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Trina在图书馆上班的第一天，碰上了Len这个糊涂虫，竟然在图书馆里大声喧哗。不仅如此，Len对图书馆的规定简直是一无所知，Trina是如何应付的呢？
Len: Hey Trina, what’s up!
Trina: SHHH!!! ①Keep it down, Len!
Len: Hey, what’s the big deal? I’m only saying hi!
Trina: I said keep it down! ②Have you got water in your ears?
Len: Sheesh, sorry. What’s your problem anyway?
Trina: My problem?!
Len: Now who needs to keep it down?
Trina: ③Oh…go…fly a kite.
Len: Hey, I’m just here to borrow a book. What are you doing here?
Trina: I work here now.
Len: You’re working at the library?
Trina: Did I 1)stutter? Yes, I’m working here at the library.
Len: ④Ahhh, the light comes on! That’s why you were telling me to keep it down.
Trina: And it seems like twice wasn’t enough—seriously, Len, be quiet.
Len: ⑤Man, you’re a real 2)cranky pants as a 3)librarian, you know that?
Trina: ⑥Stuff it. This is my first day. I’m trying to make a good impression.
Len: Well here, have a chocolate to cheer you up.
Trina: LEN! You can’t eat in here!
Len: Holy! This is like, the least fun place in the world.
Trina: Have you seriously been living under a rock?
Len: What are you on about?
Trina: Len, how is it even possible that you don’t know to be quiet and not eat in a library? Like, seriously, how?
Len: Just lucky I guess.
Trina: Ah! You’re an 4)ass sometimes. Don’t you have a book you wanna borrow?
Len: That’s what this place is for, right?
Trina: ⑦Then get out of my hair and go find your book.
Len: Well what if I need some help finding it?
Trina: Do I look like a computer to you? Go use the search station.
Len: Alright, see you in a second.
Trina: Hold up—what’s that smell?
Len: Sorry, I just came from basketball practice.
Trina: Wait. Len…did you just take off your shoes?
Len: Yeah, you take off your shoes in the library, right?
Trina: Len, I’m going to 5)strangle you. Just go get your book and come back.
Smart Sentences
① Keep it down, Len! 小声点，莱恩！
keep it down: keep the volume down, such as voice, radio, TV, etc.（小声点，把音量调低）。例如：
Sis, keep it down; Mom is taking a nap.
姐，小声点，妈在休息呢。
② Have you got water in your ears? 你耳朵有问题吗？
get water in one’s ears: sb. has a problem hearing clearly（有听力障碍）。例如：
I don’t believe that she got water in her ears. She just didn’t want to listen to her mother.
我觉得她不是耳朵有问题，她只是不想听她妈说而已。
③ Oh…go…fly a kite.噢，你……滚出去。
go fly a kite: don’t make trouble; go away（别惹麻烦，滚开）。例如：
Go fly a kite, or I will go get Mom.
滚开，不然我喊我妈来了。
④ Ahhh, the light comes on! 啊，我明白了！
the light comes on: suddenly understand sth.（醒悟）。例如：
The light came on when I saw the postcard from Hawaii—Amy had gone on her honeymoon.
收到从夏威夷寄来的明信片时我才明白——艾美原来是去度蜜月了。
⑤ Man, you’re a real cranky pants as a librarian. 伙计，作为一个图书管理员，你真的很不善交谈。
cranky pants: a type of rather unsociable fellow who spends his life miserably（不善交际的倒霉蛋）。例如：
Nowadays, computer programmers are no longer the cranky pants people used to know.
如今，电脑程序员已经不再是人们以前熟悉的自闭的倒霉家伙了。
⑥ Stuff it. 闭嘴。
stuff it: shut up（闭嘴）。例如：
—I’d bet you cheated during the exam. There is no way you could pass biology.
我敢打赌你作弊了，不然你不可能生物考及格的。
—Stuff it! You know nothing.
闭嘴。你什么也不懂。
⑦ Then get out of my hair and go find your book.那么，别烦我了，找你需要的书去。
get out of sb.’s hair: stop annoying others persistently（停止不断地骚扰他人）。例如：
Would you get out of my hair? I need to study for next week’s exam.
