【大纪元12月15日讯】Larry下班后，跟李华一起去喝咖啡。今天我们要学两个常用语：brutal和rager.
LH: Larry, 怎么样，今天上班忙不忙？
LL: Oh it was way brutal.
LH: Brutal? Brutal 不是粗暴、残忍的意思吗？
LL: Here it means harsh. You know, like a hassle. It was way brutal.
LH: 噢，你说今天上班was way brutal 就是特别麻烦，不顺的意思。你说具体点儿，In what way was it brutal?
LL: Well for one thing, the coffee machine in my office was broken, so that was lame.
LH: 咖啡壶坏了顶多也就是不方便，也谈不上brutal啊。
LL: Well on top of that they were doing some sort of maintenance in the hall, so all day there was this high pitched drilling noise. I have a pounding headache.
LH: 一整天都有人在楼道里修房子，那可是够吵的。It IS brutal!
LL: Yeah it was totally brutal.
LH: 我这两天正在申请一家大公司的实习机会。Let me tell you, it’s so brutal.
LL: How is it brutal, Li Hua?
LH: 这家公司要我证明身份，结果害得我跑了四趟大使馆，腿都跑细了。
LL: Woah, brutal. Are you at least done with the application process now?
LH: I wish! 我现在还要到学校的工作许可办公室去开证明，最后还不知道到底是不是能拿到这个实习的位置。
LL: Is it paid?
LH: 没有，是没有报酬的那种实习。
LL: Brutal. I did an unpaid internship once. It was alright though.
LH: 申请实习的手续麻烦点儿也就算了，我现在唯一的希望是，真开始实习了，工作上不要更加brutal。
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李华第二天中午兴高彩烈地打电话给Larry。
LL: Hello? This is Larry London speaking.
LH: Larry?
LL: Hi Li Hua, how’s it going?
LH: 告诉你一个好消息，我拿到那个实习的机会了。
LL: That’s great Li Hua!
LH: 公司人事部门打电话通知我，我简直高兴死了。
LL: We have to celebrate, we should throw a rager.
LH: Rager，那是什么？听起来好像挺可怕的。
LL: No, a rager means a huge party. A raging party.
LH: 哦，我知道了，a rager就是一个特别疯狂的派对。好啊，我同意，咱们把朋友都叫来，开个rager.
LL: My friend Jack the DJ has been looking to find some more work. I’m sure he’d be willing to set up his turntables at our rager.
LH: 你是说你那个做职业DJ的朋友Jack吗？太棒了，要真能把他找来，It is bound to be a killer rager.
LL: I think it should be pretty good. We can have it at my place.
LH: 在你那儿开？你可想好了，那些人一定会把你家搞得一团糟。
LL: Eh, it’s fine. I don’t have anything nice that can be damaged anyhow.
LH: 你在家大吵大闹地开派对，邻居会不会有意见？
LL: Probably not, there are a lot of young people around here anyhow. I feel like somebody is always throwing a rager on this street.
LH: 太好了，那你说，咱们都请谁？
LL: Well you should tell friends in your classes, and I’ll send out a Facebook invitation. Oh, When will we hold our rager?
LH: 这个星期五晚上怎么样？
LL: Mmm, this Friday isn’t good. I told my friend Kevin I’d help him fix the bike. How about Saturday?
LH: 星期六好。星期六大家精神头更足。
LL: Exactly, you want people to be high energy if you are going to throw a rager. Do you think a lot of people will come?
LH: 那还用说，I think it will be a huge rager. 你说咱们的派对应该几点开始？
LL: We can say nine o’clock and no one will likely show up until 10:30 at the earliest.
LH: 十点半？那么晚啊？
LL: That tends to be how it goes.
LH: 好，就听你的，拿到这个实习的机会，我真是高兴死了。
LL: Congratulations! You earned it.
今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是brutal意思是很糟糕，很麻烦。另一个是rager指特别疯狂、特别热闹的派对。 (http://www.dajiyuan.com)
