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。 m# _$ m# i, U8 x% Y0 T+ S# j' k
L: 对不起, Michael,我迟到了。地铁误点了。 2 w* T5 w, o0 X6 \3 @' L* l, H ; _4 h! m9 ]* A8 \; ]9 JM: Hey, Li Hua. Don’t apologize, it’s a nice day to just sit here and relax. Q- x% d+ c8 @% n
8 S. L. h2 W) | g/ IL: 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! 2 J/ \5 d2 J( w. T' y/ o9 {* [9 f. z; ^
M: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag. 2 |( l, K3 d( n0 r! ~4 u0 B. W# w K5 J/ @% r& B
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! + `+ Q# e" I( S7 M9 d ; R% ?* r8 p+ H7 v/ xM: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome.4 P# z7 \9 d; a
, G, n7 u5 c* A- ^+ @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?9 d( I8 @8 g, C5 j( V' \$ _
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M: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag. $ G ?# v* H4 U% d/ S1 E, x; {: Y* a O8 s! A# e$ f
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。8 r: v/ L0 s0 R% y
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M: Of course you would say that. After all, on the first day of class all you did was talk about how cute he was. ) L( p6 y$ \, p; k8 L6 ]$ W$ b9 E: z% J
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。4 ]* k4 `% |; C& J" W4 V
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M: Oh, Li Hua, you’re such a drag. You did say he’s cute.. o6 J! e! u& r! k& C
7 @! j. S7 {7 ~3 gM: All right, all right, I’ll come. : S. X" [5 Z" y) C: F: P( L ) T* a" d& y' H, Q& |" h8 m( Michael 和李华看完了摄影展)。) x) H9 j8 N H0 M
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L: 这个摄影展览真好,可是我还在生你的气呢! ' b- b0 s& O% S; c; p3 `( \5 f# T" ?( b+ k+ n" a9 _5 j
M: Ok, I’m sorry. Actually, I really enjoyed the photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip. ; g- q. Q+ N! Q8 e4 g5 n3 [ _5 [+ ?# t: S% @
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。! Z& C L1 C% z! _2 b, y F9 G$ |6 E
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M: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way. , [) s$ \: X$ G( U; m& c0 [8 o( G6 F) E6 i# q( B
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? - z; c8 k/ g8 ^2 P$ G% {8 ] ' r3 K' _# E# ^M: Yeah, but its meaning has changed.3 L8 ^! x! w6 k
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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?+ z- k: j2 {. _: ^% j
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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.) E7 a& x, w7 U8 m' r% Y0 Z