今天Michael和李華在打臺球。從Michael的談話中，李華學到兩個常用語： to fork something over和to get over something.

    L： （sound of pool balls clicking） 嗨，別進去，別進去呀！ 啊呀，我怎么又輸了這關鍵的球呢！這下好了……

    M： That's too bad， Li Hua. Looks like you owe me five dollars. Come on， fork it over！

    L： 對，我們賭了五塊錢，輸了就給你，有什么了不起。可什么是fork it over？

    M： To fork something over means to pay or give something， usually money. You lost a 5 dollar bet， so you need to fork over five dollars！

    L： 噢，to fork it over原來就是付錢，或者給什么東西。Michael，你再舉個例子，好不好？

    M： Before I left China， I bought a lot of souvenirs. At the train station， a worker told me that my bags were too heavy， and I was made to pay a fine. I had to fork over 80 yuan， 八十塊！

    L： 行李太重就被罰了八十塊人民幣！可能是坑你是外國人吧！嗨，你本來就不該買那么多禮品。而且你買的都不是什么好東西，瞧那條石頭雕的龍，真難看！

    M： Hey， I forked over 350 yuan for that statue！ Don't make fun of it！

    L： You forked over 350 yuan for that thing？ 出350塊買那條龍呀？老天爺，Michael， 那玩意兒恐怕還不值50塊人民幣呢。

    M： Well， anyway， you need to fork over my 5 dollars now， please.

    L： 你那么著急要我給你五塊錢干嘛？

    M： Go over to the bar and get us some beers. My treat！

    L： 要我拿那五塊錢去買啤酒，還算你請客！Macheal， 你真好意思吶！

    L： 我剛才怎么會又輸給你呢，真是難以相信。真倒霉！

    M： Please， Li Hua， its a game of pool. Get over it！

    L： Get what？ 你說什么？Get-over-it？

    M： I said "get over it". To get over something means to stop feeling bad about something， to forget about something bad.

    L： To get over it就是不要為了某件事老感到難受，要把它忘掉。你的意思是要我忘掉我輸給你五塊錢？

    M： Well， you don't need to completely forget about losing —— but just don't let the fact that you lost bother you. Get over it！

    L： 對，完全忘掉恐怕是不行，但是別老放在心里。 Michael， 我是跟你開玩笑的啦。不過，to get over it這個說法好像很有用，再給我舉個例子吧。

    M： My aunt's husband was killed in the Vietnam war. She never completely got over his death. She sometimes talks about him as if he were still alive.

    L： 你姨夫在越南戰(zhàn)爭里被打死已經那么久了，你阿姨到現(xiàn)在有時還以為他還活著。我聽了都感到難受，你別舉這么傷心的例子好嗎？

    M： Ok， let me see —— when I was eight， I had a puppy. I really loved that dog！ But the dog got sick， and never got over the illness.

    L： 喲，你八歲時候養(yǎng)的小狗后來病死啦！Michael！ 我最心痛這種小動物了，我都快要哭了。

    M： Li Hua， please！ Don't cry . That was years ago！ Besides， it wasn't even your dog.

    L： 說的也是，那么多年前的事了，而且也不是我的狗。可能我喝酒喝太多了。

    M： Hey， you'd better finish that！ I forked over five dollars for these beers！

    今天李華學到兩個常用語，一個是：to fork it over， 意思是給什么東西，或付錢。另一個是：to get over it， 意思是忘掉不愉快的事情。