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Larry和李华明天要考试，今天一起复习，但李华一直没法专心。她今天会学到两个常用语：zone out和now you're cooking with gas。 LL: So Reaganomics were the economic policies of US. President Ronald Reagan - Li Hua? Are you listening? LH: (Pause) 嗯?发生什么事了? LL: Li Hua! How can you zone out when your final is tomorrow? LH: Zone out? 你在说什么啊, Larry? LL: To zone out means to lose concentration and to not notice what's happening around you. LH: 喔，你是说我分心吗? LL: Yes. A 'zone' is an area. If you 'zone out', you mentally drift away from the place you are currently at, and go off into empty, dreamy space. LH: 所以zone是指一个区域, zone out就是走神。 LL: Yup. So stop zoning out! We still have a lot of studying to do! LH: 好吧。那你告诉我，什么是supply-side economics? LL: Supply-side economics argues that economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering barriers for people to produce goods and services (supply) - LH: 比如说降低所得税。 LL: Hey! Now you're cooking with gas! LH: Cooking - cooking with what? LL: Now you're cooking with gas! It means now you understand what I'm talking about. | 
