今天Larry 和李華花了大半天時(shí)間在購物中心里，采購圣誕禮物。今天李華
會學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語：to be beat和to O.D. on something.

    LL： The mall was so crowded！ I'm totally beat from fighting the
crowds all day long. LH ：就是啊！我從來沒有看過這么多人一塊兒逛街。哎，
Larry ，你剛才說I'm beat，是不是說我們擠在人群里的時(shí)候，有人打你�。�

    LL： No ， nobody hit me. The expression "I'm beat" means ， "I'm
exhausted." LH：噢，原來I'm beat，不是打的意思，而是累壞了。其實(shí)，我也
好累。你想想我們在這兒花了6 個(gè)小時(shí)耶，怎么可能不累。

    LL： It would only have taken two hours at most if we didn't have
to spend so much time waiting in line to pay for things. I bet the sales
people are really beat by the end of the day. LH：你說的沒錯(cuò)，光是付錢，
我們就花了很多時(shí)間排隊(duì)。我看那些售貨員一天下來肯定累壞了。

    LL： Well ， I'm glad I don't work in a store. I'm so beat that I
think I'm going to go to bed very early tonight. What about you ？

    LH：我也累死了，今晚可能也得早點(diǎn)睡。嘿！Larry ，如果我逛街逛累了，
是不是能說shopping beat me？

    LL： No ， you can only say ， "I'm beat from shopping." LH ：噢，
這么說，下星期我要準(zhǔn)備期末考試，我應(yīng)該說：Next week ， I'll be beat from
studying for my final exams.

    LL： Please ， don't mention exams. I'm beat just thinking about studying
for them. LH：哎，Larry ，你也別這么想嘛！準(zhǔn)備的時(shí)候是很累，可是考試考
的得好，不也是很高興的事嘛！

    LL： That's true. I hope my family members appreciate the effort I
put into finding their Christmas presents. LH ：你花了那么大功夫買來的
禮物，你家人一定會喜歡的。唉！我們倆都累了，還是回家吧。明天見咯！

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    LH：嘿， Larry，你好一點(diǎn)了嗎？還是你仍然覺得累呢？

    LL： I'm afraid I'm not feeling much better. I caught a cold and then
I O.D.ed on cold medicine. Now， I feel really tired and spacey.

    LH：什么，你感冒啦？你還說你O.D.了一些感冒藥。那是什么意思？嚴(yán)不嚴(yán)
重啊？

    LL： "To O.D. on something" is short for "to overdose on something."

    LH： O.D. 就是服藥過量�。磕遣皇呛芪ｋU(xiǎn)嗎？你是不是該去醫(yī)院檢查一下
�。�

    LL： No ， don't worry. Usually ， O.D.ing on medicine or drugs is
very serious， but I probably took a little bit too much cold medicine，
not enough to hurt me.

    LH： Oh ，那就好！你剛才真把我嚇一跳。其實(shí)我也不太舒服。我看了好幾
個(gè)小時(shí)的書，現(xiàn)在頭好疼呢！

    LL： Hey， please don't mention exams and studying. I don't even want
to think about exams now that I have a cold ！

    LH：好啦！我不再提念書和考試了嘛！Larry ，也許你應(yīng)該少吃些感冒藥，
多多睡覺。這樣或許會感覺好一些。

    LL： I think O.D.ing on some more sleep is a good advice， it's probably
the only way I'm going to get through exams with a cold.

    LH：那好，如果你想多睡覺多休息，我可要多叫點(diǎn)比薩來吃，我快餓壞了！

    LL： I wouldn't mind having some pizza， too. Order enough for both
of us.

    LH： Larry，如果你還能感覺肚子餓，那你肯定沒有病的太嚴(yán)重啦！

    今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語，第一個(gè)是to be beat，意思是因?yàn)樽瞿臣�事而�?br /> 壞了，就是to be beat from something.第二個(gè)常用語是to O.D. on something，
意思是對某個(gè)東西服用過量。