Heavy
Neil: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. My name's Neil.
大家好！欢迎收听地道英语（英语口语）节目。 我是Neil。
Helen: (Sigh) And I'm Helen. Neil: Oh Helen, that was a very heavy sigh. 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. Neil: So how heavy are you exactly? Helen: I'm not going to tell you my weight! Neil: OK but my advice is to cut down on the biscuits, eat more fruit and stick to the diet! Helen: Yeah, yeah, yeah! Neil: Sorry, am I getting too heavy? Helen: Heavy? You mean you're putting on weight too? Neil: No! Heavy can have another meaning. Used informally, it can mean serious or intense. Have a listen to this:
（叹气）我是Helen。 哦，Helen,那可是个heavy的叹气声呀。 heavy的叹气声？ 你是说“沉重的叹气声”？ 哦，也许吧。 原因是我一直在尝试着减肥但是我的节食计划根本没起作用。 那你到底有多重呢？ 我才不要告诉你我的体重呢。 好吧，但是我的建议是，你少吃点饼干，多吃水果然后坚持节食。 是是是。 不好意思，我是不是太heavy（语气太重）了？ heavy? 你是不是说你也长胖了？ 不是。 heavy还有另外一种意思。 是非正式的用法，指的是严肃或是强烈。 来听一下这个：
?Our relationship's getting a bit heavy. I think we need to go out more and have a bit more fun.
我们的关系好像变得有点太过了。 我觉得我们应该多到外面去找乐子。
Neil: And another informal use of the word can mean difficult.
它还有一个意思：难懂；晦涩。
?That was a heavy lecture! I had trouble understanding it all.
那门课太难了。 我听不懂。
Helen: A heavy lecture – I've been to a few of them! Neil: Me too. But Helen, we can also use the word 'heavy' in a more formal way to mean 'intense':
难懂的课程——我自己也上过一些。 我也是。 但是，Helen,我们也可能用到这个单词稍微正式一点的词义：强烈。
?There was such a heavy fog I couldn't see where I was going. ?The flooding was caused by days of heavy rain. ?Heavy fighting broke out after the government's announcement.
雾好大。都看不见前路。 洪水是由于多日的大暴雨导致的。 政府发布消息后发生了严重的暴乱。
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? Neil: Heavy here means to indulge to a great extent. Helen: Well that's not me – but there is one kind of 'heavy' I do like to indulge in. Neil: And what's that? Helen: Heavy metal!(Turns on heavy metal music) Neil: (shouting) That's a little heavy on my ears. Turn it down! What a noise!
也就是说heavy在这些句子中的意思是“强烈，糟糕或是猛烈”。 那在“heavy drinker和heavy smoker”（酗酒/酒鬼，烟鬼。）中 又是什么意思呢？ heavy的意思是“上瘾，很大程度的放纵沉溺于某种事物”。 啊，我可不是这样的。但是在某件事情上我也会让自己放纵一下。 是什么呢？ 重金属（音乐）（打开重金属音乐） （大叫）我的耳朵受不了啦（对耳朵来说太强烈了）。 关小声一点 吵死了！