第185期:备用的创可贴

 　　BACKUP BAND¹-AID

　　I was² riding the subway³ and happened to be seated⁴ between two young guys⁵. The one on the right eyed the slightly grungy Band Aid on my thumb⁶ and said⁷, "You should really change that, you know. You have to keep it clean." Then the one on my left said, "Here, I have one," and pulled⁸ a fresh⁹ BandAid out of his knapsack. "I keep them on me because I'm always hurting myself¹⁰." Incredulously, I thanked him, changed my bandage¹¹, and got¹² off¹³ at my stop feeling¹⁴ pretty good about people, life¹⁵, and New York City.

　　备用的创可贴

　　我坐地铁时碰巧坐在两个年轻人中间。坐在我右边的小伙子看了看我拇指上有些脏的邦迪创可贴之后说：“你真的应该换一个创可贴，你知道，你得保持它干净。”然后我坐在我左边的人说：“我有一个，”然后从背包里拿出一个新的创可贴。“我随身携带它们因为我总是弄伤自己。”真让人难以置信，我谢了他，换了创可贴，在我的那站下车，感觉纽约真好，人真好，生活真好。

1 band   

n.带子，队，乐队；v.联合，结合

参考例句：

• Jack drums for the school band.杰克为学校乐队打鼓。
• The band is playing.乐队正在演奏。

2 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

3 subway   

n.地下人行道；（美）地铁；vi.乘坐地下铁路

参考例句：

• I go to the library by subway.我坐地铁去图书馆。
• Where is the nearest subway station?最近的地铁站在哪里？

4 seated   

adj.就座的；固定的；有…座位的；根深蒂固的v.使就座( seat的过去式和过去分词 )；使就职；使获得座位（或席位）；可容纳若干座位

参考例句：

• The country's political divisions are deep-seated. 这个国家的政治分歧根深蒂固。
• The country's political divisions are deep-seated. 这个国家的政治分歧根深蒂固。

5 guys   

n.家伙，伙计( guy的名词复数 )；（架设天线、支撑帐篷等用的）牵索；[复数]各位；一群男人（或女人）

参考例句：

• Sorry, guys. I goofed. 对不起，各位。我搞砸了。
• A few of our guys were thinking about going over the hill. 我们的人中有几个在开小差。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 thumb   

n.拇指；vt.示意要求搭车，用拇指翻页翻阅；vi.翻页

参考例句：

• This glove has a hole in the thumb.这只手套的大拇指处有个洞。
• The little boy was sucking his thumb.小男孩儿吮着拇指。

7 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

8 pulled   

adj. 牵引的 动词pull的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• A police car pulled up alongside us. 一辆警车在我们旁边停了下来。
• She pulled the curtain aside. 她把窗帘拉向一边。

9 fresh   

adj.新鲜的；无经验的；淡(水)的；精神饱满的；纯洁无瑕的；生动的；adv.最近地；n.涌流

参考例句：

• The air is quite fresh there.那儿的空气很清新。
• Have you got fresh news?你有最新的消息吗？

10 myself   

pron.我自己

参考例句：

• Should I do it myself?我应该自己做吗？
• I woke up to find myself in the hospital.我醒来发现自己在医院里。

11 bandage   

n.绷带；包扎带

参考例句：

• The injured arm was bound by bandage.受伤的手臂用绷带扎起来了。
• She wound a bandage round my wounded arm.她用绷带包扎我受伤的手臂。

12 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

13 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

14 feeling   

n.感觉，知觉，感情

参考例句：

• I am feeling better now.我现在觉得好些了。
• I'm feeling kind of tired.我感到有点累。

15 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。