我们讲的英语第124期:Heavy 重的多种含义

Neil: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. My name's Neil.
尼尔：大家好，欢迎收看地道英语节目。我是尼尔。

Helen: (Sigh) And I'm Helen.
海伦：（叹气）我是海伦。

Neil: Oh Helen, that was a very heavy sigh.
尼尔：海伦，那真是沉重的叹息啊。

Helen: A heavy sigh? By that, you mean a big sigh?! Well, I suppose it was. It's just I've been trying to lose some weight but my diet is not working.
海伦：沉重的叹息？你的意思是说长出了一口气吗？！嗯，我想是这样的。我一直在努力减肥，可是我的节食没起作用。

Neil: So how heavy are you exactly?
尼尔：那你现在有多重？

Helen: I'm not going to tell you my weight!
海伦：我是不会告诉你我的体重的。

Neil: OK but my advice is to cut down on the biscuits, eat more fruit and stick to the diet!
尼尔：好吧，我的建议是少吃饼干，多吃水果，坚持节食！

Helen: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
海伦：对，对，没错！

Neil: Sorry, am I getting too heavy?
尼尔：抱歉，我是不是太严厉了？

Helen: Heavy? You mean you're putting on weight too?
海伦：重？你是说你也胖了吗？

Neil: No! Heavy can have another meaning. Used informally, it can mean serious or intense. Have a listen to this:
尼尔：不是！heavy这个词还有其他的意思。在非正式用语中，可以表示严肃或者强烈的意思。来听下面的例句：

Our relationship's getting a bit heavy. I think we need to go out more and have a bit more fun.
我们的关系变得有点儿紧张。我想我们需要多出去，享受更多的快乐时光。

Neil: And another informal use of the word can mean difficult.
尼尔：这个词另一个非正式用法表示难。

That was a heavy lecture! I had trouble understanding it all.
那节课真难！我完全无法理解。

Helen: A heavy lecture–I've been to a few of them!
海伦：很难的课程——我也上过一些难以理解的课程！

Neil: Me too. But Helen, we can also use the word 'heavy' in a more formal way to mean 'intense':
尼尔：我也是。不过海伦，我们还可以用heavy的正式用法来表示“强烈”。

There was such a heavy fog I couldn't see where I was going.
雾太浓重了，我几乎看不见我要去哪里。

The flooding was caused by days of heavy rain.
持续几天的强降雨引发了洪水。

Heavy fighting broke out after the government's announcement.
政府发表声明以后，爆发了激烈的战斗。

Helen: So heavy in those examples also means intense, bad or strong. What about a heavy drinker or a heavy smoker? What does that mean?
海伦：所以在这些例句中，heavy同样表示强烈的，糟糕的或者是强大的。那heavy drinker或者heavy smoker又是什么意思呢？

Neil: Heavy here means to indulge to a great extent.
尼尔：这里heavy的意思是在很大程度上沉迷于某件事。

Helen: Well that's not me–but there is one kind of 'heavy' I do like to indulge in.
海伦：哦，那可不是说我，不过有一种heavy我确实很沉迷。

Neil: And what's that?
尼尔：那是什么？

Helen: Heavy metal!
海伦：重金属！

(Turns on heavy metal music)
（播放重金属音乐）

Neil: (shouting) That's a little heavy on my ears. Turn it down! What a noise!
尼尔：（大叫）这对我来说太吵了。关小点声！太吵了！