Larry 告訴李華說，他正在給公司做一個(gè)大項(xiàng)目，忙得連飯都沒時(shí)間吃。李
華今天要學(xué)兩個(gè)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(gè)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?yàn)橐�趕項(xiàng)目，沒時(shí)間吃飯，所以
才匆忙地吃了個(gè)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(shí)候我趕著寫論文或是判作業(yè)，沒時(shí)間吃飯，也會(huì)湊合著只吃幾口炒
飯?zhí)铒柖亲印?/p>

    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(yǎng)。

    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(gè)餐館，好好補(bǔ)一補(bǔ)，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(shí)間正經(jīng)吃飯，那就更不能光啃餅干了，
而是應(yīng)該吃點(diǎn)兒有營養(yǎng)的。這樣才能補(bǔ)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.

    ******

    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��？

    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(gè)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(xué)的時(shí)候中午都會(huì)睡上半個(gè)小時(shí)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(gè)節(jié)目，很有意思，里面說美國人現(xiàn)在越來越忙，晚
上睡眠時(shí)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(xiàn)在不少公司為了提高員工的工作效率，都在公司里設(shè)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(zhǔn)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(zhǔn)備在哪兒小睡一會(huì)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(xiàng)目，給我打電話。

    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語。一個(gè)是 snarf，是狼吞虎咽的意思。另一個(gè)是
power nap ，是打盹兒的意思。