Larry 和李華正準備出門，到Larry 父母家去過周末。今天李華會學到兩個
常用語：hit the road和have a hissy fit.

    （Knock on door ）

    LL： Come on， Li Hua. It's time to hit the road！ We've got a long
drive ahead of us. LH ：進來，進來，著什么急呀！對了，你說It's time to
hit the road？ Hit是打的意思，我們為什么要打馬路？

    LL： To hit the road means to leave. It's time for us to leave. LH
：噢，to hit the road 就是出發，上路的意思。哎呀，我的包還沒裝好耶！

    LL： Li Hua ， I told you that we need to hit the road by 9 ：00 am
if we're going to make it to my parents' house before dark. LH：我知道！

    你說過要在天黑以前到，9 點前就必須出發。我再有幾分鐘就好了。

    LL： All right， but please hurry up. I hate driving on country roads
after dark. It can be dangerous. LH ：好啦，好啦，別催我啦！對了。 Larry，
我們可不可以先去吃個早餐？

    LL： I don't want to stop right after we hit the road. You can have
a snack now and then we'll stop for lunch. LH ：什么？你要我先吃點零食，
等到中午才吃午飯啊？可是我現在好餓噢！而且我家里什么吃的都沒有。

    LL： How about this ： If you can be ready to hit the road in five
minutes ， then we can stop for breakfast. Otherwise， you're just going
to have to wait until lunch. LH ：你怎么還要講條件吶！五分鐘內出發我就
能吃早飯，否則就得等到中午再吃飯。沒問題，我只要三分鐘就夠了。

    LL： Are you sure you have everything you need？

    LH：嗯，我想應該都帶齊了吧。好啦，我們走吧！Let's hit the road！

    LL： It's about time！ I'll go and put your bag in the car. LH：你
去把我的包放到車里呀？那就麻煩你了。別忘了，breakfast before we hit the
road！

    ******

    LH： Larry，你開過麥當勞啦！不是說好了先去吃早餐的嗎？

    LL： Sorry， I missed the turn. We can turn around and go back. There's
no need to have a hissyfit.

    LH：你在說什么？Have a hissy fit？那是什么意思？

    LL： To have a hissy fit means to get really upsetabout something
and throw a tantrum.

    LH： To have a hissy fit就是發脾氣的意思。我沒有生氣，我只是以為你
是故意不去麥當勞的。

    LL： Well ， look ， I'm going to stop. See ？ You're going to get
what you want ， so there is no need to have a hissy fit.

    LH：我跟你說了，我沒有生氣嘛！你干嘛一直這樣說我啊？

    LL： Oh great. Now， you're going to have a hissy fit because I asked
you not to have a hissy fit.

    LH：等等，等等，你說什么？我發脾氣是因為你叫我別發脾氣？你都把我搞
糊涂了。

    LL： Yeah ， let's just forget about the whole thing and go get some
breakfast. I'm actually a little hungry ， too.

    LH：就是啊，別再說什么生氣不生氣了。我好餓噢，快坐下來吃早餐吧！

    LL：Hey Li Hua， look at that little boy. He's having a hissy fit ！

    LH：那個孩子呀？噢，那邊那個男孩。我們進來的時候他就已經在鬧了。也
許他沒有拿到麥當勞的玩具。

    今天李華學到兩個常用語。一個是hit the road，就是出發，上路的意思。

    另一個常用語是to have a hissy fit ，就是發脾氣的意思。