流行美语 第 99 课

这是星期六，Li Hua 一大早就到Larry 的宿舍叫他一块儿去跑步。在今天的谈话
中，Li Hua 会学到两个常用语：sleep in 和slacker²。

LL: come in!
LH: 哎呀，Larry, 你怎么还没起床啊，都八点半啦！
LL: Li Hua, it's Saturday, I want to sleep in for once. What's so important that you
have to wake me up?
LH: 哎哟，你不是说今天早上一起去跑步吗？还问我什么事情那么重要，把你叫
醒了，你真健忘。嗨，你说你想 "sleep in" 那是什么意思呀？
LL: Ok, now pay attention. "Sleep in" is a very, very important term to me. "Sleep in"
means to sleep later than usual.
LH: 噢，sleep in 意思就是"比平时起得晚"，那不就是"睡懒觉"吗？你真懒，怪不
得sleep in 这个短语对你来说 "very, very important".
LL: Hey, sleeping in once in a while does not make a person lazy.
LH: 这话也有道理，偶尔睡个懒觉也不见得就是懒惰，其实我有的时候也喜欢早
上多睡会儿。
LL：Li Hua, why didn't you sleep in this morning? It's Saturday!
LH：这个星期每天我都忙得要命，根本没时间锻炼，所以才想早上起来跑步啊！
LL: Sleep is important, too, Li Hua. You should have slept in and run later.
LH: 要早知道你想睡懒觉，我也不用起那么早了。今天中午我睡个午觉。这样就
可以补过来早上没有sleep in 的损失喽！
LL ：That sounds like a good idea. Now, can I go back to sleep?
LH：跟你说了那么多话，你还想睡觉啊！起来，起来，跟我一起去跑步。
LL: All right. I guess I'm awake now anyway. Wait for me, I'll be ready to go in a
minute.
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LL：Li Hua, why don't we stop at Starbucks and have a coffee!
LH: Larry, 跑了那么几分钟，你就想到星巴克喝咖啡！你可真懒。
LL: Come on! I'm not a slacker. I'm just a little tired because somebody didn't let me
sleep in this morning.
LH: 对，是我把你叫醒的。可是你没睡懒觉也不至于就累成这样啊！你不是个
"slacker"，我连 "slacker" 是什么都还不知道呢！
LL: A slacker is someone who "slacks³ off" or very lazy.
LH: 噢，我想起来了，Michael 以前就给我解释过slack¹ off 这个短语，意思是"松
懈、懒散"，那 slacker 就是"喜欢偷懒、特别懒散的人"喽！
LL: You got it. For example: a student who doesn't do his homework and is always late
for class is a slacker.
LH: 一个上课老迟到、老不做作业的学生就是个slacker。哎，Larry, 我们认识的
人里，谁是slacker 啊？
LL: You know that guy in our history class who always sleeps through class and never
reads his textbook⁴? He is a slacker.
LH: 对对对，历史课上那个家伙一上课就睡觉，课本也从来不看，绝对是个
slacker。哎，Larry, 昨天饭馆里那个女服务员也是个slacker 吧？
LL: Ah, she was such a slacker! She was so slow that it took nearly an hour to get our
food. I thought I was going to starve⁵ to death.
LH: 别说你了，让我们等了快一个小时，我都要饿死了。嘿，Larry, 你看，我们
还有不到2 百米就要到头了，快跑啊！
LL: Can't we walk the rest of the way?
LH: 你想走？不行不行，我们要坚持跑到终点 - Don't be a slacker, Larry!
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LL: Stop calling me that! Next weekend, I'm going to wake you up at 6 a.m. to go
running and then we'll see who is the slacker!
LH: 什么？你下星期六早上6 点钟叫我起来跑步啊？我可不干，下星期六我要睡
懒觉 - I'm going to sleep in！

今天李华从Larry 那儿学到两个常用语。一个是sleep in, 意思是"睡懒觉"。李华学
到的另一个常用语是slacker, 是指"喜欢偷懒的人"。

1 slack   

adj.松弛的，萧条的，懈怠的；vt.使松弛

参考例句：

• Slack off those ropes there,there's a storm coming!把那里的绳索放松，暴风雨就要来了！
• Some are hard at work and some are slack in work.有的勤奋工作，有的则消极怠工。

2 slacker   

n.逃避工作的人，懒虫

参考例句：

• He's a slacker, he actually skipped off and left us to do the clearing away. 他是个懒鬼，他居然悄悄地溜走而把清除工作留给我们来做。
• Bill was kicked out of the military for being a slacker. 比尔因懒惰懈怠而从军队里被赶了出来。

3 slacks   

运动裤

参考例句：

• a pair of slacks 一条便裤
• I saw some slacks I like in the Sears catalogue. 我在西尔斯商品目录看中了几条便裤。

4 textbook   

n.课本，教科书

参考例句：

• The boy forgot where he put his textbook.那男孩忘记把课本放在什么地方了。
• This textbook contains 25 lessons.这本教科书共有25课。

5 starve   

vi.饿死；挨饿；极需，渴望；vt.使挨饿

参考例句：

• They decided to starve the enemy out.他们决定使敌人受饿而出来。
• Don't starve the kitten.别饿着小猫。