今天Larry和Li Hua一起在游樂園坐過山車。Li Hua會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語：to rock和letdown.

    LH： 哎喲，這一趟過山車坐得我暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向的，直想吐！真是活受罪！

    LL： You are sick and dizzy？ What are you talking about？ That rollercoaster rocks！ I'm going to ride it again！

    LH： 什么，Larry， 你還想再去坐�。磕氵�說那個(gè)過山車rocks. Rock 當(dāng)作動(dòng)詞不是“搖搖晃晃”的意思嗎？

    LL： No， no， I didn't say that it rocked back and forth. "To rock" means "to be great". If something or some experience is really fun or exciting， we say "It rocks！"

    LH： 噢，原來在這里，rock不是前后搖晃的意思，而是要是有什么事情有意思、夠刺激，我們就說It rocks！ 哎，那不就相當(dāng)于中文里說的“棒極了”的意思嗎？

    LL： That's right， Li Hua. I'm sure you've heard this expression before.

    LH： 還真是，上星期我和同學(xué)到學(xué)校附近那家湖南餐館吃飯。吃完飯，我同學(xué)說，"That meal rocked！". 我當(dāng)時(shí)沒聽懂，所以沒敢答腔，現(xiàn)在我可明白了，她呀是在夸那頓飯好吃呢！

    LL： Yeah， she must have liked it. Everyone likes Hunan Garden. That restaurant rocks.

    LH： 哎喲，Larry， 我看我們還是別說吃了吧，我的胃到現(xiàn)在還沒緩過來呢！這樣吧，你再給我舉個(gè)別的例子，好不好？

    LL： Sure…… if someone tells you some good news， you might say， "That rocks！"

    LH： 哎，說到“好消息”，我還真有個(gè)好消息告訴你，你知道嗎，有家私人學(xué)校打算等我畢業(yè)后要聘用我呢！

    LL： Whoa， really？ That's great news. That rocks， Li Hua. You haven't even graduated yet， and this private school already offered you a great job！

    LH： 哇，總算可以回家了，我真擔(dān)心你會(huì)不會(huì)坐過山車坐上了癮呢！

    LL： Well， I liked the two rollercoaster rides， but the park itself was kind of a letdown.

    LH： 是啊，我知道你喜歡過山車，要不然也不會(huì)連著坐兩次��！可是你又說這個(gè)游樂園是什么 - letdown？

    LL： I said that the park is a letdown. A letdown is something that disappoints you. The park really wasn't especially bad， but I was expecting it to be better. It was a real letdown.

    LH： 等等等等，letdown的意思就是某件事讓你失望。你是說，這個(gè)游樂園其實(shí)還可以，只不過不像你原先想象的好，所以讓你失望了。那Larry， 你覺得這個(gè)游樂園哪一點(diǎn)兒讓你失望呢？

    LL： Well， It was too crowded. The lines in front of the rides were too long.

    LH： 哎喲，現(xiàn)在就是旅游旺季，這兒當(dāng)然人多，坐過山車當(dāng)然要排隊(duì)等啦！你就是愛發(fā)牢騷。那這樣，你再給我舉個(gè)例子吧，看看還有什么事對(duì)你是個(gè)letdown. LL： Well， my History Professor is a real letdown. He's a well-known expert in his area， but he's not very good at giving lectures.

    LH： 你們歷史教授在學(xué)術(shù)界是挺有名的，可是你說他不太會(huì)講課呀，那確實(shí)是挺讓學(xué)生失望的。哎，Larry， 我記得你第一次到中國，去了長(zhǎng)城，回來你也說和原先想象的一點(diǎn)兒都不一樣。那the Great Wall 對(duì)你來說是不是個(gè)letdown呢？

    LL： I'm glad you remember that. My first trip to the Great Wall WAS truly a letdown. It was so crowded with tourists and souvenir peddlers. LH： 你怎么到哪兒都嫌人多�。块L(zhǎng)城是有名的旅游景點(diǎn)，當(dāng)然有各地的游客啦，還有小商販賣紀(jì)念品！哎，不過，你剛才說，你第一次去長(zhǎng)城讓你失望，那后來你再去是不是就感覺好多了？

    LL： Yeah， that second trip rocked！

    今天李華從Larry那兒學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語。一個(gè)是rock， 說something rocks，就相當(dāng)于中文里的“棒極了”。李華學(xué)到的另一個(gè)常用語是letdown， 意思是“讓人失望的事”。