Larry 和李華在教室里等瓊斯教授把改完的考卷發(fā)下來。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩
個(gè)常用語：bad vibe和wake up call.

    LL： Li Hua ， I have a really bad vibeabout this test. LH：你覺得
你考的怎么樣？Bad vibe？那是什么意思啊？

    LL： A vibe is a feeling. Since I don't think I did very well on this
test， I have a bad vibe about the grade I am going to get. LH：噢，vibe
就是一種感覺，你覺得你這次考試考得不好，所以有種不祥之兆，也就是你所謂
的bad vibe.

    LL：（Gets test back） Ooh. You see ， my bad vibe was right. I got
a C. LH ：嗨，C 不算太糟啦，這門課很困難，而且瓊斯教授批分?jǐn)?shù)一貫都很嚴(yán)。

    LL： Yeah ， I actually had a bad vibe about this course before the
class ever started. Some of my friends told me it was difficult and I'd
have to work hard. LH ：其實(shí)我在上這門課之前也有點(diǎn)擔(dān)心，因?yàn)樯线^這課的
人都說很難，要下很多功夫。

    LL：So， what did you get ？

    LH：嗯，我得到了A.這次考試算是不錯(cuò)，不過我很擔(dān)心下星期要交的那份報(bào)
告。I have a bad vibe about that paper.

    LL： Why do you have a bad vibe about the paper ？

    LH：因?yàn)槲矣X得用英文寫報(bào)告是最難的。英文不是我的母語，每次寫完英文
報(bào)告，我總覺得好像有很多不通順的地方。

    LL： Li Hua ， you can always ask me or another student to look over
your paper before your turn it in. I am sure you'll do fine. About that
，I have a good vibe. LH ：真的？Larry ，你愿意修改我的報(bào)告？你真好，謝
謝你。

    LL： Uh-oh. I have a bad vibe about the look Professor Jones is giving
us right now. LH：對，噓，瓊斯教授在看我們了，別說了，下課后再聊吧。

    ******

    LL：（After class ） You know ， Li Hua ， getting a C on the test
in Professor Jones' class was a real wake-up call. LH ：你說拿了C 是wake-up
call，哎，這個(gè)wake-up call不是叫人起床嗎？難道你在上課的時(shí)候睡覺啊？

    LL： No ， no ， a wake-up call is not like an alarm clock that wakes
you up from your sleep. What I meant was the grade I got woke me up to
the fact that I have to work harder for this class. LH：噢，wake-up call
在這里不是指鬧鐘叫人起床，而是指一個(gè)警告。所以你是說，這次考試成績不好
提醒你要在這節(jié)課上加把勁，要更用功！

    LL： Yeah ！ Professor Jones gave me a wake-up call in the form of
a bad grade. Now that class is over ， I'm going to go home and study.
Hey ！ Li Hua ！ Look out for that bike ！

    LH：哎喲！那個(gè)騎自行車的人差點(diǎn)兒撞上我。

    LL： Yeah ， that was a wake-up call for us to be more careful about
walking across campus. LH ：說的也是，這就提醒了我們，在校園里走路也得
小心注意，不然很可能會(huì)受傷的。

    LL： We should be more careful. Say ， Li Hua ， where are you going
now ？

    LH：嗯，我想利用下午沒有課的時(shí)間，到體育館的健身房去鍛煉鍛煉。

    LL： Why the sudden interest in physical fitness？ You don't usually
go to the gym ， do you ？

    LH：嗨，別說了，你也知道我這個(gè)人是從不上健身房的。還不是上回健康檢
查時(shí)，醫(yī)生說我體重有點(diǎn)超重，所以嘍，that was a wake-up call.

    LL： You don't look overweight to me. LH： Larry，你心地真好，還安
慰我看起來不胖。其實(shí)我倒不是那么在意外表看起來胖不胖，主要還是擔(dān)心肥胖
會(huì)影響健康吧！

    LL： And maybe it was a wake-up call that you and I shouldn't go out
to have ice cream so often. LH：啊？什么？要我放棄吃冰淇淋？我愿意每天
上健身房，但是我一定得吃冰淇淋！

    今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語。第一個(gè)是bad vibe，就是不好的感覺，不詳?shù)念A(yù)
感。另一個(gè)常用語是wake-up call，這是指一個(gè)提醒或警告。