Larry 和李华正走在公园里，两人准备穿过公园到地铁站去。今天李华会学
到两个常用语：gooey 和retro.

    LL： Oh no！ I just stepped in something gooey！ Gross！

    LH：怎么啦！Larry ！你踩到什么啦？gooey 是什么？该不是鸟粪吧？

    LL： Something that is gooey is sticky and wet like glue or chewing
gum. As a matter of fact， I think that the gooey thing I stepped in is
actually chewing gum. LH：呃，你踩到口香糖啦！口香糖又湿又黏的，真是够
恶心的！原来gooey 就是指这种东西。我最讨厌那些人把吃过的口香糖随便吐在
地上。真没有公德。

    LL： I hate it， too， especially because gooey things like chewing
gum are really hard to clean up. Now， I'm going to have to walk around
with a gooey pink spot on the bottom of my shoe. LH ：就是啊。这些黏呼
呼的口香糖一旦沾上了，是很难洗掉的。也许你可以等到晚上口香糖干掉后，可
能会比较容易从鞋底掰下来。

    LL： That's a good idea. I'll try and peel it off later tonight. LH
： Laryy，你就别再发火了。想一想，口香糖沾上鞋底，总比沾上头发要好一些
吧？

    LL： I can imagine. Has that ever happened to you ？

    LH：嗯，是有那么一次。我还在念小学的时候，班上的一个男孩把一瓶胶水
倒在我头上，黏呼呼的胶水把我头发全沾上了。我妈妈花了好几个小时才把我的
头发洗干净呢！

    LL： That's awful ！ You must have been so upset！

    LH：就是啊！我哭了好久。第二天我也拿了一大罐黏稠的水彩倒在那个男孩
的衣服上作为报复。谁要他先倒胶水在我头发上！

    LL： That's terrible， Li Hua ！

    LH：我也知道这样做是不对的。可是你知道吗？那个男孩再也没敢欺负我了！

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    LH： Larry，我喜欢你这双新鞋。真好看！

    LL： Thanks ！ I bought them to replace the shoes that were all gooey
from the gum I stepped in. I liked these because they are kind of retro.

    LH： Retro？那是什么意思啊？

    LL： Retro means similar to something from the past. These shoes are
retro because they look like the shoes people used to wear in the 1950s.

    LH：噢，retro 是指那些与过去流行的东西很类似，那不就是“仿古”的意
思吗？我也注意到，一些仿古的衣服或饰品通常都有特殊的风格。

    LL： Yeah ， some people even go to special stores to buy actual vintage
clothes that are twenty or thirty years old.

    LH：哇！到特殊的商店去买二，三十年前的衣服啊！我虽然喜欢仿古风味的
衣服，可是我还真不明白为什么有人会花钱买一件20年前的旧衣服。

    LL： I don't understand it， either. I prefer to buy a new shirt that
looks old-fashioned instead of one that actually is old.

    LH：当然了！我也宁可买式样是仿古的新衣服。我才不要花大钱去买那些古
董衣服呢。

    LL： Some car manufacturers are making retro cars now ， too. Chrysler
makes a couple of cars that look like cars from the 1940s.

    LH：对，我也见过克莱斯勒出的那种汽车。式样象四十年代的车。真的很酷！

    LL： Yeah ， I like them too， but in this case ， I actually prefer
real vintage cars. A retro new car just isn't the same as a real classic
car.

    LH：你宁可买几十年前的老车呀？式样仿古的新车跟老车有什么不一样哪？
是结构，还是材料不一样？

    LL： It's hard to explain ， but sometimes nothing compares to the
real thing.

    LH：衣服嘛要买老款式的新衣服。汽车嘛要买真正的老车。Larry ，你真怪！