Larry 和李華正在吃午飯。Larry 好像心情不太好。今天李華會學到兩個常
用語：crummy和sack out.

    LH： Larry，怎么啦？你好像不太開心，是什么事惹你不高興？

    LL： Oh ， I'm just having a really crummy day. My crummy computer
crashed again and my crummy air conditioner isn't working.

    LH：你的電腦壞了，連你的空調(diào)也壞了。你可真倒霉耶！不過，你說了好幾
個crummy，那是什么意思��？

    LL： When you're talking about a situation， crummy means miserable.
When you're talking about an object ， crummy means cheap and poor quality.

    LH：噢，crummy形容一個情況，是指非常難受、很慘。要是形容一個東西，
就是指這個東西很次，質(zhì)量很差。Larry ，你真可憐，有沒有什么我能幫忙的？

    LL： Not unless you can fix my crummy computer and my crummy air conditioner.

    LH：抱歉，我真希望我能幫忙，可是我既不會修電腦，也不會修空調(diào)。你有
沒有通知你的房東，要他來修空調(diào)呢？

    LL： Yeah ， but he's not a very good landlord. He takes forever to
fix anything， and even when he finally fixes something ， he usually
does a crummy job.

    LH：嗨，這樣的房東！要就不給你修，就是修也修得不怎么樣。這可真糟糕
呢！What a crummy situation ！

    LL： You said it. I brought my computer to the repair shop and they
say that they will have to keep for a week and it will cost $100 to fix.

    LH：什么！要在修理的店里放一個星期，還要一百美元？

    LL： Yes， I hope they don't do a crummy job of fixing it. Well ，
if they do a crummy job the first time， then they should fix it the second
time for free.

    LH：當然嘍，如果一次沒修好，他們當然得免費再幫你修。不過如果他們修
理的技術(shù)太差，要我的話，可不想再回去找他們。

    LL： That's understandable. Well， hopefully， they'll do a good job.

    ******

    LL： I think part of the reason I'm having a crummy day is because
I'm tired. I think I'll go home and sack out for an hour or two. LH ：
你累了？可你要回家做什么？什么是sack out？

    LL： To sack out is to go to sleep. I want to go home and sleep for
a while. LH ：噢，原來to sack out 就是睡覺。那不就和hit the sack意思一
樣嘛？

    LL： That's right. If I sack out for a couple of hours， then I should
wake up in a better mood. LH：對了，Larry ，你怎么會這么累啊？

    LL： Well ， I didn't sack out until around 2 this morning because
I was trying to fix my crummy computer. LH：哇！修電腦修到清晨兩點，怪
不得你那么累！你真應該早點休息！

    LL： I know. It was so hard to get out of bed and go to work this
morning. LH ：那當然啦，半夜兩點才睡覺，早上肯定不想起床。如果你現(xiàn)在回
家睡覺，那你今晚還睡得著嗎？

    LL： I'm so tired that I don't think it will be a problem. I could
probably sack out now and not wake up until tomorrow morning. LH：你累
到這種程度呀？現(xiàn)在回家睡覺，可以一覺睡到明天早上？看你這個樣子，你再要
這樣熬夜早晚得生病的！

    LL：I don't believe you sack out at regular hour every night. You
stay late too. LH ：嗯，我有必要時當然也會開夜車，但沒有象你這么經(jīng)常呀！

    你得自己注意身體嘛。

    LL：You're right！ I'll try not to sack out too late.

    今天李華學到兩個常用語。第一個是crummy，可以指情況很糟糕，也可以指
一樣東西質(zhì)量很差。另一個常用語是sack out，就是睡覺的意思。