Larry 和李華在學校的食堂里吃晚飯。李華今天會學到兩個常用語；to down
和to chug.

    LL： You know ， Li Hua ， I think I can down this entire hamburger
in a single bite. I am that hungry.

    LH：聽你的意思，我猜你是說你可以一口就把這個漢堡包吃下去，對不對？

    LL： You're right ， my friend！ The hamburger will go down to my
stomach.

    LH：你看我沒猜錯吧！ Down 就是吃的意思。Larry ，你說一口就能吃下去
這有點夸張吧。人又不是蛇，要噎住了怎么辦呢？

    LL： Well ， maybe I was exaggerating a little， but down means to
eat something all at once and really fast.

    LH：我明白了，down不僅是吃，而且是狼吞虎咽。我記得在電視上看過吃熱
狗比賽，有個人在12分鐘內吃了50個熱狗，He downed 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes！
Larry ，你能吃這么多嗎？

    LL： No ， I can't. I'm pretty hungry right now ， but I think I would
get sick after downing so many hot dogs in so little time.

    LH：一下子吃這么多熱狗，你當然受不了。不過，人都有狼吞虎咽的時候。
象我，回國探親的時，有時候一頓飯能吃好幾十個餃子呢。

    LL： But steamed dumplings are so small ， I bet you can down fifty
of those and still feel okay.

    LH：五十個餃子，那可不少啊。我只要吃上二十個就已經很飽了。

    LL： Well ， one of my favorite things to eat is chocolate chip cookies.
When I was a kid my Mom would bake them ， and I would down a whole plate
of cookies just like that.

    LH：帶巧克力的餅干我也愛吃。大多數美國婦女都會烤這種餅干。可是，你
媽怎么會讓你把烤出來的一盤全吃了呢？你們美國人可真能吃。

    LL： But I know you like ice cream， Li Hua. I've seen you down an
ice cream cone in just a few seconds.

    LH：你說對了，我的確喜歡冰淇淋。其實我現在就想吃。 I'd like to down
an ice cream cone right now.

    LL： Well ， you go get your ice cream cone - and I am going to finish
downing this burger.

    LH：好吧，Larry ，我去拿冰淇淋，你把這漢堡吃完，我一會兒就回來。

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    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， after downing that burger， now I really need
to chug a big glass of soda.

    LH： Chug ，那是什么意思啊？

    LL： You know how you down a hamburger by eating it very quickly？
You chug a soda by drinking it really fast and all at once.

    LH：我剛才就猜是這個意思， chug 就是很快地一下子喝光。Chug聽起來好
像是個像聲字。

    LL： Well ， listen to me chug this soda and tell me what you hear.

    （Sound of drinking ）

    LH：聽到了，你喝起來有咕嘟咕嘟的聲音。

    LL： Yeah ， chug comes from the sound you make when you drink something
quickly and all at one time.

    LH：只有在喝冷飲的時候才能夠咕嘟咕嘟地快喝。你要喝茶可就不行了。一
杯熱茶，最好慢慢品嘗。再說，喝快了也會燙嗓子呀。

    LL： I guess you can't really chug a cup of hot tea ， but what about
a bottle of cool water？

    LH：冷的水當然可以了。只要不是熱的，其他飲料都可以一飲而盡嘛。

    LL： For me ， there is nothing better than chugging a glass of milk
right after eating a plate of my mom's chocolate chip cookies.

    LH：瞧把你給讒得！吃完巧克力餅干，你要再喝一大杯牛奶，聽起來是真過
癮。

    LL： Oh ， I love to chug milk！ Sometimes I chug milk right out of
the bottle in the fridge.

    LH：你從冰箱里拿出裝奶的瓶子就喝？連杯子都不用呀？

    LL： That's right. But don't tell my mom. She wouldn't be very happy
to know I was chugging milk from the bottle in the fridge.

    LH：你真夠嗆！還讓我不要告訴你媽媽。誰看見了都不會高興的。你這么喝，
那別人要喝怎么辦吶！Larry ，快把你的飲料喝了吧。我得去上課了。

    今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是down，意思是狼吞虎咽。還有一個是chug，
意思是大口大口地喝，一飲而盡。