李華在幫彼得森教授看孩子。她急著打電話給Larry 求助。李華今天要學兩
個常用語，pee and poo 和handful.

    LH： Hi ， Larry， this is Li Hua.你能告訴我pee and poo 是什么意思
嗎？

    LL： Sure ， Li Hua ， but first you have to tell me why you need
to know what pee and poomeans.

    LH：我今天幫彼得森教授看孩子。他一直跟我說I need to pee and poo ，
可我又不懂是什么意思。

    LL：（Laughs） I remember Professor Jones' little boy - his name is
Scottie ， right？ What Scottie is trying to tell you by saying he needs
to pee and poo' ， Li Hua ， is that he needs to go to the bathroom.

    LH：哦，原來Scottie 是要上廁所��！你等一下，我馬上帶他去。

    LL： It's no problem， Li Hua. Scottie is only two years old， and
he may need some help going pee and poo.

    （Flushing sound）

    LH：好了！原來pee 是上小號，poo 是上大號的意思啊。沒想到，我今天跟
個兩歲的小孩學了個新詞。

    LL： Scottie is a very good teacher ， isn't he ？ I have to tell
you ， Li Hua ， dealing with pee and poo is one of the reasons I don't
want to have children.

    LH：就因為小孩要pee and poo ，你就不想要小孩？等你有了自己的孩子，
可能就不會嫌小孩子pee and poo 惡心了。

    LL： That may be so ， but I think I'll just settle for a dog instead.

    LH：養(yǎng)狗？可是狗也要pee and poo 啊。

    LL： But a dog goes pee and poo outside. It seems a lot easier to
deal with than changing diapers.

    LH：即使是在戶外，你不是也得把狗的poo 收拾干凈嗎？否則鄰居一定會對
你有意見的。

    LL： Then maybe I'll just have house plants. They don't pee or poo.

    ******

    （Child's laughter and flushing sounds）

    LL： It sounds like Scottie might be playing with the toilet， Li
Hua. Boy， little Scottie is a real handful ， isn't he ？

    LH： Scottie確實是在玩抽水馬桶。不過，他可不是一只手就能抱起來的。

    他已經(jīng)兩歲多了。我兩只手抱他都費勁。

    LL： By saying Scottie is a handful ， I wasn't talking about his
size. I meant that he was behaving in a way that is wild and hard to handle
and that he is keeping you very busy. LH：噢，你是說Scottie 調(diào)皮啊。哎，
你再等一下，我得去制止Scottie.（To Scottie） Come on， Scottie， let go
watch some cartoons.（To Larry）好了，卡通片肯定能讓他安靜一會。

    LL： So ， has Scottie been a handful all day ， Li Hua ？ It sounds
like babysittinghim has been a lot of work. LH：確實挺累的。不過兩歲的
孩子可能都是handfuls，他們剛學會走路，對什么都好奇，但是又分不清對錯。

    LL： So ， you are saying you don't think Scottie is any more of a
handful than any other two-year-old. LH ： That's right ， Larry. 我敢
打賭，你小的時候一定也很淘氣。

    LL： Yeah ， my mom tells all sorts of stories about how I was a real
handful when I was little boy. LH ：我能想象你小時候調(diào)皮的樣子。你都干
過什么壞事��？

    LL： Well ， my mom tells me that once I got out a box of crayons
and drew a rainbow on the wall of our kitchen. Then there was the time
I brought a frog with me into bed. LH ：你用蠟筆在廚房的墻上畫彩虹？還
把青蛙帶上床？You really were a handful ， Larry.

    LL： Okay ， I've admitted I was a handful when I was a kid. Now，
what about you Li Hua ？

    LH：我？我媽說我小時候可乖了。I was never a handful.

    LL： I should have known�。∕ore children's laughter） Hey， what
is the little handful doing now ？

    LH： Uh-oh！ Scottie拿著廁所里的手紙在客廳里到處跑，現(xiàn)在滿地都是手
紙。我得趕緊去收拾，不能跟你講電話了。

    LL： Well ， Li Hua ， you better go and deal with Scottie. What a
handful ！ Talk to you later！

    天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是pee and poo ，指小孩子上廁所。另一個
是handful ，是指小孩子很淘氣。