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2024.04.20 20:38
第三部 第十課: to be into , geek
- 今天 Michael 和李華一起溫習功課，在他們兩人對話的時候，李華學到了兩個新詞兒: to be into 和 geek 。
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- 嗨，Michael! 我馬上要考試了，你幫我溫習一下功課好不好？疑？你在看什麼書啊？ 啍，是本漫畫呀？
- Hmmm, Yes, it is a comic book. I really used to be into comic books when I was a high school, but now I don't have much time to read them.
- 「Be into」 漫畫書，你是說你喜歡把頭埋在漫畫書裡邊兒啊？
- Well, not exactly. Be, b-e, Into, i-n-t-o. 「to be into」 means to be very interested in something, and know a lot about it.
- 哦～，原來你說的 to be into 指的是一種嗜好。疑？可是我以為，只有小孩兒才看漫畫書的。你～未免年紀也太大了點兒吧？
- Please! Comic books are not only for children. A lot of people my age are into comic books. And in Japan, everybody reads them, young or old.
- 哎，那 Michael , 你還有其它哪些嗜好呢？
- Well, I am into dancing, and I am also into camping and watching sports.
- 嗯！我就不喜歡看體育節目，我啊倒是對連續劇挺感興趣的呢。
- Why are you still into soap operas? They are so boring! At least the people who play sports are real!
- 哎～，你看你的漫畫書，我看我的連續劇。而且啊，我還有些真正的嗜好啊。舉例說，啊－，我就對中國書法很有興趣，只不過啊，我的字老寫不好。
- That's not true! I think your calligraphy is very good. You have been into calligraphy for a long time, haven't you?
- 是沒錯啦，我很小的時候，我媽就逼著我練字了。那時候啊，我一點也不喜歡，不過現在啊，我還真感激她那時逼著我練字呢！
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- 哎，Michael，你是不是該停下來，別再看那漫畫書啦，我們該開始複習功課了。
- Li Hua, you sound like my mother. Anyway, I can't put this comic book down. I am such a comic book geek.
- 啊？你說你是什麼啊？一個 geek ？那是什麼意思啊？
- Well, a "geek" is someone who spends all of their time with their special interests or hobbies. They are more concerned about their hobbies than being "cool" or making friends.
- 哦～，那這個 geek 是怎麼拼的啊？這個字聽起來好怪喔。
- Geek, g-e-e-k.
- 哎，Michael，那～這樣的話，我能不能說籃球名將 Michael Jordan 他是一個籃球 geek 呢？
- Well, not really. Geeks are not usually into playing sports. They like things like comic books, computers, collecting stamps, and reading science fiction books.
- 嗯～，這樣說來，一個 geek 他所喜歡的東西，大部份是要用腦筋和想像力的，但是不需要身體勞動。有點類似書獃子喔，我想在美國啊被人叫著 geek 可不是件好事呢！
- That sounds about right. Geeks often put their hobbies before other things, such as their social life, meeting girls, gaining a useful education.
- 啊哈！你就是一個道地的 geek! 你啊，就情願看漫畫書而不肯學習。
- Gee, thanks Li Hua. Anyway, I am not completely a geek. I do study hard most of the time. I do like to dance, and I do have a lot of female friends.
- 好了好了，那我就算你是半個 geek 好了．
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- 今天 Michael 和李華二個人本來是要在一起溫習功課的，結果聊起了 to be into 和 geek 這兩個新詞兒．李華現在明白了 to be into 就是「一個人對某件事物特別有興趣」． geek 是說「一個人只花時間在他有興趣的嗜好上，別的都不管不顧」，有點像書獃子。
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