Larry 正在开车和李华一起到他父母家过周末．两个人在车上讨论这个周末的活动．今天李华会学到两个常用语： have a ball 和 tizzy。
(Highway traffic)
LH: 我希望你妈啊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？吔！我是要和你妈去逛街吔，不是和她去打球？
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: 哦～，原来如此． To have a ball 就是玩的非常开心，所以， Larry 你是说我和你妈会逛的很开心啊．嗯，我也这么觉得喔。
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，我可是一点兴趣也没有。
LL: While I'm doing that, you and my mom can go and have a ball shopping. It works out perfectly.
LH: 对了， Larry，你们家有游泳池，对吧？
LL: Yep, they have a big pool in the backyard. My cousins have a ball splashing around in it.
LH: 嗯～，我想啊我和你的表兄妹一样，一定会在游泳池里玩的很开心！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～！我觉得啊这个周末一定会玩的很开心！
LL: Yep, everybody is going to have a ball.
LH: 我们还有多久才会到啊？
LL: Another three or four hours.
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(Cell phone ringing)
LH: Larry，你妈怎么一直打你的手机呢？她有什么急事啊？
LL: Oh, she's in a tizzy because she's excited that we're coming home for a visit. She misses me while I'm away.
LH: 我知道你妈盼望着你回家．我也知道她很想你，可是你说她怎么啦？ She's in a what? Tizzy? 那是什么意思啊？
LL: A tizzy is a state of nervous excitement. My mom is excited about us coming home, but she's nervous because she wants to make sure everything is ready for us.
LH: 所以 tizzy 就是指很紧张、很兴奋．你妈妈啊知道你要回家，所以她很兴奋．我妈也是这样吔，每次我要回家啊，她都会把家里打扫得一尘不染，还会买一大堆我喜欢吃的东西呢。
LL: My mom does the same thing. Be prepared to eat a lot this weekend. My mom gets in such a tizzy that she cooks enough to feed an army.
LH: 哇喔～，你妈妈一兴奋她就会做好多饭菜啊？吔，那她做的菜好吃吗？
LL: My mom is a great cook! You're going to have some old-fashioned American food.
LH: 嗯～，听起来啊好诱惑人呢！吔，我快等不及了．说真的，我也有点 tizzy，兴奋又紧张了。
LL: Why are you in a tizzy?
LH: 哦～，我很兴奋因为可以到一个美国人的家庭过周末，吃地道的美国菜．可是啊我又很紧张吔，因为我想让你家人对我有好印象啊！
LL: Don't worry about that! You know my family thinks you're great!
LH：你们家的人啊都对我很好．这我知道。
今天李华学到了两个常用语．一个是： to have a ball，就是“玩的很痛快、很开心”．另外一个常用语是： tizzy，这是“形容一个人很紧张、很兴奋”。
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