李华和Larry 正在超级市场买菜。今天李华会学到两个常用语：smack-dab
和ring a bell.

    （Ambience sound in supermarket ）

    LH： Larry，你在笑什么啊？

    LL： Didn't you see that lady walk smack-dab into the fruit display？
She knocked all of the oranges over. What a mess！

    LH：哎哟，那位太太把那水果摊撞翻了。真是的，你看，地上到处都是桔子。
她是怎么回事呀？你说她什么来着？

    LL： I said that she walk smack-dab into the fruit display. Smack-dab
means exactly or right. That means she walked right into the fruit display.

    LH：噢，smack-dab 是很精确，很准确的意思。你刚才是说，她一直对着那
个水果摊走过去，结果把水果摊撞倒了。幸好她只是撞翻了一些水果，而不是撞
到什么有危险性的东西。

    LL： Yeah ， luckily the fruit display doesn't have any sharp edges.
Once my friend walked smack-dab into a glass door and broke her nose.

    LH：我的天啊！你的朋友撞上一扇玻璃门，还把鼻子都撞伤了？难道他没看
到那扇门吗？怎么可能撞上去呢？

    LL： Well ， the door was really clean and it was in the evening，
so she just didn't see the glass there.

    LH：那倒是可能的，玻璃门擦得很干净，而且又是晚上。你那朋友当时一定
觉得很尴尬吧？

    LL： Oh ， she was humiliated.

    LH：要是我的话，我也会很不好意思的。

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， what's that on your sweater？

    LH：怎么啦？我毛衣上有什么？

    LL： Well ， I just noticed that you have a brown spot smack-dab in
the middle of your sweater.

    LH：什么？我毛衣上有一块咖啡色的脏东西？哎呀！肯定是我早上吃巧克力
时滴在衣服上的。你说的对，这还恰恰在我毛衣的正中间。

    LL： Oh ， it's not that bad. You can change into another sweater
when you get home.

    ******

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， does the name "Laura Wilson" ring any bells for
you ？

    LH：Laura Wilson？不是那个上星期我们在网球场上碰到的那个金发女孩嘛？
她为什么要为我打铃呀？她和打铃有什么关系？

    LL：Oh， no ！ If someone asks you if something "rings a bell ，"
then he is asking if you remember it. I just got a phone message from
Laura Wilson and I can't remember who she is. LH： Larry，你年纪轻轻，
怎么那么健忘！Laura Wilson上星期在网球场上还跟我们说她准备去当职业网球
手。

    LL： Oh ， now I remember who she is. Once you mentioned her plan
to be a professional tennis player， then her name rang a bell with me.
LH： Larry， to ring a bell 这个说法很有意思。你刚才问我，Laura 的名字
有没有ring a bell ，就是在问我记不记得Laura.那也就是说，要是我记得的话，
那我脑子里就会个铃声。

    LL： It's a very vividexpression and easy to remember. Right？

    LH：对，我们和她说好下个周末一起打网球，你还记得吗？Does that ring
a bell？

    LL： Yeah ， that rings a bell. What time were we supposed to meet
her ？

    LH：我记得我们约好了下午4 点种在网球场碰面的。

    LL： That rings a bell， too. I had better write that down so that
I don't forget again. LH： Larry，这个星期五是2 月11号，怎么样，那是什
么日子啊？Does that ring a bell ？

    LL： It rings a bell， but I'm not sure why. Could you refresh my
memory？

    LH： Larry！我真不敢相信你居然忘记了！

    LL： I'm just kidding ， Li Hua. Of course， I remember that Friday
is your birthday.