李华在帮Larry 打扫他的公寓。李华今天会学到两个常用语Oodles和chuck.

    LL： Oh ！ I forgot about this closet. Whoa. There are oodles of things
in here I don't need.

    LH： Oodles ？你是说面条，noodles ？

    LL： No ， no. Oodles and noodles may rhyme ， but oodles means lots
of something.

    LH：噢，oodles和noodles 虽然押韵，但是oodles和面条毫无关系。Larry ，
你壁橱里怎么会有那么多东西呀？看来今天我们要扔很多东西。That means there
will be oodles of things to throw away！

    LL： Yes， like the oodles of old tennis balls I'll never use again.

    LH：不只是网球，还有那么些旧杂志，你怎么会有这么多杂志呢？

    LL： You know ， Li Hua ， those are magazines I have had since I
was a kid. I would love to look through them， but we don't have oodles
of time.

    LH：你小时候的杂志一直保留到现在，难怪这么多。对了，你为什么说我们
没有很多时间来收拾？我们今天还有别的事吗？

    LL： Well ， I arranged for a local charity to stop by at 5 ：00 and
pick up the things I don't need. We've got oodles of work to do before
they come ， and time is running out.

    LH：原来你已经跟慈善机构约好下午五点钟来拉东西。你怎么不早说呢？我
们赶快收拾吧。

    LL： The problem is that I want to give them useful things. I know
I have oodles of things to throw away ， but I am not sure I'll have oodles
of things to give to charity.

    LH：别担心，要我看，你的很多东西慈善机构都有用的。比如这些旧衣服和
餐具，肯定会有人要的。

    LL： Say， are you hungry ？ Why don't we make some lunch ？

    LH：做午饭？做什么呀？你的冰箱都是空的，没有什么可吃的呀。

    LL： I really need to go to the grocery store ， but I DO have oodles
of noodles.

    LH：你有好多面条，那我们就煮面条吧。

    LL： I'm so glad you came by to help out， Li Hua. You've made cleaning
my apartment oodles of fun！

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    LL： Okay ， now that we've collected everything， I need to decide
what I'm going to give to charity and what I'm going to chuck.

    LH： Chuck？ chuck又是什么意思？

    LL： To chuck something is to throw it out.

    LH： Oh ， chuck就是扔掉。那我们把不要的东西分成两堆，怎么样？一堆
捐献，一堆扔掉。

    LL： Okay ， I am definitely going to chuck these old magazines.

    LH：这些旧杂志一定要扔掉，那这些毛衣呢？ Do you want to chuck these
sweaters？

    LL： No ， I don't want to chuck those. I will give those to charity.

    LH：你一下子扔掉这么多东西，以后不会后悔吗？要是你改变了主意怎么办？

    LL： I don't think I'll change my mind， Li Hua. Most of the things
I am chucking ， I haven't used in months.

    LH：我想那些你好久没有用过的东西，扔了你也不会再想到它们。

    LL： It just feels good to chuck a bunch of stuff you don't need.
My apartment will be neater after we are done ， and I'll have more room.

    LH：没错，东西扔了以后房间也会整齐一些，地方也会显得大一些Larry ，
这个炒菜锅也要扔掉吗？

    LL： Well ， the handle came off， and I bought another one. So ，
I just thought I'd chuck it. Since the pan is broken， I didn't want to
give it to charity.

    LH：锅子的把手掉了？让我看看。Larry ，我喜欢这个炒菜锅。把它扔了还
不如给我算了。我可以修理。

    LL： Li Hua. I'd be happy if you got some use out of it. Giving the
pan to a friend is much better than just chucking it in the trash can.

    LH：谢谢你， Larry. 你没听说吗？一个人的垃圾是另一个人的宝贝："One
man's trash is another man's treasure."

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是oodles，意思是很多。还有一个是chuck，
意思是扔掉。