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Laquisha: What’s in the bag?
拉贵莎:袋子里装的什么?
Yun: Three alarm clocks and a kitchen timer.
云:闹钟和厨房定时器。
Laquisha: What are they for?
拉贵莎:用那干什么?
Yun: I have a very important interview tomorrow morning and these will help me prepare for it.
云:我明天早上有一个重要的面试,这是提醒我别忘了做准备。
Laquisha: How?
拉贵莎:怎么提醒?
Yun: The timer will help me time my responses to common interview questions so I don’t run off at the mouth. See? Instead of the stopwatch function, I use the countdown function so I’ll know when to wrap up.
云:定时器可以帮我在回答面试问题时定时,那样我就不会口若悬河说个不停了。明白吗?我没有用秒表,我用的它的倒计时功能,这样我就知道什么时候该结束了。
Laquisha: And the alarm clocks?
拉贵莎:闹钟呢?
Yun: I have a habit of pressing the snooze button after an alarm goes off. I’ve tried different kinds of alarms: ones that buzz, ones that beep, ones that vibrate, and ones that use a ringtone. But I still fall back to sleep.
云:我有一个习惯,就是闹钟响了之后,就按小睡催醒按钮。我试过不同的闹钟铃声:嗡嗡的, 哔哔的,震动的还有铃声的。但是我最后还是去睡觉了。
Laquisha: And what do you plan to do with three alarm clocks?
拉贵莎:你怎么用着三个闹钟?
Yun: I plan to set the alarms one minute apart and put them around my bedroom. By the time I turn them all off, I should be awake.
云:我想的他们都设成间隔一分钟的,然后放在我房间的不同地方。到时候,我要是把闹钟都按掉了,我也就该醒了。
Laquisha: And if not?
拉贵莎:要是没醒呢?
Yun: Then maybe I should be applying for jobs as a mattress tester.
云:那可能我就该申请那些床垫检测员这样的工作了。
听力原文
Laquisha: What’s in the bag?
Yun: Three alarm clocks and a kitchen timer.
Laquisha: What are they for?
Yun: I have a very important interview tomorrow morning and these will help me prepare for it.
Laquisha: How?
Yun: The timer will help me time my responses to common interview questions so I don’t run off at the mouth. See? Instead of the stopwatch function, I use the countdown function so I’ll know when to wrap up.
Laquisha: And the alarm clocks?
Yun: I have a habit of pressing the snooze button after an alarm goes off. I’ve tried different kinds of alarms: ones that buzz, ones that beep, ones that vibrate, and ones that use a ringtone. But I still fall back to sleep.
Laquisha: And what do you plan to do with three alarm clocks?
Yun: I plan to set the alarms one minute apart and put them around my bedroom. By the time I turn them all off, I should be awake.
Laquisha: And if not?
Yun: Then maybe I should be applying for jobs as a mattress tester.