李华在咖啡馆跟Larry 见面。今天我们要学两个常用语： don't put all your
eggs in one basket和seeing red.

    LL： How's it going Li hua？

    LH：还可以，我这两天正琢磨着毕业以后找工作的事情。

    LL： Have you had any luck so far ？

    LH：我找到了两个比较合适的，我觉得自己能够胜任，而且起薪也不错。

    LL： That's great Li Hua， but don't put all your eggs in one basket.

    LH：鸡蛋？我看中的工作跟养鸡一点关系都没有。

    LL： Haha ， no Li Hua， "don't put all your eggs in one basket" is
a saying in English. It means don't put all of your hopes on one thing，
or in other words ， have a backup plan if things don't turn out the way
you imagine.

    LH：噢，我明白了，别把所有鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里，就是中文里说的别孤
注一掷，别在一棵树上吊死。你是说我最好应该多申请几个。你放心，我会尽可
能多寄一些申请表，我一定不会put all my eggs in one basket.

    LL： That's a very good idea.

    LH： Larry，你这两天忙什么呢？

    LL： Well ， Li Hua ， I have been thinking of moving ， so I have
been looking at the classifieds for a new place. I am looking all over
town and compiling a list ， that way I will have a back up if my first
choice falls through. I'm not putting all my eggs in one basket.

    LH：好主意。我的租约也快到期了。到时候你要帮我，多找几个合适的公寓，
看看哪里有空的，按你的话说，I cannot put all my eggs in one basket.

    LL： Exactly. Now what shall we do tonight？

    LH：我们可以去看今天上映的那部新片。不过，也有可能买不到票，所有我
们要做两手准备。We don't want to put all our eggs in one basket.

    LL： That is a good point ， Li Hua. Do you have any ideas of other
things to do to avoid putting all our eggs in one basket？

    LH：电影院旁边就有个保龄球馆，万一买不到电影票，我们就去打保龄球。

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    李华和Larry 没看上电影，只好去打保龄球。

    LH：真倒霉，被我不幸言中，电影票还真卖光了。

    LL： That's OK， Li Hua ， now I can awe you with my bowling skills.
Here I go.

    （Sound of gutter balls ）

    LH：哈！上来就是一个落沟球，演砸了吧。

    LL：（Sign） Oh Boy ， I am seeing red about having bowled so poorly.

    LH：眼前都是红色？你别吓唬我。

    LL： No ， Li Hua ， seeing red means I'm really mad about something.

    LH：噢，seeing red是特别生气的意思。那我们没买到电影票，你有没有seeing
red ？

    LL： Well ， no Li Hua， I was a little annoyed but I was not quite
seeing red. Seeing red means that you are really angry.

    LH：那两个月前，我的手提电脑被偷，我就可以说I was seeing red.

    LL： Yes， Li Hua ， that's exactly right ， if somebody stole my
laptop， I would certainly be seeing red.

    LH：对了，昨天早上我在餐厅里把番茄酱洒了一身。I was really seeing
red.

    LL： Was it because you were angry or because the sauce is literally
red ？

    LH：你还开我玩笑！我昨天穿了件新衬衣，真心疼死我了。

    LL： I've done that in the past. It is pretty bad.

    LH：你听说了吗，图书馆为了节省经费，要缩短开放时间。

    LL： Oh really？ How do the students feel about that？

    LH： The students are really seeing red.很多人都在校报上发表文章骂
学校，还有不少人在校长办公室门前示威抗议。

    LL： Yes that does sound like something that would really make students
mad. I would be seeing red too.

    LH：不过话说回来，学校要节省开支，就一定要减少服务，不管减的是哪个
部门，都会有人受到影响。Someone will be seeing red.

    LL： That is a very good point Li Hua. Now hopefully I'll start bowling
better， or I won't be seeing red ， I'll be red with embarrassment.

    LH：好啊，该你了，good luck ！

    今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是don't put all your eggs in one basket
，意思是不要孤注一掷。另一个是seeing red ，意思是气死了。