王强口语 第一册 long conversation 9.4

　　D: (Helen walks to the wash room.)
Helen: Hic! I've got three hours to get rid of these hideous¹ hiccups²! Fortunately, they'll never miss me first hour in study hall...Hic!
(In the wash room)
Helen: I'll try drinking some water...Ahh...! Much better already! Hah! Curing them was certainly a piece of cake! Hic!...Hic!...Hic! Darn it! They're worse than ever! I'll try holding my breath!
(In the corridor)
Helen: Hic!...Hic!
Student A: Helen! Are you okay? Your face is turning blue!
Helen: I'll give a...Hic...hundred dollars to the ...Hic...first person who...Hic...can cure me!
Student A: Has Victor worked up the courage to tell you about our engagement yet?
Helen: (Anger stops her hiccups immediately.) What?
Student A: See! No more hiccups! You're cured! That'll be one hundred dollars for Dr. Cooper, please.
Helen: Bill me later! Right now I've got things to do. I've got just enough time to make
myself gorgeous for that live TV coverage³!
Student A: Cheap-skate!

1 hideous   

adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的

参考例句：

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。

2 hiccups   

n.嗝( hiccup的名词复数 )；连续地打嗝；暂时性的小问题；短暂的停顿v.嗝( hiccup的第三人称单数 )；连续地打嗝；暂时性的小问题；短暂的停顿

参考例句：

• I cannot find a rhyme to "hiccups". 我不能找到和hiccups同韵的词。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Can we rhyme 'hiccups'with 'pick-ups'? 我们能把‘hiccups’同‘pick－ups’放在一起押韵吗？ 来自辞典例句

3 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。