李華和Larry 到商店買東西。李華看到巧克力正在減價出售，所以買了一大
堆。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：chocoholic和fix.

    LL： Whoa ， Li Hua. I didn't know you were such a chocoholic. How
are you going to eat all of that？

    LH：我看這巧克力多便宜呀！我當然得多買一些嘍！哎，你剛才說我是chocoholic，
那是什么意思，是不是說我很愛吃巧克力？

    LL： A chocoholic is someone who likes chocolate so much that they
are practicallyaddicted to it. LH ：噢，chocoholic還真的是指特愛吃巧克
力的人，可是我還沒有到上癮的地步。Larry ，喝酒成癮的人在英文里就是alcoholic.
那chocoholic是不是跟alcoholic 一樣嚴重呀？

    LL： Don't worry. Being a chocoholic isn't as serious as being an
alcoholic. All you have to worry about is getting fat from eating so much
candy. LH ：我確實是很愛吃巧克力，你要說我是chocoholic也沒關(guān)系。不過我
不會因為吃巧克力而發(fā)胖，因為我挺能控制自己，一天只吃一、兩塊。

    LL： I suppose that's reasonable. My mom is a real chocoholic ， too.
It's easy to buy her a birthday present or a mother's day present - I
just buy her a box of chocolates. LH：原來你媽媽也愛吃巧克力。這樣看來，
好像大多數(shù)喜歡吃巧克力的人都是女的。你們男孩難道不喜歡巧克力嗎？

    LL： Personally ， I love chocolate ， but I know a lot of guys who
don't like it very much. I don't know why chocolate seems to be more popular
among girls. LH ：嗯，我也搞不清楚為什么女孩子要比男孩子更喜歡巧克力。
這樣吧！我們可以做個調(diào)查，看看每個人每天吃多少巧克力，說不定能找出答案
呢！

    ******

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， have you had your daily chocolate fix yet？

    LH： Chocolate fix？ Fix是修理的意思，修理巧克力？Larry ，你在說什
么�。�

    LL： To get a "fix" is to get a portion of something that you're addicted
to and thereby relieve your craving. You're a chocoholic， so you need
a chocolate fix once in a while. LH ：噢，F(xiàn)ix 在這里不是修理的意思。你
是指我每天都要吃巧克力，今天有沒有吃了巧克力，過了癮。那Larry ，我知道
你喜歡喝咖啡，我是不是能說每天早上你都需要a caffeinefix ？

    LL： That's exactly right. Once in a while， I need a chocolate fix，
too. I don't know why ， but sometimes I really crave chocolate. LH ：
你有的時候也愛吃巧克力�。窟@么說你和我一樣，都是chocoholic嘍？

    LL： I don't need to have chocolate every day ， but I am guilty of
needing an occasional chocolate fix. LH ：哎喲！原來你只是偶爾想吃巧克
力。對了，回答你剛才的問題，我今天還沒有過我的chocolate 癮呢！

    LL： Okay ， then I have a suggestion. Let's go to Starbucks and get
coffee and chocolate chip cookies. LH ：好主意。到星巴克咖啡館去喝咖啡，
還吃帶巧克力的點心。這樣你和我都可以解饞了！

    LL： We'll be getting a sugar fix at the same time， too. It's a brilliant
plan！

    LH：等等，什么又是sugar fix ？

    LL： Well ， some people crave sweet things in general， so they need
a sugar fix. In addition， sugar gives you an extra boost of energy. LH
：沒錯，有的人每天都得吃甜的東西，不吃就好象少了什么似的。你說糖還有提
神的作用？這我倒是不知道。既然如此，那好吧，快去咖啡館嘍！