第605期:脑回路清奇, 中国护士的便条被老外玩坏了

 New Words:

hospitalize vt. 就医;把…送入医院治疗
interpretation¹ n. 理解;解释;翻译;
appetite n.欲望;胃口

An international student was hospitalized in China and fell under the care of a nurse that didn't speak English. Understanding the importance of getting the proper medical information across to her patient, she used some creativity to write him a detailed² note that used some pretty frightening graphics³.

一名留学生在中国住院，由一名不会说英语的护士照顾。她理解了将正确的医疗信息传达给患者的重要性，她利用一些创造力给患者写了一个详细的说明，其中使用了一些非常可怕的图形。

Reddit user uploaded the note and internet users went wild. To the patient, the context of the note is clear: the patient has surgery tomorrow and tonight they can't have food or water after 10 p.m.

Reddit用户上传了留言，互联网用户疯狂了。对病人来说，注释的上下文很清楚：病人明天要做手术，晚上10点以后就不能吃东西或喝水了。

今晚 22:00 以后

不要吃饭，不要喝水

明早八点，开刀。

But that didn't stop people from coming up with their own hilarious⁴ interpretations⁵.
但这并没有阻止人们想出他们自己搞笑的解释。

You don't need to eat and drink tonight, because we are going to kill you tomorrow.
你今晚不需要吃喝，因为我们明天要杀了你。

Tonight after 10 p.m. we're out of food and water so we will cook you in the morning.
今晚上10点以后，我们没有食物和水了，所以我们会在早上拿你下锅。

Tonight after 10 p.m., no eating or drinking. Tomorrow at 8 a.m. you will be murdered.
晚上10点以后，晚上不吃不喝。明天早上8点你就会被谋杀。

1 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

2 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

3 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。

4 hilarious   

adj.充满笑声的，欢闹的；[反]depressed

参考例句：

• The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.在他们又拿来更多的酒之后，派对变得更加热闹起来。
• We stop laughing because the show was so hilarious.我们笑个不停，因为那个节目太搞笑了。

5 interpretations   

n.解释( interpretation的名词复数 )；表演；演绎；理解

参考例句：

• This passage is open to a variety of interpretations. 这篇文章可以有各种不同的解释。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The involved and abstruse passage makes several interpretations possible. 这段艰涩的文字可以作出好几种解释。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》