李華周末來(lái)看Larry.李華今天要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，goof around 和go halvsies.

    LL： It sure is nice to see you ， Li Hua. But， honestly I've got
so many things I have to do right now. I've just goofed around all weekend
and haven't gotten anything done. LH： You goofed around？這是什么意思
�。�

    LL： To "goofaround" means to not do the things you are supposed to
do. And I really didn't do what I was supposed to this weekend. LH：噢，
原來(lái)goof around 是游手好閑，不務(wù)正業(yè)的意思。那你有什么該做的事情沒(méi)有做
呢？

    LL： I was supposed to do my laundry， dust and vacuummy apartment，
mop my kitchen floor， and clean my bathroom. But because I goofed around，
I didn't do any of the cleaning I needed to do. LH：洗衣服、還要打掃房
間、擦地板，這么多事�。∧悄氵@兩天都干了些什么呢？

    LL： Instead of doing my housework， I watched movies on TV ， talked
to friends on the phone ， and played computer games. LH： You really
did goof around.又是看電影，又是打游戲的。難道你父母沒(méi)有告訴過(guò)你，只有
做完正事以后才能玩嗎？

    LL： They certainly did ， Li Hua. But after a full week of work，
I really didn't feel like doing my house cleaning. In fact， I didn't
want to do much else besides goof around. LH：這我能理解，大家周末都想
好好放松一下，不過(guò)也不能整個(gè)周末都這樣無(wú)所事事啊。

    LL： I know you are right ， Li Hua. The weekend is really the only
time I have to make sure my apartment is clean and that I have clean clothes.
LH：現(xiàn)在可倒好，已經(jīng)星期天晚上了，你明天上班有干凈衣服穿嗎！

    LL： Well ， then I've goofed around enough ！ I really need to do
my laundry， Li Hua. So if you don't mind ， I am going to get to work.
LH：我本來(lái)想和你出去看場(chǎng)電影，喝杯咖啡的，現(xiàn)在全泡湯了。

    LL： Yeah ， I am sorry ， Li Hua. You shouldn't have to go home，
because I goofed around. LH ：這樣好了，我們商量商量，我可以幫你一起打
掃房間。

    LL： And then afterwards， we could still go for a cup of coffee.

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    LL： I have a proposalfor you ， Li Hua. How about we go halvsies
on my housework ？

    LH： Go halvsies，那又是什么意思啊？

    LL： To "go halvsies" is to split something in half. In this case ，
I was hoping you could do half of my housework. LH：哎誰(shuí)讓你是我朋友呢！

    我愿意幫你干一半的家務(wù)�？墒俏覀�?cè)趺捶謸?dān)呢？

    LL： We can go halvsies by me doing the laundry and cleaning the bathroom，
and you mopping the kitchen and doing the dusting and vacuuming. LH ：
等等，我得寫(xiě)下來(lái)，免得你反悔。你說(shuō)你負(fù)責(zé)洗衣服和打掃廁所，我負(fù)責(zé)拖廚房
的地板和吸塵。這么多事情，干完肯定累死了。那我們到時(shí)候可以出去吃東西。

    LL： Well ， rather than go out to eat， let's go halvsies on ordering
a pizza for delivery. LH：你是說(shuō)咱倆各出一半的錢(qián)，點(diǎn)個(gè)比薩回來(lái)吃？好啊，
我同意！

    LL： Great！ If we go halvsies on ordering a pizza for delivery right
to the apartment， we will still have a lot of time. I'll call the pizza
place. How many pizzas should I order ？

    LH：我不是特別餓，點(diǎn)個(gè)大號(hào)的，就應(yīng)該夠咱倆吃的了。

    LL： Okay ， then one pizza it is. I'll also order a bottle of soda
，and we can go halvsies on that ， too. LH：汽水？好啊，不過(guò)都是你的，
我可不想喝。

    LL： How about dessert？ We can go halvsies on some cookies or a pie？

    LH：我有個(gè)更好的主意。與其吃餅干，不如我們干完活一起去吃冰激凌吧，
也算是慰勞一下自己。

    LL： Good idea！ After we finish working， we can go halvsies on some
ice cream. LH ：我可沒(méi)說(shuō)要跟你分，整個(gè)冰激凌都是我一個(gè)人的！

    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是goof around ，是消磨時(shí)間，不務(wù)正業(yè)
的意思。另一個(gè)是go halvsies ，是一人一半的意思。