李华在学校租了一块花圃，让Larry 来帮忙。李华今天要学两个常用语，get
into和grubby.

    LL： I think it is great that you have rented a garden plot ， Li
Hua ， but I don't think I can really get into gardening. LH： You don't
think you can "get into" gardening， Larry？相信我，一点都不难，你只要
跟我一起去，进了花圃就行了。Then you will be in the garden.

    LL： Well ， I may be in the garden ， but that doesn't mean I'll
get into gardening. To "get into" something means to really like something
or to enjoy doing something. LH ：噢，原来你说的get into是喜欢的意思。

    那你说you don't think you can get into gardening. 意思就是说你不u
会喜欢上园艺了？

    LL： Right. I am sorry， Li Hua ， because I know how much you get
into gardening. LH：不过，你起码应该试试看啊！

    LL： Okay ， Li Hua. I'll try it. Maybe I'll learn why you have gotten
into gardening. LH：我喜欢园艺完全是因为我妈。我们小时候，她总是在家里
的院子里种很多菜。

    LL： That sounds nice. Fresh grown vegetables are so much better than
the ones in the grocerystore. LH：那你呢，Larry ？ What do you get into？

    LL： Oh ， you know me， Li Hua. I love computers. You know I really
get into video games. I could play video games all day long. LH ：我永
远搞不懂你为什么那么喜欢打电玩，我觉得打电玩很吵，而且打久了会很累。

    LL： Well ， every body gets into different things. You get into gardening，
and I get into video games. LH：那也是。还有，我喜欢布鲁斯，你喜欢摇滚
乐。

    LL： Yes， and while you can't understand how I can get into video
games ， Li Hua ， I have never understood why you get into blues music.
How can you listen to blues music ？ It just makes me sad. LH ：我喜欢
布鲁斯的节奏和歌手的嗓音。但是我从来无法欣赏摇滚乐。简直吵死了。

    LL： I wonder if there is something we can both get into. LH：我有
个主意。We can both "get into" the car，到花圃去。

    LL： "Get into" the car. Very funny ， Li Hua ！

    ******

    （Outdoor sounds， Larry and Li Hua are at the garden ）

    LL： I should have brought some garden gloves. My hands are getting
all grubby from digging in the dirt. LH ： Grubby ？我猜grubby肯定是脏
的意思。你的手还真是够脏的。

    LL： Grubby does mean dirty. Li Hua ， my hands are so grubby ， I've
got dirt under my fingernails. Yuck ！

    LH：真没想到你还挺爱干净。别忘了，园艺一半的乐趣就在于浑身上下沾满
泥土。

    LL： Well ， maybe you think so ， Li Hua. I'm just glad I wore some
grubby， old clothes. Look how grubby the knees of my pants are ！

    LH：别抱怨了！在园圃里干活难免是要弄脏的。

    LL： Okay ， then I'll stop complaining about being grubby. But ，
doesn't it bother you ， Li Hua ？

    LH：不会啊，我喜欢这样。Why don't you like getting grubby ， Larry？

    LL： I don't think it is that unusual that I don't like getting grubby，
Li Hua. But I haven't always been this way. LH：你以前不是这样？那你是
什么样子呢？

    LL： Oh ， when I was a kid ， I used to play outside all the time.
I would come home grubby from head to toe ！

    LH：从头到脚都是土？那你妈妈肯定不高兴。

    LL： No ， after I came home from a day of playing outside， she would
take me by my grubby little hand and take me straight to the bath tub.
LH：好了，Larry.今天就干到这吧，你看见那个工具房了吗？

    LL： Grubby old tool shed ？ Oh ， yes， I see it. LH ：你能帮我把
这些工具和这个桶放到那里收好吗？

    LL： Sure ， not a problem， Li Hua ！

    LH：谢谢你，Larry. I hope you didn't mind getting grubby too much.

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是get into，是喜欢的意思。另一个是grubby，
是脏的意思。