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。 1 ?. U% l# ]+ i9 oL: 对不起, Michael,我迟到了。地铁误点了。 ) @2 v7 p5 m; k- q6 j8 p3 I- j7 [
M: Hey, Li Hua. Don’t apologize, it’s a nice day to just sit here and relax.$ M8 h; F* `% [* z$ G. R# l$ T
}7 }/ D% p* J' Q, A" eL: 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! 4 \3 b: O: H5 f# E. ^7 j ~: J k+ P; N3 m
M: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag. * X3 P, U) m S! k U+ h4 k: y D! ?: j J! l; u4 r
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! 9 z9 g- n$ _$ }5 o# K7 y4 q5 A1 A 6 n6 M! P' d, Z6 h/ p0 uM: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome. 0 M( n6 x( j" o, }( J: o6 }$ p( M/ W+ F. \6 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? $ o7 U6 E/ G6 [) k. c I& U( M W) s, B- uM: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag. : \$ h o) R0 Q: J/ y 2 t1 k. p9 d& b7 ]' zL: 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。 ! u* y5 s) T. a ~% E7 ]$ l( r2 y4 K% Y; b ^
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. 3 i' P2 D$ C2 [& N 6 w, _; \# {: @. o' h( Q7 KL: 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。! \* `3 v# G: w: Y
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M: Oh, Li Hua, you’re such a drag. You did say he’s cute.( p" Z& X6 J( W- O R" B! M% _+ M
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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。& H4 d) ^$ j+ J* L" W
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M: All right, all right, I’ll come.! W+ E& w; E7 x) d7 @
, A3 \9 P) M' x6 \' q+ h( Michael 和李华看完了摄影展)。; m! Y: p1 N& l& D+ @, t
$ O$ h; a1 L% c; LL: 这个摄影展览真好,可是我还在生你的气呢! 0 ^& t" i1 _; ~6 L: }& }9 U * x3 T! e" P5 j V9 i$ V( rM: Ok, I’m sorry. Actually, I really enjoyed the photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip." v: B1 l! `+ v! B
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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。 # @9 }6 F* s" u- ]" W$ z: C7 e( n/ T; R
M: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way.0 B6 }2 m) f, R1 w' ~5 j
# V- | Y8 n, f F$ HM: Yeah, but its meaning has changed.8 l" \. r, q( L- O2 J
* k9 _9 R4 D% Y, ?) o' p" @3 HL: 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? 4 k8 y! m9 L5 _4 m% N5 q% f; U# p& Q3 B. _
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% m' }% {, I" Q3 P# [
- q) _3 }- L P4 M& bL: 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。 , ?0 r- u% \3 i/ a, O! u- o$ v( _6 f8 Y/ K4 n
M: That’s ok, everyone is different. 2 S- g1 L: m$ a E6 L 1 A- M5 _( {0 Y( C# ]L: 对,每个人的爱好不一样。你再给我举个例子吧。 % y, s# g2 o/ A2 u) X " d7 ^) \! f% p- r \- x S1 J, [$ X! QM: I would also call our photography class professor a trip, her style is a trip.5 `3 i& }, E7 m. s- p! D$ Z1 l