Larry 和李華剛下課。李華告訴Larry 一個(gè)非常好的消息。李華今天要學(xué)會(huì)
兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ) get out of here和burned out.

    LM： Larry！我有個(gè)好消息，說(shuō)了你一定不相信，我買的彩票中獎(jiǎng)了！

    LL： Really ？ Get out of here！

    LH：我中了彩票，你不為我高興，還讓我出去？Get out of here ？我們又
不在屋子里，出去上哪兒去呀？

    LL： No ， listen ，when someone tells you some good or exciting news，
and you are really surprised， you can say get-out-of-here. It shows that
you can barely believe the good news.

    LH：原來(lái)get out of here 在這里是表示驚訝和難以相信的意思。按字面來(lái)
解釋不就是出去嗎。

    LL： You are right. So anyway ， how much money did you win ？

    LH：你說(shuō)我的彩票呀？我中獎(jiǎng)得了一千美元。

    LL： A thousand dollars ？ Get out of here！ You are sooooo lucky ！
Hey ， I've got some good news too. Do you remember that summer internship
at the museum I applied for ？

    LH：你申請(qǐng)暑假到那博物館去實(shí)習(xí)，當(dāng)然記得呀！怎么啦？他們接受你去實(shí)
習(xí)啦？

    LL： That's right ！ And not only that， but they are going to pay
me a good salary too！

    LH：讓你去實(shí)習(xí)，還給你很好的薪水？Get out of here ！我簡(jiǎn)直不能相信。
這比中獎(jiǎng)還棒。

    LL： Heh， well ， I don't know about that…… Oh ， by the way ，
you won't believe who I saw in the coffee shop near my apartment this
morning ， Jet Li ！

    LH：什么？你在公寓附近的咖啡店里看見(jiàn)李連杰了？Get out of here ！

    LL： He's a really nice guy. Look ， he gave me an autograph.

    LH： Whoa ， get out of here！李連杰還給你親筆簽名！你真幸運(yùn)。

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    LL： Well ， Li Hua ， what are you going to do with your lottery
winnings？

    LH：我要把大部分存起來(lái)，不過(guò)我想請(qǐng)幾個(gè)朋友去聽(tīng)音樂(lè)會(huì)。你要不要去？

    LL： Umm， well …… I really appreciate the offer， but I'm kind
of burnt out right now. I need to stay home and rest.

    LH：你說(shuō)你因?yàn)閎urnt out ，所以要在家里休息？什么是burnt out ？

    LL： I said that I am burnt out. To be burnt out means to become exhausted
because of stress or too much activity.

    LH：噢， burnt out是指因?yàn)閴毫μ�大，活�?dòng)太多而疲憊不堪。我看你就是
活動(dòng)太多，放假以后你天天都去參加聚會(huì)，所以才累成這樣。

    LL： That's right ， during the school year I was burnt out from studying
and working ， and now that school is out ， I'm burnt out from partying！

    LH：我知道你的意思。記得去年我本來(lái)要上四門課，同時(shí)還要當(dāng)助教。沒(méi)到
兩個(gè)星期，我就已經(jīng)累壞了。

    LL： Good thing you dropped one of those classes. It's hard to be
a good teacher when you are burnt out from studying yourself！

    LH：對(duì)，幸虧我放棄了一門課。自己學(xué)習(xí)都應(yīng)付不過(guò)來(lái)怎么才能當(dāng)好老師呢！
Larry ，你不能跟我們?nèi)ヂ?tīng)音樂(lè)會(huì)，真是可惜。你知道還有誰(shuí)喜歡滾石樂(lè)隊(duì)嗎？

    LL： The Rolling Stones ？ Get out of here！ You have tickets to the
Rolling Stones concert？ OK ， never mind what I said earlier ， I'm going
with you！

    LH：我就知道你再累也不會(huì)錯(cuò)過(guò)滾石樂(lè)隊(duì)的。不過(guò)，Larry ，有的人說(shuō)滾石
樂(lè)隊(duì)已經(jīng)演出了四十年，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)太疲乏了- burnt out.

    LL： I don't agree. I don't think they will ever burnt out.

    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是get out of here ，意思是難以相信，
還有一個(gè)是burnt out ，意思是累壞了，精疲力盡。