Larry 和李华在纽约参加长跑比赛。李华今天要学两个常用语，eat my dust
和sore loser. LL： It's a good thing you've been training for this race
，Li Hua. But you are still going to eat my dust.

    LH： Eat your dust？ Yuck.吃你的土？这是什么意思啊！

    LL： When someone says "eat my dust ，" they are saying to their competitors
in a race situation that they are confident they are going to win the
race， leaving everyone else far behind.

    LH：赢比赛跟让别人吃土又有什么关系呢？

    LL： Well ， when you run ， you kick up dust from the road. So ，
if I run very fast and you are behind me， you'll be getting my dust in
your face - and eating my dust.

    LH：噢，我明白了，跑在前面的人掀起的尘土，会落在后面人的脸上，原来
是从这儿来的。不过，Larry ，我为今天的比赛已经训练两个多月了，也许你会
eat my dust 呢！

    LL： But I've been running for years， and I've been in many races.
And most of the time， the other runners end up eating my dust.

    LH：那也许你能象环法自行车大赛七连冠阿姆斯特朗一样，让其他人都ate
his dust.

    LL： Now that I think about it， Li Hua ， I prefer to think of myself
as the cheetah of the running world. As the fastest animal on land， all
the other animals eat the cheetah's dust.

    LH：你还真自信！大话说出来，可千万别落在别人后面噢。

    LL： Actually ， Li Hua. I am just joking. I'm not really the cheetah
of the running world. There are so many runners in this race， I am pretty
sure I will be eating someone else's dust.

    LH：输赢并不重要，重在参与嘛！

    LL： You are right， Li Hua. And since this is a race for charity ，
it doesn't matter if you eat my dust - or I eat yours. In the end ， everybody
wins.

    LH：对呀，比赛收益全都要用来帮助无家可归的人。Okay， Larry. 准备好，
你要eat my dust 了！

    ******

    LL： Whew ！ That was a great race. Even though I didn't place， I'm
pretty happy about my overall time. I'm just disappointed by the guy who
placed second - what a sore loser ！

    LH： Hmmm ……得第二名的那个人好像特别不高兴，又跺脚，又挥拳头，嘴
里还骂骂咧咧的。你说，这就叫sore loser吗？

    LL： Yes， He clenched his fists and stomped around ， saying things
that weren't very nice. That is a sore loser！

    LH：在中文里，我们说这种人输不起。

    LL： But I don't know why he was being such a sore loser， to place
second out of the hundreds of people participating in the race should
be something to celebrate.

    LH：就是啊。我要是得了第二名，一定乐死了。这种输不起的人，让所有人
都觉得扫兴。

    LL： It's true. Do you remember when you were a kid ， Li Hua - and
you were playing a game ？ If one of the kids started acting like a sore
loser ， the game wasn't so fun anymore.

    LH：我当然记得。小孩子都不愿意输。我有个外甥，一输就哭鼻子。

    LL： Yeah ， but most people grow up and become adults - and grow
out of being sore losers.

    LH：但是有的人就是长不大，我就见过很多sore loser.

    LL： That is true. I'm trying really hard not to be a sore loser myself.

    LH：你怎么会是sore loser呢？

    LL： Well ， I am kind of embarrassed that you beat me in the race，
Li Hua. Especially since I told you that you were going to eat my dust.
But I am not going to be a sore loser - I'm proud of you and how well
you did in the race.

    LH：噢，原来是因为这个。谢谢你，Larry ，我确实花了很多时间为这次比
赛做准备。

    LL： Say， maybe we should celebrate the outcome by racing over to
the ice cream store for an ice cream cone ！

    LH：好啊！但是你肯定会eat my dust ，你知道我一见冰激凌就没命了。

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是eat my dust ，是输给我的意思。另一
个是sore loser，是指输不起的人。