您现在的位置:
首页 >
英语听力 >
英语演讲 >
TED演讲MP3+字幕 >
TED演讲之科学篇 >
正文
- In India, we have these huge families.
- 印度有很多大家族。
- I bet a lot of you all must have heard about it.
- 相信大家有所耳闻。
- Which means that there are a lot of family events.
- 大家族就有很多大型家族活动。
- So as a child, my parents used to drag me to these family events.
- 我小的时候常被父母拖过去参加。
- But the one thing that I always looked forward to was playing around with my cousins.
- 但我唯一想做的就是,找我亲戚玩。
- And there was always this one uncle who used to be there, always ready, jumping around with us,
- 以前那里总有一个叔叔,经常做好了准备和我们一起跳,
- having games for us, making us kids have the time of our lives.
- 陪我们玩,陪我们度过了快乐的时光。
- This man was extremely successful: he was confident and powerful.
- 这个人及其的成功:自信、有能力。
- But then I saw this hale and hearty person deteriorate in health. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's.
- 但是随后这个健壮精神的人生了病,被诊断为帕金森综合征。
- Parkinson's is a disease that causes degeneration of the nervous system,
- 帕金森综合征会引发神经系统退化,
- which means that this person who used to be independent suddenly finds tasks like drinking coffee, because of tremors, much more difficult.
- 意味着一个过去独立的人突然因为颤抖连喝咖啡都变得非常困难。
- My uncle started using a walker to walk, and to take a turn,
- 我的叔叔开始使用拐杖行走,想要拐弯,
- he literally had to take one step at a time, like this, and it took forever.
- 就必须像这样一点一点地走,要花很久的时间。
- So this person, who used to be the center of attention in every family gathering, was suddenly hiding behind people.
- 所以一个以前每次家庭聚会上都成为焦点的男人,突然躲在了大家的后面。
- He was hiding from the pitiful look in people's eyes.
- 他在躲避大家怜悯的目光。
扫描二维码进行跟读打分训练
Mileha Soneji女士的叔叔是一位帕金森症患者, 出于其以人为本,真情的关怀,她做了两个小发明,成功地帮助叔叔找回了曾经的感觉。她这次来到TED讲台,将她的故事与大家分享,希望让更多人受到启发和获益!
来源:可可英语 http://www.kekenet.com/Article/201909/594193.shtml
重点单词 |
|
查看全部解释 |
|
|
deteriorate
|
[di'tiəriəreit]
|
|
联想记忆
X
单词deteriorate 联想记忆: 源自拉丁语 deterior变坏
|
|
independent
|
[indi'pendənt]
|
|
联想记忆
X
单词independent 联想记忆: in不+(de加强+pend=hang悬挂+able→可靠的)→独立的
|
|
pitiful
|
['pitifəl]
|
|
|
|
hale
|
[heil]
|
|
联想记忆
X
单词hale 联想记忆: hal呼吸e-呼吸得好-精神矍铄的
|
|
confident
|
['kɔnfidənt]
|
|
联想记忆
X
单词confident 联想记忆: con全部+fid相信+ent表示形容词,“…的”→自信的
|
|
extremely
|
[iks'tri:mli]
|
|
联想记忆
X
单词extremely 联想记忆: extreme极端的+ly表副词,通常放在形容词后→过分地
|
|