英语灵异故事-Late Night Emergency 01 深夜急诊 01（在线收听） |
| [00:15.84]Late Night Emergency [00:31.55]深夜急诊 [00:41.58]About 25 years ago, [00:43.53]I worked as an orderly on the overnight shift [00:47.21]in a South Carolina hospital to put myself through school. [00:52.41]The building we were in at the time [00:55.18]was one of those WPA jobs from the Roosevelt era, [01:00.28]and even though it was small and somewhat outmoded, [01:04.88]it had been the only place for emergency services [01:08.80]in our county for more than 40 years. [01:12.78]But at the time this incident I'm writing about happened, [01:16.81]a new, state-of-the-art hospital [01:20.05]had just been finished a few miles down the highway, [01:24.36]and while we weren't completely out of the picture, [01:27.57]a lot of our services, including the emergency room, [01:31.95]had been shifted to that site. [01:35.25]Like I say, I was working my way through school at the time, [01:40.25]and my shift generally ran weeknights [01:44.40]from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. [01:47.14]There wasn't a whole lot to do after midnight, [01:50.86]so sometimes after the shift supervisor [01:53.95]had run out of creative ideas for make-work, [01:57.68]and assuming our remaining patients were quiet [02:01.56]and settled in for the night, [02:04.34]she'd let me "relax" with my schoolwork [02:07.03]in the employee lounge during the quiet of the wee hours. [02:11.95]The lounge was right next to the second floor nurses' station. [02:27.13]讲解 [03:54.39]语言点 [03:58.10]orderly 护理员 [04:02.99]overnight [04:07.18]shift 轮班、工作时间的班次 [04:12.53]overnight shift 夜班 [04:16.52]Put someone through school, college or university. [04:24.17]She's putting herself through college. [04:30.28]work one's way through school 勤工俭学 [04:35.49]WPA = Works Progress Administration [04:40.49]Works Projects Administration 美国公共事业振兴署 [04:47.42]somewhat 有点儿、稍微 [04:53.13]service [05:01.01]medical services 医疗服务 [05:04.67]emergency services 急救服务 [05:08.70]state of the art 最新型的、最优良的 [05:16.86]down 沿着 [05:20.90]down the highway [05:24.71]while 虽然、而 [05:31.36]although / though [05:34.89]He went out, while I stayed at home. [05:42.91]and while [05:46.36]while [05:49.80]out of the picture [05:56.45]In discussing the question, [05:58.50]we shouldn't keep this point out of the picture. [06:06.67]weeknights [06:22.52]My shift generally ran weeknights [06:25.21]from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. [06:33.95]a whole lot 许多 [06:37.73]somebody run out of something [06:43.21]make-work [06:53.38]settle someone in [07:00.99]relax with something [07:06.21]After work she relaxed with a cup of tea and the newspaper. [07:16.02]lounge 休息室 [07:20.43]employee lounge 员工休息室 [07:24.26]quiet 寂静、静谧 [07:28.53]wee [07:35.05]a wee drop of wine [07:39.08]a wee bit tedious [07:42.64]wee [07:45.21]the wee hours [08:03.76]About 25 years ago, [08:05.64]I worked as an orderly on the overnight shift [08:09.49]in a South Carolina hospital to put myself through school. [08:14.37]The building we were in at the time [08:17.59]was one of those WPA jobs from the Roosevelt era, [08:22.37]and even though it was small and somewhat outmoded, [08:27.17]it had been the only place for emergency services [08:31.01]in our county for more than 40 years. [08:35.11]But at the time this incident I'm writing about happened, [08:38.99]a new, state-of-the-art hospital [08:42.26]had just been finished a few miles down the highway, [08:46.66]and while we weren't completely out of the picture, [08:49.84]a lot of our services, including the emergency room, [08:54.11]had been shifted to that site. [08:57.60]Like I say, I was working my way through school at the time, [09:02.55]and my shift generally ran weeknights [09:06.61]from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. [09:09.63]There wasn't a whole lot to do after midnight, [09:13.12]so sometimes after the shift supervisor [09:16.42]had run out of creative ideas for make-work, [09:20.16]and assuming our remaining patients were quiet [09:23.99]and settled in for the night, [09:26.60]she'd let me "relax" with my schoolwork [09:29.46]in the employee lounge during the quiet of the wee hours. [09:34.22]The lounge was right next to the second floor nurses' station. [09:45.38]谢谢收听 |
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