时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之就医和人际交往


英语课

 


Using Caffeine as a Stimulant 


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 



1 agitated
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。
2 stimulants
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
3 drowsy
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。
4 jolt
v.(使)摇动,(使)震动,(使)颠簸
  • We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
  • They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着,担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。
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