Larry 的妹妹要来找他，所以李华到Larry 的公寓去帮他打扫清洁。今天李
华会学到两个常用语tomboy和chicken. LH ： Larry，这是我第一次要见到你妹
妹。我特别兴奋呢！你妹妹到底是个什么样的人啊？

    LL： Well ， I don't know if you and my sister will have much in common.
My sister is kind of a tomboy. LH ：你妹妹是什么？Tomboy？那是什么意思？

    Boy 是男孩耶，你妹妹怎么成了个boy ？

    LL： No ， a tomboy is a girl who acts more like a boy. My sister
is more interested in sports and cars than fashion or movie stars. LH
：噢，tomboy就是一个行为举止像男孩的女生。你妹妹喜欢运动和汽车，这有什
么不对？谁规定女孩子就一定要喜欢衣服和化妆品的？我也喜欢运动和汽车啊！

    LL： Oh ， no. I don't want to get in a feminist debate. I'm just
saying that many people might think that my sister is not very feminine.
LH：啊？很多人都觉得你妹妹不够女人味啊？那我和你妹妹一定可以合得来的，
因为我小时候也是个tomboy. 我喜欢爬树，打球，有一次还跟一个男孩打架呢！

    LL： You？ A tomboy ？ You're kidding ， right？ You always wear dresses
and you act very feminine. I don't believe it. LH ：是真的！我小时候我
妈妈总是要逼我穿裙子。还有啊！我都是和街坊邻居的男孩子玩，因为其他的女
孩都觉得我像个男孩！

    LL： I guess you really were a tomboy. You must have changed a lot.
LH：其实我也没有改变很多啊！你看，我现在还是很喜欢打球运动，而且我最好
的朋友还是个男的呢！

    LL： Really ？ Who's your best friend ？

    LH： Larry！你可别装傻哟！你知道你就是我最好的朋友！

    LL： That's really sweet， Li Hua. I'm honored to be your best friend，
even if you are a tomboy！（laughing）

    LH：好了啦！你就别再这样逗我了！

    ******

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， my sister and I are going rock climbing tomorrow.
Do you want to come with us ？

    LH：什么？爬岩石？那不是很危险吗？

    LL： Come on. Don't be a chicken. It's perfectly safe and it'll be
a lot of fun. LH： A chicken？ Chicken是鸡的意思。我不想去爬岩石，这和
鸡有什么关系？

    LL： Oh ， chicken is slang for wimp or coward. You don't have to
come with us if you're too much of a chicken. LH：原来你是在笑我胆小啊？

    Chicken 就是指胆小，懦弱的人。哼！我才不是胆小鬼呢。我一点儿也不害
怕爬岩石，我只不过是比较小心而已嘛！

    LL： Well ， if you're not a chicken， then you're welcome to come
with us. We're leaving at 8 ：30 tomorrow morning. LH ：好，为了证明我
不是胆小鬼，不是一个chicken ，明天早上8 点半我一定到！那，你们是不是工
具都准备齐全了？

    LL： Yes， my sister brought all of our equipment from home ， so
we'll all be perfectly safe. You don't have to worry at all. LH ：你别
再拐弯抹角地说我胆小了！你啊才是个胆小鬼呢！你不是最怕坐云霄飞车吗？

    LL： That's different ！ People can get killed on those things if
something goes wrong！

    LH：是啊！云霄飞车如果出状况，是会摔死人的。那难道攀岩石就不会出意
外啊？

    LL： All right， you made your point. I won't call you a chicken again.
I'll see you tomorrow morning at 8：30， okay ？

    LH：没问题。明天见！