视听原文

you're basically as good as dead." Yeah, I like that.

你就如同死人一样" 我喜欢

I've always felt there was some kind of mystical core to the universe.

我总是感觉宇宙是如此神秘

But, more recently, I've started to think that, me, my personality, whatever

但一直以来， 我开始考虑自己的人格问题

That I don't have any permanent place here, you know.

我在这里没有长久立足之地，

In eternity or whatever, you know.

你该知道

And the more I think that, I can't go through life saying this is no big deal.

我想的越多 我就越不能置之不理

This is it. This is actually happening. What do you think is interesting?

对，这很正常 那么你对什么感兴趣呢?

What do you think is funny? What is important?

你觉得什么有趣? 你觉得什么重要?

You know, every day's our last.

你知道， 每天可能都是我们的最后一天

When I feel that way, I usually call my mom to tell her I love her.

当我感觉如此时， 我就会打电话给妈妈说我爱她

Yeah? And she's always:

耶? 她总常说:

"Are you okay? Do you have cancer? Are you gonna commit suicide? "

"你还好吧？没有癌症？ 没有想自杀吧? "

It's almost not worth it.

根本不值得

So, what about us?

那么我们呢?

What about us? No, what I mean is

我们呢? 我的意思是说

if we were both going to die tonight Like the apocalypse was coming?

如果我们今晚都要死 就如大难来临?

No, that's too dramatic But what if just the two of us were going to die?

不，那真太戏剧性了 不过我们假如真的要死呢?

I mean, would we talk about your book?

我想说， 我们现在还会讨论你的书?

重点讲解

重点单词：

1、basically

adv. 主要地，基本上

This gun is designed for one purpose – it's basically to kill people.

设计这把枪只有一个目的–主要用于杀人。

2、dramatic

adj. 戏剧的；引人注目的；激动人心的

A fifth year of drought is expected to have dramatic effects on the California economy.

预计连续干旱的第五个年头将对加利福尼亚州的经济产生引人注目的影响。

3、apocalypse

n. 启示；天启

Despite its usefulness in retracing failed predictions by Camping and other prognosticators of end times, the doomsday algorithm has nothing to do

with the apocalypse.

尽管这个算法在追溯康平和其他预言的错误推测日期上有用的，但是末日算法对未来的启示却是毫无帮助。

4、mystical

adj. 神秘的；神秘主义的

That was clearly a deep mystical experience.

那显然是一次刻骨铭心的神秘经历。

重点短语：

1、go through

参加；经受；仔细检查；被通过

He was going through a very difficult time.

他在经历一段非常艰难的时期。

考考你（翻译）：

1、大致说来，你有两个选择。

2、这个数字有一个近似神秘的特点，它是生命、革命和一切的答案。

3、显然有人翻过我的物品。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：

1、The paint was peeling on the window frames.

2、She's a lady of mystery.

3、All this was supposed to work like magic.