英語口語對話 Get it together 打起精神

今天Larry要開車去接李華一起去上課。

LL: Hey, Li Hua!? You're not ready for school! We need to go now! It's already 8:30.

LH: Larry? 你怎麼這麼早就來啦！現在幾點了？

LL: Get it together, Li Hua! It's already 8:30! We need to leave in fifteen minutes, or we'll be late to class!

LH: Get it together? 把什麼放一起啊？你在說什麼嘛？

LL: I said "get it together"! That means, get organized, focus on what you need to do.

LH: 噢，你是要我趕快準備好上學。Get it together就是要人打起精神做該做的事。那除此之外，Larry，get it together還能用在什麼場合呢？

LL: "To get it together" , or "get one's act together" can also mean something very general, such as arranging one's life for the better.

LH: 哎喲！get it together既可以指準備去上學，又可以指把一個人的生活安排得更好。Larry，這聽起來很複雜，我都有點糊塗了。

LL: Here's an example: After finishing college, I didn't work hard to plan for the future for several years. But finally I got my act together, and got accepted into graduate school.

LH: 大學畢業後悠閒幾年，沒有長遠打算這在年輕人裏也是常事。不過，你們這些生在美國的孩子真幸福。要是在中國，錯過一次機會以後恐怕就難了。

LL: That's right... here in the U.S. people usually have several chances to get it together. One of my friends almost failed his first semester of college. But he got his act together, and now he's a Ph. D. candidate at Yale.

LH: 哇！你這個朋友還真是好樣兒的。大學第一學期差點兒不及格，現在居然是耶魯大學的博士生了。可有的人犯了錯，一開始失敗了就很難再振作起來，做好事情了！

LL: Right, right... enough talking! Get it together, Li Hua. If you're not ready in ten minutes, I'm leaving!

LH: 好啦！好啦！別催我嘛！再給我5分鐘！