Michael和李华在复习功课，做完功课后他们准备去看电影。在今天的对话中，李华会学到两个常用语：no way和to bet。

L:Michael，准备好了吗？我们要去看电影了。Anna正开车来接我们呢。

M:Yeah I'm ready...let me get this call though. Hello? Sorry, I can't come to work right now. I have to pick up a friend from the airport. Yep. Sorry I can't help out. OK.

L:哎呀，Michael，你怎么能骗你同事说你要去机场接人呢？我觉得他们可能真的很需要帮手，你就去吧。我们可以下次再看电影嘛。

M:What? No way! I'm not going to help him!

L:你说什么？no way是什么意思啊？

M:No way means that there is no way I will do that. It means that I refuse completely.

L:噢，我知道了， No way就是绝对不行的意思，好象中文里的门儿都没有。你真的不能帮帮他吗？

M:No way! That guy is just lazy. He is always trying to escape from work and find other people to do his job for him. Nobody trusts him.

L:可是不管怎么说，我还是觉得同事之间还是应该互相帮忙啊。

M:Really? Well, what if Professor Wang called right now and said he needs you to help him grade Chinese test papers all afternoon?

L:No way! 我才不干呢，我以前帮过他好几次忙，可他从来都不付给我工资，更气人的是他连声谢谢都不肯说。

M:Well anyway, Anna and I have been waiting for a long time to see this movie. There is no way I'm changing my plans.

L:我明白了，我看你是喜欢Anna，不想错过和她一起看电影的机会吧。

M:What? No way!

L:哎，你怎么又说no way，这回我又没要求你做任何事情啊。

M:Oh, well sometimes no way also means that's not true or absolutely not. It shows that you disagree with something that somebody said.

L:得了，我就是觉得你喜欢Anna。

M:No way!

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M:Hmm, Anna still isn't here. I bet the traffic is bad.

L:啊？你说什么？

M:I said "I bet the traffic is bad". That means I think, or I'm pretty sure that the traffic is bad. Bet, as in to bet money.

L:噢，bet本来的意思是下赌注，例如赌钱，不过在这里是认为或相信的意思。

M:That's right. When you bet money, you can't always be 100% sure about your bet.

L:对啊，赌钱的人不可能100%地预料到下赌注的结果， 所以说，如果你说"I bet"，那表示你是在推测。

M:That's right. Anyway, I'm not worried about Anna, I bet she 'll arrive any minute now.

L:I bet you are right. Anna从来不迟到。你觉得这部电影会好看吗？

M:I don't know. It's an action movie, so I bet you won't like it very much.

L:谁说的，其实我也很喜欢动作片啊，当然除了那些烂片子。

M:I bet you'll say it is stupid no matter how good it really is. You always say action movies are stupid.

L:Whatever. 我听好多人说这部电影好看，我想今天电影院一定满座。

M:Hey, look, there's a red car down the street. I bet that's Anna.

L:No way. Anna的车比这辆车小多了。

M:Looks like I was right. Let's hurry.

L:I bet Anna她一定很高兴见到你。

M:No way! Stop joking around like that, ok?

今天李华学到了两个常用语。No way表示不可能；to bet是确信的意思。

• waiting [´weitiŋ]   n.等候；伺候   (初中英语单词)
• absolutely [´æbsəlu:tli]   ad.绝对地；确实   (初中英语单词)
• traffic [´træfik]   n.交通，运输   (初中英语单词)
• stupid [´stju:pid]   a.愚蠢的；糊涂的   (初中英语单词)
• trying [´traiiŋ]   a.难堪的；费劲的   (英语四级单词)
• disagree [,disə´gri:]   vi.不同意   (英语六级单词)