今天,Michael 和他的中国同学李华约好了在中央公园见面。他们在对话中会用到两个词:drag 和 trip。 \8 U% A' e, X3 ^) N wL: 对不起, Michael,我迟到了。地铁误点了。- b( G. \" x1 q+ H9 @7 r% l
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M: Hey, Li Hua. Don’t apologize, it’s a nice day to just sit here and relax. 3 _$ N" q) c# G. X ! A# Y8 b/ w* Q6 D& `L: 对,坐在这里休息休息是挺好的。我也很喜欢这个公园。不过,我们得到大都市艺术博物馆去看摄影展览呐! # O+ \2 X' Z, @& n " a0 k( w4 V9 Z3 M+ f% [' vM: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag.6 n6 P: M' }+ s! T
/ c+ T7 f7 c1 QL: 哟,你觉得这么好的天气去博物馆太没意思,就不想去了? Michael,你答应过我,要是我到这儿来,你就跟我一起去。你说什 么drag不drag的,我又没法把你拽着一起去! 1 m7 A) Q! Q% f: n0 m5 f) J0 K# G& o. A5 [' ~
M: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome. 2 J( p0 d: v/ n $ y f& l! a; x, {6 kL: 噢,在中文里就是没劲,没意思。Michael,drag不是拉东西的拉吗? 你说的drag跟这个drag是同一个字吗?6 J: O( q! k+ s( B7 }3 L* r
& |' t! d* u* O' R" D* [M: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag.- F1 K7 p- a. X p# W
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L: 噢,还可以说我们的教授Smith博士没劲,没意思。这我可不知 道,我并不觉得他枯燥无味。4 Y4 b" z& g0 a' |' L! P
* j$ b8 H# n! t8 SM: Of course you would say that. After all, on the first day of class all you did was talk about how cute he was.( _5 I4 n2 r M5 f- l+ h+ t0 l
' I/ z* i0 N, ^L: 你说我第一天上完他的课后,口口声声夸他长得帅?你别瞎说八道了。) h: ?; D: ?$ N4 k+ ]/ S
9 `8 C) \9 [! \+ ]3 m8 h! nM: Oh, Li Hua, you’re such a drag. You did say he’s cute.: S. i7 r# ?# J2 j$ T
! _1 O4 [8 F- p# ?1 c; o7 v3 [L: 非要说我认为他很帅。还说我没劲。算了,不跟你说了。 Michael,我去看展览了,不管你去不去。5 ], U$ k7 B: ]7 ]3 n0 p. r
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M: All right, all right, I’ll come.# i- R0 ]' I% Q9 y, M
4 T7 X# S3 g; u0 C( W6 |" C( Michael 和李华看完了摄影展)。 2 Z/ _. b0 Y# `' f* g! \! V0 ? ^0 x# N7 z2 U3 y% e. R
L: 这个摄影展览真好,可是我还在生你的气呢!/ g2 M n/ V1 C O0 C/ i. s
( {1 P$ ~( ~- vM: Ok, I’m sorry. Actually, I really enjoyed the photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip. 9 _6 R; R0 Z! ~' H) l& O0 z' i; h3 J0 ?1 X
L: 我也很喜欢这种超现实主义的艺术。等等,你为什么把看展览叫/ 做旅行呢?我们又没有离开纽约。; A C! @" }& y* A/ n8 Q
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M: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way." k+ R4 ]2 |- j) o. q) L
: b- l" H \' n: i& v! }L: 对,trip这个字很普通,是指旅行。原来你说的trip是指不寻常, 但又很好的意思。 噢,我想起来了。以前有一个教授告诉过我, 美国年轻人在60和70年代盛行反潮流的行为。Trip 这个词就来自 那个时候,是指吸毒后产生的幻觉。对不对? 5 m) M8 |1 X" k2 D. y- [* t " b3 H& g# M2 D% HM: Yeah, but its meaning has changed. 7 z" j8 |8 A z; l . C& g" D6 y, ]3 p+ S; ^L: 现在的意思不一样了。可我现在就知道我们刚才去看的摄影展览可以说是a trip,中文可以说是与众不同吧。其他还有什么也能用trip这个词来形容的呢? 3 H5 P4 D6 x9 F, a X e h/ X& h) k7 |" e
M: Well, look at that guy over there, sitting on the bench. The long hair and wild clothes. I really like his outfit, so I would call him a trip. But some people may not like this." }. X. N, N K5 [% J
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L: 噢,坐在长板凳上的那个留着长头发,穿着很怪的男人? 你喜欢他的衣服,所以你认为他与众不同,别有风味。对不起,我可不欣赏。$ L! }- W2 n' q2 ^# v) n; g7 q
( ~! Q& k) W4 wM: That’s ok, everyone is different." V6 G9 N5 [0 N( s2 u5 Y
7 P# s0 I* K/ m1 c- T5 q+ Y3 D; PL: 对,每个人的爱好不一样。你再给我举个例子吧。 ' p$ S2 |1 P' z' i- Y& ` ) I |4 I- |9 ~3 jM: I would also call our photography class professor a trip, her style is a trip.8 K" q/ D( v* u3 R; S* Q1 g7 K. ?
7 W5 p4 d8 ~" d0 XL: 对,她是与众不同,她上课的时候总是很激动,跟别的教授不一 样。我的男朋友是学小提琴的,他常常练琴练得忘了吃饭,他也能算是个trip吧?% S$ y+ m* I7 j9 O9 ]
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M: Yeah, he is also a trip. I can’t imagine you would like someone who is a drag.9 a7 ]% D' y+ E