李華和Larry 到夏威夷渡假，假期結(jié)束后，坐飛機回家。今天我們要學兩個
常用語：right up one's alley和out of the question.

    LH： Larry，我這次玩兒的真高興！躺在沙灘上，懶洋洋地曬太陽，這種日
子我永遠也過不厭。

    L ： Yeah ， I had a great time too. I love relaxing vacations on
the beach ， and eating fresh seafood every night for dinner makes it
even better.

    LH：不過Larry ，雖然夏威夷的風光很美，但我也喜歡去一些有人文特色的
地方，比如逛逛博物館，看看歷史風情。

    L ： Well then， for our next vacation we can go to Paris ！ It sounds
right up your alley.

    LH： Paris sounds right up my alley ？你這話是什么意思啊？

    L ： You can say that something is right up your alley if it is perfectly
suited to you.

    LH：哦，right up one's alley，就是指正合某人的口味。你是說，巴黎是
藝術、文化、還有歷史之都，所以去巴黎旅行一定特別符合我的興趣。

    L ： Right！ Here is another example. Roger loves to argue all the
time， so I think a career as a lawyer would be right up his alley.

    LH：可不，對于那些喜歡爭辯的人來說，當律師最適合，如果做顧客服務，
得天天跟人吵架。對了，Larry ，咱們這趟班機上會播什么電影啊？我愛看喜劇。

    L ： They're going to play the new Jim Carrey movie ， so I think
that should be right up your alley.

    LH：要播Jim Carey 的喜劇，太好了，正合我意！

    L ： I'm not really interested in watching a movie right now. I think
reading a book might be more up my alley.

    LH：你想看書？那我就自己看電影吧！對了，待會兒空姐過來你幫我拿副耳
機。

    L ： Sure ， but you know you have to pay for them.

    LH：耳機還要錢？下次旅游，我不坐飛機了！

    L ： Well then， it sounds like the train might be right up your alley.

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    LH： Larry，我覺得好難受啊，飛機的座椅怎么這么窄，坐得真不舒服！唉，
航空公司的服務越來越差了！

    L ： You're right ， the airlines have really been reducing the quality
of service to save money.

    LH：是啊。現(xiàn)在飛機上的吃的和飲料都要錢，托運行李也要錢，不知道以后
會不會連隨身行李都要交錢。

    L ： That would have sounded crazy a few years ago， but today it's
not out of the question.

    LH： Out of the question？這是什么意思？

    L ： When you think that something is totally impossible， you can
say that it is out of the question.

    LH：哦，out of the question ，就是絕不可能。你是說，放在幾年前，沒
人會想到隨身行李也可能收錢，可是現(xiàn)在，這已經(jīng)不是不可能的事兒了。

    L ： That's exactly right ， how about the time my friend Amy asked
to borrow my new car. But since she got in three accidents in the past
month ， I told her it was out of the question.

    LH：哦，因為Amy 開車老出事，所以你絕不會把自己的車借給她開。

    L ： Exactly.

    LH：這倒讓我想起來，你什么時候把你那輛破車扔了，換輛新車開開啊？你
那舊車說不定那天在路上開著一半就散架了。

    L ： Well ， I just spent all my money on this Hawaii vacation， so
buying a new car is out of the question for right now.

    LH：這樣的話，你不如騎車上班。省錢，還能鍛練身體。

    L ： I don't think so. My office is really far away ， so biking there
every day is out of the question.

    LH：哦，對啊，你公司離家太遠了，騎車要累死了。你想過換工作么？找個
離家近的。

    L ： I have ， but the company I work at now is pretty good.

    LH：可是，如果能找一個又好又離家近的工作，不是更好么？

    L ： Well I guess you're right. It's not totally out of the question.

    LH：啊，不知不覺，已經(jīng)飛過一大半的旅程了。你說這趟飛機能準點抵達，
而且不弄丟乘客的行李么？

    L ： Now that ， Lihua， is totally out of the question ！

    今天李華學了兩個常用語。一個是right up one's alley，表示正合某人的
口味。另一個是out of the question ，意思是絕不可能。