Larry 和李华今天在公园玩飞盘时看到一个人随地丢垃圾。今天李华会学到
两个常用语：tattletale和pushover.

    LH： Larry，你看，那个人随地丢垃圾。我们是不是该去告诉站在那边的警
察？

    LL： I don't know ， Li Hua. I don't really like to be a tattletale.
Maybe we should just go and pick up the garbage ourselves.

    LH：我们为什么要帮他捡他的垃圾？他应该知道这样是很没有公德心的。你
说你不想当个tattletale. 那是什么意思？是不是说我们向警察报告是不对的？

    LL： A tattletale is someone who runs to tell the person in charge
whenever someone else does something wrong. Usually ， children call each
other tattletales.

    LH：噢，tattletale原来就是爱告状的人。要是一个小孩说粗话，他姐姐听
到了就跑去告诉妈妈。这个小姐姐就算是tattletale喽？

    LL： Exactly. In general， no one likes a tattletale because it seems
as though that person is just trying to get attention.

    LH：对，没有人喜欢爱告状的人。他们就是想显得自己比别人好而已。举个
例子来说，如果我考试做弊，你去告诉教授。这样你就是个tattletale，对吗？

    LL： Right. You certainly wouldn't be right for cheating on the test，
but I wouldn't be a very good friend， either.

    LH：我当然不会在考试的时候做弊。嗨，那个扔垃圾的家伙已经走了。

    LL： Yeah ， let's go and put the garbage in the trashcan. It's not
right to leave that on the ground.

    LH：对，把垃圾扔在地上实在不好。我们去把垃圾拣起来扔在垃圾桶里吧。
Larry ，你真是个有公德心的人。不过，我很好奇，你小时候有没有告过谁的状
呀？

    LL： No ， but my little sister was an awful tattletale. Every time
I did anything she didn't like， she would run and tell our mother.

    LH：真有意思，你的小妹妹老爱到你妈那儿去告你的状。你肯定很顽皮。

    LL：Not really. She's just a tattletale.

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    LH：嘿， Larry，我倒想听听，你妹妹经常到你妈妈那里告你的状，你都怎
么反应啊？

    LL： I would act really sorry and my mom would forgive me immediately.
My mom is a pushover， so she rarely punished me.

    LH：你好耍赖噢！故意装出很抱歉的样子，让你妈妈很快原谅你。哎，对了，
什么是pushover？

    LL： A pushover is someone who is easy to convince. It also refers
to someone who gives in easily.

    LH：噢，知道了，pushover就是指很容易相信别人，经常让步的人。就像你，
假装认错，你妈就不会处罚你，事情就过去了。对不对？

    LL： Right. Some people are pushovers because they are really nice
and just want to make everyone happy.

    LH：对，这种人，pushovers ，一般心地善良，总想让大家都高兴。我看的
出来你就是这种人。

    LL： Me ？ A pushover ？ You've got to be kidding ！

    LH：我才不是开玩笑呢！我记得有一次，我们一起去看电影，你想看的电影
和我想看的完全不一样，结果我们还是看了我想看的那部电影！

    LL： Hey， that's just being a good friend. I don't know if you should
call me a pushover for that.

    LH：（Laugh ）好啦！Larry ，我说你是pushover完全没有恶意噢！Pushover
是不是有负面的意思？

    LL： Not necessarily. People are usually pushovers when they're with
people whom they care about.

    LH：没错，让步一般都是为自己喜欢的人让步的。