LH:Larry，加油，就剩500米了！冲刺冲刺！
Larry:(Out of breath) How…did…I do?
LH:成绩不错，但还是没进15分钟。
Larry:(Still a bit out of breath) Let me see that watch…Hey,this isn’t above15minutes…this is15minutes on the dot!
LH:Dot? 点点？这个秒表是新的，上面什么都没有啊！
Larry:No,no. The watch is fine. I’m talking about the time. Look…it says15:00. Exactly fifteen minutes…Fifteen minutes on the dot.
LH:哦，on the dot就是“正好”的意思。你是说，你刚才的成绩是正好15分钟。可是Larry，我的意思是，你还是没有冲破15分这个关口。这样你下个月参加比赛时，名次是不会理想的！
Larry:I know,I know… wait a minute. Next month? I thought I had way more time to prepare than that!
LH:啊？你忘啦？距离比赛还有整整一个月，30days on the dot!
Larry:Well,at least I’m making progress…fifteen minutes is my best time so far. I think I’m done running for today.
LH:好吧，那今天就练到这儿吧。天儿也够热的，今天是35degrees on the dot，35度呢！
Larry:Well,when you’re running,it feels more like40degrees on the dot!
LH:不过回家前，你还得做30个仰卧起坐。
Larry:You sure are a strict coach…how do you know so much about training?
LH:（得意地）我高中是田径队的，教练特严格，我都是跟他学的！严师出高徒嘛！
Larry:Oh really?? (pauses for a moment as if hatching a plan) You know,Li Hua,there’s a couple’s race as well on race day. I think you and I should be a team!
LH:双人跑？我也参加？那可不行，我整整10年没跑步了！10years on the dot!
Larry:Hey,you’ve been making me run all over this track for the past week;I think it’s only fair that you got to taste of your own medicine.
LH:什么，taste of my own medicine? 我的药的味道？
Larry:Actually,you’ve been working me so hard,but now it’s time for you to go through the same ordeal that you had put me through. In other words,you’re getting a taste of your own medicine.
LH:我明白了，get a taste of my own medicine就是自食苦果。你是说，这几天我逼你练得那么辛苦，现在你也要让我尝尝同样的滋味。
Larry:Right!Let’s start early tomorrow…be here at7am on the dot. I can’t wait to give you a taste of your own medicine!

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