美语咖啡屋 Lesson 50: Acupuncture Student

Shannon, Acupuncture¹ Student

J: Hello I'm Jody. Welcome to American Cafe!

Y: 大家好！我是杨晨，欢迎到美语咖啡屋！Jody, 你知道吗？我昨天搬东西，脖子今天特别疼！

J: You look like you're in pain.

Y: 没错！

J: You have to be careful when you're moving stuff. What have you done to make it feel better?

Y: 我吃了两颗止疼片儿。不过好像没什么用！

J: Maybe you should think about getting some acupuncture?

Y: No, no, no! 我最害怕针。

J: Well, don't worry. On today's show our guest is Shannon and she is an acupuncture student. And she used to be afraid of needles too.

Y: 好，我们来认识一下Shannon.

实录1: Shannon: Hi, my name is Shannon and I'm currently studying acupuncture in the Washington DC metro² area. And it's really different from anything else I've ever done before. And I love it.

Y: Shannon是什么时候开始对针灸感兴趣的呢？

J: Well, she lived in China a number of years ago and there she watched people get acupuncture often.

Y: 没错，因为针灸在中国是很普遍的。所以很多外国人到中国以后就开始对针灸产生了兴趣。

J: That's what happened with Shannon and that's where she got over her fear of needles. Let's hear more from Shannon.

实录2: Shannon: Um, I lived in China a number of years ago and I'd watch people get acupuncture. But I was very scared of needles then. So, it took me a couple of years before I wanted to try, um, getting acupuncture myself. And I had some incredible experiences with it.

Y: 她刚才说的incredible experiences是什么呢？

J: One of Shannon's incredible experiences was after a car accident. She was very shaken up. So she went in and had an emergency acupuncture appointment. Shannon says that it only took five minutes for the seven needles to help her feel like herself again and help her deal with the accident.

Y: Shannon在接受针灸治疗之前是不是就not feeling like herself?

J: Right. She wasn't feeling normal. She didn't feel right. She was crying, shaking and generally just freaking out.

Y: Freaking out在这里是情绪失控的意思。

J: Again here's Shannon.

实录3: Shannon: I was in a car accident a while ago and feeling very shaken up after the car accident. And I went to an emergency acupuncture appointment. And they put just like seven needles in my back. I felt everything swish in and out of me. I had felt very scattered³ before, and after these seven needles and five minutes I felt like myself again ... I stop crying. I stopped shaking ... stopped freaking out. I felt much more like myself.

Y: Jody 我听说针灸在美国开始流行起来， 不过没有进入主流医学领域。

J: Acupuncture in the United States is not yet considered mainstream⁴. But it definitely is becoming more and more common. According to Shannon, people in the United States are more intrigued⁵ than skeptical⁶ about acupuncture. Again, here is Shannon.

实录4: Shannon: I think they're more intrigued than skeptical. Um, so many people I've talked to here know of somebody who has been to acupuncture, or they're in it or their child's in it or they want to go. Um, so I think there's definitely high demand in the States for that.

Y: 现在人们对针灸的兴趣的确越来越大了。那从事这一行赚不赚钱？

J: That's the good part. According to Shannon, the medium, or average, salary right out of school is about $70,000 a year! And that's just for a normal, regular schedule!

Y: 真的？一出学校一年就能赚七万美元? 很不错！

实录5: Shannon: I guess the medium salary right out of acupuncture school is like $70,000 a year. And that's not, you know, that much overtime⁷...that's just kind of like a normal schedule.

Y: 针灸现在很热门收入也恨不错。 你说我也去学针灸怎么样？

J: Yang Chen, you faint at the sight of needles!

Y: 这个很容易克服。

J: Yang Chen, I think you should do whatever you are passionate⁸ about.

Y: 那Shannon是不是对针灸有很大的热情呢？

J: Let's hear from Shannon.

实录6: Shannon: I've been wanting to do it for years. And now I think this is where I'm going professionally. I had thought I would study acupuncture after having the, like, logical career in Chinese Studies. And then a couple of years ago I had that realization⁹ of life is short so why don't I do what I'm really passionate about right now.

Y: Shannon 说的没错，"Life is short."生命是短暂的。所以你想做什么就做什么，千万不要犹豫。好，谢谢大家收听没语咖啡屋，我们下次节目再见！

J: See you next time on American.

1 acupuncture   

n.针灸，针刺法，针疗法

参考例句：

• Written records show that acupuncture dates back to the Song Dynasty.文字记载表明，宋朝就已经有了针灸。
• It's known that acupuncture originated in China.众所周知，针灸起源于中国。

2 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

3 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

4 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

5 intrigued   

adj.好奇的，被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式)；激起…的兴趣或好奇心；“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧！
• He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。

6 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

7 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

8 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

9 realization   

n.实现；认识到，深刻了解

参考例句：

• We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
• He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。