胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯 第232期:A vocation for the vigorous
胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯 第232期:A vocation for the vigorous
The vigor and vitality that one must possess to be a doctor is amazing.
做醫(yī)生所必備的生機和活力令人驚奇。
Perhaps many have the vision, but only the truly vigorous can handle such a vocation.
或許很多人有這種幻想，但只有真正充滿活力的人才能應(yīng)付這種職業(yè)。
Virtuosity is a must. So is patience. You spend many years studying.
精湛的技術(shù)是必備條件。同樣耐心也是。你得學(xué)習(xí)多年。
Some of the topics are quite mundane, such as the ancient vitalists.
有些課題很單調(diào)，比如有關(guān)古代生機論者的課題。
Modern vitalism is, of course, much more important and exciting.
當(dāng)然，現(xiàn)代生機論更為重要和令人激動得多。
I still have vivid memories of my vocational pitfalls and accomplishments.
我仍清晰地記得職業(yè)上的失誤和成就。
I remember working in the emergency room during third year rotations.
我記得三年級輪流實習(xí)期間在急診室工作的情況。
The ER can be a strange place, at times violent,
急診室是個奇怪的地方，時時充滿暴力。
at all times filled with virtually every section and class of society.
總有幾乎社會的各個階層的人物。
On one foggy night when visibility was low, violence broke out in the ER.
在一個下霧的晚上，能見度很低，在急診室發(fā)生了暴力事件。
A certain person wandered in and began asking the secretary about a patient's private information.
有個人游蕩進來，開始向秘書打聽一位患者的私人信息。
As this violates the patient's privacy, the secretary would not answer his questions.
由于侵犯了患者的隱私，秘書不愿回答他的問題。
He became a bit too vivacious and began scaring the secretary.
他變得有點兒太活躍，開始恐嚇秘書。
I have certain standards of virtue that I follow. Included in those standards is peaceful mutual respect.
我遵循某些道德準(zhǔn)則，其中包括彼此尊重，相安無事。
But this guy was a bit too loud and disruptive and appeared a little too dangerous.
但這個家伙有點兒過于囂張和搗亂，表現(xiàn)得有些太危險。
I was also very tired that night. So, I hit him on the head really hard with a bottle and knocked him out.
那天晚上我也很累。所以，我用一個瓶子重重地打在他的頭上，將他打昏在地。
I, of course, checked his vital signs to make sure he was okay.
當(dāng)然我檢查了他的生命跡象，確定他沒事兒。
Some people thought my act cruel and unwarranted, but later I was nicely vindicated.
有些人認為我的行為殘忍，缺乏正當(dāng)理由，但后來我得以洗脫。
The guy was suffering from a rare viral infection.
這個家伙正患有一種罕見的病毒性感染。
He didn't know about if and neither did anyone else at the time.
當(dāng)時他不知道，別人也不知道。
He caught it from coming into contact with a rare species of vine while on a hiking trip searching for beautiful vistas.
他是在徒步旅行尋找美景時，接觸到一種罕見的藤蔓而感染上的。
This virus was also highly communicable.
這種病毒的傳染性很強。
The only known cure was to pump a high viscosity liquid, a special medicine, into his veins.
惟一已知的治療方法是向靜脈里注人一種高黏度的液體，一種特殊的藥物。
Such viscous material does not always work, but in his case, it did.
這種黏性物質(zhì)并非總是奏效，但對他來說卻有療效。
I have many crazy stories along those lines to tell, but I'll leave you with just one.
我的奇怪故事各方面的都有，但我只給您講一個。
重點詞匯
vitality[vai'tæliti]n. 活力，生命力
rare[r??]adj. 稀罕的，稀薄的，罕見的，珍貴的
ad
vt. 持有，支配
vine[vain]n. 攀爬植物，藤，蔓
infection[in'fek??n]n. 傳染，影響，傳染病
vivacious[vi'vei??s]adj. 活潑的
unwarranted['?n'w?r?ntid]adj. 無根據(jù)的，未經(jīng)授權(quán)的，無保證的
violent['vai?l?nt]adj. 暴力的，猛烈的，極端的
vitalism['vait?liz?m]n. 活力論，生機說
viscosity[vis'k?siti]n. 粘度，粘性
