李華和Larry 正在商量去野營(yíng)的事。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：cold feet
和do a number.

    LL： Hey Li Hua ， are you ready for that camping trip this weekend？

    LH：這個(gè)周末去野營(yíng)的事呀？嗯……我還沒(méi)一定是不是能跟你們一起去……

    LL： What ？ Don't tell me you're getting cold feet ！ You told me
last week you wanted to come along！

    LH：是，我上個(gè)星期是說(shuō)要去來(lái)啦！可我現(xiàn)在說(shuō)不好是不是能去。這跟我的
腳沒(méi)有關(guān)系。而且冬天還沒(méi)有來(lái)，我的腳怎么會(huì)冷呢？

    LL： No ， no …… to get cold feet means ， to become nervous or
anxious and then change your mind about a decision.

    LH：噢，你不是說(shuō)我因?yàn)槟_冷而不去。Cold feet 是因?yàn)樘�緊張，太擔(dān)心而
改變主意。

    LL：I still don't understand why you are afraid to go camping.

    LH：我不是害怕野營(yíng)。下星期二要期中考試，你忘啦？我得學(xué)習(xí)，還得寫(xiě)一
個(gè)報(bào)告……

    LL： Everyone has gotten cold feet at least once. When I was little，
my parents sent me to a summer camp. At the camp I began to feel homesick，
started getting cold feet ， and wanted to come home.

    LH：原來(lái)你小時(shí)候還有這事！你父母送你去夏令營(yíng)，結(jié)果去了以后你就緊張
了，要回家，那你父母得提早把你接回去呀？Larry ，那時(shí)你多大呀？

    LL： I was like 7-years old. When I was a teenager， I thought about
joining the Army after high school. But as I got closer to graduation ，
I got cold feet ， and changed my mind.

    LH：中學(xué)時(shí)你又想?yún)④�，后�?lái)又因?yàn)楹ε露�改變主意��。這我知道，我哥哥
也是這樣。Larry ，你聽(tīng)說(shuō)了沒(méi)有？喬治亞州一個(gè)女子結(jié)婚前幾天由於太緊張而
逃走了。

    LL： Yes， she pretended she had been kidnapped. I feel sorry for
her fianc é。

    LH：對(duì)，她假裝被人綁架了。她那未婚夫可真倒霉。Larry ，上星期本來(lái)說(shuō)
好去跳舞，后來(lái)你改變主意，是真的病了呢，還是get cold feet ？

    LL： Honestly ， I got cold feet. I got nervous at the last minute，
and made up an excuse. Sorry！

    LH：原來(lái)是最后一分鐘膽怯了，所以裝病。

    ******

    LH： Hi ， Larry！你們?nèi)ヒ盃I(yíng)，開(kāi)心嗎？

    LL： Sure ， I guess so …… but look at this sunburn I got ！ The
sun really did a number on my face！

    LH：?jiǎn)眩�看你的臉給曬的！你說(shuō)太陽(yáng)怎么啦？Did a number，太陽(yáng)和數(shù)字有
什么關(guān)系呀？

    LL： The sun did a number on my face. Did a number means that the
sun did a lot of damage ， I got a really bad sunburn ！

    LH： Did a number 意思是造成很大損壞。對(duì)，你曬得可真厲害。你的手臂
呢？

    LL： Oh ， those are mosquito bites. The mosquitoes really did a number
on my arms…… and my legs， and my neck……

    LH：蚊子把你咬成那樣呀！瞧你的手臂，還有腿，喲，還有脖子上！不過(guò)，
你總算去玩了。我呀，才倒霉呢。車子好好停在那里，一個(gè)人會(huì)開(kāi)著車撞上去，
把我的門(mén)給撞壞了。He did a number on the door.

    LL： Wow， too bad. At least you were lucky that you weren't in the
car when he hit it， he could have done a real number on you， not just
your car.

    LH：對(duì)，幸好我沒(méi)在車?yán)铮�否則我肯定會(huì)受傷的。我姐姐以前就在出車禍時(shí)
手臂骨給撞斷了。

    LL： That's terrible！ A few years ago someone in a car hit me while
I was riding my bicycle on the street. I was not hurt ， but it really
did a number on my bike ！

    LH：汽車撞你自行車，結(jié)果你居然沒(méi)有受傷。自行車壞了沒(méi)事。那個(gè)人賠你
錢(qián)了？

    LL： Nothing， because he drove off. Good for him ： I was angry and
felt like doing a number on his face with my fists.

    LH：撞了就開(kāi)走了？那太不象話了。這種人真是該揍他一頓。不過(guò)像你這樣
軟棉棉的手，受傷的可能是你的手，而不是他的臉。

    LL： Speaking of doing a number ， that camping food really made my
stomach uncomfortable. I need some coffee.

    LL：野營(yíng)的飯讓你的胃不舒服？不過(guò)你空肚子喝咖啡……

    LH： Oh ， yeah ， that'll do a number on me， I'd better eat first.

    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是：cold feet ，意思是由于緊張和擔(dān)心
而臨時(shí)改變主意。另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是：do a number ，這是指?jìng)�害什么東西。