胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯 第178期:突出的工程師 The projecting engineer
胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯 第178期:突出的工程師 The projecting engineer
中英對照
178 The projecting engineer
178 突出的工程師
There was a promising young engineer who was proficient in the use of the projector.
有一位很有前途的年輕工程師能夠非常熟練地使用放映機。
The primary use of his projector was to proliferate, promote, and promulgate his engineering projects.
他使用放映機的主要目的是擴散、促進(jìn)以及傳播他的工程計劃。
As a projectionist, his proficiency was profound.
作為一個幻燈放映員，在業(yè)務(wù)方面他有很深的造詣。
He could use profiles, prolonged figures, projecting figures, and make them all very pronounced.
他可以熟練使用側(cè)面形象、加長輪廓以及突出輪廓，還可以同時使這些輪廓非常顯著。
There was a progression to his projections.
他的放映是有先后次序的。
He would begin with a profuse use of slides and progress to a progressive use of colors and shapes.
首先他會使用很多幻燈片，然后再逐步發(fā)展到進(jìn)一步使用各種顏色和形狀。
He would also use multiple projectors with which he would project images on several walls simultaneously.
他也使用多臺放映機在多面墻上同時放映。
He could also create a very dramatic effect by sequencing the projections around the room.
另外，他還在房間內(nèi)輪次使用放映機以取得非常戲劇化的效果。
He would never include anything prohibitive, such as pornography, as it would result in his boss prohibiting him from using the projector again.
他放映的東西中從來不包括諸如色情之類的任何明令禁止的內(nèi)容，因為一旦這樣做，老板肯定將會禁止他再使用放映機。
The engineering staff at his company enjoyed these performances and looked forward to every staff meeting.
工程師所在的公司員工們都非常喜歡他所放映的東西，因此也都熱切企盼著每次員工聚會。
They would cancel appointments, break luncheon dates, forego racquet ball games anything just to attend a performance.
如果有放映，他們將會取消約會，變更午餐時間，放棄參加壁球賽…，做好一切準(zhǔn)備來觀看。
The only problem was that he was prone to prolonging the meetings.
惟一的問題是那位工程師總是傾向于拖長放映時間。
Once he gave a performance that lasted for nearly two hours.
一次他放了幾乎整整兩個小時。
His workmates were completely enthralled, and none of them complained.
但他的同事們都被深深迷住了，沒有一個人抱怨。
However, since this projector performance interfered with his workmates'work, his superiors agreed to limit his shows to one hour.
然而，放映時間太長終究會干擾工作，所以上級同意他把放映時間限于一個小時。
Therefore, he was often urged by his boss to be prompt with its use.
這樣一來，老板總是催促他準(zhǔn)時完成放映。
The engineer was prominent in his field, and it was largely due to his prolific use of the projector.
這位工程師在他的領(lǐng)域出類拔萃，很大原因是由于他使用放映機的手法非常豐富。
重點詞匯
proliferate[pr?'lif?reit]v. 增殖，增生，使 ... 激增，使 ... 擴散，迅
performance[p?'f?:m?ns]n. 表演，表現(xiàn); 履行，實行
n. 性能，本
adj. 前進(jìn)的，漸進(jìn)的
n. 進(jìn)步人士
n. 放映機(探照燈，發(fā)射裝置，設(shè)計者，制圖投射線)
profuse[pr?'fju:s]adj. 很多的，豐富的，浪費的
simultaneously[saim?l'teini?sli]adv. 同時地(聯(lián)立地)
proficient[pr?'fi??nt]adj. 熟練的，精通的
pronounced[pr?'naunst]adj. 顯著的，斷然的，明確的 pronounce的過
promote[pr?'m?ut]vt. 促進(jìn)，提升，升遷; 發(fā)起; 促銷
prolific[pr?'lifik]adj. 多產(chǎn)的，作品豐富的
