英文原版对话1000个:1238 More Freaks

 　　Todd: OK, Julia, we're talking about types of people and we have some more that we can discuss. So the next one is worry wart¹. Are you a worry wart?

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　　Todd

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　　Julia: I guess when it comes to some things maybe yeah. Like sometimes I get insomnia² and I know it's because my brain is worrying about stuff.

　　Todd: Right. You just can't let it go?

　　Julia: Yeah, which is kind of why I took up yoga and meditation³ because just calming down those, you know, those thoughts that are just going crazy round in your head. So I would be a worry wart if it wasn't for my yoga practice. I think the yoga helps me keep my mind calm.

　　Todd: Oh, cool.

　　Julia: But I have that natural tendency I think.

　　Todd: OK, so what about things around the house? Are you a clean freak?

　　Julia: No. No, I am messy, like ridiculously messy. I don't see mess. I don't see it. It's like a blind spot.

　　Todd: So you're a slob?

　　Julia: Yes, kind of, yes and this is the one thing that drives my husband crazy because he's very tidy, he's very clean, very neat.

　　Todd: So you guys are yin and yang?

　　Julia: Yeah. He likes things to go in the proper place and he likes things to be tidied up, put away and for him it's very, it's a sort of therapeutic⁴ thing. It's, I guess, the mirror of his mental state. If there's a mess going on he feels uneasy so he needs to tidy up in order to kind of be focused and calm. I'm kind of the opposite. If everything's too tidy and neat, I get a bit freaked out. I like, I'm comfortable in mess, very comfortable in mess.

　　Todd: Comfortable in chaos⁵?

　　Julia: Yeah.

　　Todd: Well, that leads us to the next one and maybe this relates to your husband. Is he a control freak?

　　Julia: Yes. Absolutely. He is, yes.

　　Todd: So can you explain what a control freak is?

　　Julia: A control freak is someone who likes to be in control, has to be in control all the time of all things.

　　Todd: And if there's not, if there's disorder⁶ or something left?

　　Julia: It causes him stress. It causes him stress so just simple things like maybe like a house guest. While he's a very friendly and generous and warm person, having an extra person in the house makes him uneasy because it's a factor that it's out of his control.

　　Todd: So how about other things like are you a, like a video game junkie or TV junkie?

　　Julia: There are certain games that I have to take off my phone because they will eat away my time.

　　Todd: Right, like Angry Birds and stuff like that?

　　Julia: Stuff like that. The ones that, just really simplistic ones, things like Tetris and putting squares in boxes and Bejeweled where you change, moving things around. Those kind of games I can get very readily addicted⁷ to so I have to, I have to be careful. I had like a brief intense fling with TechM, like those fighting games. I was really into fights, fighting games and playing.

　　Todd: Wow, that's hard core.

　　Julia: Yeah, but it was shortlived, and I felt like it was an unhealthy obsession⁸.

　　Todd: Yeah, you can, yeah.

　　Julia: But yeah it was great. I enjoyed it when I did it. It was fun.

1 wart   

n.疣，肉赘；瑕疵

参考例句：

• What does the medicaments with remedial acuteness wet best wart have?治疗尖锐湿疣最好的药物有什么？
• Flat wart is generally superficial,or sometimes a slight itching.扁平疣一般是不痛不痒的，或偶有轻微痒感。

2 insomnia   

n.失眠，失眠症

参考例句：

• Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia.忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。
• He is suffering from insomnia.他患失眠症。

3 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

4 therapeutic   

adj.治疗的，起治疗作用的；对身心健康有益的

参考例句：

• Therapeutic measures were selected to fit the patient.选择治疗措施以适应病人的需要。
• When I was sad,music had a therapeutic effect.我悲伤的时候，音乐有治疗效力。

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

6 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

7 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

8 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。