Larry 周末去找李华。今天我们要学两个常用语：the cat is out of the
bag 和kick the bucket.

    LL： Hi Li Hua， how's it going ？

    LH：挺好的，总算又考完了一门。你怎么样？

    LL： I'm doing pretty well. There's something I've been meaning to
ask you ……

    LH：你先别说，让我猜猜，你要带我出去渡假？

    LL： What ？How'd you know？！ Who let the cat out of the bag ？

    LH： What ？什么叫"let the cat out of the bag ？"

    LL： Who told you ？

    LH：哈哈，当然是你妹妹Susie.

    LL： I can't believe she told you ！

    LH： Well. I guess she let the cat out of the bag.

    LL： Did she ever ！ I can't believe she let the cat out of the bag！

    LH：你还不了解Susie 吗，她肚子里什么事情也藏不住。

    LL： I see that now.

    LH：你以后有什么要保密的事，千万不能告诉她。

    LL： I guess Susie is not a good candidate for being a spy.

    LH：她要当间谍，第一天就把自己先出卖了！

    LL： Oh well， so the cat is out of the bag ， I want to take you
on a vacation.

    LH：好啊！带我去渡假我当然愿意，可总得有点儿理由吧？

    LL： Well ， that project just finished and my boss offered me a few
weeks off to relax since we all worked so many hours on it. Plus I just
got a bonus for the work.

    LH：又放假，又发奖金。这可真是双喜临门。

    LL： It's pretty good. I'm just glad that now I have some time to
relax.

    LH：那你有没有想好去哪里呢？

    LL： I was thinking that we could go down to Miami， you know ， just
relax by the beach. I think it would be a pretty good way to get away
from it all for a little bit.

    LH：迈阿密的阳光，我来了！

    LL： It's a shame you weren't surprised though， now I know not to
tell someone who might let the cat out of the bag next time.

    ******

    李华第二天见到Larry. Larry看上去情绪十分低落。

    LH： Larry，你怎么了，脸色这么难看，发生什么事情了吗？

    LL： My second grade teacher apparently just kicked the bucket.

    LH：你小学二年级老师kicked the bucket ？她的脚没受伤吧？

    LL： No ， kicked the bucket means she died.

    LH：哦，原来kick the bucket 是去世的意思。对不起，你一定很难过吧？

    LL： Well ， She always had some health problems. To be honest， I'm
surprised she lived to be as old as she did. She was probably in her 60s
when I had her.

    LH：不管怎么说，自己以前的老师去世，心里一定还是很不好受。

    LL： Yeah ， it is a little sad ， and a little strange. I hadn't
thought of her in years.

    LH：那你是怎么听说她去世的消息呢？

    LL： Someone from my hometown posted it on my facebook wall.

    LH：没想到，脸谱网还能起到发讣告的作用。

    LL： Yeah ， it is kind of weird that someone would use facebook as
an obituary. Usually people like to write about having kids online. But
this is the first time I heard about someone kicking the bucket.

    LH：不说这些不高兴的事了。Larry ，晚上要不一起去看电影？

    LL： OK. Anything in particular ？

    LH：我随便，听你的。

    LL： I guess I'd like to see a comedy or something light.

    LH： So you don't think about your teacher having kicked the bucket？

    LL： Well I guess ， but also just because I feel like seeing a comedy.

    LH：对了，Larry ，要不要听个小秘密？

    LL： A secret ？ Of course.

    LH： Jenny和Mark订婚了。

    LL： WOW！ That's great news！

    LH：别嚷别嚷。他们还没有正式宣布呢。You have to promise you won't
let the cat out of the bag！

    今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是the cat is out of the bag ，意思是泄
露秘密。另一个是kick the bucket 意思是去世。