李华来公司找Larry ，两人一起去吃午饭。今天我们要学两个常用语：icy
和warmed up to.

    LH： Larry，今天上班忙吗？

    LL： Well it has been alright all morning ， but I am kind of nervous
about this presentation I have to make this afternoon.

    LH：不就是做个演示吗，又不是第一次，你有什么好紧张的？

    LL： The client who I am presenting to is somewhat icy towards me.

    LH： Icy？你是说那个客户对你特别冷淡？

    LL： Yes， she is very cold and icy to me. I hope that I can impress
her with my presentation.

    LH：别担心，有些人生性冷淡，可能并不是针对你。上学期跟我一起做项目
的一个男生就特别icy.

    LL： And……in what ways is he icy？

    LH：他从来不笑，就连他在脸谱网页上的照片都是一脸苦相，好象别人欠了
他的钱。别人跟他说话，他就瞪着别人，没有一丝表情。

    LL： That guy sounds like an icy character. How did you deal with
having to work with him ？

    LH：还好我们是一组人，不光我们两个。大家分配好工作，他用了一个周末，
就把自己份内的事情做好了。

    LL： That's good. He may have been icy， but he sure was efficient.

    LH：一个学期下来，他脸上总算有了笑容，but for a long time he was very
icy towards us.

    LL： Hopefully my presentation will get through to today's client.

    LH：肯定没问题。我发现，有些人对人冷淡，其实是因为他们自己不擅长社
交。

    LL： I hope you're right. The last thing I want to do is to offend
one of our clients.

    LH：你唯一能做的就是做好份内工作，对客户格外客气。这样，即使她对人
冷淡，可能还是会对你有个好印象。

    LL： Thanks ， Li Hua ， that is great advice. I am going to go now
，wish me luck.

    LH：加油！

    ******

    MC：李华和Larry 晚上一起吃饭。

    LH：你今天下午的展示做得顺利吗？

    LL： It went really well！ I was nervous that the client would be
icy towards me， but she seemed to really enjoy the presentation. I think
she really warmed up to me.

    LH： Warmed up to you ？你是说那个客户已经对你不再冷淡，开始喜欢你
了吗？

    LL： Yes， that is exactly right.

    LH：你觉得她逐渐对你热情起来，是因为你今天下午的表现吗？

    LL： I don't know Li Hua. I hope so. I think it went really well.
She really seemed to be enjoying it by the end. At first she seemed very
icy ， but when I was done she had warmed up and was smiling.

    LH：太好了！我就说过吧，她冷淡不是针对你。就象我们项目小组的那个男
生，经过一个学期的合作，熟了以后就从冷淡变得热情了。

    LL： Often when someone seems icy ， it just takes a little time for
them to warm up to you.

    LH：没错。那个客户对你的表现很满意，是不是说订单有戏了？

    LL： I hope so. That would definitely make the executives warm up
to the idea of me being on the team.

    LH：是啊，没准老板一高兴，还会给你涨工资呢！

    LL： It's possible. Say ， Li Hua ， have you seen this show called
"The Street"？

    LH：我特别喜欢看。What do you think ？

    LL： Well at first I didn't really like it， but after watching it
a few times ， I have warmed up to it.

    LH：这么说，不仅可以warm up to一个人，还可以warm up to一件事情喽？

    LL： Yes Li Hua ， because I gradually came to like the show， I warmed
up to it. This is just like how the icy client warmed up to my presentation.

    LH：我明白了。那你开始的时候为什么会觉得这个剧没意思呢？

    LL： When I first started watching it ， I found the characters to
be a little bit annoying， especially that one icy man. Over time ， though，
I have warmed up to them.

    LH：我同意，戏里面的一些角色是不太招人喜欢，可以剧本写得很棒，扣人
心弦。

    LL： The plots of the episodes are what caused me to warm up to the
show.

    LH：你看，快八点了，今天是星期三，正好要播出一集新的。

    LL： Let's watch it then！

    今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是icy ，意思是冷若冰霜。另一个是warm up
to，意思是逐渐开始接受和喜欢。