ESL Podcast 870 – Using Caffeine as a Stimulant
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
英语课
Joan: Hi, how are you? What are you doing? What is this?
Roberto: Whoa! You’re very high- strung this morning.
Joan: Am I? I am a little wired. I’ve been up all night trying to finish an assignment for one of my classes.
Roberto: You don’t seem tired at all for having been up all night. In fact, you seem to be bouncing off the walls.
Joan: What are you trying to imply? Sorry, I didn’t mean to snap at you. I’ve been drinking a lot of coffee and energy drinks. I still have a lot of caffeine in my system.
Roberto: That’s for sure. You seem agitated 1 from too many stimulants 2.
Joan: Well, I needed to stay awake, so as soon as I felt drowsy 3, I’d have another dose of caffeine. It gave me an instant jolt 4!
Roberto: But you’re done with your assignment now, right?
Joan: Yes.
Roberto: And you have a few hours before your class, so why don’t you get some sleep?
Joan: Sleep? Sleep?! I don’t know the meaning of the word!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
adj.被鼓动的，不安的
- His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
- She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。
n.兴奋剂( stimulant的名词复数 )；含兴奋剂的饮料；刺激物；激励物
- Coffee and tea are mild stimulants. 咖啡和茶是轻度兴奋剂。
- At lower concentrations they may even be stimulants of cell division. 在浓度较低时，它们甚至能促进细胞分裂。 来自辞典例句
adj.昏昏欲睡的，令人发困的
- Exhaust fumes made him drowsy and brought on a headache.废气把他熏得昏昏沉沉，还引起了头疼。
- I feel drowsy after lunch every day.每天午饭后我就想睡觉。