《丑女贝蒂》精讲 247投身就难事业中

So after hearing lee's amazing stories about Botswana,

听完Lee讲的博茨瓦纳超精彩故事后

I dropped by t mission¹ offices to drop off another check.

我去了趟办公室又捐了笔钱

Really? I love that.

真的吗 很棒呀

God, Betty, what these people do.

天哪 Betty 这些人的生活

Here, I... I've gotta show you this. Look at this map.

来 给你看看这个 看这地图

Okay, here is the village, and this is how far away the river is.

这里是村庄 可以看到那里离河有多么远

Now they have a pump in their village because of us.

因为我们 他们现在有了个水泵

What? Nothing, I just... I've never seen you like this...so excited and...

怎么啦 没事 只是没见过这样的你 如此兴奋

I love that you're experiencing this.

很开心你能经历这些

Good. Me, too, 'cause, uh ,that's what I wanted to talk to you about.

嗯 我也是 我也正想和你谈谈这件事

I spoke² with lee,

我和Lee谈了谈

and she said if I wanted, I could volunteer for the next tour.

她说如果我愿意下一次行动可以去当志愿者

For the what? For.. for a tour of what?

什么 什么行动

Of Africa? Wait. Like, Africa Africa?

去非洲 等下 真是那个非洲

Yeah. Look.. look, I know it sounds sudden³,

对 听着 我知道这很突然

but I want to do this.

但我很想去试一试

I want to leave with them next week.

我想下周就跟他们走

1 mission   

n.使命，任务，天职；代表团，使团

参考例句：

• He was charged with an important mission.他受委托承担一项重要使命。
• I'll leave you to undertake an important mission.我要让你承担一项重要使命。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 sudden   

n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的

参考例句：

• All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
• The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。