Diarmuid: Hello everybody and welcome to Authentic Real English from the BBC. I'm Diarmuid. 大家好，歡迎來到BBC的地道美語節目。我是圣保羅。

Jean: And I'm Jean. 我是珍。

Diarmuid: Sleepy Jean? 你睡著了嗎，珍？

Jean: Sorry Diarmuid. I am a bit tired today. I didn't leave the office until nearly midnight last night. 抱歉，圣保羅。我今天有點累了。昨晚知道12點我才離開辦公室的。

Diarmuid: Midnight! I was in bed by then. Why were you working so late? 午夜！我那時都在床上了。你為什么工作到那么晚？

Jean: I often keep working until that time. That's normal, isn't it? 我經常工作到那個時候。這很正常，不是嗎？

Diarmuid: Maybe I'm just lazy but that seems very late to be leaving work. How many hours were you in the office? 可能我比較懶惰，但是看上去那時候走很遲。你一天要待在辦公室多少個小時？

Jean: Oh just 11 or 12 hours. 有11,12個小時吧。

Diarmuid: A 12-hour day! Jean, be careful. You could become a workaholic! 12個小時工作！珍，注意啊。小心成為工作狂！

Jean: A workaholic. What's that? 那是什么？

Diarmuid: Workaholic. That's our word of the day. W.O.R.K.A.H.O.L.I.C.

Jean: Workaholic. 聽起來像另一個英語單詞alcoholic 酒鬼。Is that right? Is it like an alcoholic?

Diarmuid: In a way, yes. Workaholic is a portmanteau word. That is, a combination of two words to make a third word. In this case the words work and alcoholic. 是有些像。工作狂是合成詞。它是由兩個單詞組成的。也就是有工作和狂組成的。

Jean: 我知道了。Workaholic 是由work 和alcoholic 這兩個詞拼起來形成的另一個新詞。其實意思也就是形容某人對工作的狂熱程度和酒鬼對酒的迷戀程度是一樣的。

Diarmuid: Yes, a workaholic is someone who works all the time. It's almost like they are addicted to working. 是的，工作狂是指一個人總是工作。好像說那個人已經迷上工作了。

Jean: 所以a workaholic 就是一個工作狂. Don't worry Diarmuid, I'm not a workaholic. I'm just very busy these days. 別擔心，圣保羅，我不是工作狂。我只是這幾天工作比較忙。

Diarmuid: It's important to have a good balance between work and free time. 平衡好工作時間和休閑時間非常重要。

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A: I want to be a city banker when I leave college. 我畢業離開學校的時候希望成為一個城市的銀行家。

B: You'll need to be a workaholic. Those guys work really long hours. 你將會成為一個工作狂的。那些人往往工作時間超長。

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Jean: But isn't it a good thing to be hard-working, Diarmuid? 但是，圣保羅，你不覺得努力工作是件好事嗎？

Diarmuid: Of course but too much work can be bad for you. So it's good to enjoy your free time too. 當然，但是工作太多對你不是很好。所以，很有必要好好地享受你的空余時間。

Jean: I certainly do that. I spent all weekend shopping in town.我當然會這樣做。我整個周末都是在小鎮上度過的。

Diarmuid: Oh-oh! It sounds like you may be a shopaholic too! 哦! 聽起來你也很可能成為購物狂！

Jean: Shopaholic 那肯定是控制不住買東西欲望的人. Is that a shopping addict?

Diarmuid: Exactly. 確實是。

Jean: Are there any other words like this? 還有其他類似的單詞嗎？

Diarmuid: We could also describe someone as a chocaholic. 我們還可以稱那些特別喜歡吃巧克力的人為巧克力狂。

Jean: Don't tell me—someone who loves eating chocolate? 不要告訴我——有些人喜歡吃巧克力？

Diarmuid: That's right. You can actually make these words up yourself for fun, but these three are the most common ones. 是的。你事實上可以組合出這些詞來描述你自己，但是這三個是最常用的。

Jean: Workaholic, shopaholic and chocaholic. Which one are you, Diarmuid? 工作狂，購物狂和巧克力狂。

Diarmuid: I think I might be a sleepaholic. Anyway, it's time to go now Jean. 我覺得我可能是個睡覺狂。不管怎么樣，珍，我們該結束了。