英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第56期:第五章 血型(9)

 I was lucky; Mr. Banner wasn't in the room yet when I arrived. 我很幸运。当我到教室的时候班纳老师还没到。

I settled quickly into my seat, aware that both Mike and Angela were staring at me. 我飞快地坐到座位上，注意到迈克和安吉拉都在盯着我看。

Mike looked resentful; Angela looked surprised, and slightly awed¹. 迈克看上去一脸忿恨，安吉拉则惊诧不已，还有些许敬畏。

Mr. Banner came in the room then, calling the class to order. He was juggling² a few small cardboard boxes in his arms. 然后，班纳老师走进教室，让全班都安静下来听他说话。

He put them down on Mike's table, telling him to start passing them around the class. 他的手里艰难地抱着几个摇摇欲坠的小硬板纸盒。他把东西都放到迈克的桌子上，让他把纸盒子传给全班同学。

"Okay, guys, I want you all to take one piece from each box," he said as he produced a pair of rubber gloves from the pocket of his lab jacket and pulled them on. “好啦，同学们，我要求你们每个人，从每个盒子里各拿一片。”他一边说着，一边从自己的实验室大褂的口袋里扯出一对塑胶手套，戴在手上。

The sharp sound as the gloves snapped into place against his wrists seemed ominous³ to me. 他用力拽着手套，把它们拉上手腕时所发出尖锐的嘎巴声对我来说是个不祥的预兆。

"The first should be an indicator⁴ card," he went on, grabbing a white card with four squares marked on it and displaying it. “第一样，是一张指示剂卡片。”他继续说着，拿起一张四角上都有标识的白色卡片，向我们展示。

"The second is a four-pronged applicator—" he held up something that looked like a nearly toothless hair pick "—and the third is a sterile⁵ micro-lancet." “第二样，是四齿涂敷器——”他举起的东西看起来更像是一个几乎没有锯齿的光滑的剃毛刀片。“——然后，第三样是一把无菌微型刺血针。”

He held up a small piece of blue plastic and split it open. 他举起一个小小的蓝色塑料包装，把它撕开。

The barb⁶ was invisible from this distance, but my stomach flipped⁷. 在这个距离我不可能看见针上的倒钩，但我的胃还是翻腾起来。

"I'll be coming around with a dropper of water to prepare your cards, so please don't start until I get to you." “我会在教室里走动，用滴管往你的卡片上滴一滴水，这样卡片才算准备好，所以在我走到你那里以前先别开始。”

He began at Mike's table again, carefully putting one drop of water in each of the four squares. 他还是先从迈克那桌开始，小心地往每张卡片的四个角各滴了一滴水。

"Then I want you to carefully prick⁸ your finger with the lancet..." He grabbed Mike's hand and jabbed the spike⁹ into the tip of Mike's middle finger. “然后，我要你们小心地用刺血针扎一下手指头……”他抓起迈克的手，把针扎进了迈克的中指指头。

Oh no. Clammy moisture broke out across my forehead. 哦不。我的前额上开始渗出粘湿的冷汗。

1 awed   

adj.充满敬畏的，表示敬畏的v.使敬畏，使惊惧( awe的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance. 观众席上鸦雀无声，人们对他出色的表演感到惊叹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was awed by the huge gorilla. 那只大猩猩使我惊惧。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 juggling   

n. 欺骗, 杂耍(=jugglery) adj. 欺骗的, 欺诈的 动词juggle的现在分词

参考例句：

• He was charged with some dishonest juggling with the accounts. 他被指控用欺骗手段窜改账目。
• The accountant went to prison for juggling his firm's accounts. 会计因涂改公司的帐目而入狱。

3 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

4 indicator   

n.指标；指示物，指示者；指示器

参考例句：

• Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
• His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。

5 sterile   

adj.不毛的，不孕的，无菌的，枯燥的，贫瘠的

参考例句：

• This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.这个盖子严实地盖在奶瓶上，保持奶嘴无菌。
• The farmers turned the sterile land into high fields.农民们把不毛之地变成了高产田。

6 barb   

n.（鱼钩等的）倒钩，倒刺

参考例句：

• The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
• A fish hook has a barb to prevent the fish from escaping after being hooked.鱼钩上都有一个倒钩以防上了钩的鱼逃走。

7 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

8 prick   

v.刺伤，刺痛，刺孔；n.刺伤，刺痛

参考例句：

• He felt a sharp prick when he stepped on an upturned nail.当他踩在一个尖朝上的钉子上时，他感到剧烈的疼痛。
• He burst the balloon with a prick of the pin.他用针一戳，气球就爆了。

9 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。