VOA流行美語 Unit 40: TO BE INTO / GEEK

這一天邁可準(zhǔn)備和李華一起溫習(xí)功課，在他們兩人對話的時候，李華學(xué)到了兩個新詞兒:"to be into" 和"geek".

L: Hi邁可! 我馬上要考試了，你幫我溫習(xí)一下功課好嗎？Hey, 你在看什么書啊？ Hmmph! 是本漫畫？

M: Yes, it is a comic book. I really used to be into comic books when I was a high school student, but now I don't have much time to read them

L: "Be into" 漫畫書，你是指你總是把頭埋進(jìn)漫畫書里邊兒？

M: Well, not exactly. Be. B-E. Into. I-N-T-O. "to be into" means to be very interested in something, and to know a lot about it.

L: Oh, 你指的是一種嗜好。可是我以為只有兒童才看漫畫書的。你未免年紀(jì)太大了點(diǎn)兒吧？

M: Please! Comic books are not only for children. A lot of people my age are into comic books. And in Japan, everyone reads them, young or old.

L: 我想你對 漫畫書很有興趣也沒什么不好。而且你還有其它好些興趣。

M: That's right! I am into dancing. I am also into camping and watching sports。

L: 我就不喜歡看運(yùn)動節(jié)目。我倒是對連續(xù)劇興趣很濃。I

M: Why are you still into soap operas? They are soooo boring! At least the people who play sports are real!

L: 你看你的漫畫書，我看我的連續(xù)劇。不論如何，我還有些真正的嗜好。舉例來說，我就對中國書法就非常有興趣，只不過，老實(shí)說，我的字老寫不好。

M: That's not true! I think your calligraphy is very good. You have been into calligraphy for a long time, haven't you?

L: 不錯，我很小的時候，我媽媽就逼著我練字。那時候，我一點(diǎn)也不喜歡，可是現(xiàn)在我真感激她那時逼著我練字。

M: Also, you are into learning English.

L: 那倒也是，不過那可不是我的嗜好。在中國，我們從中學(xué)就開始學(xué)英語了。

M: Well, at least you are lucky you started young. I have only been into learning Chinese for a couple of years, and my Chinese is terrible!

L: 不，邁可，那你可說的不對，你的普通話說的挺好的。

L: 邁可，你是不是該停下來，別再看那漫畫書，該開始復(fù)習(xí)功課了。

M: Li Hua, you sound like my mother. Anyway, I can't put this comic book down. I am such a comic book geek.

L: 你說你是什么？一個"geek"? 那是什么意思？

M: Well, a "geek" is soomeone who spends all of their time with their special interests or hobbies. They are mor concerned about their hobbies than being "cool" or making friends.

L: geek是怎么拼？的這個字聽起來好怪噢。

M: Geek. G-E-E-K.

L: 這樣的話，我能不能說籃球名將Michael Jordan 是一個籃球 geek?

M: Well, not really. Geeks are not usually into playing sports. They like things like comic books, computers, collecting stamps, reading science fiction books。

L: 這樣說來，一個 geek所喜歡的東西別人未必喜歡。他們專心注意的是用腦筋和想象力的東西，但是不需要身體動得太多。

M: That sounds about right. Geeks often put their hobbies before other things, such as their social life, meeting girls, gaining a useful education.

L: Aha! 你就是一個地道的 geek! 你就情愿看漫畫書而不肯學(xué)習(xí)。有的時候你寧愿在家玩兒電子游戲而不肯外出跟朋友們混在一起。

M: Gee, thanks Li Hua. Anyway, I am not completely a geek. I do study hard most of the time. I do like to dance, and I do have a lot of female friends.

L: 好了，好了算你是半個geek. 對了，我有個表弟就是一個geek。他老是看武打電影和玩電子游戲。他從不穿一件像樣的衣服，他也不在乎找不找到工作。

M: Yes, your cousin sounds like a real geek to me. A lazy geek.

L: 可是他至少不像你那樣是一個漫畫書geek!

M: I am into comic books. So what?

今天邁可和李華二人本來是要在一起溫習(xí)功課的，結(jié)果聊起了:"to be into" 和"geek"這兩個新詞兒。李華現(xiàn)在明白了"to be into" 就是一個人對一件事物特別有興趣，也對那件事物特別懂。"geek"是說一個人只花時間在他發(fā)生濃厚興趣的嗜好上，別的都不管不顧。