Lesson 48Did You Want to Tell Me Something?
你想对我说什么吗?9 句 · 1:29
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Whydidthewriterbecomeveryworried?
作者为什么变得非常担心?
Dentistsalwaysaskquestionswhenitisimpossibleforyoutoanswer.
牙医总是在你无法回答的时候向你提问。
Mydentisthadjustpulledoutoneofmyteethandhadtoldmetorestforawhile.
我的牙医刚给我拔了一颗牙,并让我休息一会儿。
Itriedtosaysomething, butmymouthwasfullofcottonwool.
我想说点什么,可是我嘴里塞满了药棉。
HeknewIcollectedmatchboxesandaskedmewhethermycollectionwasgrowing.
他知道我收集火柴盒,就问我的收藏是不是在增加。
HethenaskedmehowmybrotherwasandwhetherIlikedmynewjobinLondon.
接着他又问我哥哥怎么样,问我喜不喜欢在伦敦的新工作。
InanswertothesequestionsIeithernoddedormadestrangenoises.
作为对这些问题的回答,我要么点点头,要么发出些奇怪的声音。
Meanwhile, mytonguewasbusysearchingouttheholewherethetoothhadbeen.
与此同时,我的舌头正忙着寻找原来长牙的那个洞。
Isuddenlyfeltveryworried, butcouldnotsayanything.
我突然感到非常担心,却什么也说不出来。
Whenthedentistatlastremovedthecottonwoolfrommymouth, Iwasabletotellhimthathehadpulledoutthewrongtooth.
当牙医终于把药棉从我嘴里取出来时,我才能够告诉他,他拔错了牙。
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英英解释为课文中的义项。
- dentist/ˈdentɪst/n.
a doctor who looks after your teeth
牙医
#1Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
- impossible/ɪmˈpɑːsəbl/adj.
not able to happen or be done
不可能的
#1Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
- pull out/pʊl aʊt/phr v.
to take something out of a place with force
拔出;拔掉
#2My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
- rest/rest/v.
to stop doing things and relax for a time
休息
#2My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
- cotton wool/ˌkɑːtn ˈwʊl/n.
soft white material used by doctors to clean or cover cuts
药棉;脱脂棉
#3I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.
- collect/kəˈlekt/v.
to get and keep things of one kind because you like them
收集;收藏
#4He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.
- collection/kəˈlekʃn/n.
a group of things of one kind that someone keeps
收藏品;收藏
#4He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.
- nod/nɑːd/v.
to move your head up and down to say yes
点头
#6In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.
- meanwhile/ˈmiːnwaɪl/adv.
during the same time that something else is happening
与此同时
#7Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
- tongue/tʌŋ/n.
the soft part inside your mouth that moves when you speak
舌头
#7Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
- search out/sɜːrtʃ aʊt/phr v.
to look for something carefully until you find it
寻找;找出
#7Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
- hole/hoʊl/n.
an empty space in something
洞;孔
#7Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
- worried/ˈwɜːrid/adj.
feeling unhappy because you think something bad may happen
担心的;担忧的
#8I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything.
- remove/rɪˈmuːv/v.
to take something away from a place
取出;移开
#9When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.