时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:跟着美剧练发音


英语课
(妥瑞氏症让Brad 的求职之路异常艰辛,但他从没想过放弃)
Interviewer: Sorry about the air conditioning(空调). Supposed to already be fixed 1 by now.
Brad: That’s all right.
Interviewer: [翻看简历]Well, your...your resume looks okay. And we do have an opening(职务空缺) in fifth grade.  
Brad: [高兴] OK.
Interviewer: [冷淡] But I do have to tell you: this is a tough(艰苦的) place to work. We’ve got some really hard cases(棘手问题).
Brad: Well, I take that as a challenge. I don’t believe that any kid is hopeless. You know, they all want to learn; you can’t ever give up. Let me just...You gotta find the right way to teach them...
Interviewer: [开始注意到Brad的妥瑞氏症] Ah... You got something stuck in your throat(喉咙)? Would you like a drink?
Brad: I have Tourette Syndrome 2. I’d like to tell you about it.
Interviewer: Tourette’s? Isn’t that where you yell out obscenities(脏话)[ɔb'si:niti] ?
Brad: That’s coprolalia [kɔprə'leiljə] (秽语症), it’s , uh, it’s a rare symptom that a small percentage of people with Tourette’s have. I don’t have that...
Interviewer: [刻薄] Ok, listen, they did not tell me that you were gonna be handicapped (有生理缺陷的). How do you expect to handle a bunch of wild students with a handicap like that?
Brad: Well...by educating them. By letting them know it’s okay to talk about it. It’s okay to ask questions...
Interviewer: [粗鲁地打断] These students would laugh at you.
Brad: Uh...not...not when they understand. It’s simply a matter of...
Interviewer: Ok, I have seen teachers with disabilities before...but never with what you’ve got. [嘲讽] I just don’t see how you could ever teach a class.
Brad: [气愤] I can teach. Look at my resume. Look at it, OK? I was very successful as a student teacher. My Tourette’s never posed a problem! I can teach!
Interviewer: OK. [仍然瞧不起Brad] Bottom line: I need somebody now for the fifth grade. You want to teach here, you’re gonna have to refrain from(制止) making these noises in class.
Brad: [彻底被激怒,收了简历转身就走] You know what? Thank you very much for the interview.
Interviewer: [被震惊了] But, don’t you want the job?
Brad: Yes, actually. I want it really bad. But I would never, ever(永远不会) work for a man who doesn’t care about his students. So, I’ll take my portfolio 3 [pɔ:t'fəuljəu] (文件夹) and, uh, and take no more of your time.

1 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
2 syndrome
n.综合病症;并存特性
  • The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
  • Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
3 portfolio
n.公事包;文件夹;大臣及部长职位
  • He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
  • He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。
学英语单词
abwe
Adina cordifolia
analog-digital chip
anticlassical
applicatorfuls
Arrifana
at the end of one's rope
autofrettage
bandforce
betaherpesvirus
boundary layer (bl)
burst command
calculns
candlepin bowling
carb
carry out an experiment on
cataloged permanent file
commission paid on discounted
contract document
convector radiator
conventional combine
cupric sulphates
Dead and Alive
defect of auricle
delisi
detector frequency meter
Deutsche Normenausschuss
electric motor factory
elementary process
encephalo-trigeminal angiomatosis
Endoeuropean
envy at/of
ethnoarchaeologist
FGF-2
freckliest
Full-duplex transmission.
gaini
grone
grouting in sepa-rated-bed
Gualda
hardness degree of rock
howbub
introvertedly
joint-probability distribution
larum
Latchford
leakageradiation
line fishery
logarithmic capacity
Lucy Craft Laney
macroeconometric models
McCreary County
mesh experiment
mickey rourke
microseepage
Murphed
N/ORD
naphthotocopherol
narcotic antagonists
near-equatorial jet
new-waves
Niemis
ocular (of microscope)
osmium tetrasulfide
parallel barrier
peaceloving
photogeneration
plump ... up
postteen
premium-bonuss
quantity completed
rapid moisture-releasility
rated thermal short time current
riothamus
rossler
roughing circuit
Saccharomyces cartilaginosus
satellite airfield
scabrose
Schopenhauer
senior management
shoot-to-kill policy
sixty-nining
skysurfing
sole flue
terminal radiation program
thesaurismosis disease
tiger skin
tire-fond
TOD CLK (time-of-day clock)
track spacing
transplant rice shoots
true representation
ultradian rhythm
unix c shell
vacuum detector
vanity press
visvanathan
water splash
weigh
Wet Weekend
Windows Terminal Services