【大紀元2月12日訊】
李華週末來看Larry。李華今天要學兩個常用語，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? 這是什麼意思啊？
LL: To “goof around” 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goof around是游手好閒，不務正業的意思。那你有什麼該做的事情沒有做呢？
LL: I was supposed to do my laundry, dust and vacuum my 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，這麼多事啊！那你這兩天都幹了些什麼呢？
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，又是打遊戲的。難道你父母沒有告訴過你，只有做完正事以後才能玩嗎？
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，大家週末都想好好放鬆一下，不過也不能整個週末都這樣無所事事啊。
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: 現在可倒好，已經星期天晚上了，你明天上班有乾淨衣服穿嗎！
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: 我本來想和你出去看場電影，喝杯咖啡的，現在全泡湯了。
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 proposal for you, Li Hua. How about we go halvsies on my housework?
LH: Go halvsies，那又是什麼意思啊？
LL: To “go halvsies” is to split something in half. In this case, I was hoping you could do half of my housework.
LH: 哎誰讓你是我朋友呢！我願意幫你干一半的家務。可是我們怎麼分擔呢？
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，我得寫下來，免得你反悔。你說你負責洗衣服和打掃廁所，我負責拖廚房的地板和吸塵。這麼多事情，幹完肯定累死了。那我們到時候可以出去吃東西。
LL: Well, rather than go out to eat, let’s go halvsies on ordering a pizza for delivery.
LH: 你是說咱倆各出一半的錢，點個比薩回來吃？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，點個大號的，就應該夠咱倆吃的了。
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: 我有個更好的主意。與其吃餅乾，不如我們幹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: 我可沒說要跟你分，整個冰激凌都是我一個人的！
今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是goof around, 是消磨時間，不務正業的意思。另一個是go halvsies, 是一人一半的意思。(http://www.dajiyuan.com)
