Larry 告诉李华说，他正在给公司做一个大项目，忙得连饭都没时间吃。李
华今天要学两个常用语，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：你只吃了个三明治？snarf 也是吃的意思吗？

    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。你是因为要赶项目，没时间吃饭，所以
才匆忙地吃了个三明治。

    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：有时候我赶着写论文或是判作业，没时间吃饭，也会凑合着只吃几口炒
饭填饱肚子。

    LL： You know ， since I haven't had anything to eat since I snarfed
down that sandwich， I am feeling hungry again.

    LH： Larry，我这儿有盒饼干，你先吃几块，来垫垫肚子罗。

    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：都吃了也不要紧，我不在乎这盒饼干，不过光吃饼干可没什么营养。

    LL： You are right， Li Hua. I really shouldn't snarf up all these
cookies.

    LH：不如今天晚上咱们找个餐馆，好好补一补，最近我一直在赶论文，也是
忙得不可开交。

    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，你没时间正经吃饭，那就更不能光啃饼干了，
而是应该吃点儿有营养的。这样才能补充能量。

    LL： Okay ， I do have time to go to a fast food place.

    LH：拐角处就有一家面条店，保证你二十分钟就能回去上班。

    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：这家店的面条还真好吃。

    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 是午觉的意思，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分钟，20分钟，打个盹儿的意思。你知道吗，Larry ，在中
国睡午觉是很普遍的。我们上学的时候中午都会睡上半个小时左右。

    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：昨天晚上我看了一个节目，很有意思，里面说美国人现在越来越忙，晚
上睡眠时间不够，所以白天需要take power naps ，才能提高效率。

    LL： Hey， I saw that report， too！

    LH：现在不少公司为了提高员工的工作效率，都在公司里设立专门供员工睡
午觉的地方。

    LL： I wish my company had places like that for us to take power naps
at work.

    LH：你还记得吗，里面说有一家公司，给员工准备了鸡蛋形的午睡舱，还有
舒缓的音乐，帮员工入睡。

    LL： Yeah ， I'd love to take a power nap in one of those.

    LH：但是打盹儿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，你准备在哪儿小睡一会儿呢？

    LL： Well ， I think I will go back to work and take a power nap at
my desk.

    LH： Okay ， Larry. 明天完成了手头的项目，给我打电话。

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是 snarf，是狼吞虎咽的意思。另一个是
power nap ，是打盹儿的意思。