LH： Larry，我的錢包不見了。找了半天也沒找到。我肯定是放在家里的，
你說現在怎么辦呢？

    LL： That's a real downer. Let me help you look for it. What does
it look like？

    LH：嗯，我的錢包是紅顏色的，上面還鑲有藍色的邊。你剛才說downer，那
是什么意思？

    LL： Oh ， a "downer" is something that makes you feel "down" or depressed.
Losing your wallet is definitely a downer.

    LH： Downer 就是讓人不高興的事情。嗯，丟錢包真的是很倒霉。丟了錢還
不算，還得重新申請駕駛執照、身份證件，還得打電話給信用卡公司取消我的信
用卡，想到這些我就頭疼。

    LH： Hey， don't get all upset yet. We still haven't finished looking
for it.

    LL：我知道。這樣吧，我到廚房去找，你幫我找一找沙發底下。

    LL： Sure. Hey， you know what else is a downer ？ Julia can't go
out with us tonight. Her boyfriend is sick and she went over to his house
to take care of him.

    LH：噢，Julia 今晚不能和我們去吃飯啦？真讓人失望。That is a downer！
自從她交了男朋友以后，我已經好久沒見到她了。

    LL： I know what you mean. I haven't seen her in at least two months.

    LH：我找到了！我找到我的錢包了。你看，在冰箱下面，一定是今天早上我
買菜回來時掉下去的。

    LL： Great！ Let's go. I'm so hungry that I can eat a whole horse.
It would be a real downer if we have to wait for a table at the restaurant.

    LH：餐廳里等不到位子，那還不是什么大問題。我要是真找不到我的錢包，
那才真是a real downer. LL ： Yeah ， then I'd have to pay ！

    ******

    LH：（Whiny ）什么！還得等一個小時才有座位�。堪。�我不行了，我快要
餓死了！

    LL： Oh ， don't be such a big baby. You'll survive. Besides， it
might not take that long.

    LH： Larry，你說我像個baby .Baby就是嬰兒，娃娃。我餓了還不行嗎？大
人也會肚子餓哪！

    LL： Well ， then don't act so immatureand whiny. You're too old to
whine like a baby.

    LH：你說我表現得象個孩子一樣，所以叫我baby. 我餓了還不能說呀？

    LL： Saying that you're going to starve to death is a little dramatic，
don't you think ？

    LH：我說快要餓死了。這是強調，夸張！為了找錢包，我中午飯都沒有來得
及吃。所以我真的是很餓�。�

    LL： All right， don't get so upset. I was just teasingyou. You don't
need to be such a big baby about it.

    LH：你怎么你又叫我baby了！

    LL： I'm sorry. It's just fun to tease you.

    LH：噢，你就喜歡逗我。你覺得這樣很好玩啊？好�。∧悴灰彩墙洺１г箾]
有時間看球賽，沒有時間出去玩嗎。那下回我也叫你a big baby！

    LL： I really was just kidding， Li Hua. You're not a big baby. You
don't need to start thinking of ways to get even with me.

    LH：你惹急了我就說是開玩笑。我當然要想辦法報復了。

    LL：Hey ， look our table's ready.

    LH：謝天謝地。我們終于等到位子了�，F在你再叫我big baby，我也無所謂
了。吃飯要緊，快點菜吧。