The english we speak(BBC教學)第124期:Heavy 重的多種含義
Neil: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. My name's Neil.
尼爾：大家好，歡迎收看地道英語節目。我是尼爾。Helen: (Sigh) And I'm Helen.
海倫：（嘆氣）我是海倫。Neil: Oh Helen, that was a very heavy sigh.
尼爾：海倫，那真是沉重的嘆息啊。
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.
海倫：沉重的嘆息？你的意思是說長出了一口氣嗎？！嗯，我想是這樣的。我一直在努力減肥，可是我的節食沒起作用。Neil: So how heavy are you exactly?
尼爾：那你現在有多重？Helen: I'm not going to tell you my weight!
海倫：我是不會告訴你我的體重的。Neil: OK but my advice is to cut down on the biscuits, eat more fruit and stick to the diet!
尼爾：好吧，我的建議是少吃餅乾，多吃水果，堅持節食！Helen: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
海倫：對，對，沒錯！Neil: Sorry, am I getting too heavy?
尼爾：抱歉，我是不是太嚴厲了？Helen: Heavy? You mean you're putting on weight too?
海倫：重？你是說你也胖了嗎？Neil: No! Heavy can have another meaning. Used informally, it can mean serious or intense. Have a listen to this:
尼爾：不是！heavy這個詞還有其他的意思。在非正式用語中，可以表示嚴肅或者強烈的意思。來聽下面的例句：Our relationship's getting a bit heavy. I think we need to go out more and have a bit more fun.
我們的關係變得有點兒緊張。我想我們需要多出去，享受更多的快樂時光。Neil: And another informal use of the word can mean difficult.
尼爾：這個詞另一個非正式用法表示難。That was a heavy lecture! I had trouble understanding it all.
那節課真難！我完全無法理解。Helen: A heavy lecture–I've been to a few of them!
海倫：很難的課程——我也上過一些難以理解的課程！Neil: Me too. But Helen, we can also use the word 'heavy' in a more formal way to mean 'intense':
尼爾：我也是。不過海倫，我們還可以用heavy的正式用法來表示“強烈”。There was such a heavy fog I couldn't see where I was going.
霧太濃重了，我幾乎看不見我要去哪裏。The flooding was caused by days of heavy rain.
持續幾天的強降雨引發了洪水。Heavy fighting broke out after the government's announcement.
政府發表聲明以後，爆發了激烈的戰鬥。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?
海倫：所以在這些例句中，heavy同樣表示強烈的，糟糕的或者是強大的。那heavy drinker或者heavy smoker又是什麼意思呢？Neil: Heavy here means to indulge to a great extent.
尼爾：這裏heavy的意思是在很大程度上沉迷於某件事。Helen: Well that's not me–but there is one kind of 'heavy' I do like to indulge in.
海倫：哦，那可不是說我，不過有一種heavy我確實很沉迷。Neil: And what's that?
尼爾：那是什麼？Helen: Heavy metal!
海倫：重金屬！(Turns on heavy metal music)
（播放重金屬音樂）Neil: (shouting) That's a little heavy on my ears. Turn it down! What a noise!
尼爾：（大叫）這對我來說太吵了。關小點聲！太吵了！重點講解：
1. lose weight
體重減輕；變瘦；
eg. She has been taking exercises to lose weight from day to day.
她每天鍛鍊來減肥。
eg. Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably.
我們中很多人都努力要減肥，無奈均以慘敗告終。
2. cut down on
削減；減少使用；
eg. We must cut down on the amount of material we use.
我們必須削減原料使用量。
eg. He has to cut down on the consumption of meat.
他不得不減少吃肉。
3. stick to
堅持不變；
eg. Lionel, you just tell the cops what you saw; stick to your story.
萊昂內爾，你就把自己看到的告訴警察，實話實說。
eg. f you stick to doing everything carefully, you catch sight of that you will close to the success.
如果你堅持認真的做每件事，你發現你將向勝利逼近。
4. put on weight
體重增加；變胖；
eg. You have put on weight.
你發福了。
eg. I was twelve, and starting to put on weight and grow taller.
我那時十二歲，體重開始增加，個子也開始長高了。
5. indulge in
（使自己）沉迷；放縱（自己）；
eg. They went into town to indulge in some serious shopping.
他們進城去大肆購物。
eg. But I happily indulge in their own world.
但我仍樂此不疲地沉醉在自己的世界。
