今天Larry（LL）到Li Hua（LH）的宿舍去串門，Li Hua正在為期末論文和考試做準(zhǔn)備，壓力很大。我們要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：hang in there和stressed out。

LL: Li Hua, you look exhausted. Is everything OK?

LH: 哎喲，Larry，我得在星期五以前趕出兩篇論文，星期五還有一門課要大考，你說(shuō)我能不累嗎？I AM exhausted!

LL: Hang in there, Li Hua! After Friday it will be all over, and then you can relax.

LH: Hang in there? 那是什么意思呀？

LL: Hang in there. Hang in there just means "to keep enduring" or "to persist through a difficult situation."

LH: 噢，hang in there的意思就是，在困難的情況下再忍一忍，或者堅(jiān)持下去。Hang in there - Hmm……這個(gè)說(shuō)法很有意思。不過(guò)hang這個(gè)詞本意不是“懸掛”嗎？

LL: That's right, but "hang in there" can also mean "to stay the same" or "to not give up".

LH: 噢，我明白了，hang in there就是要"堅(jiān)持下去，不要放棄"的意思。

LL: Exactly! Remember last semester when you had two tests and a term paper due the same week, you hung in there and even managed to get good grades. When things get tough, you just have to hang in there.

LH: 我當(dāng)然記得上學(xué)期的那個(gè)禮拜。一個(gè)星期里，我有兩門課要考試，還要交一篇學(xué)期論文。我當(dāng)時(shí)咬緊牙關(guān)堅(jiān)持學(xué)習(xí)，結(jié)果還得了好分?jǐn)?shù)。所以你說(shuō)，這就是hang in there的意思吧？

LL: You're right! Let me give you another example. If someone is having an emergency and calls the 9-1-1 emergency hotline, the operator might say, "Hang in there, an ambulance will be there in a few minutes".

LH: 噢，你說(shuō)要是遇到緊急情況打911電話，接線員可能會(huì)說(shuō)，Hang in there! 也就是說(shuō)："別著急，堅(jiān)持一下，救護(hù)車馬上就到"的意思。

LL: So, just hang in there, Li Hua. You'll finish the papers before Friday and get good grades for the test too!

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LH: 嗨，Larry, 我剛考完試?，F(xiàn)在好了，我可以輕松一下了。

LL: Well, I'm glad to see you so happy now that your test is over and those papers are done. You were really stressed out last week!

LH: 就是啊，我現(xiàn)在好高興?？墒?，你說(shuō)我上星期怎么了？Stressed out?

LL: I said you were "stressed out". Stressed out means that you were under so much stress and pressure that you barely made it.

LH: 噢，stressed out意思就是“壓力太大，幾乎承受不了”。Hmm, 這話一點(diǎn)沒錯(cuò)，我上個(gè)星期還真是有點(diǎn)頂不住了。Larry, 你倒是好像不太容易stressed out。

LL: That's because I know that to be stressed out usually makes things worse. I find that I do better on a test when I'm not stressed out about it.

LH: Hmm, 我也有這種感覺，你越是感到壓力大，越會(huì)壞事。在這種情況下，考試都是考不好的。

LL: Last week, you appeared a little bit impatient, but I understand it's because you were really stressed out about your papers. So I encouraged you to HANG IN THERE.

LH: 我上星期顯得很煩躁呀！喲，我自己還沒有察覺呢。Larry, 我要是對(duì)你顯得不耐煩， 對(duì)不起喲！下次再遇到壓力很大的情況，也就是我stressed out的時(shí)候，我一定會(huì)記住，要堅(jiān)持下去，要hang in there.

LL: Oh, don't worry about it. The last thing I want is for you to stress out about making me upset. By the way, did you call Michael last night?

LH: 對(duì)，我打了。他說(shuō)他還不太習(xí)慣那兒的生活，我讓他hang in there! Try not to be stressed out. 他還讓我向你問好呢！

LL: That's nice!

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