Larry 在準(zhǔn)備搬家，李華特別去Larry 家?guī)退�收拾裝箱。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩
個(gè)常用語(yǔ)： to toss something和digs.

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， what do you think of this sweater？ It's got
several holes. Should I toss it ？

    LH：你要把這件毛衣扔給我裝箱？你自己說(shuō)有好幾個(gè)洞了，還留它干嘛？扔
了算啦！

    LL： That's what I meant. I didn't mean to toss the sweater to you.
I mean to throw it out. To toss something means to throw something out.
LH：噢，原來(lái)to toss it就是把東西扔了的意思。這件毛衣真的該丟了。其實(shí)還
有一些衣服你也該丟掉了。

    LL： Hey， I didn't ask your opinion of my wardrobe. I just wanted
to know if I should toss that one particular sweater. LH：哎！我也只是
幫你忙啊。如果你不要我?guī)兔�，那就算嘍！我才不管你衣柜里哪些衣服該丟，哪
些不該丟呢！

    LL： Okay ， since you're so eager to help： Should I toss this pair
of shoes， too？ They're really old and gross. LH ：這還要問(wèn)�。磕氵@雙
鞋又舊又臟的，當(dāng)然該丟掉嘍！還有你那件黃的T 恤衫也可以扔了。

    LL： No ， I'm going to use that as a rag for cleaning my new apartment.
I hate to toss something that I can still find a use for. LH：你想拿那
件破衣服來(lái)當(dāng)抹布，廢物利用，這倒是不錯(cuò)。Hey ，Larry ，冰箱里的這些蘋果
都爛了，可以扔掉了嗎？

    LL： Yes， I'm afraid that there is quite a bit in the refrigerator
that needs to be tossed. I buy things and then I'm never home to eat them.
LH：我也是，經(jīng)常買了東西不吃，最后又扔掉。也許下回該買些冷凍食品，不然，
讓食物爛了又扔掉，好浪費(fèi)喲！

    LL： You're right. It's really terrible to toss out food. LH：好吧！

    我先幫你清一清冰箱里的東西，我可以把爛掉的食品全都扔掉嗎？Can I toss
them out？

    LL： You can toss out whatever you think needs to be tossed.

    ******

    LL： Well ， how do you like my new digs？

    LH： Digs ？ Dig不是“挖”的意思。你在說(shuō)什么��？這是你的新公寓耶！

    LL： My new "digs" is my new apartment， Li Hua. "Digs" is slang for
one's place of residence. LH：嗨，dig 不是挖土，挖洞的挖嗎！你用的是名
詞，還是多數(shù)。Digs，所以，這就是指一個(gè)人住的地方。

    LL：That's right. My new digs is a bit empty now， but once I move
my stuff in ， this should be a nice apartment. LH：嗯，現(xiàn)在看起來(lái)是有
點(diǎn)空空蕩蕩。可是我擔(dān)心你東西搬進(jìn)來(lái)以后就會(huì)亂了。

    LL： Hey， I'm not that messy ！ I like to keep my digs nice. LH：
對(duì)，你不算太亂，但是也不見(jiàn)得是那種非常整潔干凈的人。

    LL： Okay ， you're entitled to your opinion， but I am also entitled
to disagree with you. I happen to be very proud of the way I maintain
my digs. LH ：我當(dāng)然可以保留我的意見(jiàn)咯！你也完全可以不同意我的看法。其
實(shí)，你的家只要你自己滿意就行了。說(shuō)正經(jīng)的，Larry 你要不要我?guī)湍悴贾眯录遥?br /> your new digs ？

    LL： Let's just take care of moving first. Once all of my stuff is
here， we can talk about decorating. LH ：那也是，還是先搬完了再說(shuō)，再
不趕快搬，今晚你恐怕得在舊公寓里睡覺(jué)嘍！