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2024.05.18 01:16
第十七部 第十一课: snarf , power nap
- Larry 告诉李华说，他正在给公司做一个大项目，忙得连饭都没时间吃。李华今天要学两个常用语，snarf 和 power nap.
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- I've been so busy with this project, Li Hua, I've hardly had any time to eat. Today I just snarfed down a sandwich at lunch, and I haven't eaten anything since.
- 你只吃了个叁明治？snarf也是吃的意思吗？
- Snarf is another word for eat, Li Hua, but when you snarf something you eat it really quickly in a very short amount of time.
- 噢，snarf是狼吞虎嚥的意思。你是因為要赶项目，没时间吃饭，所以才匆忙地吃了个叁明治。
- Yeah. And when I snarfed down the sandwich, I didn't really enjoy it. I ate it so fast I didn't even really taste it.
- 有时候我赶着写论文或是判作业，没时间吃饭，也会凑合着只吃几口炒饭填饱肚子。
- You know, since I haven't had anything to eat since I snarfed down that sandwich, I am feeling hungry again.
- Larry, 我这儿有盒饼乾，你先吃几块，来垫垫肚子罗。
- Thanks, Li Hua. That is really nice. But I'm so hungry, I'm afraid I'd snarf up your entire box of cookies.
- 都吃了也不要紧，我不在乎这盒饼乾，不过光吃饼乾可没什麼营养。
- You are right, Li Hua. I really shouldn't snarf up all these cookies.
- 不如今天晚上咱们找个餐馆，好好补一补，最近我一直在赶论文，也是忙得不可开交。
- I'd love to, Li Hua. But, honestly, I don't have enough time to go out with you for a nice relaxing dinner. The deadline for the project is tomorrow, and I have just enough time to snarf down something before I go back to work.
- 既然明天就是最后期限，你没时间正经吃饭，那就更不能光啃饼乾了，而是应该吃点儿有营养的。这样才能补充能量。
- Okay, I do have time to go to a fast food place.
- 拐角处就有一家麵条店，保证你二十分鐘就能回去上班。
- And snarfing down a bowl of noodles does sound better than snarfing down a box of cookies, Li Hua.
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- 这家店的麵条还真好吃。
- Yeah, But now I'm feeling a little sleepy. I think I am going to need to take a power nap before I go back to work.
- A power nap? 我知道nap是午觉的意思，可power nap是什麼意思啊？
- A power nap is a short nap, maybe only fifteen to twenty minutes in length that people take in the middle of their work day to give them more energy, more power!
- 噢，就是15分鐘，20分鐘，打个盹儿的意思。你知道吗，Larry, 在中国睡午觉是很普遍的。我们上学的时候中午都会睡上半个小时左右。
- Taking naps isn't as common in the U.S. as it is in China, but more and more Americans are taking power naps.
- 昨天晚上我看了一个节目，很有意思，裡面说美国人现在越来越忙，晚上睡眠时间不够，所以白天需要take power naps，才能提高效率。
- Hey, I saw that report, too!
- 现在不少公司為了提高员工的工作效率，都在公司裡设立专门供员工睡午觉的地方。
- I wish my company had places like that for us to take power naps at work.
- 你还记得吗，裡面说有一家公司，给员工準备了鸡蛋形的午睡舱，还有舒缓的音乐，帮员工入睡。
- Yeah, I'd love to take a power nap in one of those.
- 但是打盹儿也要注意不能睡得太久。
- I guess that is true. If you end up sleeping too long, you can enter a deep sleep and wake up feeling drowsy and even sleepier than you did before you took you power nap.
- 好，到你公司了，你準备在哪儿小睡一会儿呢？
- Well, I think I will go back to work and take a power nap at my desk.
- Okay, Larry. 明天完成了手头的项目，给我打电话。
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是 snarf, 是狼吞虎嚥的意思。另一个是 power nap, 是打盹儿的意思。
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