霍金的故事

Hello?No, no, We, we don't know.Lots of tests. Yes, yes, goodbye.

喂 不 我们还不知道 是要做很多测试 好的 再见

Who was it?The girl from the party.The X-ray of your spine with the dyingX

是谁 派对上那个女孩 光片显示 你脊椎染色部分

shows you don't have anything pressing on your spinal cord.

没有任何异物压迫你的脊髓

That's good, isn't it?It's a process of elimination.You're a team.

那是好事 对吗 是一个排除病症的过程 你们是一个团队

I mean you are both getting the Nobel Prize this evening.

我是说二位今晚要共同领取诺贝尔奖

I put him up for the job.

我推荐他来的

And they wouldn't even let me in on the interview.

他们却不肯让我参加面试

So I loitered around.

所以我就在周围闲晃

When Bob and the interview committee came out,

等鲍勃和面试委员会出来

doing their hand shakes and "Thank you for coming and I will let you know",

互相握手 说着"感谢前来 请静候佳音"的客套话

I moved in."You gave him the job, right?

我就上前去 我说"你们同意用他了吧

You gave Bob the job, didn't you?It was this kind of embarrassed pause.

"你们同意用鲍勃了吧" 当时大家尴尬了片刻

So I told them straight,"Bob and I are going to walk down the corridor right here,"

我就直接说 我和鲍勃要从这条走廊走出去

and right out that door, right there.

就走出那扇门

And if you don't want Bob to have the job

鲍勃就是为这份工作而生的

that he was born to do,then you call up before we go through that door."

你们要是不给他 那我们穿过那扇门之前就告诉我们"

Longest walk in my life.62 paces.And we never looked back.

那是我人生最长的一段路 62步 我们再没往回看

重点讲解

1、press

压；按；挤；推

He pressed his back against the door.

他后背紧紧靠在门上。

They pressed the silver knife into the cake.

他们拿银制餐刀切入蛋糕。

按，揿（按钮或开关）

Drago pressed a button and the door closed.

德拉戈按了一个按钮，然后门就关上了。

There was no-one at the reception desk, so he pressed a bell for service.

接待处一个人也没有，于是他按了服务铃。

极力要求

Police might now press for changes in the law.

警方现在可能竭力要求修改法律。

They had pressed for their children to be taught French.

他们极力要求给他们的孩子教授法语。

2、interview

面试;面谈

When I went for my first interview for this job I arrived extremely early.

在参加这份工作的初次面试时,我到得非常早。

The interview went well.

面试进行得非常顺利。

对…进行面试

When Wardell was interviewed, he was impressive, and on that basis, he was hired.

沃德尔参加面试的时候给人留下了深刻印象,所以基于这点,他被雇用了。

He was among the three candidates interviewed for the job.

他是3个来参加求职面试的人选之一。

采访;访谈

Allan gave an interview to the Chicago Tribune newspaper last month...

艾伦上个月接受了《芝加哥论坛报》的采访。

There'll be an interview with Mr Brown after the news.

新闻过后播出的是对布朗先生的访谈。