時差N小時:寂寞也能傳染(上)

Some diseases are contagious，like colds, flu, andchicken pox. But what about loneliness?Loneliness may not be a disease, at least not in thesame way that chicken pox is. But loneliness can becontagious. How so? The same way that manyemotions can be infectious. Being around someonewho’s really happy can put you in a good mood.While hanging around someone who’s depressedcan be, well, depressing. The same goes forloneliness. According to one study, the averageperson feels lonely about forty-eight days per year.Having a lonely friend adds around seventeen extra days of lonely feelings.

【生詞注釋】

contagious adj. 傳染性的

chicken pox 水痘

loneliness n. 孤獨(dú), 寂寞

emotion n.情感

infectious adj. 有傳染性的; 有感染力的

hang around 聚在……附近

【句子講解】

Being around someone who’s really happy can put you in a good mood.

這是個復(fù)合句，主語是一個定語從句，who’s really happy做定語修飾someone,翻譯時要將定語放在先行詞前，翻譯成“在一個快樂的人的周圍”。mood 是名詞，意為“心情”，put sb in a good mood 也就是 “讓某人有好心情”的意思。

【參考譯文】

有些病是傳染性的。比如感冒，流感和水痘。但是寂寞也會傳染給他人嗎?寂寞并不是病，至少和水痘的病理不一樣。但是寂寞也能傳染。如何傳染的,和許多情感一樣傳染。在快樂的人周圍會使你有好心情。在壓抑的人身旁會使你壓抑。寂寞也是如此。根據(jù)一項研究，大多數(shù)人平均每年有48天感到寂寞。如果有一個寂寞的朋友，這會讓你額外增加17天感到孤獨(dú)的日子。