时间:2019-02-07 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

Larry陪李华带着她新领养的猫咪-小雪球-去看兽医。两人聊起了一位共同的朋友。今天李华会学到两个常用语:workaholic和nutty.


LL: I'm really worried about Bob. He seems as though he has turned into a real workaholic.


LH: 你很担心Bob,因为他成了workaholic. Workaholic, 那是什么意思?是不是Bob生病了?


LL: No, Bob doesn't have a disease. He's a workaholic. A workaholic is someone who works all of the time and never takes time for anything else.


LH: 啊,我懂你的意思了。Workaholic是指一个人工作过度,从来不休息。就是“工作狂”的意思嘛!Bob天天加班,怪不得他看起来总是那么累。这样对身体很不好呢!


LL: No, it's not. Workaholics often get stress-related problems such as high blood pressure or ulcers 1.


LH: 就是,高血压和溃疡都是一些工作过度的人常有的毛病。我爸爸就是个工作狂。我小的时候很少见到他,因为他总是在办公室里加班。结果在我10岁的时候,他得了溃疡,医生要他立刻减少工作量。


LL: That's a shame, but it's actually pretty common. I've known a few workaholics, too.


LH: 现代人工作忙碌,变成工作狂是很常见的。哎,Larry也许我们应该和Bob谈谈,让他知道我们很担心他。


LL: I don't know how he'll respond to that. Maybe it would be better if we just pressured him to hang out with us and relax more.


LH: 这倒是个好主意,让他和我们一起出去玩,一定可以放松心情的! 要不这样吧!我们可以邀请Bob下星期到我家玩,顺便看看我的小雪球!


LL: I don't know if meeting your crazy cat is going to help prevent Bob from becoming a workaholic, but at least it will get him out of the office for a while.


LH: 嘿!我的小雪球才不疯呢!她只不过是只小猫咪,爱玩而已嘛!


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LL: Well, did the vet 2 officially diagnose 3 your cat as being totally nutty?


LH: Nutty? 那是什么意思。你该不是在说我的小雪球有什么行为方面的问题吧?


LL: You could say that. Nutty means crazy.


LH: 所以nutty就是疯疯颠颠的意思。哎,我跟你说过了,小雪球不疯。她只是比较好动。


LL: Did the vet agree with you?


LH: 当然喽!兽医还说,小雪球既不疯,也没有心理问题。她只是一只小猫,所以特别需要别人注意她。兽医还说我应该经常陪小雪球玩。


LL: Oh, I see, she's so nutty because she has too much extra energy. If we play with her and tire her out, she'll be calmer.


LH: 没错,只要我们多陪陪她,消耗她的体力,她就不会精力旺盛地动来动去。所以我打算用绳子做一些小玩具,每天至少陪她玩15分钟。


LL: Hey, that actually sounds fun. Can I help?


LH: 当然喽!但是你得先答应我,不可以再叫她是个小疯子,或是nutty了。这样我才让你和她玩。可以吗?


LL: All right, I won't make fun of your nutty cat anymore.


LH: Larry! 你怎么又这么说她啊!


LL: I'm just kidding. I think it's funny that you get so offended when I call Snowball nutty.


LH: 我当然要生气咯!小雪球是只很乖的小猫。我真的很喜欢她。所以你不可以这样嘲笑她。


LL: Okay, I won't. Let's take her home and play with her now. I'm sure she doesn't want to stay here any longer.


今天李华学到两个常用语,一个是workaholic,指的是一个人工作过度,不休息,也就是我们常说的:工作狂。另一个常用语是nutty,是指行为疯疯颠颠的,不太正常。



n.溃疡( ulcer的名词复数 );腐烂物;道德败坏;腐败
  • Detachment of the dead cells produces erosions and ulcers. 死亡细胞的脱落,产生糜烂和溃疡。 来自辞典例句
  • 75% of postbulbar ulcers occur proximal to the duodenal papilla. 75%的球后溃疡发生在十二指肠乳头近侧。 来自辞典例句
n.兽医,退役军人;vt.检查
  • I took my dog to the vet.我把狗带到兽医诊所看病。
  • Someone should vet this report before it goes out.这篇报道发表之前应该有人对它进行详查。
vt.诊断,判断
  • It provides a new method for early diagnose of breast cancer.为临床早期诊断乳腺癌提供一个新的检查手段。
  • What more will you want to know to diagnose this problem?要弄清这个问题,你还需要知道些什么?
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Alagez Mount
alcine
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analog-digital simulation computer
atmospheric lapse rate
Bathyergidae
blau
BMP program
branch type instruction
breakup of voyage
cerisies
chabola
chano
computer-controlled memory test system
conchiplasty
controlled avalanche transit time triode
Corsican mints
crown spring
cyclostylar
date indicator core
deigneth
diagnosis ex juvantibus
dicellispora lelebae
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domafic
Dutch Colonial
e-texts
ecash
elaphoglossum angulatum
euplica deshayesi
EVLW
execution circuit
extension crystallization
fetch operand
gad-fly
giartinine
good opportunity
Gosen
herbert a. simons
horse-hoof sleeve
hypochordal longmuscle
immediately following
indefectuous
inquiry agency
International Relations and Security Network
Joghatāy, Kūh-ye
Juan Ramon Jimenez
kietyoite
kinematic extrapolation
lovers' vows
macrobrachium horstii
mimela confucius formosana
Mundjura Cr.
nitrocomplex
noninstitute clause
normal high water level
nukkas
off your face
omega minus
Phaeosphaerida
phone-ins
Pipeline, distribution
plutonyl(vi) chloride
pocket dosimeter
policy making level
Ponente, C.
pothunter
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random minelaying
repetendum
rib and loin
rice sieve
rolling steel door
rough pipe
semiautomatic seal
seminarcosis
Setcreasea
skunkhead
stack allocation
stand head and shoulders above
sterile creep
strict double counterpoint
strombus labiosus
sunk screw
target flow transmitter
the poles
thermit mixture
TIRC
to use
try every shift available
untabify
uthinia albisignalis
varitypes
Vincadar
Vita glass
vyny
weighted approximation
weighted spectral responsivity
wireline corer
wooden moulding wiring
yester-day
zigzag value