李华和larry要去朋友家聚餐，俩人正在包饺子。他们会用到两个常用语：keep your shirt on和to walk all over someone。
　　lh: larry！你那个饺子里放的馅儿太多了！肯定得破！
　　larry: sorry, lihua, i'm trying my best here. look, i've already made half a dozen dumplings - see?
　　lh: 啊？都快半个小时了，你才包了六个饺子？
　　larry: keep your shirt on! you know i've never made chinese dumplings before, lihua.
　　lh: larry, 你在说什么啊？keep my shirt on？我又没脱衣服！
　　larry: (sigh) ok, let's both relax. what i mean is, try to be more patient. "keep your shirt on" means "be patient."
　　lh: "keep your shirt on"是“耐心点儿”的意思？那好吧，i will try to keep my shirt on.
　　larry: and i'll try to work more quickly. (pause) here - is this how to close the dumpling?
　　lh: 天啊, larry, 你这个饺子包得太难看了！在包饺子的时候，you need to keep your shirt on, too - 你也得有点耐心，慢慢包！
　　larry: why don't you help me? the work will go twice as fast - and you can show me how to properly make a chinese dumpling.
　　lh: 好吧，听我说。包饺子最怕饺子皮按不紧，我有个笨办法，就是在皮的四周抹上一圈水，然后再按紧。你看，这样，饺子就不会“张嘴”啦！
　　larry: hey, not so fast! how did you do that so quickly? why can't i make dumplings like that?
lh: 熟能生巧啊，慢慢练习，keep your shirt on! 不过，今天没时间让你慢慢练了，咱们得快点包，聚餐快开始了！哎？刚才让你烧开水，水开了没有？
　　larry: keep your shirt on, lihua! it should be boiling in a minute.
　　（手机铃声响）
　　lh: 啊呀，来电话催了！（接起电话）喂？... 啊，对不起，还没有做好，就快好了！我知道！好好，对不起了啊，恩，好拜拜。（挂电话）唉！我朋友着急了！
　　larry: geez, she seems really rude! you shouldn't let her walk all over you like that.
　　lh: walk... over me? 什么意思？
　　larry: i mean you need to stand up for yourself. to let someone walk all over you means that you are allowing someone to be very rude to you.
　　lh: 哦，to walk all over someone就是对某人蛮横无理。
　　larry: that's right, and you shouldn't let your friend walk all over you like that.
　　lh: 你说得对。不过，这个女生是我师姐，我应该尊重她。她说两句就说两句吧！
　　larry: respecting her and letting her walk all over you are two different things. for example, i definitely need to respect my boss when he tells me i did something wrong. however, if he made me stay late every night at work, that's walking all over me, and i don't have to accept that.
　　lh: 对，要是老板天天让你加班，就没有道理了，明显是在欺负人，你没必要照做。
　　larry: exactly. respect between two people should be mutual - regardless of how old they are.
　　lh: 你说得对！哎？水开了没有，咱们快点把饺子做好吧！
　　larry: let's take our time. i don't want to hurry just to make your rude friend happy.
　　lh: 她要是再打电话来催我，我一定会让她keep her shirt on - 耐心点！不过咱们也得加快速度，再包它二十个！
　　larry: keep your shirt on, lihua! i'll go as fast as i can!
　　lh: larry, 包完饺子你还得赶快去趟中国超市！
　　larry: the store? for what?
　　lh: 买腊八蒜啊！吃饺子哪能没有腊八蒜！另外，你最好再额外买点小菜，点心什么的……
　　larry: i'm beginning to think you are walking all over me, too!

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