Larry 和李华在学校的食堂里吃晚饭。李华今天会学到两个常用语；to down
和to chug.

    LL： You know ， Li Hua ， I think I can down this entire hamburger
in a single bite. I am that hungry.

    LH：听你的意思，我猜你是说你可以一口就把这个汉堡包吃下去，对不对？

    LL： You're right ， my friend！ The hamburger will go down to my
stomach.

    LH：你看我没猜错吧！ Down 就是吃的意思。Larry ，你说一口就能吃下去
这有点夸张吧。人又不是蛇，要噎住了怎么办呢？

    LL： Well ， maybe I was exaggerating a little， but down means to
eat something all at once and really fast.

    LH：我明白了，down不仅是吃，而且是狼吞虎咽。我记得在电视上看过吃热
狗比赛，有个人在12分钟内吃了50个热狗，He downed 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes！
Larry ，你能吃这么多吗？

    LL： No ， I can't. I'm pretty hungry right now ， but I think I would
get sick after downing so many hot dogs in so little time.

    LH：一下子吃这么多热狗，你当然受不了。不过，人都有狼吞虎咽的时候。
象我，回国探亲的时，有时候一顿饭能吃好几十个饺子呢。

    LL： But steamed dumplings are so small ， I bet you can down fifty
of those and still feel okay.

    LH：五十个饺子，那可不少啊。我只要吃上二十个就已经很饱了。

    LL： Well ， one of my favorite things to eat is chocolate chip cookies.
When I was a kid my Mom would bake them ， and I would down a whole plate
of cookies just like that.

    LH：带巧克力的饼干我也爱吃。大多数美国妇女都会烤这种饼干。可是，你
妈怎么会让你把烤出来的一盘全吃了呢？你们美国人可真能吃。

    LL： But I know you like ice cream， Li Hua. I've seen you down an
ice cream cone in just a few seconds.

    LH：你说对了，我的确喜欢冰淇淋。其实我现在就想吃。 I'd like to down
an ice cream cone right now.

    LL： Well ， you go get your ice cream cone - and I am going to finish
downing this burger.

    LH：好吧，Larry ，我去拿冰淇淋，你把这汉堡吃完，我一会儿就回来。

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    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， after downing that burger， now I really need
to chug a big glass of soda.

    LH： Chug ，那是什么意思啊？

    LL： You know how you down a hamburger by eating it very quickly？
You chug a soda by drinking it really fast and all at once.

    LH：我刚才就猜是这个意思， chug 就是很快地一下子喝光。Chug听起来好
像是个像声字。

    LL： Well ， listen to me chug this soda and tell me what you hear.

    （Sound of drinking ）

    LH：听到了，你喝起来有咕嘟咕嘟的声音。

    LL： Yeah ， chug comes from the sound you make when you drink something
quickly and all at one time.

    LH：只有在喝冷饮的时候才能够咕嘟咕嘟地快喝。你要喝茶可就不行了。一
杯热茶，最好慢慢品尝。再说，喝快了也会烫嗓子呀。

    LL： I guess you can't really chug a cup of hot tea ， but what about
a bottle of cool water？

    LH：冷的水当然可以了。只要不是热的，其他饮料都可以一饮而尽嘛。

    LL： For me ， there is nothing better than chugging a glass of milk
right after eating a plate of my mom's chocolate chip cookies.

    LH：瞧把你给谗得！吃完巧克力饼干，你要再喝一大杯牛奶，听起来是真过
瘾。

    LL： Oh ， I love to chug milk！ Sometimes I chug milk right out of
the bottle in the fridge.

    LH：你从冰箱里拿出装奶的瓶子就喝？连杯子都不用呀？

    LL： That's right. But don't tell my mom. She wouldn't be very happy
to know I was chugging milk from the bottle in the fridge.

    LH：你真够呛！还让我不要告诉你妈妈。谁看见了都不会高兴的。你这么喝，
那别人要喝怎么办呐！Larry ，快把你的饮料喝了吧。我得去上课了。

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是down，意思是狼吞虎咽。还有一个是chug，
意思是大口大口地喝，一饮而尽。