每日英語看我的Unit11：Acupuncture 針灸

你接受過針灸治療嗎?

Jessica: I have. I had a friend in college who convinced me to go have acupuncture treatments done. I was a little skeptical at first. But once I got there and they showed me the needles, which was really scary, I found out how relaxing it can be.

有。我的一個大學(xué)同學(xué)勸我去接受針灸治療，一開始我有點(diǎn)懷疑。但當(dāng)我過去，他們給我看了針，雖然有點(diǎn)可怕，但是真的很放松。

Brian: I’m afraid of even giving blood. And I hear it’s really relaxing, but…

我連獻(xiàn)血都害怕，但我聽說針灸很能讓人放松……

Jessica: Brian, you have to be open to the experience. Because honestly, I don’t like getting my blood drawn. I’m pretty terrified of needles. But these are very painless, and you don’t even realize that you have needles in you. I found it to be so relaxing that I would fall asleep while I was having the acupuncture treatment done.

Brian，你應(yīng)該懷著開放的心態(tài)去體驗(yàn)。說真的，我也不喜歡抽血，我很害怕針。但是這些并不痛苦，你都感覺不到針扎在身上。我覺得很放松，針灸治療的過程里我常常睡著。

Brian: Do you regularly do it?

你經(jīng)常按時去做針灸嗎?

Jessica: Not anymore, but I used to. I was doing it weekly.

現(xiàn)在不做了，以前我每周做一次。

Brian: Well, maybe I would be open to the experience. And if that worked out, who knows? I could become a practitioner.

也許我應(yīng)該去體驗(yàn)一次。如果效果好，說不定我可以成為一個針灸師，誰說的準(zhǔn)呢?

Jessica: There you go.

說得好。

Unit11：對話練習(xí)題

1.What surprised Jessica about acupuncture?

A It was painful.

B It was relaxing.

C It was expensive.

D It was quick.

2.What happens when Jessica gets acupuncture?

A She falls asleep.

B She cries.

C She closes her eyes.

D She reads a book.

3.Brian is __ about acupuncture.

A drawn

B convinced

C skeptical

D practitioner

4.Which is not a phrasal verb?

A Move on.

B Give up.

C Sing around.

D Talk about.

答案：BACC

詳解：

1.I found out how relaxing it can be.

2.I found it to be so relaxing that I would fall asleep while I was having the acupuncture treatment done.

3.懷疑的

4.不是動詞短語

Unit11：語法點(diǎn)講解

Brian, you have to be open to the experience.

動詞短語

動詞短語一般為動詞+介詞/副詞，動詞短語改變了動詞的含義。很多動詞短語中用out比如break out (爆發(fā)), hand out (分發(fā)), make out (親熱)。

有些動詞短語中的介詞必須緊跟動詞，不能和動詞分開。

例：I dropped by the bar

我順路去了酒吧。

有些動詞短語中的介詞可以和動詞分開。

例：I have to drop my son off at school.

我得把孩子送到學(xué)校。

Unit11：單詞講解

convinced v.

【釋義】勸說……使人信服

【例句】It took a lot of arguing, but I finally convinced him that I was right.

雖然爭執(zhí)了很久，但他終于相信我是正確的。

relaxing adj.

【釋義】放松的

【例句】I love swimming. I find it very relaxing.

我喜歡游泳，讓我很放松。

be open to expr.

【釋義】開放心態(tài)，愿意體驗(yàn)

【例句】I hope you are open to skydiving, because I want to do it on my birthday!

希望你愿意試試蹦極，因?yàn)槲蚁朐谏漳翘烊ケ臉O。

drawn v.

【釋義】吸，抽

【例句】Sometimes when you go to the doctor, you have to get your blood drawn.

有時候在醫(yī)院，醫(yī)生會要求病人抽血。

needle n.

【釋義】針

【例句】It’s hard to go to the doctor’s when you’re scared of needles.

如果你很怕針，那去看醫(yī)生就很可怕了。

practitioner n.

【釋義】執(zhí)業(yè)者

【例句】She’s been a practitioner at our hospital for ten years.

她已經(jīng)在醫(yī)院工作了10年。

regularly adv.

【釋義】有規(guī)律地

【例句】We regularly go to the grocery store. Sometimes twice a week!

我們定時去超市，有時候每周兩次。

treatment n.

【釋義】治療

【例句】Her treatment lasted 3 hours with massage and acupuncture.

他接受了三個月的按摩和針灸治療。

work out v.

【釋義】成功

【例句】We tried dating for a few months but it didn’t work out.

他和別人約會了幾個月，但并不成功

skeptical adj.

【釋義】懷疑

【例句】I’m skeptical about my sister’s boyfriend. He seems like a jerk.

我對我妹妹的男朋友抱有懷疑態(tài)度，他似乎是個混蛋。