今天是周末，Michael和李華去打臺(tái)球。李華一邊玩一邊還學(xué)了兩個(gè)年輕人常用的詞：to rule和to blow money on something.

    L： 哎呀，我不想玩了。我老是輸給你。這樣玩還有什么意思啊。

    M： Hey！ You don't need to get angry just because I rule at the pool table！

    L： 啊？ 你在臺(tái)球桌上做了什么？你是不是耍了什么花招，怕我生氣啊？

    M： Absolutely not！ I said that I rule the pool table. That means that I am the best at playing pool. I can defeat anyone. Rule， R-U-L-E.

    L： 噢，我明白了，rule在這里指的是你玩臺(tái)球玩得最棒，可以打敗任何人。對(duì)不對(duì)，Michael？

    M： That's right！ I am king of the pool table！ I rule！

    L： 嘿，你不要那么得意好不好。你忘了，那天打乒乓球，你連連敗在我的手下。你呀，對(duì)乒乓球這種體育運(yùn)動(dòng)簡(jiǎn)直是一竅不通。

    M： Sport？ Ping-pong is not a sport！ It's a game！ You might rule at that little game. But I rule at pool， a man's game！

    L： 你在瞎說(shuō)什么啊。我不跟你爭(zhēng)了。你還是多給我解釋解釋rule這個(gè)詞吧。

    M： Well， I can say "I rule the pool table"； that means that I dominate the game. Or I can say "I rule at" doing something. In either case it means the same thing： I am the best！

    L： 好了，好了，就算你是最棒的吧。那rule還有什么別的用法呢？

    M： Sometimes we just say something or someone rules without adding any other words. For instance， I can say "Chinese food rules！" That means I think it is great.

    L： 那如果我說(shuō)：Michael Jordan rules！，是不是就表示我認(rèn)為他是最棒的籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員，對(duì)不對(duì)？

    M： That's right. When we say a person rules， that means we think they are the best， or at least that they are impressive.

    L： 哎，Michael，你看那邊有個(gè)人老往我們這邊看，沒(méi)準(zhǔn)他是想和你比賽，怎么樣，敢不敢跟他比？

    M： Whatever， I rule the pool table， no matter who I play against！

    L： Michael，你打得怎么樣，輸了還是贏了？

    M： Not so well. Say， Li Hua， can I borrow five dollars？ I just blew my money on playing pool with them， and I need to put gas in the car so we can get home.

    L： 你說(shuō)你的錢(qián)怎么了？你是不是在賭博啊？

    M： No， I said I blew my money on pool. That means I spent all of my money very quickly. Blew is the past tense for blow.

    L： 噢，“blow money on something”就是為了做某件事很快把口袋里的錢(qián)花光了。

    M： That's right. Like when we were at the mall the other day， and you blew a whole week's pay on shoes.

    L： 我是花了一星期的工資買(mǎi)鞋，可你不覺(jué)得我買(mǎi)的鞋價(jià)廉物美，所以不能說(shuō)我浪費(fèi)啊。

    M： Well， I guess sometimes it's ok to blow one's money on something useful.

    L： 就是嘛。哎，我倒是想起了一個(gè)你亂花錢(qián)的例子，記不記得你大學(xué)一年級(jí)的時(shí)候到賭城拉斯維加斯，blew all of your money on black jack.

    M： Ha ha ha……yeah， what a wonderful memory. but， I'll never blow all of my money like that again. I am older and wiser now.

    L： 得了吧，你年齡的確是越來(lái)越大，可腦筋并沒(méi)有越來(lái)越聰明。要不然你今天怎么會(huì)玩臺(tái)球把錢(qián)都花光呢？

    M： Those guys are good. They play quickly， and they both beat me several times. Also， we agreed that the loser had to pay for the pool table. So of course I blew all of my money very quickly.

    今天Michael可是夠倒霉的，輸了球，還花光了錢(qián)。不過(guò)李華倒是收獲不小，她今天學(xué)到兩個(gè)很有用的詞。一個(gè)是：to rule，是很棒的意思。另一個(gè)是：to blow one's money on something，意思是把錢(qián)都浪費(fèi)在了某樣?xùn)|西上。