李华和Larry 今天要和在他们的朋友Jenny 一起去钓鱼。李华会学到两个常
用语：go ballistic和get a move on.

    LH： Jenny怎么这么还不来啊。我们已经等了20分钟了。看见她我非和她算
账不可。

    LL： Hey， calm down Li Hua. Don't go ballistic on Jenny when she
gets here ， there might be a good reason for her being late.

    LH：你说不要对Jenny 怎么样？Ballistic ？我就知道ballistic missile ，
弹道导弹。

    LL： That's different. I said ， don't go ballistic. To go ballistic
on someone means to get really angry， lose control and start screaming
at this person.

    LH：原来你是说不要对Jenny 大发脾气，我当然不会了。我确实讨厌别人迟
到，但是我决不会对人大声嚷嚷，礼貌还是要的。

    LL： Oh really？ What about that time you went ballistic on one of
your students in Chinese class？

    LH：那个学生作弊，我当然得训斥了他两句呀！但是，我也没有对他大发雷
霆， I didn't go ballistic on him.要是你，恐怕就会go ballistic了。

    LL： Ok ， then ， what about the time that guy almost hit you with
his car ， and you were so angry - you definitely went ballistic on him.

    LH：那个人边开车边打电话，差点撞到我和一位老太太。我当然非常生气了。
你可以说，我是发脾气了，I did go ballistic on him.不过那是特别情况。我
差一点命都没了。

    LL： Didn't you tell me before that you used to go ballistic on your
old roommate all the time ？

    LH：没错，我以前常跟我的同屋发脾气。可是你知道，每天我要作功课了，
她总是大声放那种摇滚乐，我跟她说了还不听。过了一个月，我实在受不了才对
她发脾气的。

    LL： Well ， I definitely remember I heard you talking to someone
in Chinese on the phone the other day ， and it sounded to me like you
really went ballistic on them.

    LH：你听到我在电话上跟人发火了？那是我表姐。不过我并没有跟她发脾气
呀。你今天是怎么了，你老是指责我，不断地翻老账。你要是再没完没了，我就
对你不客气了。 I'll be going ballistic on you.

    LL： I'm sorry， you're right ， I shouldn't tease.

    LH：什么？你这么一本正经的，原来是在逗我呀。真气死人了。

    ******

    LH： Larry， Jenny还没有来，我们还要等多久啊？

    LL： I think we've waited long enough. She must have overslept. Oh
well， let's get a move on.

    LH：我肯定她睡过头了。一般她是很准时的。不过Larry ，你说get a move
on，那是什么意思啊？

    LL： To get a move on means to hurry up ， to start going somewhere.

    LH：我明白了。 To get a move on 的意思是赶快走。昨天我在上课的路上
遇见Jenny ，她说，We had better get a move on ，or we'll be late. 当时
我还不太清楚什么是get a move on.现在才清楚她是让我赶快走，不然就要迟到
了。

    LL： Right， OK ， well ， let's get a move on then ， it's getting
late.

    LH：好吧，噢，Larry ，对不起，我把防晒油忘在宿舍里了，请你等一下。

    LL： Don't worry. I have some sunscreen right here. Now come on ，
it's almost six thirty - we need to get a move on.

    LH：好吧，那我就用你的防晒油吧。

    （Cell phone rings）

    LH：很可能是Jenny 打来的电话，让我来接吧。

    LL：（sighs ） Oh great ！Tell her to get a move on. If she isn't
here in five minutes we have to leave.

    LH：对，我们最多只等5 分钟，过期不候。Larry ，要是我和我爷爷去看电
影，我想催他赶紧走，能对他说get a move on 吗？

    LL： No way ， that would be rude.

    LH：我也这么想呢！你要是对长辈说get a move on 是不太礼貌。对同年龄
的人或年纪比你小的可以这么说，是吗？

    LL： Sure ， telling someone your own age or younger to get a move
on is fine. I remember once when I was waiting in a traffic jam in New
York I went ballistic and started yelling at the other cars to get a move
on.

    LH：那你不能在纽约开车，纽约堵车是常事。你每次碰到堵车就大喊大叫？
叫了也没用。看来你也太没礼貌了。刚才居然还批评我。

    LL： Hey， there's Jenny， let's get a move on before the fish stop
biting.

    天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是go ballistic，意思是大发雷霆。另一个
常用语是get a move on ，意思是赶快走。