LH： Larry，我的錢包不見(jiàn)了。找了半天也沒(méi)找到。我肯定是放在家里的，
你說(shuō)現(xiàn)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(lán)色的邊。你剛才說(shuō)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(qǐng)駕駛執(zhí)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(fā)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?nèi)コ燥埨玻空孀屓耸�望。That is a downer！
自從她交了男朋友以后，我已經(jīng)好久沒(méi)見(jiàn)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(lái)時(shí)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(wèn)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 ！

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    LH：（Whiny ）什么！還得等一個(gè)小時(shí)才有座位啊？啊，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(shuō)我像個(gè)baby .Baby就是嬰兒，娃娃。我餓了還不行嗎？大
人也會(huì)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(shuō)我表現(xiàn)得象個(gè)孩子一樣，所以叫我baby. 我餓了還不能說(shuō)呀？

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

    LH：我說(shuō)快要餓死了。這是強(qiáng)調(diào)，夸張！為了找錢包，我中午飯都沒(méi)有來(lái)得
及吃。所以我真的是很餓啊！

    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(jué)得這樣很好玩啊？好啊！你不也是經(jīng)常抱怨沒(méi)
有時(shí)間看球賽，沒(méi)有時(shí)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(shuō)是開(kāi)玩笑。我當(dāng)然要想辦法報(bào)復(fù)了。

    LL：Hey ， look our table's ready.

    LH：謝天謝地。我們終于等到位子了。現(xiàn)在你再叫我big baby，我也無(wú)所謂
了。吃飯要緊，快點(diǎn)菜吧。