old clothes. Look how grubby the knees of my pants are ！

    LH：別抱怨了！在園圃里干活難免是要弄臟的。

    LL： Okay ， then I'll stop complaining about being grubby. But ，
doesn't it bother you ， Li Hua ？

    LH：不會啊，我喜歡這樣。Why don't you like getting grubby ， Larry？

    LL： I don't think it is that unusual that I don't like getting grubby，
Li Hua. But I haven't always been this way. LH：你以前不是這樣？那你是
什么樣子呢？

    LL： Oh ， when I was a kid ， I used to play outside all the time.
I would come home grubby from head to toe ！

    LH：從頭到腳都是土？那你媽媽肯定不高興。

    LL： No ， after I came home from a day of playing outside， she would
take me by my grubby little hand and take me straight to the bath tub.
LH：好了，Larry.今天就干到這吧，你看見那個工具房了嗎？

    LL： Grubby old tool shed ？ Oh ， yes， I see it. LH ：你能幫我把
這些工具和這個桶放到那里收好嗎？

    LL： Sure ， not a problem， Li Hua ！

    LH：謝謝你，Larry. I hope you didn't mind getting grubby too much.

    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個常用語。一個是get into，是喜歡的意思。另一個是grubby，
是臟的意思。