李華來公司找Larry ，兩人一起去吃午飯。今天我們要學兩個常用語：icy
和warmed up to.

    LH： Larry，今天上班忙嗎？

    LL： Well it has been alright all morning ， but I am kind of nervous
about this presentation I have to make this afternoon.

    LH：不就是做個演示嗎，又不是第一次，你有什么好緊張的？

    LL： The client who I am presenting to is somewhat icy towards me.

    LH： Icy？你是說那個客戶對你特別冷淡？

    LL： Yes， she is very cold and icy to me. I hope that I can impress
her with my presentation.

    LH：別擔心，有些人生性冷淡，可能并不是針對你。上學期跟我一起做項目
的一個男生就特別icy.

    LL： And……in what ways is he icy？

    LH：他從來不笑，就連他在臉譜網頁上的照片都是一臉苦相，好象別人欠了
他的錢。別人跟他說話，他就瞪著別人，沒有一絲表情。

    LL： That guy sounds like an icy character. How did you deal with
having to work with him ？

    LH：還好我們是一組人，不光我們兩個。大家分配好工作，他用了一個周末，
就把自己份內的事情做好了。

    LL： That's good. He may have been icy， but he sure was efficient.

    LH：一個學期下來，他臉上總算有了笑容，but for a long time he was very
icy towards us.

    LL： Hopefully my presentation will get through to today's client.

    LH：肯定沒問題。我發現，有些人對人冷淡，其實是因為他們自己不擅長社
交。

    LL： I hope you're right. The last thing I want to do is to offend
one of our clients.

    LH：你唯一能做的就是做好份內工作，對客戶格外客氣。這樣，即使她對人
冷淡，可能還是會對你有個好印象。

    LL： Thanks ， Li Hua ， that is great advice. I am going to go now
，wish me luck.

    LH：加油！

    ******

    MC：李華和Larry 晚上一起吃飯。

    LH：你今天下午的展示做得順利嗎？

    LL： It went really well！ I was nervous that the client would be
icy towards me， but she seemed to really enjoy the presentation. I think
she really warmed up to me.

    LH： Warmed up to you ？你是說那個客戶已經對你不再冷淡，開始喜歡你
了嗎？

    LL： Yes， that is exactly right.

    LH：你覺得她逐漸對你熱情起來，是因為你今天下午的表現嗎？

    LL： I don't know Li Hua. I hope so. I think it went really well.
She really seemed to be enjoying it by the end. At first she seemed very
icy ， but when I was done she had warmed up and was smiling.

    LH：太好了！我就說過吧，她冷淡不是針對你。就象我們項目小組的那個男
生，經過一個學期的合作，熟了以后就從冷淡變得熱情了。

    LL： Often when someone seems icy ， it just takes a little time for
them to warm up to you.

    LH：沒錯。那個客戶對你的表現很滿意，是不是說訂單有戲了？

    LL： I hope so. That would definitely make the executives warm up
to the idea of me being on the team.

    LH：是啊，沒準老板一高興，還會給你漲工資呢！

    LL： It's possible. Say ， Li Hua ， have you seen this show called
"The Street"？

    LH：我特別喜歡看。What do you think ？

    LL： Well at first I didn't really like it， but after watching it
a few times ， I have warmed up to it.

    LH：這么說，不僅可以warm up to一個人，還可以warm up to一件事情嘍？

    LL： Yes Li Hua ， because I gradually came to like the show， I warmed
up to it. This is just like how the icy client warmed up to my presentation.

    LH：我明白了。那你開始的時候為什么會覺得這個劇沒意思呢？

    LL： When I first started watching it ， I found the characters to
be a little bit annoying， especially that one icy man. Over time ， though，
I have warmed up to them.

    LH：我同意，戲里面的一些角色是不太招人喜歡，可以劇本寫得很棒，扣人
心弦。

    LL： The plots of the episodes are what caused me to warm up to the
show.

    LH：你看，快八點了，今天是星期三，正好要播出一集新的。

    LL： Let's watch it then！

    今天李華學了兩個常用語。一個是icy ，意思是冷若冰霜。另一個是warm up
to，意思是逐漸開始接受和喜歡。