Michael和李华在复习功课，做完功课后他们准备去看电影。在今天的对话中，李华会学到两个常用语：no way和to bet.

    L： Michael，准备好了吗？我们要去看电影了。Anna正开车来接我们呢。

    M： Yeah I'm ready……let me get this call though. Hello？ Sorry， I can't come to work right now. I have to pick up a friend from the airport. Yep. Sorry I can't help out. OK.

    L： 哎呀，Michael，你怎么能骗你同事说你要去机场接人呢？我觉得他们可能真的很需要帮手，你就去吧。我们可以下次再看电影嘛。

    M： What？ No way！ I'm not going to help him！

    L： 你说什么？no way是什么意思啊？

    M： No way means that there is no way I will do that. It means that I refuse completely.

    L： 噢，我知道了， No way就是绝对不行的意思，好象中文里的门儿都没有。你真的不能帮帮他吗？

    M： No way！ That guy is just lazy. He is always trying to escape from work and find other people to do his job for him. Nobody trusts him.

    L： 可是不管怎么说，我还是觉得同事之间还是应该互相帮忙啊。

    M： Really？ Well， what if Professor Wang called right now and said he needs you to help him grade Chinese test papers all afternoon？

    L： No way！ 我才不干呢，我以前帮过他好几次忙，可他从来都不付给我工资，更气人的是他连声谢谢都不肯说。

    M： Well anyway， Anna and I have been waiting for a long time to see this movie. There is no way I'm changing my plans.

    L： 我明白了，我看你是喜欢Anna，不想错过和她一起看电影的机会吧。

    M： What？ No way！

    L： 哎，你怎么又说no way，这回我又没要求你做任何事情啊。

    M： Oh， well sometimes no way also means that's not true or absolutely not. It shows that you disagree with something that somebody said.

    L： 得了，我就是觉得你喜欢Anna.

    M： No way！

    M： Hmm， Anna still isn't here. I bet the traffic is bad.

    L： 啊？你说什么？

    M： I said "I bet the traffic is bad". That means I think， or I'm pretty sure that the traffic is bad. Bet， as in to bet money.

    L： 噢，bet本来的意思是下赌注，例如赌钱，不过在这里是认为或相信的意思。

    M： That's right. When you bet money， you can't always be 100% sure about your bet.

    L： 对啊，赌钱的人不可能100%地预料到下赌注的结果， 所以说， 如果你说“I bet”，那表示你是在推测。

    M： That's right. Anyway， I'm not worried about Anna， I bet she 'll arrive any minute now.

    L： I bet you are right. Anna从来不迟到。你觉得这部电影会好看吗？

    M： I don't know. It's an action movie， so I bet you won't like it very much.

    L： 谁说的，其实我也很喜欢动作片啊，当然除了那些烂片子。

    M： I bet you'll say it is stupid no matter how good it really is. You always say action movies are stupid.

    L： Whatever. 我听好多人说这部电影好看，我想今天电影院一定满座。

    M： Hey， look， there's a red car down the street. I bet that's Anna.

    L： No way. Anna的车比这辆车小多了。

    M： Looks like I was right. Let's hurry.

    L： I bet Anna她一定很高兴见到你。

    M： No way！ Stop joking around like that， ok？

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。No way表示不可能；to bet是确信的意思。