L：Michael，你看，这个剧院在演[音乐之声]!我一直想看这个歌舞剧。
M：I know, it's a popular show.
L：谁都喜欢《音乐之声》。Michael，今天晚上我们没有功课，我们去看，好吗?
M：Sorry, Li Hua, I'm broke. Maybe another time.
L：Broke? 你受伤啦?
M：No, no, no! I did not break anything. Here broke means to have no money.
L：噢，你没有摔断骨头，把我吓一跳。Broke在这里的意思是没有钱。上回我妈妈出了车祸，花了好多钱修车，她就没钱了。这也可以说……
M：Yes, your mom was broke!
L：我哥哥付了学费，还买了好多书，他现在也是没钱了。
M：Your brother is now broke! I know your sister spent all her money to buy a computer, so she is now broke too.
L：你怎么知道我姐姐买了一台电脑，把所有的钱都花完了?
M：You told me yourself, you just forgot!
L：我告诉过你?我真是忘了。可是我不信你没有钱，你不是刚开始给一个公司打工，前几天还发了工资吗?
M：Ok, ok, I'm not broke. We can go see the show.
L：我知道你有钱!太好了，太好了，谢谢你Michael。
L：这两个座位还挺好的。
M：Yea, pretty good. Li Hua, do you know why I didn't want to come to the show? Because I think musicals are lame.
L：Lame?Lame是什么意思呀?
M：When you say something is lame you mean that it is silly or it is uninteresting.
L：噢，说什么东西lame就是说没有意思，无聊。还有什么事情你 觉得是无聊的?
M：Saturday morning classes are lame!
L：你是说星期六早上上课是个馊主意?
M：Yes, having class on a weekend is lame because it's a silly idea.
L：对，我也同意，周末上课太没劲了!谁出的这个主意，是够傻的。
L：对了，Michael，上回你交不出家庭作业也找了个很牵强的借口，你当时是怎么对教授说的?
M：I told our professor that my dog ate my homework. Yes, I agree, that was a lame excuse.
L：对了，你对教授说你的狗把你的家庭作业给吃了。谁都不会相信你这种话。那你刚才不想来看歌舞剧，借口说没钱，那也是lame excuse?
M：Yes, it was an inadequate excuse because I do have money.
L：我知道你有钱，只是为了不想看歌舞剧而找个借口才说没钱的。
M：You can also say...
L：行了，行了，我懂了。别说话了，演出开始了。
M：Ok, but don't give me any lame excuses next time I want to do something!
L：下回不管你要干什么，我绝对不会用这种牵强的借口。
M：Seriously, after buying these tickets I really am broke!
L：买了这两张票，你真的没钱啦?得，下回我请客。
Michael 和李华在今天的对话里用了broke这个词，broke在这里的意思是没有钱了。他们还用了一个词：lame，意思是无聊，没有意思，或者是不合适的。