你能不能别烦我，我得为下周的考试复习了。
Len: Hey Trina, what’s up!
Trina: SHHH!!! ①Keep it down, Len!
Len: Hey, what’s the big deal? I’m only saying hi!
Trina: I said keep it down! ②Have you got water in your ears?
Len: Sheesh, sorry. What’s your problem anyway?
Trina: My problem?!
Len: Now who needs to keep it down?
Trina: ③Oh…go…fly a kite.
Len: Hey, I’m just here to borrow a book. What are you doing here?
Trina: I work here now.
Len: You’re working at the library?
Trina: Did I 1)stutter? Yes, I’m working here at the library.
Len: ④Ahhh, the light comes on! That’s why you were telling me to keep it down.
Trina: And it seems like twice wasn’t enough—seriously, Len, be quiet.
Len: ⑤Man, you’re a real 2)cranky pants as a 3)librarian, you know that?
Trina: ⑥Stuff it. This is my first day. I’m trying to make a good impression.
Len: Well here, have a chocolate to cheer you up.
Trina: LEN! You can’t eat in here!
Len: Holy! This is like, the least fun place in the world.
Trina: Have you seriously been living under a rock?
Len: What are you on about?
Trina: Len, how is it even possible that you don’t know to be quiet and not eat in a library? Like, seriously, how?
Len: Just lucky I guess.
Trina: Ah! You’re an 4)ass sometimes. Don’t you have a book you wanna borrow?
Len: That’s what this place is for, right?
Trina: ⑦Then get out of my hair and go find your book.
Len: Well what if I need some help finding it?
Trina: Do I look like a computer to you? Go use the search station.
Len: Alright, see you in a second.
Trina: Hold up—what’s that smell?
Len: Sorry, I just came from basketball practice.
Trina: Wait. Len…did you just take off your shoes?
Len: Yeah, you take off your shoes in the library, right?
Trina: Len, I’m going to 5)strangle you. Just go get your book and come back.
Smart Sentences
① Keep it down, Len! 小声点，莱恩！
keep it down: keep the volume down, such as voice, radio, TV, etc.（小声点，把音量调低）。例如：
Sis, keep it down; Mom is taking a nap.
姐，小声点，妈在休息呢。
② Have you got water in your ears? 你耳朵有问题吗？
get water in one’s ears: sb. has a problem hearing clearly（有听力障碍）。例如：
I don’t believe that she got water in her ears. She just didn’t want to listen to her mother.
我觉得她不是耳朵有问题，她只是不想听她妈说而已。
③ Oh…go…fly a kite.噢，你……滚出去。
go fly a kite: don’t make trouble; go away（别惹麻烦，滚开）。例如：
Go fly a kite, or I will go get Mom.
滚开，不然我喊我妈来了。
④ Ahhh, the light comes on! 啊，我明白了！
the light comes on: suddenly understand sth.（醒悟）。例如：
The light came on when I saw the postcard from Hawaii—Amy had gone on her honeymoon.
收到从夏威夷寄来的明信片时我才明白——艾美原来是去度蜜月了。
⑤ Man, you’re a real cranky pants as a librarian. 伙计，作为一个图书管理员，你真的很不善交谈。
cranky pants: a type of rather unsociable fellow who spends his life miserably（不善交际的倒霉蛋）。例如：
Nowadays, computer programmers are no longer the cranky pants people used to know.
如今，电脑程序员已经不再是人们以前熟悉的自闭的倒霉家伙了。
⑥ Stuff it. 闭嘴。
stuff it: shut up（闭嘴）。例如：
—I’d bet you cheated during the exam. There is no way you could pass biology.
我敢打赌你作弊了，不然你不可能生物考及格的。
—Stuff it! You know nothing.
闭嘴。你什么也不懂。
⑦ Then get out of my hair and go find your book.那么，别烦我了，找你需要的书去。
get out of sb.’s hair: stop annoying others persistently（停止不断地骚扰他人）。例如：
Would you get out of my hair? I need to study for next week’s exam.
你能不能别烦我，我得为下周的考试复习了。