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Gap day? 一起來個city walk吧~造新詞是靈感迸發還是滿足虛榮？
Unitrans世聯
文章轉載自 21英語微商城 21世紀英文報
Have you taken a “gap day” before?
——你嘗試過“gap day”嗎？
“Gap day”、“city walk”……這些新詞，你都聽說過嗎？ 對于這些年輕人“造出來的新詞”，很多人表示質疑：這不就是“休假一天”、“逛街”的意思嗎？換一種表達難不成意思還不同了？ 也有人認為，這些新新詞匯能更好地傳達人們的內心想法。對此，你怎么看？ The concept of “gap days” has appeared on a variety of social media platforms recently. Unlike a gap year, a gap day means an extremely brief period of relaxation and escape from everyday routine. After resting, people will continue to immerse (沉浸) themselves in the busy pace of normal life.
最近社交媒體上大火的新詞 “gap days”你注意到了么？與 “gap year”不同，“ gap day”指一段用來放松休息、逃離日常活動的時間。休息過后，人們還將繼續沉浸在忙碌的日常生活中。（所以有人把它翻譯成“擺爛日”，你覺得這么翻譯準確不？）
Apart from gap days, other similar expressions have made a hit on the internet, like “city walk”, “dazi (activity partner)” and so on. This growing trend of creating new phrases or euphemisms (委婉語) for something otherwise ordinary and common has caused heated discussion.
除了 “gap days”，“city walk”, “dazi (搭子)”等表達也引發了不少網友熱議。
Some people think that these kinds of new phrases better cater to people’s mindsets, showcasing their positivity. “For example, the common expression ‘taking a walk’ is neutral (中性的). Now ‘city walk’ is the positive version of it, meaning ‘to explore the city with a curious mind’,” Zhou Yaokai, an 18-year-old from China West Normal University, said. “It’s the same with ‘gap day’. Instead of ‘lying flat’, people are actively trying to balance their stress and life, which is a good approach.”
有人認為這些新短語更好地迎合了人們的思維模式，展示了他們的積極性。西華師范大學18歲學生周耀凱說：“舉個例子，普通的‘taking a walk’（散步）是一個中性短語，而‘city walk’則包含了一種積極的心態，指‘帶著好奇心去探索這座城市’。‘Gap day’也一樣，人們不是簡單的‘躺平’，而是積極地尋求壓力與生活的平衡。這是一種非常好的方式。”
Others disagree, however, and think that it’s simply just a kind of “sugaring up”, satisfying one’s need for vanity (虛榮) and showing off. For example, “city walk” is the same as “taking a walk” in essence. But by calling it a “city walk”, people feel like they are doing something fancier than it actually is, said Wu Ruilin, an 18-year-old from Chengdu Jincheng College. He is concerned that the promotion of such fancy phrases may cover the risks behind it, such as security.
然而，也有人持不同觀點。他們認為這只是一些人用來滿足自己虛榮心的粉飾。來自成都錦城學院的18歲學生吳瑞林表示，“city walk”和“taking a walk”本質上沒有差別，但如果說“city walk”，人們就會覺得這件事比實際上更加“高級”。他很擔心這種流行語的推廣會讓人們忽視其背后的風險，比如安全問題。
For example, as the term dazi becomes more prevalent (流行的) on social media, some young people are questing for dazi in different life aspects that are normally enjoyed alone or with close friends, like traveling and games.
例如，隨著“dazi（搭子）”這個詞在網上越來越流行，一些年輕人干啥都想找個“搭子”，而有些事（譬如旅行和游戲）通常更適合自己或和好友一起。
“They may have forgotten and neglected that most dazi are just strangers who share similar interests ... That may bring problems for us,” said Wu.
吳瑞林說：“他們可能忘記甚至忽視了，大多數‘搭子’只是興趣相投的陌生人...這可能會帶來問題。”
But no matter what we think of these phrases, they have already taken root in our daily lives. So what we need to do is keep a level head (保持理智) and not make them out to be bigger than they actually are.
不過，無論我們對這些短語看法如何，它們已經深入到了我們的日常生活之中。我們應當保持理智，不要過分夸大它們的意義。
