【大紀元8月25日訊】
Larry和李華正在一家洗衣店裡洗衣服。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：whoa和booboo。
LL: Whoa, Li Hua, don’t put so much detergent into the washing machine!
LH: 我放太多洗衣粉啦？那下回我就少放一些。對了，Larry，你剛才說whoa，那是西部牛仔經常說的話嗎？你剛才說whoa是甚麼意思呀？
LL: Li Hua, have you been watching Westerns lately? You are right. Cowboys say 「whoa」 when they want their horses to slow down.
LH: 原來我還真猜對了。在西部電影裡，那些牛仔經常會說whoa，就是要他們的馬兒慢下來。所以你剛才說whoa，就是要我慢點，別倒太多洗衣粉下去。
LL: Right. Whoa, Li Hua, look at all the laundry that guy just brought in!
LH: 等等，Larry，那個人是拿了一大包髒衣服進來，你說whoa是要他慢慢洗嗎？ 你又不認識他，跟你又有甚麼相幹哪！
LL: No, this time I used 「whoa」 to express amazement. I was amazed at the piles of laundry that guy just brought it. 「Whoa」 is an exclamation and depending on how you say it, it can mean different things.
LH: 噢，這兒的whoa 是表示驚奇。你說了兩次whao， 可是意思完全不一樣。看來，這個whao 可以表達不同的意思。
LL：You’re absolutely right!
LH：Whoa, Larry，你沒有必要摺衣服摺那麼快嘛！我們還有很多衣服要洗，得在這兒等上好長時間呢！
LL: Hey, that was a good use of 「whoa.」
LH: 還是得謝謝你這位老師的指導啊！Whoa, Larry，你看到那個人換了多少硬幣要來洗衣服啊？
LL: The guy with all the laundry? He’s going to need a lot of quarters to do all of that laundry. Oh, hey, my next load of laundry is done. Let me take it out.
LH: Whoa, Larry, 你的白襯衫怎麼全變成粉紅色啦？
LL: I think you’ve mastered the use of 「whoa,」 Li Hua.
LH: Whoa, Larry, 我不過是用你剛教的常用語開開玩笑嘛。不過，你的白襯衣是變成粉紅色啦！
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LL: Oh, boy, Li Hua, I made a big booboo.
LH: 你做了甚麼？A booboo?
LL: Yeah, a booboo means a big mistake! I left a red sock in with my white t-shirts and underwear. Now everything is pink.
LH: Booboo就是犯了個大錯誤。原來你把一只紅襪子丟進去和白襯衫一塊洗，怪不得現在它們都成了粉紅襯衫了。沒關係啦，Larry，犯錯誤的人多著吶，我昨天也犯了個大錯 – a booboo。
LL: What was that?
LH: 我啊，把錢包和鑰匙放在廚房的桌子上，走出家才想起來，所以就把鑰匙給鎖在家裏了。
LL: That was a booboo, all right. How did you fix your booboo?
LH: 還能怎麼辦，只好請鎖匠來開門。當然啦，就是得花錢，破財消災嘍！Larry，我來幫你把這些粉紅襯衫放到烘乾機裡吧！
LL: Thanks. Hey, Li Hua, do you see that kid over there with the booboo on his knee?
LH: The kid with a booboo on his knee? 你是說坐在那兒，那個膝蓋上貼繃帶的小孩啊？
LL: Yeah, I saw him fall down earlier and get a booboo. He just scraped his knee a little. He cried, but his mom cheered him up.
LH: 噢，你看到他摔下來，膝蓋受了傷啊？等等，Larry，這麼說，booboo除了指錯誤，也可以指受傷，對嗎？
LL: Right, but not a serious injury. . . Oh, Li Hua, watch out for the door of the dryer!
LH: Ow! 好痛噢， 我的手指給烘乾機的門夾到了。
LL: Oh, let me see. Look, you’ve got a booboo, too!
今天李華學到兩個常用語。第一個是whoa，這個詞有幾種意思，它可以指「嘿，慢點」。也可以表示「很驚奇」。李華學到的另一個常用語就是：booboo。Booboo也有兩種意思。一個是指錯誤，另外也可以指受傷。
轉自《美國之音》(http://www.dajiyuan.com)
