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最近李华看到朋友Kevin经常向大家要用过的吸管，觉得奇怪，便决定和Larry一起探个究竟。李华会学到两个常用语：shady和to stock up。 LH: Larry, Kevin在做什么啊?LL: Hmmm...that's a good question.LH: 他最近总是在收集大家不要的吸管。啊！他们家是不是破产了。所以要收集吸管，再拿去卖啊？LL: I don't think so, Li Hua. If they really went broke, he would just sell his Mercedes or iPhone.LH: 说的也是。他看起来还是特有钱的。LL: But it's a bit shady what he's doing. Why would someone collect straws?LH: 你说shady是什么意思啊？LL: Shady means suspicious or questionable. Kevin collecting a bunch of straws is definitely suspicious.LH: Shady是可疑的意思。我也这么觉得。那我们要不要问他看看？LL: Rather than asking him, why don't we sit back and observe him for a couple of days, and see what he's up to.LH: 你说要观察几天？ 好啊！我们就做一回侦探！******第二天李华看到Larry.LH: Larry! Kevin今天没有再要吸管了耶。他好像完成了他的任务。那我们要怎么找出真相呢？LL: He's not collecting straws anymore? Is he doing anything else that's shady?LH: 你说他有没有做其他可疑的事……有了！他最近一直到美术教室的储藏室去。会是在做什么呢？LL: The art classroom? Maybe that's where he stocks up all the straws! He wants to use those to create some artwork!LH: 你说stock up... 是储藏的意思吗？LL: Yes. To stock up means to store. He probably already put all the straws he's collected in the storage room, and he is now trying to create an artwork.LH: 你说他已经把收集到的吸管通通放到储藏室了，现在要用那些吸管来做美术作品？LL: Yup. That has to be it.LH: 不可能啦！他没有选修美术呀。我跟他上的课几乎一模一样，我很清楚的。LL: Hmmm...really? That's even more shady then.LH: 但Larry, 我很好奇。为什么shady是可疑的意思呢？跟suspicious这个字也没什么关系啊。LL: A shade is a place that is dark. Usually, things that are suspicious are done in the dark. Therefore, we say someone or something is shady when that thing or person is very suspicious.LH: 哇，原来是这样，因为shade是指阴暗处，而做坏事的人通常都是在暗地里做事，所以很引人怀疑。LL: That's right.LH: 不过Kevin的事还是要弄个水落石出，我实在很好奇。LL: Let's wait another day and see. Maybe we'll know tomorrow!LH: 好吧！明天见。******第三天，李华提早来到学校，远远看到Larry刚跟Kevin讲完话。LH: Larry!LL: Li Hua! You're here so early today.LH: 是啊。你在做什么呢？Why do you look all shady?LL: I look shady?? What are you talking about?LH: 我刚才明明看到你和Kevin在悄悄说话，Does it have anything to do with the straws that Kevin stocked up?LL: Ohh that?! Shhhhh. I was just talking to Kevin to see what he was up to.LH: 你趁我不在的时候去问Kevin?! 干嘛不叫上我一起，真不够意思。LL: But guess what I found out?LH: 快说说看！LL: Here, follow me! Let's go into the classroom where we can sit down and talk.李华跟Larry一起走进教室, 等在教室里的很多一起喊"Happy Birthday 李华!"LH: 天啊！Larry, 你们原来是用吸管做了这条船给我当生日礼物！我还以为……LL: Well, we had to give you a surprise, but you realized Kevin was stocking up on straws. I had to pretend not to know.LH: 谢谢啦！现在终于知道Kevin为什么鬼鬼祟祟地在收集吸管了！ 今天李华从Larry那儿学到两个常用语，一个是shady,“可疑”的意思。另一个是to stock up, 也就是“储藏”。
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