【英语时差8,16】忘掉工作彻底放松

 let’s find out what people have to say about switching off. The first one is columnist² Amanda Platell. "But I cannot switch off, I just can’t. And I seem to be getting worse and worse as I get older. And when I was first asked to think about this idea, I was sitting there with Radio 4, which I listen to as soon as I get up, that’s the alarm, waiting for the political interview in the morning; I was writing my column¹; I had LBC on another radio on the desk because I was about to do an interview with them, trying to crib up on the story I was supposed to be talking about, and the phone rang, and I had a Spaghetti Bolognese cooking downstairs, because I was having 10 people to dinner that night. And I just thought, 'This is insane³, you know, I’ve lost my sense of balance I think!'" Here’s Kaz. He has a holiday home in Greece. "Switch off, that’s something I can do really do easily, especially when I go on holiday to Greece. The blue sky, the blue sea, the warm sunshine and the lovely food just help me drift⁴ away. I forget all my worries. I have no computers, I have nothing to think about, I don't even switch on the radio. There is certainly no television. And I just relax and float away." John also finds it easy to switch off completely. "I used to find it almost impossible to switch off. But as I’ve got older, the one thing that has got better in my life is that I am able to switch off. In fact even if I’ve had a stressful day at work, I am able to put away, put aside, memories of the working day when I get home and completely switch off. I have no problem at all with that. Even more so when I go on a holiday. Within the first two days I have almost forgotten everything about my life at home and life at work, so I can really switch off completely and immerse⁵ myself in what’s going on around me during the holiday."

1 column   

n.列，柱形图；专栏；圆柱；纵队

参考例句：

• I often read his column in the local paper.我经常在当地的报纸上看到他的专栏文章。
• A column of soldiers marched down the highway.一个士兵纵队沿着公路行进。

2 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

3 insane   

adj.蠢极的，荒唐的，精神错乱的，疯狂的

参考例句：

• Insane people are sometimes dangerous.精神病人有时非常危险。
• The letter made her insane with jealousy.那封信使她妒忌得发疯。

4 drift   

vi.漂流(泊)；n.漂流，漂流物；大意；趋势

参考例句：

• The leaves drift in the storm.树叶在暴风雨中飘动。
• The drift of the icebergs in the sea endangers the ships.海上冰山的漂流危及船只的安全。

5 immerse   

v.使沉浸在，使深陷于；使浸没在

参考例句：

• Immerse the cloth in the dye for twenty minutes.把布浸在染料里20分钟。
• Don't immerse yourself in the infliction too long.不要长时间沉浸在痛苦经历中。