Larry 准备参加马拉松比赛，李华在帮他进行赛前训练。他们会用到两个常
用语：on the dot和get a taste of one's own medicine

    LH： Larry，加油，就剩500 米了！冲刺冲刺！好……！

    Larry ：（Out of breath ） How……did …… I do ？

    LH：成绩不错，但还是没进15分钟。

    Larry ：（Still a bit out of breath ） Let me see that watch……Hey，
this isn't above 15 minutes …… this is 15 minutes on the dot！

    LH： Dot？点点？这个秒表是新的，上面什么都没有啊！

    Larry ： No ， no. The watch is fine. I'm talking about the time.
Look……it says 15：00. Exactly fifteen minutes ……Fifteen minutes on
the dot.

    LH：哦， on the dot 就是“正好”的意思。你是说，你刚才的成绩是正好
15分钟。可是Larry ，我的意思是，你还是没有冲破15分这个关口。这样你下个
月参加比赛时，名次是不会理想的！

    Larry ： I know ， I know …… wait a minute. Next month？ I thought
I had way more time to prepare than that！

    LH：啊？你忘啦？距离比赛还有整整一个月，30 days on the dot！

    Larry ： Well ， at least I'm making progress ……fifteen minutes
is my best time so far. I think I'm done running for today. It's 5pm on
the dot.

    LH：好吧，那今天就练到这儿吧。天儿也够热的，今天是35 degrees on the
dot ，35度呢！

    Larry ： Well ， when you're running， it feels more like 40 degrees
on the dot！

    LH：不过回家前，你还得做30个仰卧起坐。

    Larry ： You sure are a strict coach……how do you know so much about
training？

    LH：（得意地）我高中是田径队的，教练特严格，我都是跟他学的！严师出
高徒嘛！

    Larry ： Oh really？？（pauses for a moment as if hatching a plan ）
You know， Li Hua ， there's a couple's race as well on race day. I think
you and I should be a team！

    LH：双人跑？我也参加？那可不行，我整整10年没跑步了！10 years on the
dot ！

    Larry ： Hey， you've been making me run all over this track for the
past week ； I think it's only fair that you got to taste of your own
medicine.

    LH：什么，taste of my own medicine？我的药的味道？

    Larry ： Actually ， you've been working me so hard ， but now it's
time for you to go through the same ordeal that you had put me through.
In other words， you're getting a taste of your own medicine.

    LH：我明白了，get a taste of my own medicine就是自食苦果。你是说，
这几天我逼你练得那么辛苦，现在你也要让我尝尝同样的滋味。

    Larry ： Right！ Let's start early tomorrow ……be here at 7 am on
the dot. I can't wait to give you a taste of your own medicine！

    ******

    第二天，Larry 和李华开始了训练。

    Larry ： Come on， Lihua， just 500 more meters ！ Pick up your speed！
And ……you're done ！

    LH：（Out of breath ）时间怎么样？

    Larry ： Eighteen minutes.

    LH：啊？这么慢？ 18 minutes on the dot？正好18分么？

    Larry ： No ， not on the dot. More like 18 minutes and 16 seconds
……

    LH：我要累死了，不练了不练了！

    Larry ： Now you know how it feels to taste some of your own medicine！

    LH：是啊，现在我体会到你的辛苦了。我真不该对你那么严格。

    Larry ： Good ！ Well ， I guess I can tell you now ……there's no
couple's race.

    LH：根本就没有什么双人跑？！

    Larry ： Yeah ， you were pushing me so hard……I just wanted you
to get a taste of your own medicine.

    LH：为了让我自食苦果，你就用这招骗我？！哎呀，糟糕，刚才跑得太快，
你妈妈送我的那条项链不知道什么时候掉了。

    Larry ： My mother's necklace ？？ That's been in my family for 100
years on the dot！ Why did you wear that on a run ？

    LH：哈！你着急了吧！项链就在我包里！怎么样， you just got a taste
of your own medicine，你也知道被骗的滋味不好受了吧！

    Larry ： Indeed ……

    今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是on the dot，表示“正好，精确地”。另
一个是get a taste of one's own medicine ，意思是“自食苦果”。