A: That was a tiring trip. Home at last! How is Cocoa?
B: He’s upstairs, resting on the bed. He’s absolutely exhausted from the trip.
A: I think he was just completely overwhelmed. He spent most of the time in the car, but it was still mentally tiring for him; he didn’t know where we were going, or when we would be coming back home.
Photo: Paul Cooper, Taipei Times 照片：台北時報古德謙
B: Yeah, I also think he’s getting on, too. He’s not a puppy anymore. He doesn’t have the bags of energy he used to have.
A: I’m sure he enjoyed the trip, but he’s probably glad to be back home, in his own comfort zone. Let him sleep it off; he’ll be right as rain in the morning.
A: 這趟旅行好累，終於回到家了！可可還好嗎？
B: 牠在樓上，躺在床上。牠這次出門是累壞了。
A: 我想牠完全是累癱了。雖然牠大部份的時間都待在車上，可是心理上還是會覺得很累。牠不知道我們要去哪裡，或是什麼時候回家。
B: 對呀，我也覺得牠變老了。牠已經不是小狗了，不像以前一樣精力充沛。
A: 我確定牠很喜歡這趟旅行，不過牠大概很高興回到家、回到牠的舒適圈。讓牠睡睡回復精力，明天早上牠又會是活蹦亂跳的了。
（Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱譯）
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“overwhelmed"
This word means to be “defeated” by something that is more forceful than you have the ability to resist. You can be overwhelmed by an enemy or tiredness or with an emotion such as sadness, happiness or gratitude.
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