Larry 的妹妹要來(lái)找他，所以李華到Larry 的公寓去幫他打掃清潔。今天李
華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)tomboy和chicken. LH ： Larry，這是我第一次要見(jiàn)到你妹
妹。我特別興奮呢！你妹妹到底是個(gè)什么樣的人啊？

    LL： Well ， I don't know if you and my sister will have much in common.
My sister is kind of a tomboy. LH ：你妹妹是什么？Tomboy？那是什么意思？

    Boy 是男孩耶，你妹妹怎么成了個(gè)boy ？

    LL： No ， a tomboy is a girl who acts more like a boy. My sister
is more interested in sports and cars than fashion or movie stars. LH
：噢，tomboy就是一個(gè)行為舉止像男孩的女生。你妹妹喜歡運(yùn)動(dòng)和汽車(chē)，這有什
么不對(duì)？誰(shuí)規(guī)定女孩子就一定要喜歡衣服和化妝品的？我也喜歡運(yùn)動(dòng)和汽車(chē)��！

    LL： Oh ， no. I don't want to get in a feminist debate. I'm just
saying that many people might think that my sister is not very feminine.
LH：啊？很多人都覺(jué)得你妹妹不夠女人味��？那我和你妹妹一定可以合得來(lái)的，
因?yàn)槲倚�時(shí)候也是個(gè)tomboy. 我喜歡爬樹(shù)，打球，有一次還跟一個(gè)男孩打架呢！

    LL： You？ A tomboy ？ You're kidding ， right？ You always wear dresses
and you act very feminine. I don't believe it. LH ：是真的！我小時(shí)候我
媽媽總是要逼我穿裙子。還有��！我都是和街坊鄰居的男孩子玩，因?yàn)槠渌�的�?br /> 孩都覺(jué)得我像個(gè)男孩！

    LL： I guess you really were a tomboy. You must have changed a lot.
LH：其實(shí)我也沒(méi)有改變很多�。∧憧�，我現(xiàn)在還是很喜歡打球運(yùn)動(dòng)，而且我最好
的朋友還是個(gè)男的呢！

    LL： Really ？ Who's your best friend ？

    LH： Larry！你可別裝傻喲！你知道你就是我最好的朋友！

    LL： That's really sweet， Li Hua. I'm honored to be your best friend，
even if you are a tomboy�。╨aughing）

    LH：好了啦！你就別再這樣逗我了！

    ******

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， my sister and I are going rock climbing tomorrow.
Do you want to come with us ？

    LH：什么？爬巖石？那不是很危險(xiǎn)嗎？

    LL： Come on. Don't be a chicken. It's perfectly safe and it'll be
a lot of fun. LH： A chicken？ Chicken是雞的意思。我不想去爬巖石，這和
雞有什么關(guān)系？

    LL： Oh ， chicken is slang for wimp or coward. You don't have to
come with us if you're too much of a chicken. LH：原來(lái)你是在笑我膽小��？

    Chicken 就是指膽小，懦弱的人。哼！我才不是膽小鬼呢。我一點(diǎn)兒也不害
怕爬巖石，我只不過(guò)是比較小心而已嘛！

    LL： Well ， if you're not a chicken， then you're welcome to come
with us. We're leaving at 8 ：30 tomorrow morning. LH ：好，為了證明我
不是膽小鬼，不是一個(gè)chicken ，明天早上8 點(diǎn)半我一定到！那，你們是不是工
具都準(zhǔn)備齊全了？

    LL： Yes， my sister brought all of our equipment from home ， so
we'll all be perfectly safe. You don't have to worry at all. LH ：你別
再拐彎抹角地說(shuō)我膽小了！你啊才是個(gè)膽小鬼呢！你不是最怕坐云霄飛車(chē)嗎？

    LL： That's different ！ People can get killed on those things if
something goes wrong！

    LH：是�。≡葡鲲w車(chē)如果出狀況，是會(huì)摔死人的。那難道攀巖石就不會(huì)出意
外��？

    LL： All right， you made your point. I won't call you a chicken again.
I'll see you tomorrow morning at 8：30， okay ？

    LH：沒(méi)問(wèn)題。明天見(jiàn)！