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Get The H Out Of Here

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Let's do a quick check-in with our contestants³. Elle, your boss once broke your finger.

ELLE MILLER⁴: Yeah, not at the greeting card company.

EISENBERG: No, a different - this was when you were working for the mob or...

MILLER: Right. I actually worked for the California Conservation Corps⁵. So it was a lot of moving a huge boulder⁶ from one side of a mountain to another side of a mountain.

EISENBERG: Oh my god.

MILLER: And then my job was to get down and throw littler rocks underneath⁷ so it wouldn't come back. So I threw a rock. My boss and I thought at the same time that that rock could go further. I thought with my hand, and he thought with his foot.

EISENBERG: And how's the finger now?

MILLER: It's fine. It's a little crooked⁸, but (laughter) nothing wrong.

EISENBERG: All right. And the boss, well, hopefully sent you a card.

MILLER: Felt awful. He did, actually.

EISENBERG: He sent you a card?

MILLER: (Laughter) Well, he bought a card for me when we went to go get my finger X-rayed.

EISENBERG: Yeah, and you looked at the card and went, this will be my next job.

EISENBERG: Morgan, you also - in addition to working at the App Store, you stage manage and produce theater.

MORGAN RICHARDSON: I do, yeah.

EISENBERG: So what kind of theater do you think we all need to see more of?

RICHARDSON: I'm a big fan of, like, absurdist, existentialist theater.

EISENBERG: Sure you are, of course.

RICHARDSON: Of course I am. So, like, a play that I would love to see is - like, Ionesco's "Rhinoceros⁹" is one of my favorites...

EISENBERG: All right.

RICHARDSON: ...That I've never seen and I would love to see.

EISENBERG: We've got a word game for you called Get the H Out of Here. In this game, we're going to be hinting at a two-word phrase. You're going to get the second word by removing the H from the first word. Now, for an example, let's go to our puzzle guru, Greg Pliska.

GREG PLISKA: All right. So Elle and Morgan, if we said, Jim never throws out his disposable razors, I guess you could call him this, you would say that he is a shaver saver.

EISENBERG: Buzz in to answer, of course. Morgan, you won the last game, so if you win this you're moving on to the final round. Elle, you need to win this or you can never use the letter H again.

EISENBERG: Here we go. I felt an electric jolt¹⁰ when I shuffled¹¹ across the carpet in one of these cotton foot coverings.

EISENBERG: Elle.

MILLER: Shock sock.

EISENBERG: Exactly, shock sock. Yes.

EISENBERG: Did you see the review of this restaurant's plates? They completely trashed it.

EISENBERG: Morgan.

RICHARDSON: Is that a dish dis?

EISENBERG: Yes, it is. Yes, it is. There's a small hole in my bicuspid that makes a sound like a train whistle whenever I speak.

EISENBERG: Morgan.

RICHARDSON: A tooth toot.

EISENBERG: Tooth toot is correct, yeah.

EISENBERG: We've been through nine of these portable shelters already. If this one doesn't work, we're never going camping again. We'll have to make s'mores at home.

EISENBERG: Morgan.

RICHARDSON: Tenth tent.

EISENBERG: Yes, tenth tent. I know, that was a hard one.

JONATHAN COULTON: Audible gasps¹² from the people in the audience.

EISENBERG: I know. If you're on your tenth tent, they were thinking, stop camping. That's it. It's not for you.

COULTON: Something's going wrong.

EISENBERG: All right. Slap that thing.

EISENBERG: Elle.

MILLER: Hit it.

EISENBERG: Hit it, yeah.

EISENBERG: This is your last clue. I went hiking and noticed a rotund blood-sucking parasite¹³ on my leg.

EISENBERG: Morgan.

RICHARDSON: A thick tick.

EISENBERG: Thick tick is correct.

EISENBERG: Puzzle guru Greg Pliska.

PLISKA: Morgan, you are the winner of this game. And that means you've won two games and will be moving on to our final round. Elle, thank you for being with us.

EISENBERG: It's settled. Our finalists are Evan and Morgan. They'll face off in our final round at the end of the show. And if you want to get the H out of the house and share your trivia knowledge, become a contestant². Go to amatickets.org and join our hour. Coming up, I'll talk to comic Cameron Esposito about her new show, "Take My Wife," and I'll find out where she is taking her wife. I'm Ophira Eisenberg, and you're listening to ASK ME ANOTHER from NPR.

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1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 contestant   

n.竞争者，参加竞赛者

参考例句：

• The company will furnish each contestant with a free ticket.公司将为每个参赛者免费提供一张票。
• The personal appearance and interview of the contestant is another count.参加比赛者的个人仪表和谈话也是一项。

3 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

5 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

6 boulder   

n.巨砾；卵石，圆石

参考例句：

• We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
• He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。

7 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

8 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。

9 rhinoceros   

n.犀牛

参考例句：

• The rhinoceros has one horn on its nose.犀牛鼻子上有一个角。
• The body of the rhinoceros likes a cattle and the head likes a triangle.犀牛的形体像牛，头呈三角形。

10 jolt   

v.（使）摇动，（使）震动，（使）颠簸

参考例句：

• We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
• They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。

11 shuffled   

v.洗（纸牌）( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 )；拖着脚步走；粗心地做；摆脱尘世的烦恼

参考例句：

• He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。
• Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 gasps   

v.喘气( gasp的第三人称单数 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要

参考例句：

• He leant against the railing, his breath coming in short gasps. 他倚着栏杆，急促地喘气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• My breaths were coming in gasps. 我急促地喘起气来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 parasite   

n.寄生虫；寄生菌；食客

参考例句：

• The lazy man was a parasite on his family.那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。
• I don't want to be a parasite.I must earn my own way in life.我不想做寄生虫，我要自己养活自己。