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 是狼吞虎咽的意思。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，我這兒有盒餅干，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，我不在乎這盒餅干，不過光吃餅干可沒什么營養。

    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：既然明天就是最后期限，你沒時間正經吃飯，那就更不能光啃餅干了，
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：拐角處就有一家面條店，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：這家店的面條還真好吃。

    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 是什么意思啊？

    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，里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，都在公司里設立專門供員工睡
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，里面說有一家公司，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，是狼吞虎咽的意思。另一個是
power nap ，是打盹兒的意思。