短语：Have a ball 玩得开心

 　　Larry（LL）正开车和李华（LH）一起到他父母家过周末。两人在车上讨论这个周末的活动。

　　LH: 我希望你妈妈会喜欢和我一块儿去逛街。

　　LL: Oh, I'm sure that the two of you will have a ball if you go shopping together. You both love to shop.

　　LH: Have a ball? 哎，我是要和你妈逛街，不是和她去打球?

　　短语：Have a ball 玩得开心

　　LL: To have a ball means to have a lot of fun. I think you and my mother would have a lot of fun shopping together.

　　LH: 噢，原来如此。To have a ball就是玩的非常开心，所以，Larry你的意思是我和你妈会逛得很开心。嗯，我也这么觉得。

　　LL: I plan on watching some football with my dad and playing baseball with my cousins. That's my idea of having a ball.

　　LH: 和你爸爸看球赛，又和你表弟打球，这些对你来说就是玩得过瘾啦！不过啊，我是一点兴趣也没有。

　　LL: While I'm doing that, you and my mom can go and have a ball shopping. It works out perfectly¹.

　　LH: 对了，Larry，你家有游泳池，对吧？

　　LL: Yep, they have a big pool in the backyard. My cousins have a ball splashing² around in it.

　　LH: 嗯，我想我和你的表兄妹一样，一定会在游泳池里玩得很开心！我已经有好久好久都没有游泳了！

　　LL: Yeah, I wouldn't mind going swimming either. This hot weather is great for hanging out in the pool.

　　LH: 啊，我觉得这个周末一定会玩得很开心！

　　LL: Yep, everybody is going to have a ball.

　　LH: 我们还有多久才会到呢？

　　LL: Another three or four hours.

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 splashing   

v.使（液体）溅起( splash的现在分词 )；（指液体）溅落；击水声

参考例句：

• Water was splashing down from a large hole in the roof. 雨水从房顶上的一个大洞里倾泻下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The children love splashing water over each other. 儿童喜欢互相泼水。 来自《简明英汉词典》