李華和Larry要去朋友家聚餐，倆人正在包餃子。他們會用到兩個常用語：keep your shirt on和to walk all over someone。
LH: Larry!你那個餃子里放的餡兒太多了!肯定得破!
Larry: Sorry, Lihua, I’m trying my best here. Look, I’ve already made half a dozen dumplings - see?
LH: 啊?都快半個小時了，你才包了六個餃子?
Larry: Keep your shirt on! You know I’ve never made Chinese dumplings before, Lihua。
LH: Larry, 你在說什么啊?keep my shirt on?我又沒脫衣服!
Larry: (Sigh) OK, let’s both relax. What I mean is, try to be more patient. "Keep your shirt on" means "be patient."
LH: "Keep your shirt on"是“耐心點(diǎn)兒”的意思?那好吧，I will try to keep my shirt on。
Larry: And I’ll try to work more quickly. (Pause) Here - is this how to close the dumpling?
LH: 天啊， Larry, 你這個餃子包得太難看了!在包餃子的時候，You need to keep your shirt on, too - 你也得有點(diǎn)耐心，慢慢包!
Larry: Why don’t you help me? The work will go twice as fast - and you can show me how to properly make a Chinese dumpling。
LH: 好吧，聽我說。包餃子最怕餃子皮按不緊，我有個笨辦法，就是在皮的四周抹上一圈水，然后再按緊。你看，這樣，餃子就不會“張嘴”啦!
Larry: Hey, not so fast! How did you do that so quickly? Why can’t I make dumplings like that?
LH: 熟能生巧啊，慢慢練習(xí)，keep your shirt on! 不過，今天沒時間讓你慢慢練了，咱們得快點(diǎn)包，聚餐快開始了!哎?剛才讓你燒開水，水開了沒有?
Larry: Keep your shirt on, Lihua! It should be boiling in a minute。
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LH: 啊呀，來電話催了!(接起電話)喂?... 啊，對不起，還沒有做好，就快好了!我知道!好好，對不起了啊，恩，好拜拜。(掛電話)唉!我朋友著急了!
Larry: Geez, she seems really rude! You shouldn’t let her walk all over you like that。
LH: Walk... over me? 什么意思?
Larry: I mean you need to stand up for yourself. To let someone walk all over you means that you are allowing someone to be very rude to you。
LH: 哦，to walk all over someone就是對某人蠻橫無理。
Larry: That’s right, and you shouldn’t let your friend walk all over you like that。
LH: 你說得對。不過，這個女生是我?guī)熃?，我?yīng)該尊重她。她說兩句就說兩句吧!
Larry: Respecting her and letting her walk all over you are two different things. For example, I definitely need to respect my boss when he tells me I did something wrong. However, if he made me stay late every night at work, that’s walking all over me, and I don’t have to accept that。
LH: 對，要是老板天天讓你加班，就沒有道理了，明顯是在欺負(fù)人，你沒必要照做。
Larry: Exactly. Respect between two people should be mutual - regardless of how old they are。
LH: 你說得對!哎?水開了沒有，咱們快點(diǎn)把餃子做好吧!
Larry: Let’s take our time. I don’t want to hurry just to make your rude friend happy。
LH: 她要是再打電話來催我，我一定會讓她keep her shirt on - 耐心點(diǎn)!不過咱們也得加快速度，再包它二十個!
Larry: Keep your shirt on, Lihua! I’ll go as fast as I can!
LH: Larry, 包完餃子你還得趕快去趟中國超市!
Larry: The store? For what?
LH: 買臘八蒜啊!吃餃子哪能沒有臘八蒜!另外，你最好再額外買點(diǎn)小菜，點(diǎn)心什么的……
Larry: I’m beginning to think you are walking all over me, too!
