Larry 正開車和李華一起到他父母家過周末。兩人在車上討論這個周末的活
動。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：have a ball 和tizzy.

    （Highway traffic ）

    LH：我希望你媽媽會喜歡和我一塊兒去逛街。

    LL： Oh ， I'm sure that the two of you will have a ball if you go
shopping together. You both love to shop.

    LH： Have a ball？哎，我是要和你媽逛街，不是和她去打球？

    LL： To have a ball means to have a lot of fun. I think you and my
mother would have a lot of fun shopping together.

    LH：噢，原來如此。To have a ball就是玩的非常開心，所以，Larry 你的
意思是我和你媽會逛的很開心。嗯，我也這么覺的。

    LL： I plan on watching some football with my dad and playing baseball
with my cousins. That's my idea of having a ball.

    LH：和你爸爸看球賽，又和你表弟打球，這些對你來說就是玩得過癮啦！不
過啊，我是一點興趣也沒有。

    LL： While I'm doing that ， you and my mom can go and have a ball
shopping. It works out perfectly.

    LH：對了，Larry ，你家有游泳池，對吧？

    LL： Yep， they have a big pool in the backyard. My cousins have a
ball splashingaround in it.

    LH：嗯，我想我和你的表兄妹一樣，一定會在游泳池里玩的很開心！我已經
有好久好久都沒有游泳了！

    LL： Yeah ， I wouldn't mind going swimming either. This hot weather
is great for hanging out in the pool.

    LH：啊，我覺得這個周末一定會玩的很開心！

    LL： Yep， everybody is going to have a ball.

    LH：我們還有多久才會到呢？

    LL： Another three or four hours.

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    （Cell phone ringing）

    LH： Larry，你媽怎么一直打你的手機呢？她有什么急事嗎？

    LL： Oh ， she's in a tizzy because she's excited that we're coming
home for a visit. She misses me while I'm away.

    LH：我知道你媽盼望著你回家。我也知道她很想你，可是她怎么啦？She's
in a what ？ Tizzy？那是什么意思啊？

    LL： A tizzy is a state of nervous excitement. My mom is excited about
us coming home， but she's nervous because she wants to make sure everything
is ready for us.

    LH：所以tizzy 就是指很緊張，很興奮。你媽媽知道你要回家，所以她很興
奮，我媽也是這樣，每次我要回家，她都會把家里打掃的一塵不染，還買一大堆
我喜歡吃的東西。

    LL： My mom does the same thing. Be prepared to eat a lot this weekend.
My mom gets in such a tizzy that she cooks enough to feed an army.

    LH：哇，你媽媽一興奮就會作好多飯菜啊？她做的菜好吃嗎？

    LL： My mom is a great cook ！ You're going to have some old-fashioned
American food.

    LH：嗯，聽起來好誘惑人噢！我快等不及了。說真的，我也有點tizzy ，興
奮又緊張了。

    LL： Why are you in a tizzy ？

    LH：我很興奮因為可以到一個美國人的家庭過周末，吃道地的美國菜。可是
我又很緊張，因為我想讓你家人對我有好印象啊！

    LL： Don't worry about that ！ You know my family thinks you're great！

    LH：你們家的人都對我很好。這我知道。

    今天李華學到兩個常用語。一個是to have a ball，就是玩的很痛快，很開
心。另一個常用語是tizzy ，這是形容一個人很緊張，很興奮。