Larry 陪李華帶著她新領(lǐng)養(yǎng)的貓咪- 小雪球- 去看獸醫(yī)。兩人聊起了一位共
同的朋友。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語：workaholic和nutty.

    LL： I'm really worried about Bob. He seems as though he has turned
into a real workaholic. LH：你很擔(dān)心Bob ，因?yàn)樗�成了workaholic. Workaholic，
那是什么意思？是不是Bob 生病了？

    LL： No ， Bob doesn't have a disease. He's a workaholic. A workaholic
is someone who works all of the time and never takes time for anything
else. LH：啊，我懂你的意思了。Workaholic是指一個(gè)人工作過度，從來不休息。
就是“工作狂”的意思嘛！Bob 天天加班，怪不得他看起來總是那么累。這樣對
身體很不好呢！

    LL： No ， it's not. Workaholics often get stress-relatedproblems
such as high blood pressureor ulcers. LH：就是，高血壓和潰瘍都是一些工
作過度的人常有的毛病。我爸爸就是個(gè)工作狂。我小的時(shí)候很少見到他，因?yàn)樗?br /> 總是在辦公室里加班。結(jié)果在我10歲的時(shí)候，他得了潰瘍，醫(yī)生要他立刻減少工
作量。

    LL： That's a shame ， but it's actually pretty common. I've known
a few workaholics ， too. LH：現(xiàn)代人工作忙碌，變成工作狂是很常見的。哎，
Larry 也許我們應(yīng)該和Bob 談?wù)�，讓他知道我們很�?dān)心他。

    LL： I don't know how he'll respond to that. Maybe it would be better
if we just pressured him to hang out with us and relax more. LH ：這倒
是個(gè)好主意，讓他和我們一起出去玩，一定可以放松心情的！要不這樣吧！我們
可以邀請Bob 下星期到我家玩，順便看看我的小雪球！

    LL： I don't know if meeting your crazy cat is going to help prevent
Bob from becoming a workaholic， but at least it will get him out of the
office for a while. LH：嘿！我的小雪球才不瘋呢！她只不過是只小貓咪，愛
玩而已嘛！

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    LL： Well ， did the vet officially diagnoseyour cat as being totally
nutty ？

    LH： Nutty？那是什么意思。你該不是在說我的小雪球有什么行為方面的問
題吧？

    LL： You could say that. Nutty means crazy. LH：所以nutty 就是瘋瘋
顛顛的意思。哎，我跟你說過了，小雪球不瘋。她只是比較好動(dòng)。

    LL： Did the vet agree with you ？

    LH：當(dāng)然嘍！獸醫(yī)還說，小雪球既不瘋，也沒有心理問題。她只是一只小貓，
所以特別需要?jiǎng)e人注意她。獸醫(yī)還說我應(yīng)該經(jīng)常陪小雪球玩。

    LL： Oh ， I see， she's so nutty because she has too much extra energy.
If we play with her and tire her out， she'll be calmer. LH ：沒錯(cuò)，只
要我們多陪陪她，消耗她的體力，她就不會(huì)精力旺盛地動(dòng)來動(dòng)去。所以我打算用
繩子做一些小玩具，每天至少陪她玩15分鐘。

    LL： Hey， that actually sounds fun. Can I help ？

    LH：當(dāng)然嘍！但是你得先答應(yīng)我，不可以再叫她是個(gè)小瘋子，或是nutty 了。
這樣我才讓你和她玩。可以嗎？

    LL： All right， I won't make fun of your nutty cat anymore. LH ：
Larry ！你怎么又這么說她啊！

    LL： I'm just kidding. I think it's funny that you get so offended
when I call Snowball nutty. LH：我當(dāng)然要生氣咯！小雪球是只很乖的小貓。
我真的很喜歡她。所以你不可以這樣嘲笑她。

    LL： Okay ， I won't. Let's take her home and play with her now. I'm
sure she doesn't want to stay here any longer.