接下来我们继续来看第83课的“每课一词”：

Lesson 83 Going on a holiday

Hello, Sam. Come in.

Hi, Sam. We're having lunch. Do you want to have lunch with us?

No, thank you, Tom. I've already had lunch. I had lunch at half past twelve.

Have a cup of coffee then.

I've just had a cup, thank you. I had one after my lunch.

Let's go into the living room, Carol. We can have our coffee there.

Excuse the mess, Sam. This room's very untidy. We're packing our suitcases. We're going to leave tomorrow. Tom and I are going to have a holiday.

Aren't you lucky!

When are you going to have a holiday, Sam?

I don't know. I've already had my holiday this year.

Where did you go?

I stayed at home!

——选自《新概念英语》第一册，外语教学与研究出版社，1997年10月第1版

二、每课一词

mess

【源】

1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的mes，意为“食物的一部分，做饭的过程”；最初源自晚期拉丁语的missus，意为“晚餐的过程”。

【音】

[mes]

【义】

mess用作名词时，主要表示“混乱”，有时也表示“一份食品”。如：

The room was in a terrible mess.房间里脏乱不堪。He caught a large mess of fish.他捕到足够饱餐一顿的鱼。

mess也可以用作动词，表示“弄乱”。如：

I've sorted out the books; now don't mess them up again.我已经把书整理好了，请不要再把它们弄乱。

三、更多拓展

disorder，mess，chaos

这些名词均表示事物的混乱状态。其区别是：

disorder正式用词，含义广泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混乱；也可指社会中的动乱或骚乱。
mess语气强，口语中较常用的非正式用词。指既混乱又肮脏，尤指人思想混乱或外表不整洁。
chaos着重指令人无能为力或感到绝望的混乱状态。突出没有很好的组织。