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　　李華和Larry在看世界杯足球賽，美國(guó)隊(duì)和阿爾及利亞隊(duì)。我們要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：on the edge of your seat和down to the wire.

　　LH: Larry，今天這場(chǎng)比賽可很重要!美國(guó)要是贏了，就進(jìn)16強(qiáng)，要是輸了就得回家了。

　　L: I know! Who do you think will win? The U.S. or Algeria?

　　LH: 這可說(shuō)不好。

　　L: I agree, it's hard to predict who will win. All I know is that I'm going to be on the edge of my seat the whole game.

　　LH: 什么?你要坐在椅子邊兒上看比賽?這樣坐著你一會(huì)兒就得累。

　　L: Actually, when you are really excited or nervous about something, you can say that you are on the edge of your seat.

　　LH: 哦，on the edge of your seat不是真的坐在椅子的邊兒上，而是形容緊張的樣子。你是說(shuō)，這場(chǎng)比賽讓你感到特別緊張、興奮，簡(jiǎn)直坐也不是站也不是。

　　L: Right! Or for another example, my friend Eddie loved the new Jack Nicholson suspense movie. He said it kept him on the edge of his seat for two hours.

　　LH: 對(duì)!懸疑電影總是讓人的心提在嗓子眼，緊張得不行!哎，Larry, 你不是說(shuō)你在網(wǎng)上買了一件美國(guó)隊(duì)的球衣么?寄來(lái)了沒(méi)有?

　　L: I've been waiting on the edge of my seat all week for it to come, but it hasn't arrived yet. I hope it didn't get lost in the mail.

　　LH: 別急，沒(méi)準(zhǔn)今天球衣就到了。你看別的世界杯比賽了嗎?

　　L: Yeah a few, but for me, none can keep me on the edge of my seat like a U.S. match does.

　　LH: 這倒是!不過(guò)，足球比賽太緊張了!要不我們還是看“美國(guó)偶像”吧，輕松一下。

　　L: No way! I'm always sitting on the edge of my seat whenever they announce the winner of American Idol.

　　LH: 你怎么看什么都這么激動(dòng)!對(duì)了，我還真沒(méi)看出來(lái)，你也是美國(guó)偶像的粉絲啊!

　　L: Well you never know when you might learn something surprising about me, Lihua.

　　LH: 哈哈，那以后和你說(shuō)話時(shí)我該緊張了，I'll be on the edge of my seat when I talk to you!

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　　美國(guó)對(duì)阿爾及利亞的比賽結(jié)束了，Larry和李華在談?wù)撨@場(chǎng)比賽。

　　LH: 真夠懸的!雙方一直是0比0，我還以為美國(guó)隊(duì)要被淘汰了呢!誰(shuí)知美國(guó)隊(duì)居然在最后三分種里進(jìn)了個(gè)球，這下就挺進(jìn)16強(qiáng)啦!

　　L: I know! That was so amazing! If I watch a few more games like that, I'm going to have a heart attack!

　　LH: 心臟病?不至于吧!不過(guò)，這場(chǎng)比賽最后幾分鐘確實(shí)挺刺激的。

　　L: You're right. That game really came down to the wire.

　　LH: Down to the wire? 這是什么意思?

　　L: When something comes down to the wire, that means there isn't much time left.

　　LH: 哦，down to the wire就是指到了最后關(guān)頭。 你是說(shuō)這場(chǎng)比賽在快結(jié)束的時(shí)候居然難分勝負(fù)。

　　L: Right. Here's another example. My big report for work is due tomorrow and I still have a lot of work to do, so it's really coming down to the wire today.

　　LH: 你是說(shuō)，明天有報(bào)告要交，可你還沒(méi)怎么寫呢，所以今天是你完成報(bào)告的最后關(guān)頭了!哎?既然要寫報(bào)告，干嘛還看世界杯?

　　L: I'll just say that I know what's important in life. Say, how is your summer job search going?

　　LH: 還在找呢。我已經(jīng)快沒(méi)錢了，如果再找不到工作，我連房租也交不出來(lái)了。

　　L: Gosh, it sounds like it's really coming down to the wire. Have you had any success?

　　LH: 倒是有一份工作，我已經(jīng)進(jìn)入最后一輪面試了，公司說(shuō)今天下午打電話通知我結(jié)果。

　　L: Wow, it sounds like it's coming down to the wire. You must really be on the edge of your seat.

　　LH: 是啊，已經(jīng)快5點(diǎn)了，還沒(méi)來(lái)電話，我都要急死了!

　　今天李華學(xué)了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是on the edge of your seat, 表示緊張興奮。另一是down to the wire, 意思是到最后關(guān)頭。