春天來(lái)了，Larry和李華計(jì)劃到外面轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)，享受春天的美景。他們會(huì)用到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：to catch something和open minded.

    Larry： What wonderful spring weather！ We should get out and enjoy it， Lihua.

    LH： 沒(méi)錯(cuò)，咱們踏春去！

    Larry： There are a lot of music festivals around town these days. Would you be interested in catching an outdoor show somewhere？

    LH： Catch a show？ "Catch"不是捕捉的意思嗎？ 怎么可能捕捉一個(gè)show呢？

    Larry： Not that kind of catch， Lihua. Here， the word "catch" means to go to attend something， like a show.

    LH： 哦，catch在這里不是“捕捉”，而是“參加某項(xiàng)活動(dòng)”的意思。 To catch a show就是去看一場(chǎng)表演。

    Larry： That's right！ We could catch a rock concert.

    LH： ��？搖滾演唱會(huì)？太吵了！ Let's catch a classical music performance instead. 我們?nèi)バ蕾p一場(chǎng)古典音樂(lè)。

    Larry： Classical music？ With music that boring and weather this nice， I'd surely fall asleep！

    LH： 聽(tīng)古典樂(lè)你會(huì)睡覺(jué)？真是沒(méi)有藝術(shù)細(xì)胞！ 好了，你還有什么主意？

    Larry： Well， we could always go catch a movie. There's a new action film that just came out.

    LH： Catch a movie？ 看電影？可那是在室內(nèi)啊，可惜了這么好的天氣！

    Larry： That's OK. We can just enjoy the lovely weather - as we walk to the movie theater.

    LH： 可我不是很想看電影……Wait！ I know！ 我們?nèi)ミ\(yùn)動(dòng)運(yùn)動(dòng)吧，I feel like catching a game of tennis. 去打網(wǎng)球吧！

    Larry： Well， you can't "catch" a game of tennis if you are playing it. If you are watching other people play， however， then you can say you are "catching" the game.

    LH： 哦，to catch something是強(qiáng)調(diào)被動(dòng)地，不需要費(fèi)力就可以享受的那種參與。如果自己揮汗如雨地去打網(wǎng)球，就不能用catch， 可如果自己不用動(dòng)，輕松地坐在一邊看網(wǎng)球賽，就可以說(shuō)catch a game of tennis 了！ 這樣吧 Larry， 咱們?nèi)ゲ┪镳^看藝術(shù)展，怎么樣？

    Larry： Ah， I guess we could go to the museum……

    LH： 你好像不太情愿��！

    Larry： Well， it's just that I had my mind set on going to that rock concert for awhile now.

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    LH： 真不明白，那么吵鬧的搖滾樂(lè)，有什么好聽(tīng)的。

    Larry： Come on， Lihua. I think you should be more open-minded when it comes to music.

    LH： Open-minded？ 什么意思？

    Larry： To be open-minded means to be open to new ideas or experiences.

    LH： I get it. To be open minded就是寬容，思想開(kāi)放的意思。這么說(shuō)起來(lái)，Larry， 你就不是個(gè)open-minded，思想開(kāi)放，勇于嘗試的人。

    Larry： No way！ I am very open-minded， Lihua. I've done all sorts of crazy things with you that I wouldn't normally do.

    LH：比如呢？

    Larry： Well， like playing Mahjong with your friends. Even though I had to learn from scratch， I still kept an open mind and tried to have fun.

    LH： 哈哈，你打麻將那次還真是出丑呢！

    Larry： And I went camping last year with your friends. And even though it was cold and raining the entire time， I was open-minded and tried to enjoy myself.

    LH： 好啦，我承認(rèn)你是個(gè)優(yōu)秀的男朋友！

    Larry： Of course I am！ And I'm not close-minded.

    LH： Close-minded？ 我知道了，一定是open-minded的反義詞，就是思想保守的。對(duì)不對(duì)？

    Larry： That's right. You shouldn't be so close-minded to this rock concert thing.

    LH： 那好，我們來(lái)個(gè)妥協(xié)。咱們先去看博物館看藝術(shù)展，然后再去聽(tīng)搖滾樂(lè)，怎么樣？我夠open-minded了吧？

    Larry： Great！ Let's go！

    今天李華學(xué)了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，一個(gè)是to catch something，意思是“觀看觀賞”。另一個(gè)是open-minded，意思是“思想開(kāi)放的，肯接受新鮮事物的”。