ESL Podcast 333 – Quitting Smoking
时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
Vera: Hi, I thought you might be out here. Geez, it’s really cold!
Paul: I know, but I really needed a smoke break after that long meeting. Can I bum 1 one off you? I left my pack of cigarettes on my desk.
Vera: Sure. Here’s my lighter 2. What do you think about the new incentives 3 the company is offering to employees to quit? Have you thought about it?
Paul: Yeah, but I’ve smoked for 20 years. I tried going cold turkey once, but it didn’t work. I’m doomed 4 to a lifetime of ashtrays 5 and stained fingers.
Vera: I’ve been butting 6 heads with my boyfriend for years. He wants me to quit, but I say, to each his own.
Paul: The incentives are pretty good, though, I have to admit: a cash bonus and more money towards our health plans.
Vera: Yeah, I could use the cash. Have you tried one of those nicotine 7 patches?
Paul: No, I haven’t.
Vera: Well...I’ll try it if you will.
Paul: Do you think it would work? I think I’m a lost cause.
Vera: I’m not sure, but if you’ll try them, I will, too.
Paul: Okay, but I’m warning you. I have no willpower.
Vera: All right, but just remember: no pain, no gain.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- A man pinched her bum on the train so she hit him.在火车上有人捏她屁股，她打了那人。
- The penniless man had to bum a ride home.那个身无分文的人只好乞求搭车回家。
- The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
- The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
- tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
- Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
- A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
- A simple question: why are there ashtrays in a no-smoking restaurant? 问题是：一个禁止吸烟的餐厅为什么会有烟灰缸呢？
- Avoid temptation by throwing away all cigarettes, lighters and ashtrays. 把所有的香烟，打火机，和烟灰缸扔掉以避免引诱。
- When they were talking Mary kept butting in. 当他们在谈话时，玛丽老是插嘴。
- A couple of goats are butting each other. 两只山羊在用角互相顶撞。