Larry 和李華正在中央公園等著聽音樂。那里舉行的戶外搖滾樂演唱會馬上
就要開始。今天李華會學(xué)到兩個常用語：Boss和Mob scene.

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， I can't wait for the band to start playing. The
last concert I went to by this band was totally boss. LH：你說上回去聽
這個樂隊演出怎么啦？Boss？那不是指監(jiān)督工作的老板嗎？

    LL： Right， but when I said the concert was boss ， I meant it was
really great. LH：�。緽oss在這里是形容演唱會很棒的意思，可是Boss跟很棒
有什么關(guān)系呀？

    LH： You know how a boss is above his employees and tells them what
to do ？ Something that is boss is above the others. And better than the
rest. LH：噢，因為老板，也就是boss比其他人更能干，指揮手下人干活，所以
就是棒！那我很喜歡星際大戰(zhàn)電影里的特效，我能不能說they were boss？

    LL： The special effects in the new Star Wars movie were boss. They
were much better than in the older Star Wars movies. LH ：對，我同意。

    新的星際大戰(zhàn)里面的特效比以前的星際大戰(zhàn)更棒。Larry ，你看到Rick買的
新車嗎？

    LL： Yeah ， it is nice ， isn't it ？ Fire engine red with leather
seats and a sunroof. That is definitely one boss car. LH：我可不喜歡那
大紅顏色，象救火車。可是皮座墊和天窗我倒很喜歡。Larry ，要是我認為一樣
東西不太棒，那該怎么說呀？

    LL： If you don't think something is that great ， you can say something
is not so boss. LH：要是今天的演出很棒，我就可以說：They are boss ！但
是上星期的表演不怎么樣，那就是：They weren't so boss.

    LL： You are right， in fact. Last week's act wasn't so boss. I was
there. LH ：嘿！你看！樂團出來了。哇！他們的服裝好棒噢！So boss ！

    LL： And wait until you hear the lead guitarist start playing. I think
you'll find he is pretty boss ， too. LH：你說那吉他手很棒呀？那他肯定
很有名，是嗎？噓！要開場了。別說話了！

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    LL： What a mob scene ！ The concert is over and now there are people
everywhere. LH：就是，演唱會一結(jié)束，大家都搶著要回家，你瞧這人群哪！哎，
Larry ，什么是mob scene ？

    LL： Well ， a mob scene， is a big group of people ， who are acting
in a random and disorderly way. LH：噢，mob scene 就是指亂糟糟的一大群
人。上星期我去看星際大戰(zhàn)電影的首映，買票的人排著隊打鬧說笑，有票的人在
門口等著開場。That was a real mob scene.

    LL： Yes， the theaters were mobbed for the opening of Star Wars.
I am going to wait a few weeks to see it when the lines will be shorter.
LH：早知道首映的時候會那么多人，我也該象你這樣等幾個星期再去看，就不必
排那么長的隊了。Larry ，我們該往哪兒走呀？我們得脫離這個mob scene 才行，
不然我們什么時候才能到家呀！

    LL： Well ， the subway will probably also be mobbed. It will be just
as much of a mob scene on the train as it is here. LH ：��？連地鐵也會
象這里一樣擠滿人啊？那我們別去和人擠了。我們先走一段路吧！

    LL： Okay ， Li Hua ， I've got an idea about how to get away from
this mob. Follow me. I know a shortcut！

    LH：喲，你還知道小路吶。你早說呀！

    今天李華學(xué)到兩個常用語。第一個是boss，這是很棒，很好的意思。另一個
常用語是mob scene ，這是指人很多的場面。