李華和Larry 今天要和在他們的朋友Jenny 一起去釣魚。李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常
用語(yǔ)：go ballistic和get a move on.

    LH： Jenny怎么這么還不來(lái)啊。我們已經(jīng)等了20分鐘了�？匆�(jiàn)她我非和她算
賬不可。

    LL： Hey， calm down Li Hua. Don't go ballistic on Jenny when she
gets here ， there might be a good reason for her being late.

    LH：你說(shuō)不要對(duì)Jenny 怎么樣？Ballistic ？我就知道ballistic missile ，
彈道導(dǎo)彈。

    LL： That's different. I said ， don't go ballistic. To go ballistic
on someone means to get really angry， lose control and start screaming
at this person.

    LH：原來(lái)你是說(shuō)不要對(duì)Jenny 大發(fā)脾氣，我當(dāng)然不會(huì)了。我確實(shí)討厭別人遲
到，但是我決不會(huì)對(duì)人大聲嚷嚷，禮貌還是要的。

    LL： Oh really？ What about that time you went ballistic on one of
your students in Chinese class？

    LH：那個(gè)學(xué)生作弊，我當(dāng)然得訓(xùn)斥了他兩句呀！但是，我也沒(méi)有對(duì)他大發(fā)雷
霆， I didn't go ballistic on him.要是你，恐怕就會(huì)go ballistic了。

    LL： Ok ， then ， what about the time that guy almost hit you with
his car ， and you were so angry - you definitely went ballistic on him.

    LH：那個(gè)人邊開車邊打電話，差點(diǎn)撞到我和一位老太太。我當(dāng)然非常生氣了。
你可以說(shuō)，我是發(fā)脾氣了，I did go ballistic on him.不過(guò)那是特別情況。我
差一點(diǎn)命都沒(méi)了。

    LL： Didn't you tell me before that you used to go ballistic on your
old roommate all the time ？

    LH：沒(méi)錯(cuò)，我以前常跟我的同屋發(fā)脾氣�？墒悄阒�道，每天我要作功課了，
她總是大聲放那種搖滾樂(lè)，我跟她說(shuō)了還不聽。過(guò)了一個(gè)月，我實(shí)在受不了才對(duì)
她發(fā)脾氣的。

    LL： Well ， I definitely remember I heard you talking to someone
in Chinese on the phone the other day ， and it sounded to me like you
really went ballistic on them.

    LH：你聽到我在電話上跟人發(fā)火了？那是我表姐。不過(guò)我并沒(méi)有跟她發(fā)脾氣
呀。你今天是怎么了，你老是指責(zé)我，不斷地翻老賬。你要是再?zèng)]完沒(méi)了，我就
對(duì)你不客氣了。 I'll be going ballistic on you.

    LL： I'm sorry， you're right ， I shouldn't tease.

    LH：什么？你這么一本正經(jīng)的，原來(lái)是在逗我呀。真氣死人了。

    ******

    LH： Larry， Jenny還沒(méi)有來(lái)，我們還要等多久啊？

    LL： I think we've waited long enough. She must have overslept. Oh
well， let's get a move on.

    LH：我肯定她睡過(guò)頭了。一般她是很準(zhǔn)時(shí)的。不過(guò)Larry ，你說(shuō)get a move
on，那是什么意思��？

    LL： To get a move on means to hurry up ， to start going somewhere.

    LH：我明白了。 To get a move on 的意思是趕快走。昨天我在上課的路上
遇見(jiàn)Jenny ，她說(shuō)，We had better get a move on ，or we'll be late. 當(dāng)時(shí)
我還不太清楚什么是get a move on.現(xiàn)在才清楚她是讓我趕快走，不然就要遲到
了。

    LL： Right， OK ， well ， let's get a move on then ， it's getting
late.

    LH：好吧，噢，Larry ，對(duì)不起，我把防曬油忘在宿舍里了，請(qǐng)你等一下。

    LL： Don't worry. I have some sunscreen right here. Now come on ，
it's almost six thirty - we need to get a move on.

    LH：好吧，那我就用你的防曬油吧。

    （Cell phone rings）

    LH：很可能是Jenny 打來(lái)的電話，讓我來(lái)接吧。

    LL：（sighs ） Oh great ！Tell her to get a move on. If she isn't
here in five minutes we have to leave.

    LH：對(duì)，我們最多只等5 分鐘，過(guò)期不候。Larry ，要是我和我爺爺去看電
影，我想催他趕緊走，能對(duì)他說(shuō)get a move on 嗎？

    LL： No way ， that would be rude.

    LH：我也這么想呢！你要是對(duì)長(zhǎng)輩說(shuō)get a move on 是不太禮貌。對(duì)同年齡
的人或年紀(jì)比你小的可以這么說(shuō)，是嗎？

    LL： Sure ， telling someone your own age or younger to get a move
on is fine. I remember once when I was waiting in a traffic jam in New
York I went ballistic and started yelling at the other cars to get a move
on.

    LH：那你不能在紐約開車，紐約堵車是常事。你每次碰到堵車就大喊大叫？
叫了也沒(méi)用。看來(lái)你也太沒(méi)禮貌了。剛才居然還批評(píng)我。

    LL： Hey， there's Jenny， let's get a move on before the fish stop
biting.

    天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是go ballistic，意思是大發(fā)雷霆。另一個(gè)
常用語(yǔ)是get a move on ，意思是趕快走。