直捷英语(附mp3和字幕) Unit 36

DOUGLAS:Richard?
[00:13.90]RICHARD:Over there is fine.
[00:15.55]NANCY:Yvonne!
[00:22.13]YVONNE:I'm almost finished!
[00:24.50]NANCY:Believe me,Douglas,yvonne promised she would take the day off.
[00:29.59]She said she had done enough work for one week.
[00:32.98]And now she is in there with a calculator¹.
[00:36.96]DOUGLAS:I know.I know.
[00:38.93]RICHARD:Douglas,don't be shy.
[00:41.52]DOUGLAS:This looks great.
[00:44.21]RICHARD:It smells fantastic.
[00:48.60]NANCY:Dig in.Yvonne!
[00:51.70]YVONNE:Two seconds!
[00:53.40]RICHARD:Douglas,Yvonne mentioned you were in Chicago.
[00:57.29]DOUGLAS:Yeah.For a seminar² on selling commercial property.
[01:01.87]It was just a couple of days.This is delicious.
[01:05.47]But the flight back was horrible.We flew through a huge storm.
[01:11.06]NANCY:I hate airplanes.
[01:13.06]RICHARD:You told me you were over that.
[01:15.24]NANCY:Not when I hear these stories.
[01:17.23]DOUGLAS:This was pretty bad.
[01:19.13]At one point,the flight attendants³ told us we had to take crash positions.
[01:23.52]NANCY:No.And then the pilot came on and said we couldn't land.
[01:27.79]It was absolutely terrifying.
[01:30.67]RICHARD:Of course,statistically,it's very safe.
[01:33.96]NANCY:Tell that to the people in the crash position.
[01:37.46]DOUGLAS:Well to be fair,I lived to tell the story.I am here.
[01:43.15]NANCY:But your wife isn't.Yvonne!
[01:46.82]DOUGLAS:Yvonne,we ate all the food!
[01:49.51]RICHARD:There's nothing left.You missed it.
[01:55.42]DANNY:OK.I'll tell him you called.Hey,that was Lisa.
[02:25.22]She said you were supposed to meet her.
[02:27.12]MICHAEL:I know.I was.Was she mad?
[02:30.02]DANNY:Was she mad!
[02:32.33]MICHAEL:Oh boy,I blew it.
[02:36.02]DANNY:Well,she said she was going home and she'd call you later.What happened?
[02:41.02]MICHAEL:I taped in the Square this morning.
[02:44.18]Then I had a meething over at school with my advisor⁴.
[02:47.66]First of all,he wea 45 minutes late.
[02:50.64]Then after a complete progress report,
[02:54.34]he decides to go over the whole project from the top.
[03:02.93]DANNY:Temper,Michael.He is your graduate advisor.
[03:07.42]Lisa will calm down.It's nothing a little gesture on your part won't fix.
[03:14.30]DANNY:Ask her to marry you.
[03:17.81]MICHAEL:Let's not go to extetremes.
[03:20.81]DANNY:Tell her it'll never happen again.
[03:23.71]MICHAEL:I told her that the last time.
[03:25.90]DANNY:Well well well,you do have a problem,don't you?
[03:29.88]MICHAEL:I could grovel⁵.
[03:31.97]DANNY:Groveling is an option.Now,personally I don't grouvel.
[03:36.96]I just inspire women to break upo with me.
[03:39.96]MICHAEL:Maybe you should try groveling

1 calculator   

n.计算者，计算机

参考例句：

• Don't forget to bring your calculator that day.那天你可别忘了带计算器。
• I totaled my expenses with a calculator. 我用计算器算出开支的总金额。

2 seminar   

n.研究小组，研讨会，(大学的)研究班

参考例句：

• The seminar aims to provide an overview on new media publishing.研讨会旨在综览新兴的媒体出版。
• The seminar was to discuss diversification of agriculture.该研讨会讨论的是农业多种经营。

3 attendants   

n.服务人员( attendant的名词复数 )；侍者；随从；伴随物

参考例句：

• Other flight attendants and passengers are believed to have fought. 我们相信其他服务人员及乘客也都进行了斗争。 来自时文部分
• Psyche gave ear to the admonitions of her vocal attendants. 普绪喀听从这些有声无形的外人的意见。 来自辞典例句

4 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

5 grovel   

vi.卑躬屈膝，奴颜婢膝

参考例句：

• He said he would never grovel before a conqueror.他说他永远不会在征服者脚下摇尾乞怜。
• You will just have to grovel to the bank manager for a loan.你只得低声下气地向银行经理借贷。