這是個周末，Larry 和李華在Larry 叔叔的農(nóng)場里摘了一天的蘋果。李華會
學到兩個常用語：chock full和doohickey.

    LL： Wow， Li Hua ， your basket is chock full of apples.

    LH： Chock full of apples ？你是不是說我的籃子都裝滿了？

    LL： Yeah ， chock full means full to the point of overflowing， and
I don't think you could put another apple in that basket.

    LH：噢，chock full是指籃子不僅滿了，而且是滿得快掉出來了。那也是，
我這籃子里是一個也放不下了。Larry ，你的籃子怎么還沒有裝滿呀？

    LL： You are right. My basket is not as chock full of apples as yours，
but I have an excuse！

    LH： Excuse ！什么理由？

    LL： When I'm out picking apples on a nice， sunny day in the fresh
air ， I start to think about things. Soon my mind is chock full of ideas，
but I'm afraid my basket isn't chock full of apples.

    LH：我才不信呢！什么一到陽光明媚，空氣新鮮的環(huán)境里摘蘋果，你就開始
動腦子。那你倒說說，今天都想了些什么呀！

    LL： I was thinking of things we could do with these apples. My aunt
has a cabinet in the kitchen chock full of recipe books.

    LH：你在想怎么處理這些蘋果？得了，這是你動作慢的借口罷了。不過，我
對你說的你阿姨廚房里的食譜倒很感興趣，咱們?nèi)フ宜�聊聊吧�?/p>

    LL： And while we are in the kitchen talking to my aunt ， we can
have a little snack. She has a jar on the counter that is chock full of
cookies.

    LH：餅干我就不吃了，太油太甜，They are chock full of sugar and fat.

    LL： Oh ， a little sugar and fat won't hurt you， Li Hua. Besides
the cookies are chock full of things that are good for you， like nuts，
oatmeal and peanut butter.

    LH：餅干里有果仁，麥片和花生醬？這些都是對身體有好處的？多吃了也是
一樣不好，你只是嘴巴讒而已！

    LL： Ha ， ha ， Li Hua. Very funny. Hey， while we on are way to
the kitchen ， let's stop by my uncle's tool shed.

    LH：你要先去看看你叔叔的工具房？好呀！

    ******

    LL：Boy ， I forgot my uncle has so many tools. Can you hand me that
doohickey on the tool bench ？

    LH： Doohickey是什么呀？

    LL： Oh ， I should have been more specific ， Li Hua. A doohickey
is a generic term for a tool or a gadget.

    LH： Doohickey是工具或小型工具的總稱。那你要的是哪個呀？

    LL： I want the doohickey in the middle of the bench.

    LH：在板凳當中的那個，給你。Larry ，這個東西是干什么用的？

    LL： This doohickey is one of the greatest inventions of all time.
It is an apple corer， peeler and slicer.

    LH：這玩藝兒既能削皮，挖掉蘋果的核還能把蘋果切成片，有這么多功能呀。
怪不得你說它是最偉大的發(fā)明之一。

    LL： Yes， it does. This doohickey may look simple， but it is a good
tool to have in a country kitchen when you have a lot of apples.

    LH：當然啦，在這樣的農(nóng)村廚房里，摘了那么蘋果，有這么一個工具當然好
呀！這個工具怎么用的？

    LL： Well ， first you stick the entire doohickey on a flat surface
of a table.

    LH： OK ，先把這工具放在平的桌面上。我來試試，看看這個東西是怎么切
蘋果的。

    LL： Put the apple here like this. And then turn the handle of the
doohickey. And there you have it—— a cored， peeled ， and slice apple！

    LH：把蘋果放在這里，然后轉(zhuǎn)動這個把手。真的耶，你看，皮也削了，核也
沒了，而且已經(jīng)切成片了。

    LL： Isn't this doohickey great ？

    LH： Wow！真有意思，你叔叔的工具房里還有什么好的小玩藝兒呀？ Any other
interesting doohickeys？

    今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是chock full，意思是裝的滿滿的。還有
一個是doohickeys，意思是工具。