Larry 正在申请下学期学校的资助，可是到处碰壁。李华今天会学到两个常
用语：runaround 和take a chill pill.

    LL： I am so frustrated ！ The Financial Aid Office is giving me a
real runaround！

    LH： Larry，你说资助办公室给你什么？ Runaround是什么呀？

    LL： To give someone a runaround means to be deceptive and evasive
to someone. They sent me from office to office，but no one can give me
the right answers.

    LH：噢， to give someone a runaround意思是对某人很虚假，躲躲闪闪的。
你是说资助办公室打发你到这个办公室那个办公室，可就没有人给你一个明确的
回答。Larry ，那现在怎么办呢？

    LL： They are still giving me the runaround. They say I didn't turn
in my application on time ， but I know I did.

    LH：他们说你没有交申请表？瞎说，你肯定交了，我还跟你一起去的。你知
道， Larry，每次我申请延长学生签证，他们也是把我象皮球那样踢来踢去，gave
me a runaround.

    LL： That's too bad. Since being given the runaround is no fun， what
do you say we go for ice cream somewhere？

    LH：去吃冰淇淋？我不知道能不能去。我今天下午很忙，要批改很多作文。

    LL： How about after you grade your papers？

    LH：批改卷子后，我还要写论文。

    LL： Li Hua ， are you giving me the runaround？

    LH： Larry，看你说的，我怎么是在找借口呢？我看你有点多疑吧。

    LL： Well ， you aren't giving me a direct answer for one.

    LH：没有明确回答你。好吧， Larry，我的回答是不能去，对不起我不能跟
你去吃冰淇淋。这行了吧？

    LL：That's OK ！ Just don't give me the runaround anymore. I've had
enough of that！

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    LL： I've been so frustrated by this whole financial aid mess. I really
need to take a chill pill.

    LH：吃什么药片？吃了这药片就能解决资助问题了吗？

    LL： Ha-Ha， very funny. No ， to take a chill pill means to calm
down. I need to calm down ， forget my problems and do something else.

    LH：原来是这个意思。 To take a chill pill 是设法平静下来。我看也是，
最好的办法是平静下来，做些别的事，先把这事阁一边。Larry ，Rick的车给人
撞坏了，他气死了。我看他也该平静下来，take a chill pill.

    LL： No ， Rick did have good reason to be upset. I wouldn't have
told him to take a chill pill in that case.

    LH：是，他有理由生气。在这种情况下就不能叫他take a chill pill ？那
你再举个例子给我听听，什么情况下可以说take a chill pill 呢？

    LL： Sometimes when you get so worried before a test， Li Hua ， I
just want to tell you to take a chill pill.

    LH：每次考试前，我是特别紧张。以后你看见我考试前太紧张，你尽管对我
说take a chill pill.我不会生气的。我也不知道自己为什么会那么紧张。

    LL： You always study so hard. There is no need to be worried. You
should just take a chill pill and relax. You know you'll do fine.

    LH：我也这么想呀！我是很用功，每次考试成绩也都很好，本来我就不该紧
张。不过，有的时候我觉得考试前心情紧张一点反而考的好。

    LL：In that case， you don't have to take a chill pill. But if I were
too nervous before a test ， I would be unable to think clearly and would
certainly fail the test.

    LH：那倒是可能的。每个人不一样嘛。不过， Larry，你要是考糊了，你就
会非常不高兴。到那时，你就得take a chill pill.我看哪，你还是应该更用功
一点，这样你的成绩会更好。

    LL： Oh ， Li Hua ， take a chill pill！

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是give someone a runaround，意思是找
借口，躲闪，拖延，特别是对提出要求的人。另一个常用语是take a chill pill，
意思是平静下来。