今天Larry 和李华在校园里闲逛，校园里到处都贴满了选举传单。今天李华
会学到两个常用语：flip flop 和wishy-washy.

    LL： Hey， Li Hua who do you support for class president？

    LH：我觉得Gary Lawrence 当学生会主席应该是不错的。他看起来挺老实，
也很勤奋。

    LL： Gary Lawrence？ But he flip-flops all of the time. One minute
he's in favor of increasing campus security and the next minute he's accusing
the university of policing its students LH： Flip-flop？那是什么意思啊？
你说他一会儿要加强校园安全，一会儿又批评学校过于监管学生。嗯……flip-flop，
你是说他翻来覆去的意思吧？

    LL： Something like that. Flip-flop is a term that is often used in
politics. It means that a particular person suddenly changes his/her position
on an issue. LH ：噢，flip-flop 经常用在政治方面。但是改变想法也没什么
错啊。每个人都会有改变主意的时候嘛！

    LL： That's true， but when someone flip-flops a lot it makes him
seem weak and indecisive. People will not think he is a good， strong
leader. LH：那是没错。如果一个人经常flip flop ，别人就会觉得他不够果断，
不能做个好领导。

    LL： If Gary flip-flops a lot ， how could he be a good student leader！

    LH：对，如果我们因为Gary支持加强校园安全，投了他一票。结果他当选后，
又改变立场，那不就糟了？

    LL： Exactly. I would feel as though I had voted for the wrong person.
LH：没错，那可真是选错人了。哎，对了，Larry ，如果我说我赞同死刑，但后
来又改变立场，反对死刑。这样算不算是flip-flop ？

    LL： That would definitely be flip-flopping. LH ：可是一些政治人物
经常这样改变立场的啊！

    LL： That's true， but they also lose support when they do things
like that. It's very negative to be accused of flip-flopping in U.S. politics.
LH：还好我不是什么政治人物，这样我就可以随便改变立场咯！

    ******

    LL： Li Hua ， what about Laura Wilson？ Do you support her for class
president even though she flip-flops all of the time？ I think she is
so wishy-washy. LH：嗯，Laura Wilson是还好啦。可是她不也经常改变立场吗？
你还说她wishy-washy.那又是什么意思啊？

    LL： Wishy-washy is similar to flip-flop but it's an adjective instead
of a verb. To be wishy-washy is to be weak and indecisive. LH ：原来wishy-washy
的意思和flip flop 差不多，只不过它是个形容词。照这么说，Larry ，我是不
是能说一个经常改变主意的人很wishy-washy ？

    LL： Yes. I can also call you wishy-washy if you can't decide which
candidate to support. LH：嘿！我才不是wishy-washy 呢！我只是要仔细地想
一想，到底把票投给谁最好！

    LL： I know ， I'm just teasing you. Can you give me another example
of wishy-washy？

    LH：你要我举个例子啊？哎，有了，我们的朋友Lisa，她一直下不了决定是
不是该和她男朋友分手。她呀！就是标准的wishy-washy.

    LL： Yes， you could call her wishy-washy because she can't make a
decision and act on it. LH：说到做决定，我还没有决定是不是该为下学期的
一个会议写报告。要写的话，负担很重，不过会得到学术界的重视。我到现在还
决定不了。

    LL： Quit being wishy-washy and make a decision. If it's worth it ，
then it's worth it. If not， then forget about it. LH ：你说得到容易，
值得就值得，不值得就算。我并不想wishy-washy ，就是不想做错误的决定。

    LL： Sometimes， you have to take the risk.

    今天李华从Larry 那儿学到两个常用语。第一个是flip flop.意思是一个人
经常改变立场，特别是指一些政治人物。第二个常用语是wishy-washy ，这是形
容一个人很软弱，不果断。