李華和Larry說好一起看電影，可是李華等了好久Larry才到。

LH: Larry，你跑哪里去了，怎么這么晚才來嘛!我買好電影票在這里等你等了20分鐘了!

LL: Hey, don’t give me the third degree! I’m a little late because my mom called, that’s all.

LH: 原來是你媽媽打電話給你。對了，你又說我什么啦，我給你third degree?那是什么意思?

LL: To give someone the third degree means to question that person aggressively in order to get him/her to confess to something.

LH: To give someone the third degree就是盤問某人的意思。我可沒有盤問你的意思。我只是等你等了很久，都快發火了嘛!

LL: Sorry. I didn’t expect my mom to call. My mom gave me the third degree, too. She wanted to know why I haven’t called her in such a long time.

LH: 你媽也質問你為什么這么久沒打電話回家。那你是怎么跟她說的?

LL: I just told her that I’ve been really busy. The truth is that I avoid calling her, because every time I do call her, she gives me the third degree about something.

LH: 你也別這樣，我想你媽不是真的在罵你，或生你的氣;她只是很關心你，很擔心你嘛!

LL: You’re probably right, but sometimes she asks so many questions that it really feels like I’m getting the third degree.

LH: 如果你怕你媽問東問西的，也許你應該經常打電話給她。這樣她就不會這么操心，也不會老是追問你一堆問題嘍!Then she won’t give you the third degree.

LL: You know, Li Hua, that’s a good idea!