LH： Larry，晚上你想干什么？

    LL： I'm not sure Li Hua， did you have anything in mind？

    LH：我想去看新上映的喜剧片，讲好几个俄亥俄单身女子的那个。

    LL： That movie ？ It looks like a total snoozefest ！ There's no
way you'll get me in there！

    LH： Snoozefest ？我猜snoozefest是无聊的意思吧？

    LL： Yes， Li Hua ， snooze is another word for sleep ， and fest
means party. So a snoozefest is something that's so boring it puts everyone
to sleep.

    LH：我可不觉得这个电影无聊。要不你说，看什么电影？

    LL： I would like to see that new action movie about a spy in Russia.

    LH：啊？你想看那个俄罗斯间谍片？光看介绍就知道，绝对是俗套的snoozefest！

    LL： I don't think it sounds like a snoozefest to me. I find action
movies to be very exciting.

    LH：看起来，我们两人对电影的品味完全不同。

    LL： Yes， that sounds exactly right. So how are your classes going？

    LH：别提了，我刚完成的那篇文章枯燥极了。It is a total snoozefest.
题目是七十年代加拿大的经济和不列颠哥伦比亚省的捕鱼业。

    LL：（Yawn） You're putting me to sleep just explaining it.

    LH：你还没去上过课呢！那位老先生讲起课来循循善诱，徐徐道来，经常说
着说着就跑题了。It truly is a snoozefest.

    LL： How do you deal with it？

    LH：一个字：coffee.

    LL： That seems like a good plan. The other day I had a meeting at
work that was also a total snoozefest. It took all of my energy to stay
awake.

    LH：言归正传，咱们晚上到底看什么电影？赶快决定吧。

    LL： Well ， I guess we can see the movie you want to see.

    LH： Thank you. 你怎么会改变主意的？

    LL： I need to catch up on my sleep.

    ******

    MC：李华和Larry 看完电影后走出电影院。

    LH： Larry，你觉得那个电影怎么样？特别好看吧！

    LL： Great？ I don't Li Hua ， I thought that movie was really pass
é。

    LH： Pass é。 Pass é是什么意思？

    LL： Pass é Pass-AY， is a word borrowed from French that means lame
or uncool when used in English.

    LH：什么？你居然会觉得这么好的电影没劲？Your taste in movies is so
Passé不说这个了，现在时间还早，咱们干点什么？

    LL： We could go out to a club and go dancing.

    LH：好啊，去哪里跳舞？

    LL： The one on 9th street is cheap.

    LH：你说九街上那间舞厅？But that place is so pass é那里的音乐都是
老掉牙的。

    LL： Yes， I'll admit it is a little pass é。

    LH：咱们去市中心新开的那个舞厅怎么样？听说里面特别棒，It's not pass
é at all.

    LL： I heard it's pretty cool ， but it's kind of far away.

    LH：这倒是真的。那我们还是去九街上的那间吧。

    LL： That sounds good to me. Say， did you ever finish that book I
loaned you？

    LH：刚看完。

    LL： What did you think of it ？

    LH：还可以。我觉得it was a little passé作者在书里并没有提出什么新
论点，都是别人提过的。

    LL： Really ？ I did not think it was passé at all. I thought that
the author made some interesting points.

    LH：书里只有个别片段让我感兴趣，但是总的来说，I thought it was a snoozefest.

    LL： Well I for one liked it. Did I tell you that a new restaurant
opened down the street from my job？

    LH：你们公司附近又开新餐馆了？How is it ？

    LL： I haven't been yet ， but I read a review of it. It said the
decorations are somewhat pass é but the food is supposed to be delicious.

    LH：真的？什么风味的？

    LL： I think it is a Moroccan restaurant.

    LH：我们下次去吃吃看。

    LL： Sure ， I think that sounds like a great idea Li hua.

    今天李华学了两个常用语。一个是snoozefest，意思是无聊得只会让人睡觉。
另一个是passé，意思是落伍的，过时的。