李华和Larry 正在商量去野营的事。今天李华会学到两个常用语：cold feet
和do a number.

    LL： Hey Li Hua ， are you ready for that camping trip this weekend？

    LH：这个周末去野营的事呀？嗯……我还没一定是不是能跟你们一起去……

    LL： What ？ Don't tell me you're getting cold feet ！ You told me
last week you wanted to come along！

    LH：是，我上个星期是说要去来啦！可我现在说不好是不是能去。这跟我的
脚没有关系。而且冬天还没有来，我的脚怎么会冷呢？

    LL： No ， no …… to get cold feet means ， to become nervous or
anxious and then change your mind about a decision.

    LH：噢，你不是说我因为脚冷而不去。Cold feet 是因为太紧张，太担心而
改变主意。

    LL：I still don't understand why you are afraid to go camping.

    LH：我不是害怕野营。下星期二要期中考试，你忘啦？我得学习，还得写一
个报告……

    LL： Everyone has gotten cold feet at least once. When I was little，
my parents sent me to a summer camp. At the camp I began to feel homesick，
started getting cold feet ， and wanted to come home.

    LH：原来你小时候还有这事！你父母送你去夏令营，结果去了以后你就紧张
了，要回家，那你父母得提早把你接回去呀？Larry ，那时你多大呀？

    LL： I was like 7-years old. When I was a teenager， I thought about
joining the Army after high school. But as I got closer to graduation ，
I got cold feet ， and changed my mind.

    LH：中学时你又想参军，后来又因为害怕而改变主意了。这我知道，我哥哥
也是这样。Larry ，你听说了没有？乔治亚州一个女子结婚前几天由於太紧张而
逃走了。

    LL： Yes， she pretended she had been kidnapped. I feel sorry for
her fianc é。

    LH：对，她假装被人绑架了。她那未婚夫可真倒霉。Larry ，上星期本来说
好去跳舞，后来你改变主意，是真的病了呢，还是get cold feet ？

    LL： Honestly ， I got cold feet. I got nervous at the last minute，
and made up an excuse. Sorry！

    LH：原来是最后一分钟胆怯了，所以装病。

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    LH： Hi ， Larry！你们去野营，开心吗？

    LL： Sure ， I guess so …… but look at this sunburn I got ！ The
sun really did a number on my face！

    LH：哟，看你的脸给晒的！你说太阳怎么啦？Did a number，太阳和数字有
什么关系呀？

    LL： The sun did a number on my face. Did a number means that the
sun did a lot of damage ， I got a really bad sunburn ！

    LH： Did a number 意思是造成很大损坏。对，你晒得可真厉害。你的手臂
呢？

    LL： Oh ， those are mosquito bites. The mosquitoes really did a number
on my arms…… and my legs， and my neck……

    LH：蚊子把你咬成那样呀！瞧你的手臂，还有腿，哟，还有脖子上！不过，
你总算去玩了。我呀，才倒霉呢。车子好好停在那里，一个人会开着车撞上去，
把我的门给撞坏了。He did a number on the door.

    LL： Wow， too bad. At least you were lucky that you weren't in the
car when he hit it， he could have done a real number on you， not just
your car.

    LH：对，幸好我没在车里，否则我肯定会受伤的。我姐姐以前就在出车祸时
手臂骨给撞断了。

    LL： That's terrible！ A few years ago someone in a car hit me while
I was riding my bicycle on the street. I was not hurt ， but it really
did a number on my bike ！

    LH：汽车撞你自行车，结果你居然没有受伤。自行车坏了没事。那个人赔你
钱了？

    LL： Nothing， because he drove off. Good for him ： I was angry and
felt like doing a number on his face with my fists.

    LH：撞了就开走了？那太不象话了。这种人真是该揍他一顿。不过像你这样
软棉棉的手，受伤的可能是你的手，而不是他的脸。

    LL： Speaking of doing a number ， that camping food really made my
stomach uncomfortable. I need some coffee.

    LL：野营的饭让你的胃不舒服？不过你空肚子喝咖啡……

    LH： Oh ， yeah ， that'll do a number on me， I'd better eat first.

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是：cold feet ，意思是由于紧张和担心
而临时改变主意。另一个常用语是：do a number ，这是指伤害什么东西。