Diarmuid: Hello everybody and welcome to Authentic Real English from the BBC. I'm Diarmuid. 大家好，欢迎来到BBC的地道美语节目。我是圣保罗。

Jean: And I'm Jean. 我是珍。

Diarmuid: Sleepy Jean? 你睡着了吗，珍？

Jean: Sorry Diarmuid. I am a bit tired today. I didn't leave the office until nearly midnight last night. 抱歉，圣保罗。我今天有点累了。昨晚知道12点我才离开办公室的。

Diarmuid: Midnight! I was in bed by then. Why were you working so late? 午夜！我那时都在床上了。你为什么工作到那么晚？

Jean: I often keep working until that time. That's normal, isn't it? 我经常工作到那个时候。这很正常，不是吗？

Diarmuid: Maybe I'm just lazy but that seems very late to be leaving work. How many hours were you in the office? 可能我比较懒惰，但是看上去那时候走很迟。你一天要待在办公室多少个小时？

Jean: Oh just 11 or 12 hours. 有11,12个小时吧。

Diarmuid: A 12-hour day! Jean, be careful. You could become a workaholic! 12个小时工作！珍，注意啊。小心成为工作狂！

Jean: A workaholic. What's that? 那是什么？

Diarmuid: Workaholic. That's our word of the day. W.O.R.K.A.H.O.L.I.C.

Jean: Workaholic. 听起来像另一个英语单词alcoholic 酒鬼。Is that right? Is it like an alcoholic?

Diarmuid: In a way, yes. Workaholic is a portmanteau word. That is, a combination of two words to make a third word. In this case the words work and alcoholic. 是有些像。工作狂是合成词。它是由两个单词组成的。也就是有工作和狂组成的。

Jean: 我知道了。Workaholic 是由work 和alcoholic 这两个词拼起来形成的另一个新词。其实意思也就是形容某人对工作的狂热程度和酒鬼对酒的迷恋程度是一样的。

Diarmuid: Yes, a workaholic is someone who works all the time. It's almost like they are addicted to working. 是的，工作狂是指一个人总是工作。好像说那个人已经迷上工作了。

Jean: 所以a workaholic 就是一个工作狂. Don't worry Diarmuid, I'm not a workaholic. I'm just very busy these days. 别担心，圣保罗，我不是工作狂。我只是这几天工作比较忙。

Diarmuid: It's important to have a good balance between work and free time. 平衡好工作时间和休闲时间非常重要。

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A: I want to be a city banker when I leave college. 我毕业离开学校的时候希望成为一个城市的银行家。

B: You'll need to be a workaholic. Those guys work really long hours. 你将会成为一个工作狂的。那些人往往工作时间超长。

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Jean: But isn't it a good thing to be hard-working, Diarmuid? 但是，圣保罗，你不觉得努力工作是件好事吗？

Diarmuid: Of course but too much work can be bad for you. So it's good to enjoy your free time too. 当然，但是工作太多对你不是很好。所以，很有必要好好地享受你的空余时间。

Jean: I certainly do that. I spent all weekend shopping in town.我当然会这样做。我整个周末都是在小镇上度过的。

Diarmuid: Oh-oh! It sounds like you may be a shopaholic too! 哦! 听起来你也很可能成为购物狂！

Jean: Shopaholic 那肯定是控制不住买东西欲望的人. Is that a shopping addict?

Diarmuid: Exactly. 确实是。

Jean: Are there any other words like this? 还有其他类似的单词吗？

Diarmuid: We could also describe someone as a chocaholic. 我们还可以称那些特别喜欢吃巧克力的人为巧克力狂。

Jean: Don't tell me—someone who loves eating chocolate? 不要告诉我——有些人喜欢吃巧克力？

Diarmuid: That's right. You can actually make these words up yourself for fun, but these three are the most common ones. 是的。你事实上可以组合出这些词来描述你自己，但是这三个是最常用的。

Jean: Workaholic, shopaholic and chocaholic. Which one are you, Diarmuid? 工作狂，购物狂和巧克力狂。

Diarmuid: I think I might be a sleepaholic. Anyway, it's time to go now Jean. 我觉得我可能是个睡觉狂。不管怎么样，珍，我们该结束了。