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.
鲍比：这周过得怎么样凯丽？
凯丽：很好，谢谢鲍比。你呢？
鲍比：每个人对我都很好,可我觉得有点儿疲惫。
凯丽：是吗？我也有类似的感觉，就好象是需要消失几个星期给自己冲一下电。
鲍比：也许我们可以离开，去逃避一下？
凯丽：不行我们不能这么做。我们身上有很多责任不能逃避。
鲍比：什么责任？
凯丽：比如说学校、我们的兼职工作还有我们的家人！
鲍比：噢没错！我没好好考虑过这些事。
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NEW WORDS （生词）
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，在本文中是一个问句，意思是“你过得怎么样？”
2) Washed out: tired and bored with your life
很疲惫，对生活厌倦了
Whenever I feel washed-out I go on a quick holiday and then I feel much better.
每当我感到疲惫的时候就休一个短暂的假期，之后就会觉得好多了。
3) Recharge: to out life or energy back into something
充电、重新注入生命或活力
Every night I recharge my mobile phone and myself!
每天晚上我都给手机和自己充电！
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.
有好多次我想辞掉工作，可是接着就会想到每个月底发的薪水。
Dialogue（对话）
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：如果你能够推开所有的责任去逃避的话你会去哪？
蒂娜：到一个偏僻的岛上，避开每个人。
杰西：那你每天做什么？
蒂娜：躺在沙滩上睡觉给自己充电。
杰西：听起来很理想。我会去一个繁忙的大都市。
蒂娜：你为什么要去一个谁都不认识的地方呢？
杰西：这样我就一个熟人也碰不到了。
蒂娜：那你每天会做什么？
杰西：购物！购物！直到不能再买了为止。
蒂娜：那么我给你唱一首关于逃避的歌吧。
