李华和Larry 一起去逛农贸市场。今天我们要学两个常用语：to eat one's
words 和like night and day.

    LH： Larry，我特别喜欢逛农贸市场。这些蔬菜水果都是咱们这儿的农民自
己种的，又新鲜又营养。

    L ： I guess that's true， but they're expensive too. I think we should
just wait for our plants at home to produce fruit.

    LH：咱们种的那些菜？嗯……Larry ，说实话，你第一次种菜，真的能有收
获吗？

    L ： You just watch Lihua. When we are eating tomatoes from our garden
in a few weeks， you're going to have to eat your words.

    LH：啊？Eat my words？ Larry，怎么能这样，你吃西红柿，却让我吃words？

    L ： Actually ， when someone eats her words， that means she has
to accept that she was wrong about something.

    LH：哦，to eat my words 就是认错。你是说，等你种的西红柿结出又大又
甜的果实来，我就不得不承认自己小看了你种菜的本领！

    L ： Right！ Here is another example. I told my friend Steve that
he would never become a famous actor， but I had to eat my words when
he won an Oscar.

    LH：什么？你的朋友Steve 赢了奥斯卡奖？！快把他介绍给我！

    L ： Unfortunately that's just an example sentence.

    LH：啊？是你胡说的啊！算了，咱们还是买点水果吧，我看也不会特别贵。

    L ： Trust me ， Lihua， you're going to eat your words when you see
how expensive the prices are. Say ， do you have cash in your wallet？

    LH：现金？没有，我就带了张信用卡。

    L ： Lihua， I doubt these small farmers brought credit card machines
with them.

    LH：不会吧，现在大家都用信用卡。你放心吧，这些卖菜的肯定收信用卡。

    L ： Well ， you're going to eat your words when you try to buy something
with a credit card.

    LH：好啦， Larry，既然今天你这么自信，干脆你来挑苹果吧。如果不甜，
唯你是问！

    L ： Lihua， I am an expert at picking out the most delicious fruit
at the market. And if they're not good， I will eat my words.

    LH：哈，这你不必担心，如果苹果不甜，你不用承认自己看走眼，you don't
have to eat your words. I'll make you eat the apples！只要你把自己挑的
酸苹果都吃掉就行了！

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    LH： Larry，你快看这个大南瓜！肯定比超市卖的好吃！

    L ： I don't know …… it looks about the same. The only difference
is that it costs twice as much.

    LH： Larry，你相信我，晚上你一吃就知道我说得没错了。

    L ： Well ， for twice as much money， it better be like night and
day.

    LH：吃南瓜要像白天和黑夜？你说什么呢？

    L ： When you say that two things are like night and day， that means
they are completely different ， or that one is far better than the other.

    LH：哦，like night and day就是“天壤之别”。你是说，这里南瓜比超市
的贵那么多，所以它们的味道也必须比超市的南瓜好吃几百倍才对。

    L ： Right！ Here is another example. I was used to working on my
old ， slow computer， so when I bought a really fast new computer， it
was like night and day.

    LH：对，你的新电脑特别好用，跟原来那台又旧又慢的电脑相比，真的是天
壤之别。

    L ： Exactly！ So Lihua ， should we get some red potatoes， or the
yellow potatoes ？

    LH：红土豆还是黄土豆？随便啦，土豆还不都一个味儿么？

    L ： They don't taste similar at all！ The difference is like night
and day.

    LH：怎么可能有那么大的区别？估计就你一个人能吃出不同来。

    L ： You know Lihua ， there is one nice thing about the farmer's
market.

    LH：哦？是什么？

    L ： The employees at the supermarket aren't very friendly or helpful，
but the farmers here are so nice！ It's really like night and day.

    LH：那可不！ Larry，你开始喜欢农贸市场了吧？你看，东西贵一点，也是
值得的！

    L ： Well ， I'm not going to eat my words just yet. I'll taste some
of the fruit first， and then decide if it's worth the extra money.

    LH： Larry，在吃上你得向我学习。虽然我平时很节俭，但是，一涉及到吃，
我花多少钱都不心疼！

    L ： That's true. Your attitude is like night and day.

    今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是to eat one's words，意思是认错，认输
；另一个是like night and day，意思是天壤之别。