英语口语对话 Get it together 打起精神

今天Larry要开车去接李华一起去上课。

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

LH: Larry? 你怎么这么早就来啦！现在几点了？

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?  把什么放一起啊？你在说什么嘛？

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

LH: 噢，你是要我赶快准备好上学。Get it together就是要人打起精神做该做的事。那除此之外，Larry，get it together还能用在什么场合呢？

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: 哎哟！get it together既可以指准备去上学，又可以指把一个人的生活安排得更好。Larry，这听起来很复杂，我都有点糊涂了。

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: 大学毕业后悠闲几年，没有长远打算这在年轻人里也是常事。不过，你们这些生在美国的孩子真幸福。要是在中国，错过一次机会以后恐怕就难了。

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！你这个朋友还真是好样儿的。大学第一学期差点儿不及格，现在居然是耶鲁大学的博士生了。可有的人犯了错，一开始失败了就很难再振作起来，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！别催我嘛！再给我5分钟！