Larry 正开车和李华一起到他父母家过周末。两人在车上讨论这个周末的活
动。今天李华会学到两个常用语：have a ball 和tizzy.

    （Highway traffic ）

    LH：我希望你妈妈会喜欢和我一块儿去逛街。

    LL： Oh ， I'm sure that the two of you will have a ball if you go
shopping together. You both love to shop.

    LH： Have a ball？哎，我是要和你妈逛街，不是和她去打球？

    LL： To have a ball means to have a lot of fun. I think you and my
mother would have a lot of fun shopping together.

    LH：噢，原来如此。To have a ball就是玩的非常开心，所以，Larry 你的
意思是我和你妈会逛的很开心。嗯，我也这么觉的。

    LL： I plan on watching some football with my dad and playing baseball
with my cousins. That's my idea of having a ball.

    LH：和你爸爸看球赛，又和你表弟打球，这些对你来说就是玩得过瘾啦！不
过啊，我是一点兴趣也没有。

    LL： While I'm doing that ， you and my mom can go and have a ball
shopping. It works out perfectly.

    LH：对了，Larry ，你家有游泳池，对吧？

    LL： Yep， they have a big pool in the backyard. My cousins have a
ball splashingaround in it.

    LH：嗯，我想我和你的表兄妹一样，一定会在游泳池里玩的很开心！我已经
有好久好久都没有游泳了！

    LL： Yeah ， I wouldn't mind going swimming either. This hot weather
is great for hanging out in the pool.

    LH：啊，我觉得这个周末一定会玩的很开心！

    LL： Yep， everybody is going to have a ball.

    LH：我们还有多久才会到呢？

    LL： Another three or four hours.

    ******

    （Cell phone ringing）

    LH： Larry，你妈怎么一直打你的手机呢？她有什么急事吗？

    LL： Oh ， she's in a tizzy because she's excited that we're coming
home for a visit. She misses me while I'm away.

    LH：我知道你妈盼望着你回家。我也知道她很想你，可是她怎么啦？She's
in a what ？ Tizzy？那是什么意思啊？

    LL： A tizzy is a state of nervous excitement. My mom is excited about
us coming home， but she's nervous because she wants to make sure everything
is ready for us.

    LH：所以tizzy 就是指很紧张，很兴奋。你妈妈知道你要回家，所以她很兴
奋，我妈也是这样，每次我要回家，她都会把家里打扫的一尘不染，还买一大堆
我喜欢吃的东西。

    LL： My mom does the same thing. Be prepared to eat a lot this weekend.
My mom gets in such a tizzy that she cooks enough to feed an army.

    LH：哇，你妈妈一兴奋就会作好多饭菜啊？她做的菜好吃吗？

    LL： My mom is a great cook ！ You're going to have some old-fashioned
American food.

    LH：嗯，听起来好诱惑人噢！我快等不及了。说真的，我也有点tizzy ，兴
奋又紧张了。

    LL： Why are you in a tizzy ？

    LH：我很兴奋因为可以到一个美国人的家庭过周末，吃道地的美国菜。可是
我又很紧张，因为我想让你家人对我有好印象啊！

    LL： Don't worry about that ！ You know my family thinks you're great！

    LH：你们家的人都对我很好。这我知道。

    今天李华学到两个常用语。一个是to have a ball，就是玩的很痛快，很开
心。另一个常用语是tizzy ，这是形容一个人很紧张，很兴奋。