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。 $ ?( `& b- l" U# VL: 对不起, Michael,我迟到了。地铁误点了。 / u9 F, F2 ]6 J3 U, |+ C' o+ Q1 M& L' D7 a# K. ~6 q9 \
M: Hey, Li Hua. Don’t apologize, it’s a nice day to just sit here and relax.% h; }6 `/ Z6 G2 D
$ s& |* @" c/ \9 _M: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag. 8 h( N B& X# \$ ^3 O3 x S 4 u' U0 e# e8 vL: 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!" A K' b, P% o6 d% ] ~) p7 m
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M: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome.; i8 w9 @2 r8 W( _$ j# ^
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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? ( ~' t0 F% C( `* q9 T+ h$ w* D0 F5 a1 ?0 g% s6 Z, ~( g) k
M: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag.4 s6 Z) k+ b5 i6 L9 r$ [2 C
7 `6 z2 {, U0 G2 L* ^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 x; X) X7 I! A/ R+ h. Y ( T/ u l% r" g6 g" I5 DM: Of course you would say that. After all, on the first day of class all you did was talk about how cute he was.1 y7 K4 \- F+ Q) ]
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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。 f! @8 }6 I% ~0 N& I
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M: Oh, Li Hua, you’re such a drag. You did say he’s cute. 7 Z7 O) ^: o1 ^9 B7 d- A! x( Q* v' i & P" q0 U' {+ H8 P, @2 fL: 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。6 F% X0 I0 u' v, ~+ y" h5 |: i
' |! d* j% G- G9 aM: All right, all right, I’ll come.1 @& _. y+ A; ~
8 V- ?, l* c$ y( Michael 和李华看完了摄影展)。 - P r K" F8 p9 Z( A $ d% M: h9 S6 |: k9 c( g+ wL: 这个摄影展览真好,可是我还在生你的气呢!$ \/ C0 k0 v2 b+ w7 [! }
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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。$ Y' ^1 G4 j7 ?1 e7 t5 H
. U! @6 b3 x+ S3 z2 oM: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way.# P( k2 u* g5 ?/ ~
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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? 1 r- y, p4 A. X+ V3 J+ w$ { " l' y9 f2 Z, KM: Yeah, but its meaning has changed. ; y$ C; |3 }; S4 m! ?3 ]8 c2 e8 c7 Z/ T5 D* O
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?, M; U1 I0 ^% N& C+ K ]1 ]' L
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L: 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。 & i( e- A# S, N7 u; y% Y+ l+ e$ o% k/ Z h
M: That’s ok, everyone is different., L4 i4 Q1 I( k7 |1 y2 k
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L: 对,每个人的爱好不一样。你再给我举个例子吧。 . g# M% A2 n8 p1 o# {8 [9 K1 e b& U, \
M: I would also call our photography class professor a trip, her style is a trip. / t J* S% U2 R* ?" K! w; q) D( X6 ?$ h3 Y! S/ L
L: 对,她是与众不同,她上课的时候总是很激动,跟别的教授不一 样。我的男朋友是学小提琴的,他常常练琴练得忘了吃饭,他也能算是个trip吧? ; L6 T. K! m3 w6 _3 y/ ]/ W; S/ V* {5 E
M: Yeah, he is also a trip. I can’t imagine you would like someone who is a drag.; g/ `9 i- @$ }2 P. _( U) y3 S/ b