李華和Larry 今天要和在他們的朋友Jenny 一起去釣魚。李華會學到兩個常
用語：go ballistic和get a move on.

    LH： Jenny怎么這么還不來啊。我們已經等了20分鐘了�？匆娝�我非和她算
賬不可。

    LL： Hey， calm down Li Hua. Don't go ballistic on Jenny when she
gets here ， there might be a good reason for her being late.

    LH：你說不要對Jenny 怎么樣？Ballistic ？我就知道ballistic missile ，
彈道導彈。

    LL： That's different. I said ， don't go ballistic. To go ballistic
on someone means to get really angry， lose control and start screaming
at this person.

    LH：原來你是說不要對Jenny 大發脾氣，我當然不會了。我確實討厭別人遲
到，但是我決不會對人大聲嚷嚷，禮貌還是要的。

    LL： Oh really？ What about that time you went ballistic on one of
your students in Chinese class？

    LH：那個學生作弊，我當然得訓斥了他兩句呀！但是，我也沒有對他大發雷
霆， I didn't go ballistic on him.要是你，恐怕就會go ballistic了。

    LL： Ok ， then ， what about the time that guy almost hit you with
his car ， and you were so angry - you definitely went ballistic on him.

    LH：那個人邊開車邊打電話，差點撞到我和一位老太太。我當然非常生氣了。
你可以說，我是發脾氣了，I did go ballistic on him.不過那是特別情況。我
差一點命都沒了。

    LL： Didn't you tell me before that you used to go ballistic on your
old roommate all the time ？

    LH：沒錯，我以前常跟我的同屋發脾氣�？墒悄阒�道，每天我要作功課了，
她總是大聲放那種搖滾樂，我跟她說了還不聽。過了一個月，我實在受不了才對
她發脾氣的。

    LL： Well ， I definitely remember I heard you talking to someone
in Chinese on the phone the other day ， and it sounded to me like you
really went ballistic on them.

    LH：你聽到我在電話上跟人發火了？那是我表姐。不過我并沒有跟她發脾氣
呀。你今天是怎么了，你老是指責我，不斷地翻老賬。你要是再沒完沒了，我就
對你不客氣了。 I'll be going ballistic on you.

    LL： I'm sorry， you're right ， I shouldn't tease.

    LH：什么？你這么一本正經的，原來是在逗我呀。真氣死人了。

    ******

    LH： Larry， Jenny還沒有來，我們還要等多久��？

    LL： I think we've waited long enough. She must have overslept. Oh
well， let's get a move on.

    LH：我肯定她睡過頭了。一般她是很準時的。不過Larry ，你說get a move
on，那是什么意思��？

    LL： To get a move on means to hurry up ， to start going somewhere.

    LH：我明白了。 To get a move on 的意思是趕快走。昨天我在上課的路上
遇見Jenny ，她說，We had better get a move on ，or we'll be late. 當時
我還不太清楚什么是get a move on.現在才清楚她是讓我趕快走，不然就要遲到
了。

    LL： Right， OK ， well ， let's get a move on then ， it's getting
late.

    LH：好吧，噢，Larry ，對不起，我把防曬油忘在宿舍里了，請你等一下。

    LL： Don't worry. I have some sunscreen right here. Now come on ，
it's almost six thirty - we need to get a move on.

    LH：好吧，那我就用你的防曬油吧。

    （Cell phone rings）

    LH：很可能是Jenny 打來的電話，讓我來接吧。

    LL：（sighs ） Oh great ！Tell her to get a move on. If she isn't
here in five minutes we have to leave.

    LH：對，我們最多只等5 分鐘，過期不候。Larry ，要是我和我爺爺去看電
影，我想催他趕緊走，能對他說get a move on 嗎？

    LL： No way ， that would be rude.

    LH：我也這么想呢！你要是對長輩說get a move on 是不太禮貌。對同年齡
的人或年紀比你小的可以這么說，是嗎？

    LL： Sure ， telling someone your own age or younger to get a move
on is fine. I remember once when I was waiting in a traffic jam in New
York I went ballistic and started yelling at the other cars to get a move
on.

    LH：那你不能在紐約開車，紐約堵車是常事。你每次碰到堵車就大喊大叫？
叫了也沒用�？磥砟阋蔡珱]禮貌了。剛才居然還批評我。

    LL： Hey， there's Jenny， let's get a move on before the fish stop
biting.

    天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是go ballistic，意思是大發雷霆。另一個
常用語是get a move on ，意思是趕快走。