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。 " N, c9 K5 P% g' y
L: 对不起, Michael,我迟到了。地铁误点了。 7 N S+ f3 [( ]/ p3 e9 n' c/ h5 j5 ?
M: Hey, Li Hua. Don’t apologize, it’s a nice day to just sit here and relax. 2 r' m- o2 ^2 O2 [ ; [2 e2 j& N) i& _+ M4 [& RL: 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!( e) e0 R: \+ `. d3 ?/ Y7 k
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M: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag. * X* d; ~7 v+ h. b" Z5 \: n2 q7 Z4 Q& Q2 t. q
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!+ N, ^( r) T' b+ D
6 b: `* X; }1 N7 y, ~, lM: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome. ' ~2 l x: k/ O % O& e3 m/ t1 \) [9 d oL: 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? 4 _; I6 y0 Z7 f, x. M9 l5 I/ j' r
M: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag.& w- H5 D' I- y2 O7 `
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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。# o6 p$ S) { C% }7 h
6 C& z, w4 V1 \: K" zM: 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, k" y3 }
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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) |. }, m e " y3 d4 ^+ T9 Y8 [, jM: Oh, Li Hua, you’re such a drag. You did say he’s cute.( \( K, ?: I8 {: T7 J
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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。 ) _/ |4 X5 ~0 A3 ?! h' S - X/ G% O0 x! J* f7 _' d& V5 bM: All right, all right, I’ll come.- M% m: y* l t$ `' b) u; v |
. t& w; z2 | l8 g5 O# x$ ~2 l( Michael 和李华看完了摄影展)。 ! W$ c3 P2 U7 B# x% O2 l' r1 }9 b+ g% b
L: 这个摄影展览真好,可是我还在生你的气呢! ' ^* T E+ { P0 _% Q! n + Y0 `3 N n j7 pM: Ok, I’m sorry. Actually, I really enjoyed the photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip. ( t6 m w' n7 Z' G4 X/ x' Z " r/ m$ s- S) q+ r3 EL: 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。 1 P: E# d+ ^. _! E6 s+ q 3 U8 K9 L g8 p5 D$ b* a2 l5 ^1 ~M: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way.$ [2 Y6 I g9 v/ q7 l& b8 F
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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?2 j2 F1 i9 z) {, g m! u# U
3 \% \8 i1 _: s9 L% S oM: Yeah, but its meaning has changed. 9 c. \% [% k+ f& F2 x6 Z+ i 9 Y/ ]0 P" s& V# N' o. IL: 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?3 }( E7 `! U, t& C1 M+ [' x
$ I3 d. h6 @; {- C5 W1 i0 q7 |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./ J2 ^8 ? `- H7 { f: A3 t8 r7 O
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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。, ]& N ?8 E! E+ o! h* M
4 H B7 O+ _6 S" M3 KM: That’s ok, everyone is different.4 l1 m- { E3 e9 u2 W4 s3 F
l* c+ i9 e! e& A8 j B1 f: YL: 对,每个人的爱好不一样。你再给我举个例子吧。 % C8 g/ T- i" ~3 a+ \- q b* S ! o3 V6 t& @; q+ u0 g0 r# oM: I would also call our photography class professor a trip, her style is a trip. ) a" C m1 [% {; S" k# T 3 R& {+ \: \* \" d' qL: 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? % T$ l+ b. P/ O2 b6 I% N! W) h, t! g- W! ?, Q+ g
M: Yeah, he is also a trip. I can’t imagine you would like someone who is a drag.5 C* ~' c6 ^; ~8 W9 |% v4 W