Larry 陪李华一起找公寓。李华今天要学两个常用语，up for grabs和psyched.

    LL： Wow！ Check out the price for this place ……

    LH：很便宜吗？多少钱？

    LL： Wait ……what's your budget？ I forgot - $2000 per month ？ Hahaha！

    How much you should be able to afford after getting that new job！

    LH：两千块的房子我可住不起。我的标准是，房租不能超过一千美金！

    LL： Well ……it's $1200 per month. I guess I'll keep looking ……

    oh - hey - this one looks tempting - "one bedroom in group house for
$675 up for grabs.

    LH：跟别人合租，675 美元一个月，价钱倒是满便宜的，可是 Larry，广告
上说的up for grabs是什么意思啊？

    LL： "Up for grabs" is a casual ， informal way of saying that something
is available - but you have to compete for it ！

    LH：啊？还要跟别人争啊，是不是看谁出价高呢？

    LL： In this case ， it means that the room is available to the first
suitable person who is willing to take the room and pay for it.

    LH：哦，那咱们下手为强。太好了，我们现在正好有时间。快打电话给他们。

    LL：（Calling ） Hello？ Hi there. Is your room still available ？

    Ok， if it's still up for grabs ， we'll be there in half an hour.

    LH：太好了，Larry ，你看。那一带还有好几处价格比较合适的房子，咱们
正好一块看了。

    ******

    LH： Larry，你觉得这个公寓怎么样？

    LL： Well ， I can understand why it's still up for grabs ……the
bedroom is small， the house smells of cigarette smoke， and the housemates
seems strange ！

    LH：就是，怪不得没人愿意租，不仅地方小，屋里都是烟味，而且那两个室
友也都怪怪的。我们还是去看下一家吧，就在街对面。

    LH： WOW！这里简直太棒了，而且还配家具，价钱只稍微贵一点。Excuse me
，is this room still up for grabs？ It is？ Fantastic！ I'll take it ！

    LL： You should see the expression on your face ， Lihua！ You seem
totally psyched ！

    LH：简直难以相信！哎，Larry ，我刚才是不是特不正常？

    LL： Well - 'psyched' in this situation means that you are really
excited because you're happy.

    LH：能找到这么好的房子，我当然高兴了。I am totally psyched！这个周
末就搬家。

    LL： I'm glad that you're psyched. I was worried that you wouldn't
find a new place for a reasonable price that is close to your new office.

    LH：现在想想，搬家又要打包，高兴劲儿一下少了一半。不过有些家具我不
打算要了。Any extra furniture I leave behind is up for grabs.

    LL： I'd be psyched if you left behind that new leather couch you
got for Christmas last year. I'll take that one off your hands！

    LH：原来你在惦记我去年圣诞节买的新沙发。我还想让你帮我搬过来呢！哈
哈！

    LL： Well ， it was worth a try ！ You've got so much to be psyched
about ， Lihua - you've got your new， cool job ， a new place， and the
best friend in the world to help you move your stuff！

    LH：还真是，好事都让我赶上了。

    LL： I'm psyched for you.

    LH：那我们得庆祝庆祝。Now. What is something Larry would get psyched
for ……ah yes， - a free dinner！晚上我请客。

    LL： Larry certainly would be psyched about that！ In fact， he's
so psyched that he can't wait ！ This apartment hunting makes me really
hungry.

    LH：（Laughing）别说，我肚子也开始叫了。那你想吃什么？

    LL： I'd be the most psyched for some Burger King ！ Their new triple
cheeseburger sounds delicious ！ What do you think？

    LH：汉堡王？太不健康了。这样好了，我点一份中餐，带到汉堡王去陪你一
起吃。

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是 Up for grabs ，可以得到的，待价而
沽的。另一个是 Psyched，指特别高兴。