Bobby: How's tricks this week Kelly?

Kelly: Pretty good, thanks Bobby. What about yourself?

Bobby: Everything is just great for me. But I feel a little washed out.

Kelly: Really? I have a similar feeling - like I just need to disappear for a few weeks to recharge my batteries.

Bobby: Maybe we could just take-off and escape?

Kelly: No we can't. We have responsibilities that we can't back-out from.

Bobby: Like what!

Kelly: Like school, our part-time jobs and our families!

Bobby: Oh yeah! I didn't think that one through too carefully.

鮑比：這周過(guò)得怎么樣凱麗?

凱麗：很好，謝謝鮑比。你呢?

鮑比：每個(gè)人對(duì)我都很好,可我覺(jué)得有點(diǎn)兒疲憊。

凱麗：是嗎?我也有類(lèi)似的感覺(jué)，就好象是需要消失幾個(gè)星期給自己沖一下電。

鮑比：也許我們可以離開(kāi)，去逃避一下?

凱麗：不行我們不能這么做。我們身上有很多責(zé)任不能逃避。

鮑比：什么責(zé)任?

凱麗：比如說(shuō)學(xué)校、我們的兼職工作還有我們的家人!

鮑比：噢沒(méi)錯(cuò)!我沒(méi)好好考慮過(guò)這些事。

NEW WORDS (生詞)

1) Tricks: everything in your life

生活中的一切事情

Tricks has many meanings but in this context it is a question meaning 'how is your life'.

“Tricks”有很多意思，在本文中是一個(gè)問(wèn)句，意思是“你過(guò)得怎么樣?”

2) Washed out: tired and bored with your life

很疲憊，對(duì)生活厭倦了

Whenever I feel washed-out I go on a quick holiday and then I feel much better.

每當(dāng)我感到疲憊的時(shí)候就休一個(gè)短暫的假期，之后就會(huì)覺(jué)得好多了。

3) Recharge: to out life or energy back into something

充電、重新注入生命或活力

Every night I recharge my mobile phone and myself!

每天晚上我都給手機(jī)和自己充電!

4) Back-out: when you agree to do something and then change you mind

收回：同意做某事后又反悔

So many times I want to back-out of my job, but then I remember the pay at the end of the month.

有好多次我想辭掉工作，可是接著就會(huì)想到每個(gè)月底發(fā)的薪水。

Dialogue(對(duì)話)

Jessie: If you could back-out of all your responsibilities and run away, where would you go?

Tina: To a distant island along way from everyone.

Jessie: What would you do all day?

Tina: Lie on the beach and sleep to recharge my batteries.

Jessie: Sounds ideal. I would go to a big, busy city.

Tina: Why would you go somewhere full of strange people?

Jessie: So I wouldn't see anyone who knew me at all.

Tina: And what would you do all day?

Jessie: Shop! Shop until I couldn't shop any more.

Tina: I will sing you a song about running away then!

杰西：如果你能夠推開(kāi)所有的責(zé)任去逃避的話你會(huì)去哪?

蒂娜：到一個(gè)偏僻的島上，避開(kāi)每個(gè)人。

杰西：那你每天做什么?

蒂娜：躺在沙灘上睡覺(jué)給自己充電。

杰西：聽(tīng)起來(lái)很理想。我會(huì)去一個(gè)繁忙的大都市。

蒂娜：你為什么要去一個(gè)誰(shuí)都不認(rèn)識(shí)的地方呢?

杰西：這樣我就一個(gè)熟人也碰不到了。

蒂娜：那你每天會(huì)做什么?

杰西：購(gòu)物!購(gòu)物!直到不能再買(mǎi)了為止。

蒂娜：那么我給你唱一首關(guān)于逃避的歌吧。