今天早上Larry 和李華和一對朋友Charles and Lisa約好一起打網球。李華
會學到兩個常用語：pumped和iffy.

    LL： I'm really pumped about today's tennis match. How about you，
Li Hua？

    LH：你對今天的比賽怎么啦？Pumped？你是不是在說你很緊張？

    LL： No ， I'm not nervous. Pumped means energized and excited. I'm
looking forward to today's game because I think it will be a lot of fun.
LH：原來pumped是很興奮。對了，pump不是也有打氣的意思嗎？你是說你打足了
氣，躍躍欲試的意思。

    LL： That's right ！ What about you ？ Aren't you pumped about the
game？

    LH：嗯，我是很期待這場比賽，不過，我可不敢說我像你那樣pumped. 我對
體育沒有象你那樣感興趣。

    LL： Yeah ， I guess I get particularlypumped about sports. If sports
don't get you all that pumped up， then what does ？

    LH：我呀，我是一談起旅行就特別興奮。I'm pumped about travel.只要想
到要去旅行，我就非常興奮。明年暑假，我計劃要到溫哥華去玩一個星期。

    LL： You're pumped about going to Vancouver ？ What is there to do
in Vancouver？

    LH：到那兒去干什么？溫哥華有很多美麗的高山。景色一定很壯觀。還有那
里的野生動物！我一想到有機會看到野生麋鹿我就特別興奮。Yes ， I'm pumped
about going to Vancouver.

    LL： Well ， I guess people get pumped about different things. Personally，
I don't get very excited about mountains and wild animals. LH ：我知道，
高山美景和野生動物對你來說沒有太大吸引力。還不如在網球場上打球來得過癮。

    LL： Hey， tennis is fun and it's good exercise.

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    LH： Larry，剛才跟Charles 和Lisa一起打網球挺過癮的。對了，我差一點
忘了問你，這個周末在麥迪遜廣場花園有一場職業網球賽。你想去看嗎？

    LL： I don't know. It's iffy that we'll even be able to get tickets.
Tickets for things like that sell out very quickly.

    LH：那倒也是，像這種熱門球賽的票八成已經賣完了，所以你剛才說iffy，
就是指我們“不太可能”買到票，是嗎？Iffy肯定是從if這個詞來的。

    LL： That's right. If something is "iffy" ，that means that it is
uncertain or even a little unlikely.

    LH：要是用iffy這個詞來形容什么事的話，那就是不肯定，不太可能。不過，
Larry ，我們還是可以試一試嗎。沒準運氣好，還有票呢！

    LL： Yeah ， but even if I can get tickets， it's iffy that we'll
be able to afford them. Tickets for games like that tend to be expensive，
too.

    LH：你說門票可能很貴，我們可能買不起啊？Larry ，也許他們有半價的學
生票呢。我們試試看嘛，好不好？

    LL： Sure ， I'll call the ticket vendor this afternoon. But it's
iffy that they have half-priced tickets for students.

    LH：沒關系，如果真的買不到票，我們可以做別的事啊！如果我們不能去看
職業選手打球，我們還可以找朋友去打嘛！

    LL： Speaking of which， wasn't that last game fun？ Do you think
Charles and Lisa would play with us again ？

    LH：對，跟Charles 和Lisa打的最后一場是真好玩！

    LL： But it's iffy that they'll want to play against us again.

    LH：他們不一定再想跟我們打球。那是為什么呀？

    LL：Can't you see ？ They were defeated by us every round. It's really
iffy that they had any fun this morning.

    LH：對了。老是輸球的話恐怕是沒有什么好玩。