这是个周末，Larry 和李华在Larry 叔叔的农场里摘了一天的苹果。李华会
学到两个常用语：chock full和doohickey.

    LL： Wow， Li Hua ， your basket is chock full of apples.

    LH： Chock full of apples ？你是不是说我的篮子都装满了？

    LL： Yeah ， chock full means full to the point of overflowing， and
I don't think you could put another apple in that basket.

    LH：噢，chock full是指篮子不仅满了，而且是满得快掉出来了。那也是，
我这篮子里是一个也放不下了。Larry ，你的篮子怎么还没有装满呀？

    LL： You are right. My basket is not as chock full of apples as yours，
but I have an excuse！

    LH： Excuse ！什么理由？

    LL： When I'm out picking apples on a nice， sunny day in the fresh
air ， I start to think about things. Soon my mind is chock full of ideas，
but I'm afraid my basket isn't chock full of apples.

    LH：我才不信呢！什么一到阳光明媚，空气新鲜的环境里摘苹果，你就开始
动脑子。那你倒说说，今天都想了些什么呀！

    LL： I was thinking of things we could do with these apples. My aunt
has a cabinet in the kitchen chock full of recipe books.

    LH：你在想怎么处理这些苹果？得了，这是你动作慢的借口罢了。不过，我
对你说的你阿姨厨房里的食谱倒很感兴趣，咱们去找她聊聊吧。

    LL： And while we are in the kitchen talking to my aunt ， we can
have a little snack. She has a jar on the counter that is chock full of
cookies.

    LH：饼干我就不吃了，太油太甜，They are chock full of sugar and fat.

    LL： Oh ， a little sugar and fat won't hurt you， Li Hua. Besides
the cookies are chock full of things that are good for you， like nuts，
oatmeal and peanut butter.

    LH：饼干里有果仁，麦片和花生酱？这些都是对身体有好处的？多吃了也是
一样不好，你只是嘴巴谗而已！

    LL： Ha ， ha ， Li Hua. Very funny. Hey， while we on are way to
the kitchen ， let's stop by my uncle's tool shed.

    LH：你要先去看看你叔叔的工具房？好呀！

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    LL：Boy ， I forgot my uncle has so many tools. Can you hand me that
doohickey on the tool bench ？

    LH： Doohickey是什么呀？

    LL： Oh ， I should have been more specific ， Li Hua. A doohickey
is a generic term for a tool or a gadget.

    LH： Doohickey是工具或小型工具的总称。那你要的是哪个呀？

    LL： I want the doohickey in the middle of the bench.

    LH：在板凳当中的那个，给你。Larry ，这个东西是干什么用的？

    LL： This doohickey is one of the greatest inventions of all time.
It is an apple corer， peeler and slicer.

    LH：这玩艺儿既能削皮，挖掉苹果的核还能把苹果切成片，有这么多功能呀。
怪不得你说它是最伟大的发明之一。

    LL： Yes， it does. This doohickey may look simple， but it is a good
tool to have in a country kitchen when you have a lot of apples.

    LH：当然啦，在这样的农村厨房里，摘了那么苹果，有这么一个工具当然好
呀！这个工具怎么用的？

    LL： Well ， first you stick the entire doohickey on a flat surface
of a table.

    LH： OK ，先把这工具放在平的桌面上。我来试试，看看这个东西是怎么切
苹果的。

    LL： Put the apple here like this. And then turn the handle of the
doohickey. And there you have it—— a cored， peeled ， and slice apple！

    LH：把苹果放在这里，然后转动这个把手。真的耶，你看，皮也削了，核也
没了，而且已经切成片了。

    LL： Isn't this doohickey great ？

    LH： Wow！真有意思，你叔叔的工具房里还有什么好的小玩艺儿呀？ Any other
interesting doohickeys？

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是chock full，意思是装的满满的。还有
一个是doohickeys，意思是工具。