当谈到英语口语这个话题时，很多人都不知道口语应该怎么练，可见英语口语对于国人的练习难度，针对这样的问题，知青英语分享大家VOA流行美语 Unit 113: Get it together/Tough，希望大家更好的学习英语口语。

VOA盛行美语 Unit 113: Get it together/Tough

明天Larry要开车去接李华一同去上课。李华会学到两个罕用语：get it together和tough 。

(Doorbell Rings)

LL: Hey, Li Hua!? You"re not ready for school! We need to go now! It"s already 8:30.

LH: (Yawns) Larry? 你怎样这么早就来啦！如今几点了？

LL: Get it together, Li Hua! It"s already 8:30! We need to leave in fifteen minutes, or we"ll be late to class!

LH: Get it together? (Groans and yawns) 把什么放一同啊？你在说什么嘛？

LL: I said "get it together"! That means, get organized, focus on what you need to do.

LH: 噢，你是要我赶快预备好上学。Get it together就是要人打起肉体做该做的事。那除此之外，Larry，get it together还能用在什么场所呢？

LL: "To get it together" , or "get one"s act together" can also mean something very general, such as arranging one"s life for the better.

LH: 哎哟！get it together既能够指预备去上学，又能够指把一集体的生存布置得更好。Larry，这听起来很复杂，我都有点懵懂了。

LL: Here"s an example: After finishing college, I didn"t work hard to plan for the future for several years. But finally I got my act together, and got accepted into graduate school.

LH: 大学毕业后悠闲几年，没有久远打算这在年老人里也是常事。不过，你们这些生在美国的孩子真幸福。要是在中国，错过一次机会当前恐怕就难了。

LL: That"s right... here in the U.S. people usually have several chances to get it together. One of my friends almost failed his first semester of college. But he got his act together, and now he"s a Ph. D. candidate at Yale.

LH: 哇！你这个冤家还真是好样儿的。大学第一学期差点儿不迭格，如今竟然是耶鲁大学的博士生了。可有的人犯了错，一开端失败了就很难再抖擞起来，做坏事情了！

LL: Right, right... enough talking! Get it together, Li Hua. If you"re not ready in ten minutes, I"m leaving!

LH: 好啦！好啦！别催我嘛！再给我5分钟！

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LL: All right, let"s go. Now.

LH: 等一等！还不能走啦！我还没吃早餐呢！

LL: Well, that"s tough. You"ll just have to wait until after your first class to eat something. Now let"s go!

LH: Tough? 你是要我刚强一点，就这么饿着啊？

LL: No, that"s not what I mean. When I say "that"s tough" that means "too bad". Sometimes, you can just say "tough" by itself. Anyway, It"s too bad that you can"t eat breakfast, but we have to go now.

LH: 噢！tough就是指：没方法了，你就忍着点吧。哎，Larry，你真不讲情理！

LL: That"s right, its not very polite to say "that"s tough!" when someone complains or has a problem. Usually when you say "that"s tough" it means you don"t care about their problem.

LH: 原来你真的一点都不同情我啊！That"s tough, 是不太礼貌的用法，示意你基本不在乎他人的成绩。哎呀，Larry咱们可不能够至多去一下麦当劳买点吃的！我这样肚子空空的上课也不能分心。

LL: That"s just tough, Li Hua. We don"t have time to get you breakfast. You should have gotten up earlier.

LH: 可是... 起的晚又不是我的错，是我的闹钟坏了嘛！

LL: Tough! I don"t care why you"re late this morning, I just want to get to class on time. Let"s go.

LH: 你真是毫无同情心。我既没有吃早餐，我连明天上课要用的资料都还没看呢！

LL: Tough. You can look at you notes in the car. I"m leaving right now... you"d better come with me if you want a ride to school.

LH: 好啦！好啦！我来了啦！噢！我真的好饿噢！

LL: Tough, Li Hua. If you"d just get yourself together, this kind of thing wouldn"t happen. Let"s go!

明天李华学到两个罕用语，一个是get it together, 也能够说get one"s act together, 意思是打起肉体，做好该做的事。另一个罕用语是tough, 意思是：状况就是这样，没方法了。这是不太礼貌的说法，示意你对他人的艰难不在乎。

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