LL: Ok, youre not really addicted to coffee. But quitting coffee isnt easy, right? When I said you went cold turkey, It implied that quitting is not easy.
LH: 是啊,突然一下子一点儿咖啡都不喝了,是够难的,怪不得我老没精神呢!不过Larry, 要把戒咖啡和戒烟相比,我看,戒烟恐怕更难吧?
LL: Thats true. One day, my friend Rick went cold turkey on cigarettes. It almost drove him crazy, but he never smoked a cigarette again.
LH: Wow, 你的朋友Rick可真了不起,说戒烟一下子就戒掉了。我记得我叔叔也试过一下子戒掉 - go cold turkey on cigarettes,可是他试了三次都没成功,不过他现在抽得比以前少多了。
LL: Im glad your uncle is going easy on cigarettes.
今天李华从Larry那儿学到了两个常用语。一个是go easy on someone 就是对某人客气些,要是说go easy on something,那就是有节制地使用某件东西。李华学到的另一个常用语是go cold turkey on something, 意思是突然停止做某件事。
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