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李华和Larry一起去逛农贸市场。今天我们要学两个常用语：to eat one's words和like night and day。
LH: Larry， 我特别喜欢逛农贸市场。这些蔬菜水果都是咱们这儿的农民自己种的，又新鲜又营养。
L: I guess that's true, but they're expensive too. I think we should just wait for our plants at home to produce fruit.
LH: 咱们种的那些菜？嗯....Larry, 说实话，你第一次种菜，真的能有收获吗？
L: You just watch Lihua. When we are eating tomatoes from our garden in a few weeks, you're going to have to eat your words.
LH: 啊？Eat my words? Larry, 怎么能这样，你吃西红柿，却让我吃words?
L: Actually, when someone eats her words, that means she has to accept that she was wrong about something.
LH: 哦，to eat my words就是认错。你是说，等你种的西红柿结出又大又甜的果实来，我就不得不承认自己小看了你种菜的本领！
L: Right! Here is another example. I told my friend Steve that he would never become a famous actor, but I had to eat my words when he won an Oscar.
LH: 什么？你的朋友Steve赢了奥斯卡奖？！ 快把他介绍给我！
L: Unfortunately that's just an example sentence.
LH: 啊？是你胡说的啊！ 算了，咱们还是买点水果吧，我看也不会特别贵。
L: Trust me, Lihua, you're going to eat your words when you see how expensive the prices are. Say, do you have cash in your wallet?
LH: 现金？没有，我就带了张信用卡。
L: Lihua, I doubt these small farmers brought credit card machines with them.
LH: 不会吧，现在大家都用信用卡。 你放心吧，这些卖菜的肯定收信用卡。
L: Well, you're going to eat your words when you try to buy something with a credit card.
LH: 好啦， Larry，既然今天你这么自信，干脆你来挑苹果吧。如果不甜，唯你是问！
L: Lihua, I am an expert at picking out the most delicious fruit at the market. And if they're not good, I will eat my words.
LH: 哈，这你不必担心，如果苹果不甜，你不用承认自己看走眼，you don't have to eat your words. I'll make you eat the apples! 只要你把自己挑的酸苹果都吃掉就行了！
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