时差N小时 芳香和毒药

Yale: What's that smell?

雅艾尔：那是什么味道？

Don: We'll talking about a study on smell?

唐：我们将谈论气味的研究吗？

Yale: No,I smell something like perfume or airfresher.

雅艾尔：不，我闻到一股香水或是空气清新剂的味道。

Don: Oh! You've probably smelled a fragrant¹ candle light there before we got start it. The scent² is called green dragon. I have no idea what that means, but I kind don't like it.

唐：哦！你大概闻到的是香薰蜡烛，我们开始前点上的。这种香气叫做绿龙。我不懂它是什么意思，但我有点不太喜欢它。

Yale: Well, you can have to put it out.

雅艾尔：那么，你可以把它扑灭。

Don: Why? The year got so stuffy³ and stay of the studio I thought it would be nice to light up things a little.

唐：为什么？今年又是很闷的一年，整天得待在工作室里，我想点亮周围的事物心情也会好点。

Yale: But that's just it, Don, there's no ventilation in here and the fumes⁴ comming from that candle are toxic⁵.

雅艾尔：但是唐，问题就出在这里，这里空气不流通，蜡烛散发的气味是有毒的。

Don: What are you talking about?

唐：你在说什么？

Yale: Most fragrant wax candles are made from paraffin, which is a by product of petroleum⁶. According to one study, burning paraffin candles emits toxins⁷—a little like burning gasoline indoors.

雅艾尔：大多数蜡烛都是由石蜡做成的，而石蜡是从石油中提炼出来的副产品。一项研究表明，燃烧的蜡烛会散发毒素——类似于在室内燃烧汽油。

Don: Hold on. You are saying that my little sady candle is poisoning us?

唐：等等。你是说我的蜡烛在毒害我们？

Yale: No. Burning a paraffin candle once in a while is OK because it's only emitting a small amount of toxins. But it still pollutes the air. It's when you light a lot of candles all the time that you run into bigger problems that can make you sick. So if you're really into candles, it's better to use ones made from soy beeswax.

雅艾尔：不。短时间内，蜡烛的燃烧是无害的，因为它只释放少量的毒气，但还是会污染空气。如果你一次性点许多蜡烛，并持续很长时间的话，你就麻烦大了，因为这会使你生病。如果你真的喜欢点蜡烛，最好使用大豆蜂蜡做成的蜡烛。

Don: Fine.So, do I still need to put out the candle?

唐：好吧。那么，我还有必要扑灭这只蜡烛吗？

Yale: Pretty please.

雅艾尔：万分拜托。

Don: No problem.

唐：没问题。

1 fragrant   

adj.芬香的，馥郁的，愉快的

参考例句：

• The Fragrant Hills are exceptionally beautiful in late autumn.深秋的香山格外美丽。
• The air was fragrant with lavender.空气中弥漫薰衣草香。

2 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

3 stuffy   

adj.不透气的，闷热的

参考例句：

• It's really hot and stuffy in here.这里实在太热太闷了。
• It was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture.帐篷里很闷热，我们感到空气都是潮的。

4 fumes   

n.(强烈而刺激的)气味，气体

参考例句：

• The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
• Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。

5 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

6 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

7 toxins   

n.毒素( toxin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. 海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
• Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body. 大部分毒素被自然排出体外。 来自《简明英汉词典》