Larry 和李华正在商量要去看哪部电影。李华想看一部新的法国片，但是Larry
却想看别的电影。今天李华会学到两个常用语：rattleon和third degree. LH：
Larry ，我真的很想看那部法国电影嘛！

    LL： I'm sorry， Li Hua ， but I don't like French movies. The characters
always rattle on and on about philosophy and nothing interesting ever
happens. LH ：你说法国电影怎么啦？Rattle on 那是什么意思？

    LL： To rattle on about something means to talk about it for a long
time without really saying anything interesting or important. LH： To
rattle on 就是唠叨个没完没了，可是又没说出什么有意思的，或重要的事。你
说法国电影都在滔滔不绝地谈哲学，才不是这样呢！我之所以喜欢法国电影就是
因为他们探讨的都是很重要的议题，而且也不是象你说的rattle on and on.

    LL： I think they do. LH：那你喜欢看英国电影吗？我知道最近在上演一
部新的英国片。

    LL： Sorry， but I think British movies are the same as French movies.
The characters rattle on about fashion， manners， and society and don't
really do anything. LH：什么！你觉得英国片也经常夸夸其谈地说时装、礼貌、
社会风尚，可是却没有什么行动？嗨，那你是不是只爱看武打片？

    LL： No ， but I do prefer a movie in which people act on their beliefs
rather than just rattling on about them. LH ：你喜欢电影里的角色要为自
己的信仰努力，而不喜欢它们唠唠叨叨的空谈。那我同意！那你到底想看哪一部
电影嘛？

    LL： I wasn't rattling on. I was just expressing my opinion. How about
this movie about the American Revolution？ Is that okay with you？

    LH：那部有关美国革命的电影啊？可以啊，不过我希望电影里的人不要滔滔
不绝地讲爱国主义，该不会都rattle on and on吧？

    LL： Maybe a little ， but there should be a lot of action， too.

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    LH： Larry，你跑哪里去了，怎么这么晚才来嘛！我买好电影票在这里等你
等了20分钟了！

    LL： Hey， don't give me the third degree ！ I'm a little late because
my mom called ， that's all.

    LH：原来是你妈妈打电话给你。对了，你又说我什么啦，我给你third degree？

    那是什么意思？

    LL： To give someone the third degree means to question that person
aggressively in order to get him/her to confess to something.

    LH： To give someone the third degree 就是盘问某人的意思。我可没有
盘问你的意思。我只是等你等了很久，都快发火了嘛！

    LL： Sorry. I didn't expect my mom to call. My mom gave me the third
degree， too. She wanted to know why I haven't called her in such a long
time.

    LH：你妈也质问你为什么这么久没打电话回家。那你是怎么跟她说的？

    LL： I just told her that I've been really busy. The truth is that
I avoid calling her ， because every time I do call her ， she gives me
the third degree about something.

    LH：你也别这样，我想你妈不是真的在骂你，或生你的气；她只是很关心你，
很担心你嘛！

    LL： You're probably right， but sometimes she asks so many questions
that it really feels like I'm getting the third degree.

    LH：如果你怕你妈问东问西的，也许你应该经常打电话给她。这样她就不会
这么操心，也不会老是追问你一堆问题喽！Then she won't give you the third
degree. LL： You know ， Li Hua ， that's a good idea ！

    今天李华学到两个常用语。第一个是rattle on ，这是形容唠唠叨叨，讲一
些无关紧要的事情。另外一个常用语是third degree，这是有质问，盘问的意思。