流行美语第393课 stuck in a rut....doc

流行美语第393课 stuck in a rut... Larry和李华星期六晚上待在家里，觉得有些无聊，他们会用到两个常用语：stuck in a rut和someones cup of tea.?LH: Larry, 好无聊啊! 你说干点什么好啊？Larry: (Distracted) Huh? Uh, yea... thats nice, Lihua.?LH: 什么好好好? Larry! 你又在打电脑游戏啦？哎呀，不要玩儿了! (pulls the plug)?Larry: Hey! I was about to clear that level!?LH: 你每天晚上除了玩线上游戏就什么都不干了! 我们就不能出去转转，找点好玩的事情做吗？?Larry: (Sigh) Youre right, Lihua. We havent really done anything new recently. I guess weve been stuck in a rut.?LH: In a rut? 什么意思？?Larry: Being stuck in a rut means to be stuck in a boring routine.?LH: To be stuck in a rut就是生活一成不变。那么，这个rut是什么意思呢？?Larry: A rut is what happens when a wheel rolls over the same place over and over again. Eventually, the wheel will dig a line, or a rut, in the ground.?LH: 我明白了，rut是车轮不断压过同一个地方后留下的印迹。我想，这就比喻一成不变的常规吧。Larry, 我们最近的确有些stuck in a rut，感觉有点平淡无味，你说这是怎么回事呢？?Larry: Im not sure, Lihua, but we have been together for over a year now. Its relatively normal for couples to find themselves stuck in a rut after being together for awhile.?LH: 啊？你觉得是因为咱们在一起时间不算短了，所以生活就变得平平淡淡了？我觉得根本不是这样，Were stuck in a rot because of that stupid computer game! 都怪你天天打线上游戏，不陪我!?Larry: Ill admit I like to play my games, but you remember what happened last weekend, right??LH: 上个周末？怎么啦？?Larry: I wanted to take you out for a nice dinner, but you said you were too tired. We ended up staying home and watching TV all night!?LH: 还说请我吃顿好的？Larry, 你每次请我吃饭都是汉堡和薯条，连吃饭内容都一成不变，难怪我们会stuck in a rut!?Larry: Hmm... we need to find some new things to do that we both like. Otherwise, we might be stuck in this rut forever!?LH: 可不是嘛! 咱们好久没有去打网球啦! 不如去打两场吧!?Larry: Aw, you know tennis isnt my cup of tea, Lihua. And besides, its been so hot out lately...?LH: Your cup of tea? 打网球还要喝茶？你不怕热吗？?Larry: I would drink water, of course! I said playing tennis is not my cup of tea...in other words, I dont really enjoy tennis.?LH: 哦，你说playing tennis is not your cup of tea, 意思就是说你不喜欢打网球。那你的cup of tea到底是什么呀？?Larry: I like swimming! H