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。 5 W: ?2 o& O0 v* ~% b; j; wL: 对不起, Michael,我迟到了。地铁误点了。 - @& W7 r4 C" f: o+ b 6 M* g" Z7 L5 U, |, AM: Hey, Li Hua. Don’t apologize, it’s a nice day to just sit here and relax. : P: R7 P& ~: R" B/ @& |0 a5 y/ L" n9 t
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!) P, W% a4 W: c* n$ u
3 f- r/ G' X2 K$ v$ `0 p* |M: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag. : {% V5 M- d2 Z# _ L/ } 3 W4 n# h0 M$ n/ W9 ]- GL: 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!8 t2 t8 |& ~' g
1 ?$ @' Q$ h) I9 D# N6 c5 hM: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome.4 {% ?" ~; v% T* ^7 X( `* m4 |
5 t3 ], `2 R# y! sM: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag. $ r4 {' q' Q/ R1 z( x, H# } : I3 {0 p' ^$ T6 | m2 uL: 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。0 l! Z1 L/ { I* p" U
' W' }; `& Y. E2 n MM: 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 t) x9 x" j i" M* m4 A' e' T2 M9 B9 n6 c$ ` J) E
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。- \7 e: X5 r' V p( T) N4 D% D( _
1 d8 y+ [3 C# yM: Oh, Li Hua, you’re such a drag. You did say he’s cute. : E, J( x7 M3 U1 b5 G# m ! u/ K. d2 a' o7 _( T8 |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。 4 _( C1 M& p$ d0 V# G. B& m) n1 T/ o" x. p* {' V i: |" `# m8 _
M: All right, all right, I’ll come.( [4 ~1 g( @( j( d7 ?7 e, I
1 i; j8 N7 M# C( Michael 和李华看完了摄影展)。 @+ R# m9 `0 f* E
0 R: z8 {5 k/ SL: 这个摄影展览真好,可是我还在生你的气呢!& Y/ ~, P1 P' g- L& `& X9 k2 j9 }
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M: Ok, I’m sorry. Actually, I really enjoyed the photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip.+ |" w: n( e! L8 C
" y# y9 n7 X5 g8 ?9 XL: 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。 4 B. s6 }& @, B; G) S$ e" o5 P( E; P% }1 v6 |/ R$ H0 u/ H! D5 ~4 C
M: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way. 3 ?3 e$ Z% k: p. S4 N( i' u B4 L0 k3 [- h3 x" X
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?& k; a4 Q3 h5 ~# @0 J- l* ?( G
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M: Yeah, but its meaning has changed./ b5 i' A2 S* F
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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?0 z# v. p4 R. 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.6 G) K7 v+ K8 G1 t3 T( i7 V
) c4 s6 B0 a! _4 ZL: 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。 8 e9 C" r# P- ?: e+ S7 n# q0 |8 |4 R/ ?& [( Z( c* v8 N
M: That’s ok, everyone is different.6 X" [8 W! [) I" m( |* ^
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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 V9 L+ B- z9 j* Z6 ]5 g8 J* w7 b6 t & ?5 X' \* K6 J5 RM: I would also call our photography class professor a trip, her style is a trip.6 }) _' {% k" c
- ~5 M: n1 `( ] OM: Yeah, he is also a trip. I can’t imagine you would like someone who is a drag. / {6 a$ V9 a4 V9 A % r# y- j6 d" ~* K2 w5 M' YL: 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。: X5 H0 L. |# F5 z: L5 h; ^( f( X