美國之音之流行美語neat freak / crash

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Popular American - #87

流行美語-第八十七課

neat freak

crash

今天Larry到Li Hua的宿舍里面去串門，Li Hua會學到兩個常用語：neat freak和crash.

LL:   Hey, Li Hua. What are you doing?

LH:   我剛收拾完房間，現(xiàn)在我要把所有文件分類，然后放在這些不同顏色的文件夾里。

LL:   Wow, you really are a neat freak.

LH:   你說我是什么？Neat freak？聽上去就不是什么好意思。哎，你別叫那些我聽不懂的名字，好不好？

LL:   Calm down. Li Hua. To be neat is to be very clean and orderly.  A freak is a person that is really weird or unusual.  Together, a "neat freak" refers to someone who likes to keep things extremely clean and organized.

LH:   嗯，neat這個詞我知道，就是“干凈、有條理”的意思， freak就是說一個人和一般人不一樣，很古怪。所以，a neat freak就是一個特別愛干凈、特別有條理的人。哎，Larry,  你真覺得我是個neat freak嗎？

LL:   Yes, see, your room always looks perfect, you always make your bed. You never throw your clothes on the floor.  And you have all your papers well organized.

LH:   那你和neat freak剛好相反。你的房間總是亂糟糟的，床也不鋪，衣服滿地亂扔，還有，你的各種學習資料也是到處亂放。

LL:   Well, I'm not a neat freak, so I don't care if everything is neat and perfect. 

LH:   我看哪，Larry, 你就是太懶了-- I think you are just too lazy。

LL:   Well, maybe I am a little lazy, but look at your room, books, sweaters and even newspapers are stacked in order, and you're a real neat freak.

LH:   怎么啦，書呀、毛衣和報紙當然應該放整齊嘛。這有什么奇怪的？ 對你來說這可能是過份“有條理”，可能是有點怪。Well, I guess I am a neat freak.

LL:   Alright. Now that you've finished cleaning, why don't we go to a movie.

LH:   Sure, let's go!

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LL:   That movie was so long.  It's almost midnight!  I'm so tired that I think I'm going to go home and crash. 

LH:   什么？你是說你太累了，如果開車回家會出交通事故啊？

LL:   No, I don't mean crash  as in "car-crash".  I mean crash as in "go to sleep". 

LH:   我還是不懂。你是說crash，這個詞，除了可以用作car-crash, 表示“撞車”，還可以用來表示“睡覺”啊？

LL:   Yes, "I really want to go home and crash" means that I really want to go home and sleep.

LH:   噢，我懂了。想想看，crash這個詞用在這里還挺形象的，因為你太累了，所以一回家就“癱”在床上“睡著”了。So, Larry, can I say I was so tired that I crashed on the couch -- 我實在太累了，所以倒在沙發(fā)上就睡著了?

LL:   Yes, you can say that.  Another example is: I crashed at Jim's house the other night because it was too late to go home.

LH:   這個我懂，你是說，你那天晚上在Jim家玩得太晚了，所以干脆不回家，就在他家里過了一夜。 那要是我家里在粉刷墻壁，沒法住，我可不可以說，I'd like to crash at my friend's house?

LL:   Of course you can, but right now Li Hua, what I really want is to crash in my own bed.  I can't wait to get home.

LH:   有那么著急嗎？ 剛才看電影的時候我看你眼睛還張的大大的呢。不過，我也挺累的了。我想我一到家也會倒頭就睡著的 -- I will  also crash when I get home.

LL:   Let's go!

今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是neat freak, 表示“特別愛干凈、有條理的人”。另一個是crash, 在口語里可以表示“睡覺”。