【大紀元10月26日訊】
Larry告訴李華說，他正在給公司做一個大項目，忙得連飯都沒時間吃。李華今天要學兩個常用語，snarf和power nap.
LL: 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.
LH: 你只吃了個三明治？snarf也是吃的意思嗎？
LL: 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.
LH: 噢，snarf是狼吞虎嚥的意思。你是因為要趕項目，沒時間吃飯，所以才匆忙地吃了個三明治。
LL: 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.
LH: 有時候我趕著寫論文或是判作業，沒時間吃飯，也會湊合著只吃幾口炒飯填飽肚子。
LL: You know, since I haven’t had anything to eat since I snarfed down that sandwich, I am feeling hungry again.
LH: Larry, 我這兒有盒餅乾，你先吃幾塊，來墊墊肚子羅。
LL: Thanks, Li Hua. That is really nice. But I’m so hungry, I’m afraid I’d snarf up your entire box of cookies.
LH: 都吃了也不要緊，我不在乎這盒餅乾，不過光吃餅乾可沒什麼營養。
LL: You are right, Li Hua. I really shouldn’t snarf up all these cookies.
LH: 不如今天晚上咱們找個餐館，好好補一補，最近我一直在趕論文，也是忙得不可開交。
LL: 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.
LH: 既然明天就是最後期限，你沒時間正經吃飯，那就更不能光啃餅乾了，而是應該吃點兒有營養的。這樣才能補充能量。
LL: Okay, I do have time to go to a fast food place.
LH: 拐角處就有一家麵條店，保證你二十分鐘就能回去上班。
LL: And snarfing down a bowl of noodles does sound better than snarfing down a box of cookies, Li Hua.
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LH: 這家店的麵條還真好吃。
LL: 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.
LH: A power nap? 我知道nap是午覺的意思，可power nap是什麼意思啊？
LL: 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!
LH: 噢，就是15分鐘，20分鐘，打個盹兒的意思。你知道嗎，Larry, 在中國睡午覺是很普遍的。我們上學的時候中午都會睡上半個小時左右。
LL: Taking naps isn’t as common in the U.S. as it is in China, but more and more Americans are taking power naps.
LH: 昨天晚上我看了一個節目，很有意思，裡面說美國人現在越來越忙，晚上睡眠時間不夠，所以白天需要take power naps，才能提高效率。
LL: Hey, I saw that report, too!
LH: 現在不少公司為了提高員工的工作效率，都在公司裡設立專門供員工睡午覺的地方。
LL: I wish my company had places like that for us to take power naps at work.
LH: 你還記得嗎，裡面說有一家公司，給員工準備了雞蛋形的午睡艙，還有舒緩的音樂，幫員工入睡。
LL: Yeah, I’d love to take a power nap in one of those.
LH: 但是打盹兒也要注意不能睡得太久。
LL: 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.
LH: 好，到你公司了，你準備在哪兒小睡一會兒呢？
LL: Well, I think I will go back to work and take a power nap at my desk.
LH: Okay, Larry. 明天完成了手頭的項目，給我打電話。
今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是 snarf, 是狼吞虎嚥的意思。另一個是 power nap, 是打盹兒的意思。(http://www.dajiyuan.com)
