Larry 和李华正在乘公共汽车去公园去溜冰。今天李华会学到两个常用语：
to level with someone 和clueless.

    （Local traffic ）

    LL： I have to level with you ， Li Hua. I'm not very fond of ice-skating.
I haven't done it in years. LH： To "level with me？" Level 是水平的意
思。你是说你溜冰的水平和我不一样啊？哎！你又没看过我溜冰，怎么知道我的
程度呢？

    LL： No ， "to level with someone" is to be direct and honest. LH
：噢，to level with someone ，就是向人诚实坦白的意思。嘿！那我也得和你
老实说，我根本不太会溜冰。我只是想去看看历史课的同学Jake. 他说他今天会
去公园溜冰，可是我又不想一个人去，所以……

    LL： Now， the truth comes out！ Come on， level with me， do you
have a crush on Jake？

    LH：嗯……我是挺喜欢他的。不过我想和他多聊聊，看看我是不是真喜欢他。

    LL： Well ， Li Hua ， I have to level with you and say that you might
not make the best impression on Jake if you're falling all of the time.
LH：对，我要是老摔倒，他看见了怎么会对我有好的印象呢！我还是少溜一些，
站在一旁看别人溜吧！

    LL： Hey， that's not fair！ You drag me ice skating and now you aren't
going to ice skate？

    LH：哎哟，对不起嘛！我把你拖来溜冰自己又不溜。To level with you ，
我来之前根本就没想那么多！

    LL： That's obvious. I think you might as well level with Jake and
ask him to help you. LH ：对耶！我怎么没想到？我可以叫Jake教我溜冰啊！
嗯，可是Larry ，那你怎么办？

    LL： Then I'll just sit and watch while you and your new boyfriend
skate around on the ice.

    ******

    LL： Li Hua ， I think I'll skate after all ， but I'm really clueless
about ice-skating. How do I put these skates on ？

    LH：怎么穿溜冰鞋啊！把鞋带系好不就行啦！对了，你刚才说"clueless"，
那是什么意思啊？

    LL： Okay. If someone is "clueless" it means that he or she has no
idea what they are doing. LH：噢，clueless就是什么也不懂。我虽然会穿溜
冰鞋，可是对溜冰我也是一窍不通呐！I'm also clueless about ice-skating.

    LL： Great. This is the blind leading the blind. We're both more or
less clueless. Do you see your friend Jake？ Maybe he can help us. LH
：嗯，我没看到Jake，也许……他不来了。

    LL： Li Hua ， is Jake really coming？ If he is ， what time is he
supposed to come here ？

    LH：嗯，我不知道。

    LL： You're not sure or you're clueless ？

    LH：好啦好啦，to level with you ，我就听他说了一声今天会来滑冰。我
根本不知道他到底什么时候来嘛！

    LL： Li Hua ， what were you thinking ？

    LH： Larry，对不起嘛！我很喜欢Jake，可是我不知道该怎么接近他，怎么
样进一步了解他。

    LL： Oh ， I understand. Yeah ， sometimes I'm clueless about girls，
too. Everyone feels that way sometimes. Don't worry ； I'll help you find
an excuse to talk to Jake. LH ：真的吗！Wow ！ Larry，你真好。有你帮忙，
我就放心了。看样子我们在这儿也没别的事可做。那就一块儿溜冰咯！来吧！

    今天李华学到两个常用语。一个是： to level with someone，意思是向人
坦白说实话。另一个常用语是clueless，意思是对某件事什么也不知道。