英文短篇故事（纽约）191 The Commercials Are More Interesting

 　　The commercials were blasting¹ away. A commercial for whiter teeth. A commercial for a safer car. A commercial for headache relief. He turned off the volume. She said, "What are you doing? Turn the volume back on." He said, "These are stupid, boring commercials. You can watch them every 10 minutes on TV. They are trying to sell you stuff. They want you to trust them. They want you to believe them. But they don't know the first thing about you. Wouldn't you rather listen to me? Wouldn't you rather listen to your real-life husband? Wouldn't you rather listen to what I have to say?" She said, "Okay, if you insist. I guess you're right. I should listen to you. What do you want to say?" He looked at her. He said, "That's it. That’s all I wanted to say." She grabbed² the remote. She turned the volume back on.

1 blasting   

n.爆破（作业）v.（用炸药）炸毁( blast的现在分词 )；狠打；发出刺耳的高音；向…猛吹，（用水）向…喷射

参考例句：

• The road is closed because of blasting. 这条道路由于有爆破作业而被关闭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Danger! Blasting in progress! 危险，正在放炮！ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 grabbed   

v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
• She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。