VOA流行美語 Unit 276:Up for grabs和psyched

Larry陪李華一起找公寓。李華今天要學兩個常用語，Up for grabs和psyched.

LL: Wow! Check out the price for this place...

LH: 很便宜嗎？多少錢？

LL: 's your budget? I forgot - $2000 per month? Hahaha! How much you should be able to afford after getting that new job!

LH: 兩千塊的房子我可住不起。我的標準是，房租不能超過一千美金！

LL: 's $1200 per month. I guess I'll keep - hey - this one looks tempting - "one bedroom in group house for $675 up for grabs.

LH: 跟別人合租，675美元一個月，價錢倒是滿便宜的，可是 Larry, 廣告上說的up for grabs是什麼意思啊？

LL: "Up for grabs" is a casual, informal way of saying that something is available - but you have to compete for it!

LH: 啊？還要跟別人爭啊，是不是看誰出價高呢？

LL: In this case, it means that the room is available to the first suitable person who is willing to take the room and pay for it.

LH: 哦，那咱們下手爲強。太好了，我們現在正好有時間。快打電話給他們。

LL: (Calling) Hello? Hi there. Is your room still available? Ok, if it's still up for grabs, we'll be there in half an hour.

LH: 太好了，Larry, 你看。那一帶還有好幾處價格比較合適的房子，咱們正好一塊看了。

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LH: Larry, 你覺得這個公寓怎麼樣？

LL: Well, I can understand why it's still up for bedroom is small, the house smells of cigarette smoke, and the housemates seems strange!

LH: 就是，怪不得沒人願意租，不僅地方小，屋裏都是煙味，而且那兩個室友也都怪怪的。我們還是去看下一家吧，就在街對面。

LH: WOW! 這裏簡直太棒了，而且還配傢俱，價錢只稍微貴一點。Excuse me, is this room still up for grabs? It is? Fantastic! I'll take it!

LL: You should see the expression on your face, Lihua! You seem totally psyched!

LH: 簡直難以相信！哎，Larry，我剛纔是不是特不正常？

LL: Well - 'psyched' in this situation means that you are really excited because you're happy.

LH: 能找到這麼好的房子，我當然高興了。I am totally psyched! 這個週末就搬家。

LL: I'm glad that you're psyched. I was worried that you wouldn't find a new place for a reasonable price that is close to your new office.

LH: 現在想想，搬家又要打包，高興勁兒一下少了一半。不過有些傢俱我不打算要了。Any extra furniture I leave behind is up for grabs.

LL: I'd be psyched if you left behind that new leather couch you got for Christmas last year. I'll take that one off your hands!

LH: 原來你在惦記我去年聖誕節買的新沙發。我還想讓你幫我搬過來呢！哈哈！

LL: Well, it was worth a try! You've got so much to be psyched about, Lihua - you've got your new, cool job, a new place, and the best friend in the world to help you move your stuff!

LH: 還真是，好事都讓我趕上了。

LL: I'm psyched for you.

LH: 那我們得慶祝慶祝。Now. What is something Larry would get psyched yes, - a free dinner! 晚上我請客。

LL: Larry certainly would be psyched about that! In fact, he's so psyched that he can't wait! This apartment hunting makes me really hungry.

LH: (Laughing) 別說，我肚子也開始叫了。那你想吃什麼？

LL: I'd be the most psyched for some Burger King! Their new triple cheeseburger sounds delicious! What do you think?

LH: 漢堡王？太不健康了。這樣好了，我點一份中餐，帶到漢堡王去陪你一起吃。

今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是 Up for grabs, 可以得到的，待價而沽的。另一個是 Psyched, 指特別高興。