2012年ESL之就医和人际交往 12 Eating Contaminated Food

 

Eating Contaminated Food 

Rachel: This tastes funny. 

Sergey: It’s fine. There’s nothing wrong with it. 

Rachel: It tastes like it’s tainted¹ or something. Don’t you detect a funny metallic² taste? 

Sergey: No, it’s perfectly³ fine. Just eat it. 

Rachel: I swear there’s something off about this food. I’m not eating adulterated food. There’s probably poison in here and we’re both going to die a terrible death. 

Sergey: There is nothing poisonous or toxic⁴ in this food. I made it myself. 

Rachel: Did you make sure that the milk wasn’t sour and that none of the ingredients were spoiled? I’ll probably die from botulism. 

Sergey: There’s nothing spoiled, tainted, toxic, or poisonous in this food. Are you going to eat that or not? 

Rachel: I think I’ll pass. 

Sergey: Then hand it over. I’m hungry. I’ve never met such a hypochondriac before! 

Rachel: I’m not a hypochondriac. I’m just a little paranoid... 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 metallic   

adj.金属的；金属制的；含金属的；产金属的；像金属的

参考例句：

• A sharp metallic note coming from the outside frightened me.外面传来尖锐铿锵的声音吓了我一跳。
• He picked up a metallic ring last night.昨夜他捡了一个金属戒指。

3 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

4 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。