L：对不起，Michael，我迟到了。地铁误点了。

M: Hey, Li Hua. Don't apologize, it's a nice day to just sit here and relax.

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！

M: Oh, do we have to go? I hate going to the museum on such a nice day, it's such a drag.

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！

M: No, to call something a drag means it is tiresome.

L：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？

M: Yeah, Li Hua, same word. As another example, we could also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag.

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。

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.

L：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。

M: Oh, Li Hua, you're such a drag. You did say he's cute.

L：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。

M: All right, all right, I'll come.

（Michael 和李华看完了摄影展）

L：这个摄影展览真好，可是我还在生你的气呢！

M: Ok, I'm sorry. Actually, I really enjoyed the photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip.

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。

M: No, the word trip does mean travel, but here it means something that is unusual, in a good way.

L：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？

M: Yeah, but its meaning has changed.

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？

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.

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。

M: That's ok, everyone is different.

L：对，每个人的爱好不一样。你再给我举个例子吧。

M: I would also call our photography class professor a trip, her style is a trip.

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？

M: Yeah, he is also a trip. I can't imagine you would like someone who is a drag.

L：这你可说对了。你要是一个枯燥无味的人，我才不跟你一起出去玩呢。得了，我们该回去做功课了，尽管没劲，书还得念呐。

M: Ok, let's go!

　　今天Michael教了李华两个常用的词，一个是：drag，意思是没意思，枯燥；另一个是：trip，意思是与众不同，别出心裁，但是含有褒意。