时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:地道美语播客


英语课

Angela: Hey, look at this. This restaurant is holding a contest. If you can guess the number of marbles in this bowl, you’ll get a free meal every day for one year!



Dwight: I’ll take a stab at it.



Angela: So will I. Let’s see, I think there must be close to 1000 or 1200 marbles in there. What are you doing?



Dwight: I’m doing some calculations in my head. The bowl is about 75 percent full, and it’s 15 inches by 12 inches by 6 inches (15”x12”x6”). The marbles are about ¾ of an inch in diameter....



Angela: Are you actually trying to figure out the capacity by crunching 1 the numbers? This is a game. You’re supposed to guess.



Dwight: I know it’s a game, but I want to increase my chances by making an educated guess. Hold on, I just need to do one more calculation and I’ll have the magic number.



Angela: That’s cheating.



Dwight: No way! I’m just using what God gave me to beat you out of a year’s worth of meals.



Angela: Bring it on. I’ll pit my random 2 guess against your educated guess any day!





Script by Dr. Lucy Tse



v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的现在分词 );嘎吱作响;(快速大量地)处理信息;数字捣弄
  • The horses were crunching their straw at their manger. 这些马在嘎吱嘎吱地吃槽里的草。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The dog was crunching a bone. 狗正嘎吱嘎吱地嚼骨头。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。