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在女儿Jennifer的帮助下，Karol知道了这个世界上还有一种叫做MSN的网络聊天工具，并且得到了丈夫一位同事John的帮助，一起联络周围的好友。那么，在转机出现后，让我们一起期待这个派对能够顺利地按照Karol的设想进行吧！
Jennifer: OK, so we sent out some e-mails and got some more phone numbers. I wonder if Dad is still logged into MSN.
Karol: Your dad uses MSN? I had no idea.
Jennifer: Yeah I see him chatting with his friends when he is working back here sometimes. It is actually pretty funny to watch.
Karol: Why?
Jennifer: He gets so upset trying to do a lot of things together. ①When the computer is slow or he makes mistakes, steam starts rolling out of his ears. Oh good, he is still logged on.
Karol: Does he have a lot of friends on there?
Jennifer: More than I expected actually, about twenty-five or thirty.
Karol: OK, so do we send a message to each of them, or what? I have never done this before.
Jennifer: Well, we could and we could also post a 1)bulletin. Every one of his friends will be able to see a bulletin. Oh look, he just got a message from one of his friends named John. ②Should I get him in on the action?
Karol: I think that is one of his colleagues. Let him know about the party and tell him to spread the word.
Jennifer: Should I tell him to invite everyone or just the people that he thinks Dad would want to be there?
Karol: That is a good question, I think just the people that your father would want.
Jennifer: OK, he said he would be there. He will tell a few other people about it as well, but ③he is going to keep it on the down low.
Karol: Great! So what about this bulletin thing you were talking about? How does that work?
Jennifer: Well, the only problem is that if Dad looks at his bulletins he will see it. You can’t really hide it.
Karol: That is a problem. Do you think your dad is smart enough to know that?
Jennifer: Not really, and he is blind as a bat, so I doubt he will ever see it.
Smart Sentences
① When the computer is slow or he makes
mistakes, steam starts rolling out of his ears. 电脑运行慢或是出错什么的时候，他就会发火。
steam comes/rolls out of sb.’s ears: sb. is very angry（非常生气）。例如：
Steam coming out of his ears again? What got him now?
他又发火了？这回又是什么事惹他了？
② Should I get him in on the action? 我请他帮忙这事怎么样？
get/bring sb. in on the action: get sb. involved into sth.（让某人参与）。例如：
I don’t want to get him in on the action; he does more talking than doing.
我不想让他参加这事儿，因为他总是说的比做的多。
③ He is going to keep it on the down low. 他会保密的。
on the down low: keeping an act, action or some other piece of information a secret（不让某事走漏风声，保密）。例如：
The plan may not go through, so keep it on the down low for now.
这个方案可能不会通过，所以先不要走漏风声。
Jennifer: OK, so we sent out some e-mails and got some more phone numbers. I wonder if Dad is still logged into MSN.
Karol: Your dad uses MSN? I had no idea.
Jennifer: Yeah I see him chatting with his friends when he is working back here sometimes. It is actually pretty funny to watch.
Karol: Why?
Jennifer: He gets so upset trying to do a lot of things together. ①When the computer is slow or he makes mistakes, steam starts rolling out of his ears. Oh good, he is still logged on.
Karol: Does he have a lot of friends on there?
Jennifer: More than I expected actually, about twenty-five or thirty.
Karol: OK, so do we send a message to each of them, or what? I have never done this before.
Jennifer: Well, we could and we could also post a 1)bulletin. Every one of his friends will be able to see a bulletin. Oh look, he just got a message from one of his friends named John. ②Should I get him in on the action?
Karol: I think that is one of his colleagues. Let him know about the party and tell him to spread the word.
Jennifer: Should I tell him to invite everyone or just the people that he thinks Dad would want to be there?
Karol: That is a good question, I think just the people that your father would want.
Jennifer: OK, he said he would be there. He will tell a few other people about it as well, but ③he is going to keep it on the down low.
Karol: Great! So what about this bulletin thing you were talking about? How does that work?
Jennifer: Well, the only problem is that if Dad looks at his bulletins he will see it. You can’t really hide it.
Karol: That is a problem. Do you think your dad is smart enough to know that?
Jennifer: Not really, and he is blind as a bat, so I doubt he will ever see it.
Smart Sentences
① When the computer is slow or he makes
mistakes, steam starts rolling out of his ears. 电脑运行慢或是出错什么的时候，他就会发火。
steam comes/rolls out of sb.’s ears: sb. is very angry（非常生气）。例如：
Steam coming out of his ears again? What got him now?
他又发火了？这回又是什么事惹他了？
② Should I get him in on the action? 我请他帮忙这事怎么样？
get/bring sb. in on the action: get sb. involved into sth.（让某人参与）。例如：
I don’t want to get him in on the action; he does more talking than doing.
我不想让他参加这事儿，因为他总是说的比做的多。
③ He is going to keep it on the down low. 他会保密的。
on the down low: keeping an act, action or some other piece of information a secret（不让某事走漏风声，保密）。例如：
The plan may not go through, so keep it on the down low for now.
这个方案可能不会通过，所以先不要走漏风声。