《一呼一吸》精讲 58

May I begin by noting an interesting fact.

我能提出一个有趣的事实吗

At this conference

这个会议

on Managing The Lives Of The Severely¹ Disabled,

明明旨在改善重度残疾病人的生活

there are no disabled people present.

却没有残疾人到场

Dr. Aitken, forgive me,

艾特肯医生 抱歉

but the severely disabled are on lifesupport machines.

但重度残疾病人都靠呼吸机生活

So how could they be present?

他们怎么可能到场呢

Well, allow me to introduce Mr. Robin² Cavendish.

请允许我介绍罗宾·卡文迪许先生

All right...

好的

If I put that there, is it going to work? Yeah, well done.

这样可以吗 好

1 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。