ESL露西的一天 第102期:清洁与放松讲解(7)

 She puts "down the remote."  她放下“遥控器”。 

The remote, "remote," is the same as the remote control,  遥控器，“遥控”意思是远程控制，

and that's the little thing you use to change channels  你用它来换频道。

- to flip¹ through the channels, means the same thing, to change channels - to flip through.   ——同样，浏览频道，就是换频道。

It's also what you use to increase the volume - make it louder - or decrease the volume -make it quieter.  你也可以用遥控器来增加音量——让声音大一点——或者降低音量——让声音小一点。 

This is called a remote control.   这就是远程遥控。

Sometimes we just call it a remote.   有时候我们只把它叫作遥控。

In my house, for example, if I'm watching television, I have to have the remote control.   举个例子，在我家里，如果我正在看电视，我必须得有遥控器。

If my wife has the remote, it drives me crazy! 如果我妻子拿着遥控器，我会疯掉。

Back to Lucy, Lucy says that she picks "up a magazine" and she thumbs"through it."  回到露西这，露西说她拿起一本杂志，翻阅。 

To thumb through, "thumb" through (two words) means to look at a magazine or a newspaper,  翻阅，意味着看一本杂志或者一份报纸， 

but you're not looking at it very closely.   但并没有很仔细地看。

It's sort of like flipping² through the channels.   有点像浏览电视频道。

You're flipping through, or thumbing through, the magazine to see what stories are in it or what pictures are in it.   你浏览或者翻阅杂志，看看里面有什么故事或者有什么的图片。

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vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

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讨厌之极的

参考例句：

• I hate this flipping hotel! 我讨厌这个该死的旅馆！
• Don't go flipping your lid. 别发火。