Larry 在告诉李华关于他们的一个同学最近和女朋友闹别扭的事。今天李华
会学到两个常用语：high maintenance和dating 101.

    LL： You know ， Li Hua ， I feel bad for Tom. His girlfriend is so
high maintenance. LH：什么？High maintenance不就是指一些需要精心维护的
机器吗？

    LL： Exactly. And in this case， Rachel is very complicated ， and
Tom needs to put a lot of efforts into maintaining his relationship with
her. LH ：嗨，把high maintenance这个说法用在人的身上！不过也有道理，要
是一个人需要high maintenance，那不就是很难伺候嘛！我和Rachel不熟，但是
她看起来好象是个很好的人啊！为什么你认为她很难伺候呢？

    LL： Well ， she gets upset if Tom doesn't call her every day. If
he takes her out to eat ， it has to be to a very expensive restaurant
or she'll complain. It is hard for Tom to keep her happy. LH：真没想到
她那么难伺候。不每天给她打电话，不去高级餐馆就要生气。听起来倒是和我的
朋友美玲很像。美玲也是个需要high maintenance的人。

    LL： Yeah ， Meiling is a high maintenance friend. I know she doesn't
like it when you spend time with me and not her. LH ：就是。她经常抱怨
我花太多时间和你一起。我得经常向她解释我是在跟你学英语，还得跟她道歉。

    对了，Larry ，你觉得我会不会像他们一样很难伺候？

    LL： Of course not， Li Hua ， you are a very relaxed and easy-goingperson.
In fact ， as friends go， you are pretty low maintenance. LH ： Low maintenance，
你是说，和我交朋友，你不需要为了避免我生气而费尽心思。那就好。我可不想
变成朋友心目中很难搞的人呢。

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    LL： Well ， Li Hua ， I just talked to Tom. Rachel just broke up
with him. It is back to Dating 101 for Tom. LH： Tom和Rachel分手啦？！

    你说Tom 需要上约会101 的课？我怎么没听说学校有开这门课呢？

    LL： Of course the university doesn't offer such a class！ But it
does offer History 101， English 101， and Chinese 101. These are all
basic classes. LH ：噢，像历史101 ，英语101 都是指一些基本课程，所以dating
101 就是指学习有关约会的一切，就好像他到学校里修一门基础课学习怎样约会。

    LL： Right. And Tom isn't the only one who needs to take Dating 101.
I haven't had a date in a long time. LH ：嘿！Larry ，说到约会，你还记
得我很喜欢的那个男孩，上星期我和他出去一次。我们去一家气氛不错的餐厅，
可是他的话实在不多。

    LL： Sounds like he needs to enrollin Conversation 101. He should
at least be able to keep a conversation going through dinner. LH：没错，
看来他的确需要修一门对话101 的课程。不过他人是真的很好，就是非常害羞。

    LL： Then maybe what he needs is Confidence-Building 101， instead.
LH： Larry，你真有意思，居然说他该上一门建立自信的基础课，Confidence-Building101！

    LL： And as for you Li Hua， you could use a little Relaxation 101.
You are always so worried about your grades. LH ：没错，我是很担心学习
成绩，所以你建议我修一门学会放松的基础课，Relaxation 101. 你呀！我看你
应该修一门有关整理家务的101 课，看你的房间乱得那样。

    LL： Well ， as you probably guessed， I failed Housekeeping 101.
Dating 101 is a lot more fun.

    今天李华学到两个常用语。一个是high maintenance. 这是形容一个人需要
别人小心谨慎来对待，否则就会不高兴，也就是很难伺候的意思。另一个常用语
是dating101.这是指有关约会的最基本知识。