《大学之旅》笔记3：旅途愉快
-Which one?
-Wow.
-My name is Melanie Porter, and I am six years old.
-Ta-da! That's my baby!
-Dad, I can't move my legs! I can't pedal!
-In the future, all video will be implanted in our brains.
-Perfect.
-Reminded me of when I was pregnant with Melanie. Seeing the O'Mallys tonight.
-I can tell you one thing. I was not as uptight as him.
-Doesn't seem that long ago. You were my rock. Right until they wheeled me into that delivery room. Then you passed out.
-No, I did not pass out. I just didn't get a nap that day.
-Well, it all worked out. We got great kids.
implant
vt. 种植；灌输；嵌入
n. [医] 植入物；植入管
vi. 被移植
Two days later, they implanted the fertilized eggsback inside me.
两天后他们把受精卵移植回我的体内。
delivery
n. [贸易] 交付；分娩；递送
Please allow 28 days for delivery.
请留出28天的递送时间。
uptight
adj. 紧张的；拮据的；心情焦躁的；易怒的
Penny never got uptight about exams.
彭尼从未对考试感到紧张。
pass out
昏倒，失去知觉；分发
He felt sick and dizzy and then passed out.
他感觉恶心，眩晕，接着就昏倒了。
work out
解决；算出；实现；制定出；消耗完；弄懂
Negotiators are due to meet later today to work out a compromise.
谈判者们预定在今天晚些时候会面以找到一个折中的办法。
-Happy dance! - Happy dance!
-I said, "Whoa!"
-Oh, my goodness! You guys! No way. He said Monday. That's in three days. You know what? We should drive there. We should make a trip of it.
-Trip? What trip?
-Baby, I got two open houses this weekend.
-Okay, no. But that's okay. That's okay. You know why?
-Oh, my goodness. I could go with them.
-They can drop me off. It's only a couple hours from DC.
-Perfect. Problem solved. I am so proud of you!
-I'm going to Georgetown!
-Georgetown, Georgetown!
-Problem solved? What happened to our big plan? We agreed on Northwestern.
-Did you even know she applied to Georgetown?
Proud
adj. 自豪的；得意的；自负的
n. (Proud)人名；(英)普劳德
I felt proud of his efforts.
我为他的努力感到自豪。
solve
vt. 解决；解答；溶解
vi. 作解答
We're trying to solve the difficult problem by ourselves. 跟读
我们正设法自己解决这个难题。
make a trip去旅行
And because everybody must make a trip to the store for every meal, the store can become rather congested. 跟读
由于每个人都必须为每一餐前往商店购物，因此商店将变得非常的拥挤。
apply to
适用于；应用于
These regulations apply to everyone, without exception.
这些规章对谁都适用，没有例外。
drop off减少；让……下车；睡着
I must have dropped off to sleep.
我一定是睡着了。
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