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2025.09.16 23:23
第十五部 第九课: do the math , know the drill
- Larry 和李华打算乘火车去 Larry 家玩。Larry 家住在纽约郊区。 Larry 和李华还打算去纽约市旅游。李华会学到两个常用语：do the math 和 know the drill。
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- Okay, Li Hua, I don't know how we are going to do the sightseeing and also spend time with my family. I mean, you do the math - how is it going to work?
- Do the math? 这很好算嘛。我们有四天时间，24小时乘以4等於96个小时 。我们总共有96个小时。
- Oh, Li Hua, I guess I didn't mean for you to actually do the math. When I said "you do the math," I meant something like "you think about it."
- 原来你说"do the math"，意思是考虑一下，不是真的要我算。Larry，是你请我到你家去，还要到纽约玩， 你应该考虑呀 - You should do the math。另外，去纽约玩要花多少钱呢？我这个当老师的可没有很多钱啊。
- Don't worry, Li Hua. I've done the math. We'll save a lot of money by staying at my parent's house. Plus they will feed us.
- 能住在你父母家就太好了，可以省很多钱。 Larry，你知道我是穷学生，凡事都要精打细算才行。I have to do the math all the time。
- You know that is very smart. My younger brother could really have learned something from you.
- 你弟弟向我学习？我有什麼好学的呢？
- Well, when he moved out and got his first job, he really didn't do the math. He ended up needing help from my parents, because he wasn't making enough money.
- 你弟弟真傻，第一次拿到工资就觉得自己很有钱，要搬出去住。他肯定没想到房租那麼贵。你弟弟现在怎麼样了？
- Yes, he is now making very good money waiting tables at a restaurant.
- 我也听说餐馆服务员收入不少。
- In one hour he might wait on ten tables. If each table tips him between five and ten dollars。Well, you do the math.
- 每小时服务十桌客人，每桌客人给5块或是10块美元的小费。哟，你弟弟一个小时就能挣50到100美元。 看来，我也改行作服务员算了。
- No, Li Hua. You are definitely meant to be a teacher. He's making what seems like a lot now, but in the long term - if you do the math - I think you'll be doing better in the end.
- 从长远来看，我以后会挣得比你弟弟多？但愿如此。
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- Okay, Li Hua, we're now at the subway station. You know the drill. Have your ticket ready ...
- 地铁票？我有呀。 Larry，你刚才说： You know the drill， 这是什麼意思啊？ Drill不是一种工具吗？
- Well, a drill is a tool。But a drill can also be a routine. Knowing the drill is knowing a routine - it is knowing how things are done.
- 噢，to know the drill就是知道一件事该怎麼作。我当然知道怎麼坐纽约地铁了。先要买票，然后把票放进自动检票机，否则就进不去。对吗？
- That's good. But do you know the drill when it comes to taking a taxi in the city? We have to do that next.
- 什麼？我们下了地铁还要打的？我可没有在纽约打过的， 我是随时拦车呢，还是要到指定的街口等呀？ I really don't know the drill。
- That's OK, Li Hua. I'll teach you what you need to do - then you'll know the drill.
- 我是得学学。我在纽约人生地不熟的。 没有你，我一定很紧张。
- Yeah, it can be very disconcerting when you are in an unfamiliar place and don't know the drill.
- 是呀，在不熟悉的地方有时心裡是很不安。我刚来的时候不知道怎麼乘公共汽车，有一次差点走丢了。
- But now you are an expert. No one would say you don't know the drill now!
- 当然了， 不过我也不是什麼都知道， 还要向你多多请教。Larry，我们这是去哪裡呀?
- Oh, the usual places in New York City. You know the driM
- 对，到纽约来玩的人都是去这几个地方， I know the drill。先去自由女神像， 然后接着去百老匯看戏，然后去唐人街吃饭。
- I'm glad you are excited about eating in Chinatown. Because when it comes to ordering in Chinese, I really don't know the drill.
- 这你放心，Larry。 你不会点菜，我来点。 I know the drill 。
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是 do the math，意思是考虑、算计一下。另一个是 know the drill，也就是说知道怎麼做某件事情。
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