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LL: Well, I thought it was a long shot that you'd be willing to spend your vacation with my family. My parents sometimes could be boring.
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怎么会呢？我很喜欢你爸爸妈妈。他们很和善，也很风趣。你妹妹也是个很有意思的人。我想我们会玩得很开心的。 |
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LL: Well, Li Hua, I have to level with you and say that you might not make the best impression on Jake if you're falling all of the time.
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对，我要是老摔倒，他看见了怎么会对我有好的印象呢！我还是少溜一些，站在一旁看别人溜吧！ |
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LL: Well, book stores often give away freebie bookmarks. But, I think my favorite freebie is food!
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书店给的书签没有什么吸引力。我也喜欢超市里为了推销而提供的那些免费食品，什么面包呀，蛋糕呀，肚子饿的时候可好啦！ |
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LL: Well, first you stick the entire doohickey on a flat surface of a table.
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先把这工具放在平的桌面上。我来试试，看看这个东西是怎么切苹果的。 |
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LL: Well, if you can't afford the real thing, why would you want to buy a cheap knock-off?
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买不起真货的人才买假冒品嘛！有的假冒品做的非常好，你不仔细看还分不出是真是假呢！你看，这个皮包还是很漂亮，而且也很实用呢！ |
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LL: Well, in this case my know-it-all older brother would say to me, You know, Larry, technically the earth is not round.
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什么?!他会说，地球实际上并不是圆的？人人都知道地球是圆的。看来你哥哥并不是无所不知啊。 |
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LL: Well, it would save some money. I also have some frozen dinners we could nuke. It would be faster than going to a restaurant.
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嗯，吃冷冻食品是比去餐馆吃饭是比较快，又便宜，可是我觉得冷冻食品不好吃耶！吃东西还是要吃新鲜的好！ |
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LL: Well, it's your decision whether you want to buy a knock-off.
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我很喜欢这个皮包。不过我现在还不需要。算了吧！我想还是别买了。 |
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LL: Well, no, of course not. For instance, my friend Pete eats like a pig, but there isn't an ounce of flab on his body. It's amazing.
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西方人好象是很容易发胖，一旦胖了就很难瘦下去。如果不运动，肥肉就不会消失？我倒不认为所有的西方人都像这样。 |
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LL: Well, the reason vacation is so valuable is because I can sit around and don't do jack all day. Usually I'm a very busy guy.
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你说得也有道理，就是因为放假了，才有可能懒散一点儿;什么事情也不做。平时又要学习又要打工，是够忙的。 |
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LL: Well, the writers created a main character who is a pilot, a linguist, a professor, and an expert in martial arts. That sounds a little overboard to me!
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那倒也是。他们把主角写成是一个飞行员、语言学家兼教授、而且还是武术高手，是有点太夸张了！一个角色有这么多才能，好像有点不真实了。 |
