今天Michael和李華到了一家中餐館吃飯，二人正在點菜。李華學到了兩個詞兒：already和one to talk.

    L： 啊， 我的天啊，我餓死了。這菜單上每一個菜我都愛吃。

    M： OK， just order something already！

    L： Michael， 你說什么？我什么菜都還沒點，連服務生都還沒來呢，你怎么就說“already”呢？

    M： No， no， Li Hua， I said， "Order something already！" I meant that you should hurry up.

    L： 噢，所以，你在這兒用了“already”，就是叫我快一點啊。可是你把這個字用在句子的最后面，這種用法好奇怪喲！

    M： When we say "already" at the end of a sentence， sometimes we are showing that we are impatient， that we want somebody to stop waiting and to do something.

    L： 噢，我懂了。你能不能再給我舉個例子啊？

    M： OK. Remember when we were stopped at a light earlier today？ The car in front of me didn't move when the light turned green， so I yelled —— "Come on， move already！"

    L： 嗯，我懂了，我懂了，這個習慣用語很簡單嘛。

    M： Yeah？ Well， go ahead！ Make a sentence already！

    L： O.K. 你不是老是說那個叫Cindy的女孩兒有多可愛嗎？ So come on， ask her out already！

    M： Um， well， the sentence is correct， but I don't really know Cindy that well. I'm a little shy around girls， you know.

    L： 管他呢，你怕什么？ Just talk to her already！

    M： Well， actually I've talked to her before， but I was really nervous. I did get her phone number. I told her I might call her if I missed class and needed to borrow her notes.

    L： 啊，你已經(jīng)有她的電話號碼啦！那你還等什么？要是她肯把電話號碼給你，她對你一定有興趣的。 Call her already！

    M： All right！ All right！ Shut up already！ I'll call her.

    L： 嘿， Michael， 我是要幫你的忙啊！你干嘛跟我發(fā)脾氣？

    M： I'm sorry， Li Hua. I shouldn't have told you to shut up. Hey， the waiter is coming. I'm hungry. Go ahead and choose something already！

    L： 嗯，我想我要點宮爆雞丁。

    L： 嗨，Michael， 你知不知道有的時候你可真無禮啊。

    M： I'm rude？ You're one to talk， Li Hua！

    L： 哎，你說我什么，Michael？你要是還在生氣的話，我現(xiàn)在就走了。

    M： Please， calm down Li Hua. I said， "You're one to talk." I meant that you shouldn't say I am rude when you yourself are rude.

    L： 好了，我知道有的時候我也很粗魯啦。所以，Michael，你說：You're one to talk，是不是就是說我們倆都半斤八兩，我不用說你，其實我自己也是很粗魯?shù)模?/p>

    M： That's right. When you told me I can be rude， I thought that that was rude. So I said， "You're one to talk！" That means， you have the same problem， so you shouldn't criticize me.

    L： 噢，我懂了，其實我也不是要對你那么粗魯。我只是替你擔心，因為你老是說你很寂寞，可是你又不肯主動去找女孩子，你太害羞了。

    M： I'm shy？ You're one to talk！ What about you？ You are always too shy to meet new guys.

    L： Well， 在中國，女孩子本來就不會主動去約男孩子的嘛！總是男的要去找女的。

    M： That's not a good excuse. I think you're just too picky.

    L： 什么？你說我太挑剔？You're one to talk！ 你自己不也老是說你碰不到既聰明又有教養(yǎng)的女孩？你這不也自以為是嗎？

    M： I'm too proud of myself？ You're one to talk！ You wouldn't even consider going out with a guy if he didn't have a Master's degree.

    L： 好了，好了，Michael， 我們不要再吵了，反正也吵不出什么道理來。

    M： Yeah， sorry， let's just forget about it. Hey look， our food is here.

    L： So eat already！ 咱們早該吃了。

    MC： 各位聽眾，李華今天和Michael一起在餐館點菜的時候，學到了兩個美國用語的用法。Already用在命令式句子的后面時，相當于普通話里面常說的：“早該如何如何”的意思。You're one to talk！則相當于“你竟然敢說這話，我們倆都半斤八兩”的意思。