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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 T/ \1 G' {$ ^3 p- C5 @3 C9 h: J+ r) y
M: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it’s such a drag.) q5 ~/ C4 N8 |/ i& ?+ S4 B- U: Z
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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!& H2 t9 l- w! K Z: f4 O9 m9 b
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M: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome.( r* O+ ]: _ M4 i$ M
8 s/ K" B1 T6 B5 V* c7 W( g, lL: 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?3 i$ l, ~- `% Q, X
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M: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag.7 H6 j0 S5 l8 \: ^
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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。1 g, `% T7 y8 l B8 N/ V" X% A
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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./ v. y6 f, X! |6 V% P# f! F
; C8 l/ I6 a! J, h. d7 q- ` S+ J3 IL: 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。0 k7 j( g1 T2 s& J2 i+ s
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M: Oh, Li Hua, you’re such a drag. You did say he’s cute.2 o4 y, _) v1 G# \( n; l
4 O) [: U% `: L. a. ~' ~) AL: 非要说我认为他很帅。还说我没劲。算了,不跟你说了。 Michael,我去看展览了,不管你去不去。 * \" i5 w. H- R' z7 J% h: |" U. I: _! r
M: All right, all right, I’ll come.* p+ U ~ d/ u" Q7 [0 C/ i
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L: 这个摄影展览真好,可是我还在生你的气呢!; T6 M) X1 `9 T
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L: 我也很喜欢这种超现实主义的艺术。等等,你为什么把看展览叫/ 做旅行呢?我们又没有离开纽约。 % t+ h: L9 T" H! \2 o. e ) r' T' G* h6 A% h! S& gM: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way.; Z) [. d: s! m4 N: }
8 b! G6 K5 r$ g/ Z* gL: 对,trip这个字很普通,是指旅行。原来你说的trip是指不寻常, 但又很好的意思。 噢,我想起来了。以前有一个教授告诉过我, 美国年轻人在60和70年代盛行反潮流的行为。Trip 这个词就来自 那个时候,是指吸毒后产生的幻觉。对不对? & \+ I( p' L8 w1 G2 j " t: B6 [5 a: C* r5 A# v2 sM: Yeah, but its meaning has changed. / \" A8 P. j8 e6 Q; y( D1 P2 Y* N" a9 u+ a# F
L: 现在的意思不一样了。可我现在就知道我们刚才去看的摄影展览可以说是a trip,中文可以说是与众不同吧。其他还有什么也能用trip这个词来形容的呢?0 V9 I8 X0 j% U/ ?5 f% P" }$ u0 \! O
' \) G0 }6 J6 p- i0 h0 K+ _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 J) W- A7 m, j: A" ]( r
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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。' X% J9 ?+ T5 x
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M: That’s ok, everyone is different.$ ?; i* f+ h, ^# n" t* X2 r3 ~0 C; g
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L: 对,每个人的爱好不一样。你再给我举个例子吧。 ' b0 u/ j3 b' q9 A7 ?: C; F5 B5 \; \9 k8 e" @
M: I would also call our photography class professor a trip, her style is a trip. $ A0 k9 U+ i# f& Z B; U& d6 W. j, P& r
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? 8 g* L; N0 a L+ o: c4 j: W9 u0 E; }, Z f
M: Yeah, he is also a trip. I can’t imagine you would like someone who is a drag.( R, V5 o/ r% b3 k; p& b/ P