英语笑话听力+文本：Keep driving my truck继续开我的卡车

[00:24.95]under his belt 带着…（经验）
[00:29.30]dash 打碎
[00:33.29]sympathize 同情
[00:36.63]英文原文
[00:38.21]With several years of Army National Guard duty under his belt,
[00:42.02]my roommate applied¹ for officer training.
[00:44.26]But his lifelong dreams were dashed after he failed the eye exam.
[00:48.12]"That's too bad," I sympathized.
[00:49.95]"Does that mean you now have to quit the Guard entirely²?"
[00:52.99]"No, I get to keep my old job," he said. "Driving trucks."
[00:58.21]中文大意
[01:28.53]逐句对照
[01:32.59]With several years of Army National Guard duty under his belt,
[01:35.96]my roommate applied for officer training.
[01:45.29]But his lifelong dreams were dashed after he failed the eye exam.
[01:52.27]"That's too bad," I sympathized.
[01:56.75]"Does that mean you now have to quit the Guard entirely?"
[02:03.21]"No, I get to keep my old job," he said. "Driving trucks."
[02:15.37]多学一点
[02:18.87]under one's belt
[02:33.62]With an accounting³ course under my belt, I can do the bookkeeping.
[02:43.48]dash
[02:46.95]break into piece 打成碎片
[02:50.60]dash 泼溅
[02:54.10]He recovered consciousness when they dashed water in his face.
[03:02.03]sympathize 同情
[03:07.11]sympathize with somebody 同情某人
[03:14.95]重新听一次故事原文
[03:17.37]With several years of Army National Guard duty under his belt,
[03:20.70]my roommate applied for officer training.
[03:22.94]But his lifelong dreams were dashed after he failed the eye exam.
[03:26.54]"That's too bad," I sympathized.
[03:28.49]"Does that mean you now have to quit the Guard entirely?"
[03:31.71]"No, I get to keep my old job," he said. "Driving trucks."


继续开我的卡车

依仗着在陆军国家护卫队服役的几年经验，我的室友提交了参加军官培训的申请。但他的毕生梦想在体检未通过后破灭。“太糟了”，我同情地说。“这是不是意味着你完全不能再在护卫队工作了？”“这倒不是，我还是干我的原来的工作”，他说。“开卡车”。

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

2 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

3 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。