李華和Larry 正在超級市場買菜。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：smack-dab
和ring a bell.

    （Ambience sound in supermarket ）

    LH： Larry，你在笑什么��？

    LL： Didn't you see that lady walk smack-dab into the fruit display？
She knocked all of the oranges over. What a mess！

    LH：哎喲，那位太太把那水果攤撞翻了。真是的，你看，地上到處都是桔子。
她是怎么回事呀？你說她什么來著？

    LL： I said that she walk smack-dab into the fruit display. Smack-dab
means exactly or right. That means she walked right into the fruit display.

    LH：噢，smack-dab 是很精確，很準確的意思。你剛才是說，她一直對著那
個水果攤走過去，結果把水果攤撞倒了。幸好她只是撞翻了一些水果，而不是撞
到什么有危險性的東西。

    LL： Yeah ， luckily the fruit display doesn't have any sharp edges.
Once my friend walked smack-dab into a glass door and broke her nose.

    LH：我的天��！你的朋友撞上一扇玻璃門，還把鼻子都撞傷了？難道他沒看
到那扇門嗎？怎么可能撞上去呢？

    LL： Well ， the door was really clean and it was in the evening，
so she just didn't see the glass there.

    LH：那倒是可能的，玻璃門擦得很干凈，而且又是晚上。你那朋友當時一定
覺得很尷尬吧？

    LL： Oh ， she was humiliated.

    LH：要是我的話，我也會很不好意思的。

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， what's that on your sweater？

    LH：怎么啦？我毛衣上有什么？

    LL： Well ， I just noticed that you have a brown spot smack-dab in
the middle of your sweater.

    LH：什么？我毛衣上有一塊咖啡色的臟東西？哎呀！肯定是我早上吃巧克力
時滴在衣服上的。你說的對，這還恰恰在我毛衣的正中間。

    LL： Oh ， it's not that bad. You can change into another sweater
when you get home.

    ******

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， does the name "Laura Wilson" ring any bells for
you ？

    LH：Laura Wilson？不是那個上星期我們在網(wǎng)球場上碰到的那個金發(fā)女孩嘛？
她為什么要為我打鈴呀？她和打鈴有什么關系？

    LL：Oh， no ！ If someone asks you if something "rings a bell ，"
then he is asking if you remember it. I just got a phone message from
Laura Wilson and I can't remember who she is. LH： Larry，你年紀輕輕，
怎么那么健忘！Laura Wilson上星期在網(wǎng)球場上還跟我們說她準備去當職業(yè)網(wǎng)球
手。

    LL： Oh ， now I remember who she is. Once you mentioned her plan
to be a professional tennis player， then her name rang a bell with me.
LH： Larry， to ring a bell 這個說法很有意思。你剛才問我，Laura 的名字
有沒有ring a bell ，就是在問我記不記得Laura.那也就是說，要是我記得的話，
那我腦子里就會個鈴聲。

    LL： It's a very vividexpression and easy to remember. Right？

    LH：對，我們和她說好下個周末一起打網(wǎng)球，你還記得嗎？Does that ring
a bell？

    LL： Yeah ， that rings a bell. What time were we supposed to meet
her ？

    LH：我記得我們約好了下午4 點種在網(wǎng)球場碰面的。

    LL： That rings a bell， too. I had better write that down so that
I don't forget again. LH： Larry，這個星期五是2 月11號，怎么樣，那是什
么日子��？Does that ring a bell ？

    LL： It rings a bell， but I'm not sure why. Could you refresh my
memory？

    LH： Larry！我真不敢相信你居然忘記了！

    LL： I'm just kidding ， Li Hua. Of course， I remember that Friday
is your birthday.