流行美語第40課
這一天邁可準備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”.
L: Hi邁可! 我馬上要考試了，你幫我溫習一下功課好嗎？Hey, 你在看什麼書啊？ Hmmph! 是本漫畫？
M: Yes, it is a comic book. I really used to be into comic books when I was a high school student, but now I don’t have much time to read them
L: “Be into” 漫畫書，你是指你總是把頭埋進漫畫書裏邊兒？
M: Well, not exactly. Be. B-E. Into. I-N-T-O. “to be into” means to be very interested in something, and to know a lot about it.
L: Oh, 你指的是一種嗜好。可是我以為只有兒童才看漫畫書的。你未免年紀太大了點兒吧？
M: Please! Comic books are not only for children. A lot of people my age are into comic books. And in Japan, everyone reads them, young or old.
L: 我想你對 漫畫書很有興趣也沒什麼不好。而且你還有其他好些興趣。
M: That’s right! I am into dancing. I am also into camping and watching sports。
L: 我就不喜歡看運動節目。我倒是對連續劇興趣很濃。I
M: Why are you still into soap operas? They are soooo boring! At least the people who play sports are real!
L: 你看你的漫畫書，我看我的連續劇。不論如何，我還有些真正的嗜好。舉例來說，我就對中國書法就非常有興趣，只不過，老實說，我的字老寫不好。
M: That’s not true! I think your calligraphy is very good. You have been into calligraphy for a long time, haven’t you?
L: 不錯，我很小的時候，我媽媽就逼著我練字。那時候，我一點也不喜歡，可是現在我真感激她那時逼著我練字。
M: Also, you are into learning English.
L: 那倒也是，不過那可不是我的嗜好。在中國，我們從中學就開始學英語了。
M: Well, at least you are lucky you started young. I have only been into learning Chinese for a couple of years, and my Chinese is terrible!
L: 不，邁可，那你可說的不對，你的普通話說的挺好的。
L: 邁可，你是不是該停下來，別再看那漫畫書，該開始復習功課了。
M: Li Hua, you sound like my mother. Anyway, I can’t put this comic book down. I am such a comic book geek.
L: 你說你是什麼？一個“geek”? 那是什麼意思？
M: Well, a "geek" is soomeone who spends all of their time with their special interests or hobbies. They are mor concerned about their hobbies than being "cool" or making friends.
L: geek是怎麼拼？的這個字聽起來好怪噢。
M: Geek. G-E-E-K.
L: 這樣的話，我能不能說籃球名將Michael Jordan 是一個籃球 geek?
M: Well, not really. Geeks are not usually into playing sports. They like things like comic books, computers, collecting stamps, reading science fiction books。
L: 這樣說來，一個 geek所喜歡的東西別人未必喜歡。他們專心注意的是用腦筋和想像力的東西，但是不需要身體動得太多。
M: That sounds about right. Geeks often put their hobbies before other things, such as their social life, meeting girls, gaining a useful education.
L: Aha! 你就是一個地道的 geek! 你就情願看漫畫書而不肯學習。有的時候你寧願在家玩兒電子遊戲而不肯外出跟朋友們混在一起。
M: 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.
L: 好了，好了算你是半個geek. 對了，我有個表弟就是一個geek。他老是看武打電影和玩電子遊戲。他從不穿一件像樣的衣服，他也不在乎找不找到工作。
M: Yes, your cousin sounds like a real geek to me. A lazy geek.
L: 可是他至少不像你那樣是一個漫畫書geek!
M: I am into comic books. So what?
今天邁可和李華二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” 就是一個人對一件事物特別有興趣，也對那件事物特別懂。“geek”是說一個人只花時間在他發生濃厚興趣的嗜好上，別的都不管不顧。
