地道美語聽力播客868：聽力問題

Having Hearing Problems

聽力問題

Bernadette: Why are you mumbling?

伯納黛特：你在嘟囔什么啊?

Claude: I’m not. I said, “What’s wrong with your hearing?”

克勞德：沒有啊。我剛說“你的聽力出問題啦?”

Bernadette: Nothing is wrong with my hearing. You just need to speak up.

伯納黛特：我的聽力沒有問題啊。你只是需要講話大點聲。

Claude: I’m practically shouting. You need to see a doctor about your hearing loss.

克勞德：我?guī)缀踉诤傲恕ｊP(guān)于你的耳鳴你需要看看醫(yī)生了。

Bernadette: I’m not hard of hearing. It’s probably just a buildup of earwax.

伯納黛特：我聽聲音不困難啊。可能只是耳朵里耳垢多了。

Claude: This is more serious than earwax. Do you hear ringing in your ears?

克勞德：這可比耳垢嚴(yán)重吧!你聽到耳朵里的響聲了嗎?

Bernadette: Not more than usual.

伯納黛特：更平常一眼啊。

Claude: Meaning you usually hear ringing sounds?

克勞德：我的意思是你平常也能聽到耳朵里的響聲嗎?

Bernadette: Sure, who doesn’t?

伯納黛特：當(dāng)然啦，大家都會聽到啊。

Claude: Uh, normal people. Have you been asking people to repeat themselves? Are you having trouble hearing people when there’s a lot of background noise?

克勞德：正常人會聽到吧。你以前讓別人重復(fù)過他們說的話么?當(dāng)有很多背景噪音的時候，你會有聽力障礙嗎?

Bernadette: Maybe.

伯納黛特：或許吧。

Claude: It might be something as simple as an infection, but it could be more serious, like damage to your eardrum or inner ear if you can’t hear sounds at low decibels.

克勞德：或許這種病向傳染病一樣簡單，但是也可能情況更嚴(yán)重些，例如，如果你不能聽到低分貝的聲音，可能是你的耳膜或者內(nèi)耳受損。

Bernadette: I am not getting a hearing aid.

伯納黛特：我不會使用助聽器的。

Claude: Would you prefer people to yell?

克勞德：那么你寧愿讓別人大喊大叫了?

Bernadette: What?! Smell? You think I smell? Well, that’s just rude!

伯納黛特：什么?聞聲音!你認為我再聞聲音!那也太不懂禮貌了!
 

注釋：

mumble.vt.& vi.咕噥

例句："Well," he conceded, "I do sometimes mumble a bit."

“嗯，”他承認道，“我有時候說話的確有點吐字不清。

earwax.n.耳垢

例句：After the earwax is gonegenterly, gently dry the ear.

耳垢清除后, 輕輕弄干耳朵.

eardrum.n.<解>鼓膜，耳膜

例句：His eardrum was broken in the accident.

在事故中他的耳膜破了.