今天Larry和Li Hua下課以后一起去吃午飯，Li Hua會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語：threads和load up.

    （campus noise）

    Larry： Hey， Li Hua， those are nice threads you're wearing. Li Hua： Threads？ - 那不是“縫衣服用的線”嗎？哎喲，Larry， 你是說我的連衣裙開線了嗎？

    Larry：No， no. Threads， when used in plural， is another word for clothes. I was just telling you that you are wearing nice clothes. Li Hua：噢，原來thread用作復(fù)數(shù)——threads，就可以代表“衣服”。這倒挺合理的，因?yàn)橐路�就是用線織成的嘛！你剛才說these are nice threads， 原來是夸我的連衣裙漂亮啊！

    Larry：That's right！

    Li Hua：謝謝你，Larry， 其實(shí)，這件連衣裙挺舊的了。 Larry，要是我說一件衣服，是不是要用單數(shù)thread？

    Larry：No. It's always threads. I think that's because even one piece of clothing is made of many threads. Li Hua：說得也是，即使一件衣服，也是用很多很多線做成的，所以，還是要用復(fù)數(shù) - threads.

    Larry：So， Li Hua， let me test you. If I say， "I went shopping yesterday and bought lots of threads"， what does that mean？

    Li Hua：這么簡單的句子，還要考我。你是說“我昨天買了很多衣服”。Larry，你真的買了好多衣服呀？

    LL：No， I was just giving you an example. I don't go shopping for threads. LH：你老是穿牛仔褲加T恤衫，怎么也不換換樣子嘛？

    Larry：What's wrong with the threads I'm wearing？ Oh， please， Li Hua， my threads are just fine —— Jeans and T-shirt are comfortable.

    （cafeteria sound）

    LL：Hey， not many people in the cafeteria. That's the benefit of coming late. Li Hua：來晚了人少是沒錯(cuò)，但是好東西可能也都給吃完了。哎，Larry， 我知道你餓了，可是你也不能一下子拿那么多嘛，你吃得完嗎？

    Larry：I won't have time to eat dinner until late， so I'm trying to load up on food now. Li Hua：噢，今天你晚飯要很晚才能吃，可是，你說什么 - load up on food？ 那是什么意思啊？

    Larry： To load， load up on something is to get a lot of it， usually so that you can store some of it for later. Li Hua：噢，我明白了。你是想午飯多吃點(diǎn)，晚上就不會(huì)太餓了。哎，Larry， 除了說吃的東西，load up on還可以用在別的地方嗎？

    Larry：Of course. Do you remember the storm we had last summer？ Well， people were worried about losing power， so they loaded up on batteries before the storm. Li Hua：去年夏天的那場暴風(fēng)雨呀？我當(dāng)然記得。就是啊，當(dāng)時(shí)大家特別擔(dān)心停電，所以買了好多電池 - We loaded up on batteries.

    Larry：Yup. Also， Li Hua， we can load up on sleep， too. Li Hua：噢，除了可以說load up on food， load up on batteries， 我們還可以說load up on sleep， 意思是多睡覺、多休息。

    Larry：If you load up on sleep and vitamins， you shouldn't get sick very easily. Li Hua：是沒錯(cuò)，多休息、多吃維生素，我們就不容易生病了，哇，Larry， 我看你裝了整整兩盤菜啊，要是我像你這樣load up on food，我肯定早就發(fā)胖了。

    Larry：All right， Li Hua， what are you trying to say？ You know I don't load up on food like this everyday！

    Li Hua：那倒也是！

    今天李華從Larry那兒學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語。一個(gè)是threads， 在口語里表示“衣服”。另一個(gè)是load up on something， 意思是“大量儲(chǔ)存某樣?xùn)|西”，比如load up on food， 就表示“吃得很多”。