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* }* m8 S2 S8 g% C5 X+ j; k
L: 对不起, Michael,我迟到了。地铁误点了。0 v. I' n" B1 c
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M: Hey, Li Hua. Don’t apologize, it’s a nice day to just sit here and relax.7 a$ G3 k3 M3 R% J
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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! - N# f) R" t8 l( g' t5 J0 K# W 9 L8 K R0 v/ Z, H9 DM: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag., i1 c+ Q Q+ t. D; N2 c
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L: 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!0 A$ h* c0 i' A- K4 I
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M: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome.6 e% p; a8 H s4 ?/ E; }
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L: 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? ( K! h/ N- F' Q- v {. v( l 7 Y& z m0 P/ C5 `9 uM: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag. . q5 r9 m) z0 V& _ * h1 o! K0 H) A EL: 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。* s/ V% d2 ?* [- H6 E1 q
c" ^0 S. h' `/ OM: Of course you would say that. After all, on the first day of class all you did was talk about how cute he was.% _8 g3 C2 {/ G8 y3 I
3 h) v3 e4 G- S, ] g5 K/ T- q: ?# xM: Oh, Li Hua, you’re such a drag. You did say he’s cute.+ G4 u: {, M4 I m: j% }
* ]4 e5 U5 L4 M0 l' w( y: nL: 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。! F* M$ L; b( \% t( f, L+ @
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M: All right, all right, I’ll come.$ K* Y# \( K3 w
4 o) j' {* O& R7 G* b- l; G( Michael 和李华看完了摄影展)。 / r. K, |" _1 i. U" H% @/ D7 ]7 M' c l! j9 A l" M
L: 这个摄影展览真好,可是我还在生你的气呢!7 y: P) x8 M$ U" r% z% l1 ~" r$ f4 P
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M: Ok, I’m sorry. Actually, I really enjoyed the photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip. 2 v" j) b4 f, ^' F" v0 }" D' |/ T! V7 ~1 h5 N
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。8 h% v/ I1 a) m
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M: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way. ' o( m6 y4 ?5 `- _, m ( L9 I2 T0 x$ i: H# t: mL: 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?" q- J, [" p- h c% c/ H
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M: Yeah, but its meaning has changed. 0 \. h% h9 }' j' H& m) s3 p% L 0 [, G; U! Z. ]3 J6 q; ~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?& s0 p0 R7 r8 ~0 f- U, e5 G
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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.' C: ?5 W# U- M. G* o+ T" }, |4 h
6 ~( n! `% {/ X' E( rM: That’s ok, everyone is different.% X% a. A8 N) o6 @' S& S
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L: 对,每个人的爱好不一样。你再给我举个例子吧。9 r- f: }5 m' ?+ w0 F
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M: I would also call our photography class professor a trip, her style is a trip.& [. M' p6 Q2 J% y
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M: Yeah, he is also a trip. I can’t imagine you would like someone who is a drag.& e. n3 i _3 y1 L- Q+ H
* x# n* a7 p. ~+ F0 `6 v$ t/ [$ KL: 这你可说对了。你要是一个枯燥无味的人,我才不跟你一起出去玩呢。得了,我们该回去做功课了,尽管没劲,书还得念呐。 $ M% y( N# K3 L* V0 s ( \1 a& P! F5 FM: Ok, let’s go!0 Z8 ^* Z3 z3 Y' I' O& e$ U8 d
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今天Michael教了李华两个常用的词,一个是:drag,意思是没意思, 枯燥;另一个是:trip,意思是与众不同,别出心裁,但是含有褒意。& y6 g- w. L5 w6 z: [1 z/ d3 r
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