Larry 和李华刚下课。李华告诉Larry 一个非常好的消息。李华今天要学会
两个常用语 get out of here和burned out.

    LM： Larry！我有个好消息，说了你一定不相信，我买的彩票中奖了！

    LL： Really ？ Get out of here！

    LH：我中了彩票，你不为我高兴，还让我出去？Get out of here ？我们又
不在屋子里，出去上哪儿去呀？

    LL： No ， listen ，when someone tells you some good or exciting news，
and you are really surprised， you can say get-out-of-here. It shows that
you can barely believe the good news.

    LH：原来get out of here 在这里是表示惊讶和难以相信的意思。按字面来
解释不就是出去吗。

    LL： You are right. So anyway ， how much money did you win ？

    LH：你说我的彩票呀？我中奖得了一千美元。

    LL： A thousand dollars ？ Get out of here！ You are sooooo lucky ！
Hey ， I've got some good news too. Do you remember that summer internship
at the museum I applied for ？

    LH：你申请暑假到那博物馆去实习，当然记得呀！怎么啦？他们接受你去实
习啦？

    LL： That's right ！ And not only that， but they are going to pay
me a good salary too！

    LH：让你去实习，还给你很好的薪水？Get out of here ！我简直不能相信。
这比中奖还棒。

    LL： Heh， well ， I don't know about that…… Oh ， by the way ，
you won't believe who I saw in the coffee shop near my apartment this
morning ， Jet Li ！

    LH：什么？你在公寓附近的咖啡店里看见李连杰了？Get out of here ！

    LL： He's a really nice guy. Look ， he gave me an autograph.

    LH： Whoa ， get out of here！李连杰还给你亲笔签名！你真幸运。

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    LL： Well ， Li Hua ， what are you going to do with your lottery
winnings？

    LH：我要把大部分存起来，不过我想请几个朋友去听音乐会。你要不要去？

    LL： Umm， well …… I really appreciate the offer， but I'm kind
of burnt out right now. I need to stay home and rest.

    LH：你说你因为burnt out ，所以要在家里休息？什么是burnt out ？

    LL： I said that I am burnt out. To be burnt out means to become exhausted
because of stress or too much activity.

    LH：噢， burnt out是指因为压力太大，活动太多而疲惫不堪。我看你就是
活动太多，放假以后你天天都去参加聚会，所以才累成这样。

    LL： That's right ， during the school year I was burnt out from studying
and working ， and now that school is out ， I'm burnt out from partying！

    LH：我知道你的意思。记得去年我本来要上四门课，同时还要当助教。没到
两个星期，我就已经累坏了。

    LL： Good thing you dropped one of those classes. It's hard to be
a good teacher when you are burnt out from studying yourself！

    LH：对，幸亏我放弃了一门课。自己学习都应付不过来怎么才能当好老师呢！
Larry ，你不能跟我们去听音乐会，真是可惜。你知道还有谁喜欢滚石乐队吗？

    LL： The Rolling Stones ？ Get out of here！ You have tickets to the
Rolling Stones concert？ OK ， never mind what I said earlier ， I'm going
with you！

    LH：我就知道你再累也不会错过滚石乐队的。不过，Larry ，有的人说滚石
乐队已经演出了四十年，现在已经太疲乏了- burnt out.

    LL： I don't agree. I don't think they will ever burnt out.

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是get out of here ，意思是难以相信，
还有一个是burnt out ，意思是累坏了，精疲力尽。