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。 # J' g. o% J" q7 f# W# f
L: 对不起, Michael,我迟到了。地铁误点了。: {' _/ x% a$ n+ o
- N* v* G( u8 C: `. IM: Hey, Li Hua. Don’t apologize, it’s a nice day to just sit here and relax.3 y" a( }" v& a; ]/ R5 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! / u! R( o; E: d/ s* b$ N; A) `2 S9 ^. @* J( h& k+ P" K
M: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag. T1 v& u7 X S8 N
( b2 i4 f( U4 \: i! h2 v4 m) x9 `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!' Z- S7 g! ~1 j0 }
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M: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome.' W# R$ O/ B! G7 n/ G3 O
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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? U4 x4 Y! d4 t' \2 ]( F! A4 d & i' s5 K( l- s: L3 C2 ?' EM: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag. . ?) v6 Y6 E$ b4 l8 U& V9 a* j9 p$ w1 l3 u7 s6 k, |
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。2 H! X# [9 m- V' i
8 d; p, Z+ f$ h+ \7 UM: Of course you would say that. After all, on the first day of class all you did was talk about how cute he was. 4 \# U) s/ z% c0 r5 }5 {7 W ( o7 v+ p0 e+ l' Y5 nL: 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。 ( b6 o9 c% k5 n5 g7 S; ~7 C3 D) {/ p; P" `4 F( R2 ?
M: Oh, Li Hua, you’re such a drag. You did say he’s cute.0 a+ A1 q3 X- l4 W: _/ c* e
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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 `- T: A) d& Y( d
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M: All right, all right, I’ll come. 2 f* b# F* I* i% ] ^6 o" m( v; G8 y* z1 `) |8 R
( Michael 和李华看完了摄影展)。 / C) ?/ S. Z9 p* _. A s9 D ! d: |0 t" _' ]4 V5 f" uL: 这个摄影展览真好,可是我还在生你的气呢!( D( m" b; w' N! Z4 V. ~
' p2 \6 B3 U6 D+ L( U0 r6 H+ _M: Ok, I’m sorry. Actually, I really enjoyed the photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip. 6 u1 C" w( u ]4 [# S% ^; N, }+ ]3 {( z# L4 v- ?5 C
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。 # d% F( f# H: j' h8 p9 K( Z, ^! @; R5 f- `, s3 i
M: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way.* b8 y2 h; n8 j, X
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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? y6 ~' M1 ~- `6 Y9 i5 U5 \
& R X; J6 d0 t; R! c6 QM: Yeah, but its meaning has changed.: j7 H# [. ~7 K, U. G: r6 g$ [
. p7 g+ B3 ~- S% j' P% M9 LL: 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?$ Y1 w. }6 ?% E( h. j$ Y b
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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. ! [8 i6 t2 ]0 g+ C- U+ }6 J8 N + G# o2 v+ _2 ~: b' j% cL: 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。 h; i; i( N+ [4 m0 Z
' r8 r0 ], @ u6 |; FM: That’s ok, everyone is different. ; m& R6 G! y% X5 h0 q1 {" v 7 L/ b# h2 s8 Z0 b+ w; b9 ZL: 对,每个人的爱好不一样。你再给我举个例子吧。) C( a# }3 P" G
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M: I would also call our photography class professor a trip, her style is a trip.( b: O! ?2 [- H3 ], i
& R: ^$ z9 x: v* \, F, w6 a. BM: Yeah, he is also a trip. I can’t imagine you would like someone who is a drag. + r6 m) M0 S5 X, l; _# F7 f( I! H6 d' g) h9 e5 T6 Y% F
L: 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。9 ^7 g5 d/ u) _: V" h) }& I
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M: Ok, let’s go!6 V. @, U; M; O0 a