英语笑话听力+文本：Not a diving day这不是潜水的天

[00:25.76]offshore¹ 海面的
[00:29.80]derrick barge² 吊杆起重驳船
[00:35.57]decompression chamber³ 减压舱
[00:40.79]suit 衣服
[00:45.22]英文原文
[00:46.77]As a commercial diver in the offshore oil fields of the Gulf⁴ of Mexico,
[00:50.52]I was assigned to a job on board a derrick barge.
[00:53.67]After my dive I spent the required time in the decompression chamber,
[00:57.42]and went to bed. Later I walked into the TV room,
[01:00.53]where I was surprised to see the entire dive crew sitting around.
[01:04.09]I asked one colleague, dressed in his wet suit, why work had stopped.
[01:08.68]Without looking up at me, he replied, "It's raining."
[01:15.53]中文大意
[01:58.04]逐句对照
[02:02.58]As a commercial diver in the offshore oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico,
[02:05.85]I was assigned to a job on board a derrick barge.
[02:19.49]After my dive I spent the required time in the decompression chamber,
[02:22.89]and went to bed.
[02:31.69]Later I walked into the TV room,
[02:33.62]where I was surprised to see the entire dive crew sitting around.
[02:44.36]I asked one colleague, dressed in his wet suit, why work had stopped.
[02:54.63]Without looking up at me, he replied, "It's raining."
[03:04.39]多学一点
[03:08.21]offshore 海面的
[03:15.31]offshore = off + shore
[03:18.67]off 走开，离开
[03:21.40]shore 海岸边
[03:24.59]offshore 离开岸边的
[03:31.67]They pushed the boat offshore.
[03:38.00]assign 指派，分配
[03:43.08]assignment 任务
[03:49.89]decompression chamber 减压舱
[04:13.93]suit 服装 / 西服
[04:24.22]suit
[04:30.88]求爱
[04:33.15]She rejected his suit.
[04:49.80]重新听一次故事原文
[04:52.17]As a commercial diver in the offshore oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico,
[04:55.51]I was assigned to a job on board a derrick barge.
[04:58.97]After my dive I spent the required time in the decompression chamber,
[05:02.64]and went to bed. Later I walked into the TV room,
[05:05.57]where I was surprised to see the entire dive crew sitting around.
[05:08.93]I asked one colleague, dressed in his wet suit, why work had stopped.
[05:13.63]Without looking up at me, he replied, "It's raining."

这不是潜水的天！

我在墨西哥湾的一个海面油田做职业潜水员，一次被指派到一艘吊杆起重驳船上工作。 在执行完潜水任务，并在减压舱完成规定时间的解压后，我就睡觉了。 之后，我走进电视室，惊奇地发现整个潜水队的工作人员都坐在了里面。 我问一个还穿着湿漉漉的潜水服的同事，为什么不接着干。 他头也不抬地回答，“正下雨呢”。

1 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

2 barge   

n.平底载货船，驳船

参考例句：

• The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。
• Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。

3 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

4 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。