今天Michael要在家里举行一个party，请朋友来玩。李华学到两个常用语：psyched和to flop.

    L： 啤酒冻好了，吃的也摆好了。我看一切都准备好了。

    M： Great！ I'm really psyched about this party. Tonight I finally get to relax and have fun with my friends.

    L： 你是不是担心party会出问题？是不是怕没有朋友来？

    M： Not at all. I said "I am psyched." That means that I am very excited， and am looking forward to something.

    L： Psyched这个词听起来怪怪的。那么“to be psyched”照你说的，就表示你盼望什么事情啦？

    M： Not exactly. When I say "I am psyched，" I not only mean that I am excited， but that I am full of energy and ready to go.

    L： 是吗？可是今天的party有什么节目让你这样高兴呀？

    M： Well， once some of my friends show up， I plan to have a few beers and hit the dance floor. Quite a few ladies should be showing up at the party tonight， so my friends will be psyched and ready to go as well！

    L：嗯…… 美酒加美女，听起来不错嘛。不过Michael， 你也不要太激动了。我可是见过你喝醉了之后跳舞还有和女孩讲话的样子。真是不敢恭维噢。

    M： O.K.， that's enough already. If you're so smart， why don't you use "psyched" in a sentence for me？

    L： 嗯，让我想想看。对了，像“拳击手Mike Tyson，在比赛前很psyched，因为他准备好要恶战一场了。”这句话怎么样？

    M： Yeah， you seem to understand this phrase pretty well. All good athletes have to be psyched before a sports match， otherwise they have no chance of winning.

    L： 行了行了，Michael， 你只要记住自己不是运动员，也不是专业的舞蹈家。

    M： Oh come on Li Hua！ Don't try to ruin this party for me！ You should be psyched too！ This is going to be the greatest party of your life！

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    L： Michael， 你没事吧？

    M： [Groan] Ugh， this is …… this is terrible. I feel like such an idiot. I can't believe my party flopped so badly！

    L： 怎么了？你说你的party怎么了？

    M： I said my party flopped. That's the past tense for "flop." I mean that the party sucked.

    L： 我懂了， “flop” 就是你的party搞砸了。这个词还有别的意思吗？

    M： Well， the word "flop" means to fall down flat and make a noise like when you drop a rug or a large book on the floor.

    L： OK，我懂了。这个词的意思就是形容很重的东西掉在地上的声音。这个词是不是只能形容party的时候用呢？

    M： Not at all. If a movie or a play "flops，" that means it was not very successful. Sometimes we might say a plan "flopped，" meaning it failed.

    L： 那你说说看，为什么你的party搞砸了呢？

    M： I wish I knew. Even my friends left after a couple of hours. I've never been to a party that flopped as badly as this one. Oh ……I know what happened tonight.

    L： 那是为什么呢？

    M： Today is the first Saturday of the new semester. Professor Wilkins always invites all of the graduate students in my department to a big pool party at his house. Everyone must have gone there！

    L： 嗨，你怎么会忘了这回事呢？你的教授给研究生举行party？那我们也赶紧去参加他的party吧！我可不想在你的房间里发呆。我们也要去找点乐子啊！

    M： That's wonderful. My party is such a flop even you can't wait to leave.

    L： 哎哟，有什么关系？只要我们能参加另一个party就好了。我已经等不及了，赶快走吧！

    今天李华学会了两个常用语：psyched和to flop.Psyched在这里就是“精神高昂，盼望某件事情”的意思，to flop就是“失败，不成功”的意思。