英文單字與聽力學習平台中級(1)報社記者的生活時常相當惱人

By David Pai 白老師

 


Another Day Another Dollar

Life as a newspaper reporter can be aggravating.

報社記者的生活時常相當惱人。

Every morning at 5 a.m.,there's a staff meeting where the managing editor goes through his agenda for the day.

每天早上五點有一次全體員工會議，會上主編會一一講述當天的日程安排。

He's not at all agreeable in the morning.

早上的主編根本談不上和藹可親。

In fact, he's akin to a grouchy bear.

實際上，他就像頭愛發脾氣的狗熊。

Oh does he love to agitate us!

噢，他偏偏要弄得我們狂躁不安！

I drink coffee to calm my nerves but sometimes it just aggravates my stomach.

我喝點咖啡以鎮靜神經，但有時咖啡又會加劇我的胃痛。

"Jim, you'll be covering the recent acts of aggression in the Middle East.

“吉姆，你去報道最近在中東發生的侵略行為。

We can't afford to ignore this important development.

我們可擔不起錯過這一重大進展的後果。

You need to be airborne and on your way to the Middle East within the hour."

一小時以內你必須坐上飛往中東的飛機。”

"Jane, come in here, you're late.

“進來，簡，你遲到了。

Don't leave the door ajar, this is a private meeting.

別開著門，這是私人會議。

I need you to get a copy of that new alien alert from the Immigration Department.

我要你從移民局搞一份最新的外僑警報。

The aggregate number of aliens in this country is growing, but it seems to me that such an alert will only serve to alienate our own minority groups.'

這個國家的外僑總人數不斷增長，但我看這種警報只會疏遠本地的少數群體。”

"Sam, you're the most agile of us all.

“山姆，你是我們所有人當中最靈敏的。

Use your agility to catch up with the world-class runners who are in town for maraton.

運用你的靈敏勁去報道城裏世界級馬拉松參賽選手的最新情況。

Come on Sam, don't agonize your assignment, just do it. "

好了，山姆，用不著為這點任務弄得痛苦不堪，就動手幹吧。”

"Mary, the children in Central Africa are afflicted with an unknown disease.

“瑪麗，中非兒童正經受不明病症的折磨。

It's not just an ailment.

那還不是小病小恙，

It's something far more serious.

而是很嚴重的某種疾病。

Hey, stop looking so aghast, you don't need go there.

喂，你別目瞪口呆的，你又不用去中非。

Just find out the source of the affliction and write a report on it by this afternoon.

你只需找出痛苦的原由，然後在今天下午前寫一篇報道就行了。

By the way, I think you should quit drinking coffee, it does nothing to calm your nerves! "

對了，我想你該戒掉喝咖啡的習慣，咖啡根本不能鎮靜你的神經。”

Oh well, I guess I better get going.

哎，我想我得去幹活了。

Can I afford to quit this wonderful job? Not today.

我能捨得辭去這份好工作嗎？今天可不行。

afflict vt. 折磨；使苦惱

affliction n. 痛苦，苦惱

afford vt. 買得起；擔負的起（損失、後果等）；足以；提供

agenda n. 日程，議程

aggravate vt. 使惡化，使加重

aggravating adj. 惱人的，討厭的

aggregate n. 聚集體，聚集物

aggression n. 進攻，侵略

aghast adj. 驚駭的，嚇呆的

agile adj. 敏捷的，活潑輕快的

agility n. 敏捷，活潑

agitate v. 鼓動，煽動；使激動，使惱怒；使狂躁不安；使焦慮

agonize vt. 使受苦（身體上）；使苦悶（精神上）

agreeable adj. （指計劃等）使人愉快的，合意的；容易相處的

ailment n. 疾病（尤指小病，輕病）

airborne adj. 空氣傳播的；空運的；空降的；搭乘飛機的

ajar adj. (門窗等）微開的

akin adj. 同類的，近似的，有密切關係的，相近的

alert adj. 機敏的； vt. 警報；使隨時掌握，瞭解；n. 警戒，警報

alien adj. 奇怪的；陌生的；外國的，外僑的； n. 外國人，外僑

alienate v. 使疏遠，離間

 


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