larry(ll)正开车和李华(lh)一起到他父母家过周末。两人在车上讨论这个周末的活动。
lh: 我希望你妈妈会喜欢和我一块儿去逛街。
ll: oh, i’m sure that the two of you will have a ball if you go shopping together. you both love to shop.
lh: have a ball? 哎，我是要和你妈逛街，不是和她去打球?
ll: to have a ball means to have a lot of fun. i think you and my mother would have a lot of fun shopping together.
lh: 噢，原来如此。to have a ball就是玩的非常开心，所以，larry你的意思是我和你妈会逛得很开心。嗯，我也这么觉得。
ll: i plan on watching some football with my dad and playing baseball with my cousins. that’s my idea of having a ball.
lh: 和你爸爸看球赛，又和你表弟打球，这些对你来说就是玩得过瘾啦!不过啊，我是一点兴趣也没有。
ll: while i’m doing that, you and my mom can go and have a ball shopping. it works out perfectly.
lh: 对了，larry，你家有游泳池，对吧?采集者退散
ll: yep, they have a big pool in the backyard. my cousins have a ball splashing around in it.
lh: 嗯，我想我和你的表兄妹一样，一定会在游泳池里玩得很开心!我已经有好久好久都没有游泳了!
ll: yeah, i wouldn’t mind going swimming either. this hot weather is great for hanging out in the pool.
lh: 啊，我觉得这个周末一定会玩得很开心!
ll: yep, everybody is going to have a ball.
lh: 我们还有多久才会到呢?
ll: another three or four hours
