流行美语 第58课:junkie; cut it out

Michael现在在玩电子游戏，李华在等他一起去和朋友吃饭。Michael今天会教会李华两个常用语：junkies和cut it out.

(Sound of video games)

L: 嗨，Michael，你还没有玩够这电子游戏呀？你这个人怎么回事嘛！

M: Just a minute. (video game sounds stop) Oh never mind. You are right, Li Hua. I need to do something more useful with my time. I'm a video game junkie.

L: 你说你是什么? Junkie? 那是什么啊？

M: I called myself a "video game junkie."

L: 你是说你玩电子游戏玩太多了，对不对？

M: You got it. The word "junkie" originally was slang for a drug addict. Now, however, people used the word "junkie" to describe people who are very absorbed in a hobby or kind of entertainment.

L: 噢, 所以junkie是指那些沉醉于自己嗜好的人。那么，除了像你这种老爱玩电子游戏的人以外，还有其他的junkies,对不对？

M: Of course! For instance, my dad is a golf junkie. He goes to the golf course at least twice a week, and plays for hours.

L: 没错，你爸爸真是个高尔夫球迷，一个星期要打两次，每次还要打好几个小时，那他肯定是退休了，不然那来那么多时间啊？ 哎，Michael, 你可不可以再给我举几个不同的junkies的例子呢？

M: Well, my friend Mitch, he is a sports junkie. He watches football in the fall, hockey in the winter, and baseball in the spring and summer. He finds a game on TV almost every day of the year, and he knows everything about every player.

L: OK，所以你那个朋友Mitch，他呀是个大球迷。每天在电视上看球赛，秋天看足球，冬天就看曲棍球，春夏天又看棒球，而且还知道每一个球员呐。哇，真是个大球迷！

M: That's right. We don't use the word "junkie" for just any fan. We use it for people who can't live without their hobby.

L: 噢，所以junkies还是特别指那些没有这些嗜好就没办法活的人呐！

M: Yeah, like you. You are a soap opera junkie. I've seen you run to the student union between classes just so you can watch soap operas on the TV there. You are a junkie!

L: 什么？你说我是连续剧迷？