Michael和李華正在教室裡等著上課。
L: Michael, 你聽說了沒有，Professor Johnson的車壞了，這節課取消了。
M: His car broke down? (sarcastically) Gee... that’s too bad! I was really looking forward to Professor Johnson’s class!
L: 你不是最討厭上Professor Johnson的課嗎？你說geeeee, 這是什麼意思啊？
M: (sighs) Come on, Li Hua! Don’t you know what sarcasm is? Of course I don’t like that class!
L: 噢，你是在說反話！哎喲，你們美國學生老是說那些諷刺挖苦的話，有時候我都聽不懂。哎，gee到底是什麼意思嗎？
M: Well, "Gee..." is an interjection that shows surprise, wonder, or uncertainty. Sometimes when people say "Gee..." (in a long, drawn out fashion) they are just pretending that they are surprised.
L: 你是說gee放在句子裡，可以表示驚奇或是懷疑。可要是拖長了調，說geeeeee，這說話的人啊就是假裝他感到驚奇。等等，那要是我問你，紐約今年的冬天會冷嗎？這個問題當然是很傻啦，因為紐約的.冬天總是冷的，那，你會怎麼樣帶著諷刺的口氣來回答呢？
M: I would say, "Gee..., I don’t know... Winter here has been cold every year for the last ten thousand years, but maybe this year will be different."
L: 幾千年來紐約的冬天都是冷的，今年可能會不同，哎，Michael, 你也真是能說反話哎！
M: Now, Li Hua, why don’t you give me an example using "Gee" without sarcasm to show that you are surprised.
L: 舉個不帶諷刺意思的例子啊... 哎，要是你告訴我你得到一大筆讓你到中國去學習的獎學金，我就會說：Gee, that’s great!。哎，Michael, 教室都空了，你走不走啊？
M: (Sarcastically, in English) "Gee, I don’t know. Sometimes I just like to sit in an empty classroom and do nothing..."
L: 得，你願意坐在空教室裡，那我走了！
M: Hey, wait!