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。 , t7 g6 s( C' v6 Q1 q( QL: 对不起, Michael,我迟到了。地铁误点了。 0 P# J8 C a( B/ Q$ z. ~2 \. F. F
M: Hey, Li Hua. Don’t apologize, it’s a nice day to just sit here and relax. * Z) e1 m8 w! X8 j; J f1 y' _+ O3 Y# y$ q" _- B3 l0 e' t5 N/ z
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!9 }( d3 T4 f) I4 `
$ Z+ ?2 T4 s+ r# [2 {1 e7 TM: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag. # }: ^; }/ o/ Z0 s# p7 p 8 B% d) j7 L$ C- I OL: 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!3 ~- M ?) x4 ~/ U3 V& n: u( I! a
5 A, B, @5 \" eM: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome. # U$ N: W' P" i$ }( Q4 w; V . X+ ~! N+ f. K3 R- KL: 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?- |0 I; V- @3 I
! a2 _( p" s! Z) j3 {; o/ m2 a. VM: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag.; h: R% B+ X# t5 q7 f7 ^+ n
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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。 7 N' J$ w8 D0 u' A0 O' y- v, h3 A$ O5 c6 V7 T
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. % M, r4 s9 H% E( }+ B+ ?$ d ~5 ^1 h1 \' N9 z5 L8 e' m: P; e9 k
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。 * c( ?- l! w* @3 C J ?/ y) K+ E! O, l( v; Q qM: Oh, Li Hua, you’re such a drag. You did say he’s cute. ; J" X9 W* m$ k) X$ j! w7 S% n4 Q - ?; W' F- A% oL: 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。 ( e) S' T5 `% g4 g( `) S! N9 s+ D2 \! R9 [. r, m4 J) Z
M: All right, all right, I’ll come. . M3 Y! i0 N8 b1 l f4 V+ l' @* P; ~0 ]9 ?
( Michael 和李华看完了摄影展)。 " l2 v$ w$ j* F, j- L" g8 x; `4 T2 }+ ^1 q9 I) a- a* |' _7 {
L: 这个摄影展览真好,可是我还在生你的气呢!4 N* k: F- u* A; j& {
9 \! y- n3 y" \! c0 q/ p: gM: Ok, I’m sorry. Actually, I really enjoyed the photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip. R) m; m: s9 c& H4 q
8 D) V" S V$ z, zM: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way. G: {4 z4 g8 a3 Z% O
+ o, G4 R6 o9 v/ p9 w8 FL: 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?$ X3 m/ W8 s1 L, f7 W2 V# @6 C2 ]6 x
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M: Yeah, but its meaning has changed. 0 b; W6 D3 |" M) Z4 T2 D 6 ~: X/ ^/ A& M4 Q, zL: 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? 6 S0 T4 t8 v6 O0 ^0 a* o4 }2 M/ M: b; n1 ]/ }) S/ o; M
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.+ z; T! x) v/ P
0 ?# O8 C8 r) J' bL: 对,每个人的爱好不一样。你再给我举个例子吧。; k: N! |9 @" r) v
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M: I would also call our photography class professor a trip, her style is a trip. & i: s# c( J+ w: M# [; J' `( F' a4 w5 \$ F: N4 E* U& E" J& [
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?, \/ N* f- ^+ h
+ n$ H9 m) T1 B& v$ GM: Yeah, he is also a trip. I can’t imagine you would like someone who is a drag.. G2 c5 _4 w7 T9 r# r5 c2 K: m
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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。& j1 O' k. `+ H+ q( `- f3 U