Oral virus第八期

1.A: She was flying high when she heard she had been admitted to the MBA program. 　B: Well, she certainly worked very hard to prepare for it. 　A: 她听说自己被MBA项目录取后，高兴得不得了。 　B: 她确实下功夫准备了。 2.thrilling美 ['θrɪlɪŋ]英 ['θrɪlɪŋ] adj.惊险的；紧张的；扣人心弦的；令人兴奋不已的 A: I just love travelling! Whenever I go somewhere new, I feel like I am in seventh heaven. 　B: Yes, it is very exciting and thrilling to go somewhere you have never been before. 　A: 我就是喜欢旅行。我每到一个新的地方，就仿佛到了天堂一样，心情特好。 　B: 是的，去自己从没去过的地方是件兴奋、刺激的事。 3.A: Did you hear that he got the top marks in class? 　B: I wondered why he was so bright and sunny in class today. 　A: 你听说了吗，他拿了全班的最高分? 　B: 怪不得，他今天怎么这么快乐。 4.punch美 [pʌntʃ] 英 [pʌntʃ] n.冲床；重拳击打；用力的捶打；吸引力 v.拳打；以拳痛击；给…打孔；（用打孔器等）打孔 A: When I won the championship, I was as pleased as punch. 　B: No kidding, I know you were just floating on air it seemed. 　A: 我拿冠军的时候高兴极了。 　B: 可不，看得出你高兴得都快要飘起来了。 5.woeful美 ['woʊf(ə)l] 英 ['wəʊf(ə)l] adj.糟糕的；严重的；不合意的；悲惨的 melancholy美 [ˈmelənˌkɑli] 英 [ˈmelənkəli] n.〈文学〉忧愁 adj.〈文学〉忧郁的 A: I think it is woeful that somebody so young had to experience such an unhappy life. 　B: I am full of melancholy for this child who never really had a chance in life. 　A: 年纪轻轻就遭遇了这么不幸的事情，真是悲惨。 　B: 我真为这孩子感到悲哀。他连生活中的好日子还没过呢。 6.ribald美 ['rɪb(ə)ld] 英 ['rɪb(ə)ld] n.讲下流猥亵话的人；开下流玩笑的人 adj.猥亵诙谐的 facetious美 [fə'siʃəs] 英 [fə'siːʃəs] adj.乱引人发笑的；不问场合耍聪明的 A: That teacher is not funny at all. 　B: That’s right. His ribald approach really disgusts me. 　A: Furthermore, he is so facetious. He always says the wrong thing at the wrong time. 　B: I don’t know. Some people may find his droll style amusing. Not me though. 　A: 那个老师根本没有什么幽默感。 　B: 没错，他那种低级粗俗的手法令我厌恶。 　A: 还有，他很喜欢不分场合乱开玩笑，总在不恰当的时候说一些不恰当的话。 　B: 我不知道，也许有人欣赏他滑稽的逗乐方式，我可欣赏不了。 7.utterly美 ['ʌtərli] 英 ['ʌtə(r)li] adv.完全地；绝对地 A: My boyfriend’s sense of color is utterly laughable. Yesterday he showed up wearing one brown sock and one blue. Worse, he thought they were both black. 　B: My dad does that. What’s worse is he likes to wear those jokey shorts with something printed on the back, like lips or footprints. 　A: 我男朋友对颜色的感觉真是可笑之极。昨天他一只脚穿这褐色的袜子，一只脚穿着蓝色的袜子来了。更糟糕的是，他还以为两只都是黑色的。 　B: 我爸爸也是。更糟糕的是，他喜欢穿背面印有嘴唇或是脚印的那种滑稽短裤。 8.dull美 [dʌl] 英 [dʌl] v.减轻；（使）变麻木；使迟钝；使不活泼 adj.枯燥无味的；沉闷的；无聊的；不明亮的 A: The company meeting was dull as dishwater. There was absolutely nothing of interest. 　B: I can imagine it would be enough to put one to sleep. 　A: 这个公司会议真没劲，简直是一点儿意思都没有。 　B: 可以想象得出它无聊到足以使人昏昏欲睡了吧。 9.A: Janet just asked Jack straight out what he’s planning to do next semester. She knows he failed all his classes! B: I know. Jack has been completely apathetic since he got his grades. He doesn’t care about his future at all. A: 刚才Janet直接去问Jack他下学期打算怎么办。她知道他一门考试都没过！ B: 我知道。Jack知道他的分数后，一直无动于衷。他对自己的前途一点也不在乎。 10.puppy美 ['pʌpi] 英 ['pʌpi] n.小狗；幼犬；傲慢小子；自负无礼的青年 A: Which puppy do you like? B: I like the brown one there minding his own business. He’s completely indifferent to everything going on around him. A: 你喜欢哪只小狗？ B: 我喜欢自顾自玩儿的那只棕色的小家伙。它对周围的事儿毫不理会。 11.A: I would avoid going to Egypt in August – it gets pretty hot at that time of year. 　B: I don’t care what you say. It’s the only time I can get time off from work, and I’ve never seen the Pyramids. 　A: 我尽量不在八月去埃及——每年的那个时候，那里实在太热了。 　B: 我可管不了那么多了?那是我唯一得空休息的时候，我还从来没有见过金字塔呢。 12.A: My assistant, Sunny, is just indispensable to my work. 　B: You are lucky. I guess she helps you a lot and really knows the business. 　A: 我的助理Sunny对于我的工作不可或缺。 　B: 你真幸运。我想她一定能帮你干许多事情，她十分胜任。 13.A: I looked into our company’s hard disks at work today, and I think someone is trying to break into our database. 　B: This is big stuff. Our customer database is the biggest asset this company has. 　A: 今天我检查了一下公司运行的硬盘，我认为有人正试图进入我们的数据库。 　B: 这可轻视不得，客户数据库可是我们公司最有价值的资产。 14.irritate美 ['ɪrɪ.teɪt] 英 ['ɪrɪteɪt] v.使烦恼（尤指不断重复的事情）；刺激（皮肤或身体部位） A: John, be careful not to irritate Big Tommy. He is a big name on the streets of New York. 　B: You’re right. He is nice to his friends, but don’t cross him or he’ll do something very bad to you. 　A: John，小心别招惹到Tommy老大。他可是纽约街头的大人物。 　B: 你说得对。他对他的朋友是不错，但是你一旦惹恼了他，他会收拾你的。 15.charitable美 ['tʃerɪtəb(ə)l] 英 ['tʃærɪtəb(ə)l] adj.慈善团体的；慈善事业的；慈善的；行善的 A: You are always so charitable to people who have no money, or are living on the street. B: Well, I was homeless myself for many years, so I like to help those less fortunate than myself whenever I can. A: 你对那些穷人和流浪街头的人总是很仁慈。 B: 嗯，我自己也有很多年无家可归，所以我愿意尽力帮助那些不如我幸运的人。