Larry 和李华正在吃午饭。Larry 好像心情不太好。今天李华会学到两个常
用语：crummy和sack out.

    LH： Larry，怎么啦？你好像不太开心，是什么事惹你不高兴？

    LL： Oh ， I'm just having a really crummy day. My crummy computer
crashed again and my crummy air conditioner isn't working.

    LH：你的电脑坏了，连你的空调也坏了。你可真倒霉耶！不过，你说了好几
个crummy，那是什么意思啊？

    LL： When you're talking about a situation， crummy means miserable.
When you're talking about an object ， crummy means cheap and poor quality.

    LH：噢，crummy形容一个情况，是指非常难受、很惨。要是形容一个东西，
就是指这个东西很次，质量很差。Larry ，你真可怜，有没有什么我能帮忙的？

    LL： Not unless you can fix my crummy computer and my crummy air conditioner.

    LH：抱歉，我真希望我能帮忙，可是我既不会修电脑，也不会修空调。你有
没有通知你的房东，要他来修空调呢？

    LL： Yeah ， but he's not a very good landlord. He takes forever to
fix anything， and even when he finally fixes something ， he usually
does a crummy job.

    LH：嗨，这样的房东！要就不给你修，就是修也修得不怎么样。这可真糟糕
呢！What a crummy situation ！

    LL： You said it. I brought my computer to the repair shop and they
say that they will have to keep for a week and it will cost $100 to fix.

    LH：什么！要在修理的店里放一个星期，还要一百美元？

    LL： Yes， I hope they don't do a crummy job of fixing it. Well ，
if they do a crummy job the first time， then they should fix it the second
time for free.

    LH：当然喽，如果一次没修好，他们当然得免费再帮你修。不过如果他们修
理的技术太差，要我的话，可不想再回去找他们。

    LL： That's understandable. Well， hopefully， they'll do a good job.

    ******

    LL： I think part of the reason I'm having a crummy day is because
I'm tired. I think I'll go home and sack out for an hour or two. LH ：
你累了？可你要回家做什么？什么是sack out？

    LL： To sack out is to go to sleep. I want to go home and sleep for
a while. LH ：噢，原来to sack out 就是睡觉。那不就和hit the sack意思一
样嘛？

    LL： That's right. If I sack out for a couple of hours， then I should
wake up in a better mood. LH：对了，Larry ，你怎么会这么累啊？

    LL： Well ， I didn't sack out until around 2 this morning because
I was trying to fix my crummy computer. LH：哇！修电脑修到清晨两点，怪
不得你那么累！你真应该早点休息！

    LL： I know. It was so hard to get out of bed and go to work this
morning. LH ：那当然啦，半夜两点才睡觉，早上肯定不想起床。如果你现在回
家睡觉，那你今晚还睡得着吗？

    LL： I'm so tired that I don't think it will be a problem. I could
probably sack out now and not wake up until tomorrow morning. LH：你累
到这种程度呀？现在回家睡觉，可以一觉睡到明天早上？看你这个样子，你再要
这样熬夜早晚得生病的！

    LL：I don't believe you sack out at regular hour every night. You
stay late too. LH ：嗯，我有必要时当然也会开夜车，但没有象你这么经常呀！

    你得自己注意身体嘛。

    LL：You're right！ I'll try not to sack out too late.

    今天李华学到两个常用语。第一个是crummy，可以指情况很糟糕，也可以指
一样东西质量很差。另一个常用语是sack out，就是睡觉的意思。