Michael和李華正坐在教室里聊天，等著上課。今天李華會學(xué)到兩個常用語：out of it和gung ho。
    L: 嘿，Michael, 你今天看起來好象不太舒服...你是不是病了？
    M: I'm O.K. I just have a small cold. I took some strong cold medicine, so I am a little out of it today.
    L: 噢，你有點感冒，但是吃了幾顆比較厲害的藥。你說你out of it? 你是說你藥沒啦？
    M: No, I said "I am out of it" "Out of it" mean's that I am half-awake, not alert, or something like that.
    L: 噢，原來是你吃的感冒藥讓你感到昏昏沉沉，暈呼呼的。這就是為什么我不喜歡吃那種感冒藥。
    M: Yeah, I know what you mean. But I had such a terrible headache, I had to take something. I just hope I'm not too out of it to pay attention in class.
    L: 頭痛太厲害倒也是得吃點藥?？墒?，今天上課的內(nèi)容對考試很重要。你要是昏沉沉的話，可能會漏掉重要的內(nèi)容噢。
    M: Well, you'll let me look at your notes, right? Anyway, I'm not so out of it that I can't pay attention at all. (yawns while speaking) I'm just a little sleepy, that's all...
    L: 你當(dāng)然可以看我的筆記。不過，要是你只是有點困，不太厲害的話，你還是可以注意聽講的。其實，Michael, 只要喝一杯熱熱濃濃的咖啡你馬上就會清醒的。
    M: (yawns) Hmm... That's a good idea, Li Hua. I was so out of it this morning that I forgot to make coffee.
    L: 你早上連咖啡也忘了做？你真是夠迷糊的了。我要是早上沒喝咖啡的話，根本就醒不過來。
    M: You mean if you don't have coffee, you'll be out of it for the whole morning? Wow, Li Hua, you're starting to become more and more American.
    L: 我要沒有咖啡，真是一個早上都沒精神。對，都是你們美國人傳染給我的好習(xí)慣?？熳甙桑覀冞€有二十分鐘，而且上課前得讓你喝點咖啡才行吶。
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    L: 嗨，Michael, 我聽說有的學(xué)生這個周末要去參加反戰(zhàn)*活動，你去嗎？
    M: I'm not sure. I'm not very gung ho about this anti-war protest.
    L: 你對這個*活動不太gung ho, 這是什么意思啊？
    M: I said "I'm not very gung ho about this protests". Gung ho means to be very aggressive, enthusiastic or zealous about something. Believe it or not, Li Hua, it's from Chinese.
    L: Gung ho這個說法是來自中文？意思是非常熱情，很有闖勁。我怎么從沒聽說過？
    M: You don't know that? Some say that in World War two, a U.S. marine commander taught a special marine unit the Chinese battle cry "gung ho".
    L: 那是二戰(zhàn)時一個美國海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊的司令教他的士兵用的中國戰(zhàn)斗口號？你真是越說越懸乎了。不過，你為什么對反戰(zhàn)活動不積極呢？你不是討厭這場戰(zhàn)爭嗎？
    M: I am not gung ho about this protests because I don't like the organizers, I think they are too radical.
    L: 你是不喜歡組織這次*活動的人，你認(rèn)為他們太激進了。
    M: Are you going to the protest? You have been very gung ho about protesting the war.
    L: 是啊，我反對戰(zhàn)爭，這方面的活動我都積極參加?？墒沁@個周末我得寫論文。I am very gung ho about working on my thesis.
    M: Good for you! I wish I was as gung ho about my studies as you are. But right now, I am so out of it I don't have energy to do anything.
    L: 說了那么多話，你還覺得困，那你趕快喝這杯咖啡啦!
    李華今天學(xué)到兩個常用語，一個是：out of it, 意思是“昏昏沉沉，有點暈乎”。另一個是：gung ho, 意思是“積極熱情”。