Larry 和李華剛下課。李華告訴Larry 一個非常好的消息。李華今天要學會
兩個常用語 get out of here和burned out.

    LM： Larry！我有個好消息，說了你一定不相信，我買的彩票中獎了！

    LL： Really ？ Get out of here！

    LH：我中了彩票，你不為我高興，還讓我出去？Get out of here ？我們又
不在屋子里，出去上哪兒去呀？

    LL： No ， listen ，when someone tells you some good or exciting news，
and you are really surprised， you can say get-out-of-here. It shows that
you can barely believe the good news.

    LH：原來get out of here 在這里是表示驚訝和難以相信的意思。按字面來
解釋不就是出去嗎。

    LL： You are right. So anyway ， how much money did you win ？

    LH：你說我的彩票呀？我中獎得了一千美元。

    LL： A thousand dollars ？ Get out of here！ You are sooooo lucky ！
Hey ， I've got some good news too. Do you remember that summer internship
at the museum I applied for ？

    LH：你申請暑假到那博物館去實習，當然記得呀！怎么啦？他們接受你去實
習啦？

    LL： That's right ！ And not only that， but they are going to pay
me a good salary too！

    LH：讓你去實習，還給你很好的薪水？Get out of here ！我簡直不能相信。
這比中獎還棒。

    LL： Heh， well ， I don't know about that…… Oh ， by the way ，
you won't believe who I saw in the coffee shop near my apartment this
morning ， Jet Li ！

    LH：什么？你在公寓附近的咖啡店里看見李連杰了？Get out of here ！

    LL： He's a really nice guy. Look ， he gave me an autograph.

    LH： Whoa ， get out of here！李連杰還給你親筆簽名！你真幸運。

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    LL： Well ， Li Hua ， what are you going to do with your lottery
winnings？

    LH：我要把大部分存起來，不過我想請幾個朋友去聽音樂會。你要不要去？

    LL： Umm， well …… I really appreciate the offer， but I'm kind
of burnt out right now. I need to stay home and rest.

    LH：你說你因為burnt out ，所以要在家里休息？什么是burnt out ？

    LL： I said that I am burnt out. To be burnt out means to become exhausted
because of stress or too much activity.

    LH：噢， burnt out是指因為壓力太大，活動太多而疲憊不堪。我看你就是
活動太多，放假以后你天天都去參加聚會，所以才累成這樣。

    LL： That's right ， during the school year I was burnt out from studying
and working ， and now that school is out ， I'm burnt out from partying！

    LH：我知道你的意思。記得去年我本來要上四門課，同時還要當助教。沒到
兩個星期，我就已經累壞了。

    LL： Good thing you dropped one of those classes. It's hard to be
a good teacher when you are burnt out from studying yourself！

    LH：對，幸虧我放棄了一門課。自己學習都應付不過來怎么才能當好老師呢！
Larry ，你不能跟我們去聽音樂會，真是可惜。你知道還有誰喜歡滾石樂隊嗎？

    LL： The Rolling Stones ？ Get out of here！ You have tickets to the
Rolling Stones concert？ OK ， never mind what I said earlier ， I'm going
with you！

    LH：我就知道你再累也不會錯過滾石樂隊的。不過，Larry ，有的人說滾石
樂隊已經演出了四十年，現在已經太疲乏了- burnt out.

    LL： I don't agree. I don't think they will ever burnt out.

    今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是get out of here ，意思是難以相信，
還有一個是burnt out ，意思是累壞了，精疲力盡。