英语杂谈：114 Physicist

[00:00.00]1 HEATHER:I used to rollerskte all the time.
[00:28.29]I loved it when I was little.Did you ?
[00:31.14]KEVIN:No.I went straight from my pram¹ to a surfboard.
[00:35.81]I used to live in the ocean.No wheels required.
[00:40.25]2 HEATHER:Well,you're the first surfing physicist² I've ever met.
[00:43.73]KEVIN:Oh,right.Dean told you I used to be a physicist,didn't he?  HEATHER:Yes.
[00:49.97]3 HEATHER:It's an interesting combination.I like interesting combinations.
[00:54.23]A surfing,bartending physicist is very interesting.
[01:18.47]KEVIN:Elena told you.
[01:21.03]HEATHER:Elena told you.
[01:22.49]4 KEVIN:I'm sorry.I didn't mean any harm,Heather.
[01:27.54]HEATHER:That's OK.I like a man with a vivid imagination.
[01:31.40]KEVIN:That's good.I like someone with a sense of humor.
[01:35.56]5 HEATHER:But why would you tell someone you were a physicist?
[01:49.71]KEVIN:Well,I used to say I was a doctor.
[01:51.75]HEATHER:You didn't.
[01:53.58]KEVIN:But people asked me for medical advice.
[01:58.83]1 NULA:You see?These are too small.
[02:11.66]VENDOR:How big do you want them?
[02:13.62]NULA:Twelve inches by eighteen inches.
[02:15.86]VENDOR:Twelve by eighteen.Fine.
[02:19.52]2 NULA:And not this thin material.It doesn't last.I want thicker cloth.
[02:24.38]VENDOR:What about...
[02:25.95]NULA:And just plain white.No fancy designs.
[02:29.11]VENDOR:OK.
[02:30.78]NULA:And finished edges.
[02:32.63]3 VENDOR:Would you like anything else?
[02:34.38]NULA:Yes.I want a shipment of guest towels. 200 towels.
[02:38.43]Sixteen inches by thirty inches. 100%cotton.
[02:45.88]In"Warm Cream".With the hotel monogram³.
[02:51.73]VENDOR:If you wish.
[02:53.40]NULA:I do wish.
[02:54.86]4 VENDOR:We have a new line of terrycloth robes.
[02:59.02]They're lighter⁴.Very nice for the hot weather.
[03:03.56]NULA:Can you send me a sample?
[03:05.39]VENDOR:Of course.
[03:06.85]NULA:I'll decide then.
[03:08.40]5 VENDOR:Always a pleasure doing business with you,NuLa.
[03:11.95]NULA:Likewise,Vinny.
[03:13.91]VENDOR:I'll call again in two weeks.
[03:17.56]NULA:See you then. VENDOR:So long!
[03:19.42]NUIA:Good bye!
[03:20.80]VENDOR:You always get the last word.
[03:23.44]NULA:Yes,I do.
[03:25.48]1 PAM:Hey there.How are you doing?
[03:53.64]WENDY:Hi Pam.You know George,don't you?
[03:56.20]PAM:Sure.Hi.
[03:57.56]2 GEORGE:Where are you going?
[03:59.02]PAM:Jarmusch gave me the afternoon off.We were working until 2a.m.last night.
[04:04.48]WENDY:You weren't cooking,were you?
[04:06.33]PAM:No.We were finishing the new menu.
[04:08.58]3 PAM:Jarmusch has changed everything.Now it's Class .
[04:12.63]We've been planning it for weeks.
[04:14.90]GEORGE:It sounds like a lot of work.
[04:17.36]PAM:It's been endless.And Jarmusch has been driving me crazy.
[04:21.72]4 WENDY:Jarmusch is crazy.
[04:23.99]GEORGE:Do you have to show the new menu to anyone?
[04:26.74]PAM:Oh yeah.Jarmusch was showing it to Simon asked for it,too.
[04:32.51]Everyone has their two cents to put in.
[04:35.07]5 GEORGE:So,who was cooking while you were planning?
[04:38.13]PAM:Another cook!
[04:40.08]6 WENDY:We were just going to lunch.Would you like to join us?
[04:45.05]PAM:Thanks,but the last thing I want to do is look at a menu.
 

1 pram   

n.婴儿车，童车

参考例句：

• She sat the baby up in the pram. 她把孩子放在婴儿车里坐着。
• She ran in chase of the pram. 她跑着追那婴儿车。

2 physicist   

n.物理学家，研究物理学的人

参考例句：

• He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
• The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。

3 monogram   

n.字母组合

参考例句：

• There was a monogram in the corner in which were the initials"R.K.B.".原来手帕角上有个图案，其中包含着RKB三个字母。
• When we get married I don't have to change the monogram on my luggage.当我们结婚后，我连皮箱上的字母也不用改。

4 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。