新概念英语词汇随身听第三册(附字幕)[45-46]

[10:26.63]resourceful
[10:28.15]足智多谋的
[10:29.68]Some wives tned to believe
[10:31.61]有些妻子似乎认为
[10:33.55]that their husbands are infinitely resourceful and can fix anything.
[10:36.77]丈夫无所不能，什么都能搞定。
[10:40.00]They are an able people,very industrious and resourceful,
[10:42.87]这是一个能干的民族，非常勤劳而机智，
[10:45.75]and they would recover quickly.
[10:47.67]他们会很快恢复元气。
[10:49.59]He looked bold and resourceful and unscrupulous but he was none of these.
[10:53.13]他看上去在胆，善于随机应变，而且肆无忌惮，其实根本不是。
[10:56.67]fuse
[10:58.04]由于烧断保险丝而短路
[10:59.41]When lights fuse,furniture gets rickety,
[11:01.89]碰到保险丝烧断了，家具榫头松了，
[11:04.37]pipes get clogged,or vaccum cleaners fail to operate,
[11:07.25]管道堵了，吸尘器不动了，
[11:10.12]some women assume that their husband will somehow put things right.
[11:13.10]有些女人老是一厢情愿地觉得丈夫有办法。
[11:16.08]If you plug in all these appliances at once,you'll fuse all the lights.
[11:19.71]你要是把这些电器同时接上电，保险丝就会烧断，所有的灯都会熄灭。
[11:23.34]Have some candlees at hand in case lights fuse.
[11:25.92]手边准备点蜡烛，万一保险丝烧断了。
[11:28.51]rickety
[11:29.83]要散架的，晃动的
[11:31.15]A rickety chair was about all the furniture he had.
[11:33.79]一把摇摇晃晃的破椅子差不多就是他的全部家当了。
[11:36.42]clog
[11:37.74]堵塞
[11:39.06]The pipe is so small that it clogs very easily.
[11:41.74]管子太细了，容易堵。
[11:44.42]The teeth of the saw were clogged with saw dust.
[11:46.94]锯齿被木屑塞住了。
[11:49.46]delusion
[11:50.94]错觉
[11:52.41]The worst thing about the do-it-yourself games
[11:54.75]这个自己动手的游戏最糟的一点就是有时男人也跟着犯糊涂，
[11:57.09]is that sometimes even men live under the delusion that they can do anything,
[12:00.47]哪怕是一错再错，
[12:03.85]even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong.
[12:06.64]也以为自己什么都行。
[12:09.42]I'm not going to believe whatever you say.You are having a delusion.
[12:12.80]你说什么我都不会相信的。你在胡思乱想呢。
[12:16.18]lawn mower
[12:17.62]锄草机
[12:19.06]Last spring my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower.
[12:22.69]去年春天，妻子让我找个人检查一下我们的锄草机。
[12:26.32]It's advisable to use a lawn mower instead of scissors to cut his manes.
[12:29.56]聪明点还是用锄草机剪他这一头鬃毛吧，别用剪刀了。
[12:32.80]Our lawn mower is hand-propelled,not power-driven.
[12:35.67]我们的锄草机是手动的，不是机动的。
[12:38.54]adjustment
[12:39.98]调整
[12:41.42]As far as I could see,it needed only a minor adjustment,
[12:44.40]在我看来，只需稍加调整即可。
[12:47.37]a turn of the screw here,a little tightening up there,
[12:50.19]这儿紧紧螺丝，那儿固定一下，
[12:53.02]a drop of oil and it would be as good as new.
[12:55.54]再加几滴油，就会像新的一样了。
[12:58.06]Some institutions have  begun to make the adjustment to the new age.
[13:01.24]一些机构开始调整以适应新时代。
[13:04.43]screw
[13:05.80]螺丝钉
[13:07.17]Show me how to drive in a screw.
[13:09.25]教我怎么把螺丝钉旋进去。
[13:11.33]There is a screw loose somewhere.
[13:13.51]哪儿的螺丝松了，（俚语）什么地方出毛病了。
[13:15.69]dismantle
[13:17.13]拆卸
[13:18.56]The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.
[13:22.25]锄草机纹丝不动，于是我决定把它拆开。
[13:25.93]The boy looked on curiously as his father dismantled the car.
[13:28.87]爸爸拆卸汽车零件的时候，小男孩好奇地在一边看着。
[13:31.81]chunk
[13:33.39]（厚）块
[13:34.97]The garden was soon littered with chunks of metal which had once made up a lawn mower.
[13:38.55]花园里就乱七八糟地堆满了锄草机的金属零件。
[13:42.13]On the long table were rosy apples and chunks of maple sugar.
[13:45.16]长桌上放着红红的苹果和大块的械糖。
[13:48.19]snap
[13:49.81]绷断
[13:51.43]One of the links in the chain that drives wheels had snapped.
[13:54.36]驱动轮子的链条断了一节。
[13:57.30]The branch snapped under the weight of the snow.
[13:59.78]树枝被雪压断了。
[14:02.27]My nerves almost snapped under the pressure of work.
[14:05.00]我的神经在工作压力下乎崩溃了。
[14:07.73]insurmountable
[14:09.46]不能克服的，难以对付的
[14:11.20]After buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable task
[14:14.58]我买来新链条以后，就面临着一项极为艰巨的任务，
[14:17.97]of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle again.
[14:20.90]即如何把这些让人眼花缭乱的拼板重新拼起来。
[14:23.84]She knew the problem was not insurmountable.
[14:26.66]她知道这个问题并非无法解决。
[14:29.49]To test his courage the with set three insurmountable tasks for the soldier.
[14:33.03]为了考验士兵的勇气，女巫给他出了三道难题。
[14:36.57]jigsaw puzzle
[14:38.04]拼图游戏
[14:39.52]We are trying to put the jigsaw puzzle together.
[14:41.84]我们想把这些拼板都拼起来。
[14:44.17]I dislike jigsaw puzzles Out with the truth.
[14:47.25]我不喜欢玩拼图游戏。干干脆脆地把实话都说出来吧。
[14:50.33]nag
[14:51.65]唠叨不休，纠缠不休
[14:52.97]When my wife nagged me to do something about it,
[14:55.45]妻子喋喋不休地让我想点办法，
[14:57.93]I told her that either I would have to buy a new mower or let the grass grow.
[15:01.56]我告诉她，要么买台新的，要么让草长下去。
[15:05.20]Dad has been nagging mum all week to mend his shirt.
[15:08.07]爸爸整整一星期一直唠叨着要妈妈给他补衬托。
[15:10.94]The children finally nagged the nurse into taking them to the zoo.
[15:13.96]孩子们终于缠得保姆答应带他们去动物园了。
[15:16.98]rust
[15:18.40]生锈
[15:19.82]Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn mower
[15:22.91]深草丛中埋着一台正在生锈的锄草机，
[15:25.99]which I have promised to repair one day.
[15:28.33]那就是我曾经信誓旦旦要修理的锄草机。
[15:30.66]Stainless stell does not rust.
[15:32.94]不锈钢不会生锈。
[15:35.21]Even cars that were mechanically sound started rusting.
[15:38.17]甚至机械性能良好的车也开始生锈了。