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!直到不能再買了為止。
蒂娜：那么我給你唱一首關(guān)于逃避的歌吧。