ESL Podcast 543 – Describing Different Smells
时间：2019-02-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
Giles: Do you really think we’ll be able to renovate 1 this place and turn it into a restaurant?
Julia: It’s not so bad. I know it smells a little stale and musty in here, but all we need to do is air it out.
Giles: Air it out? This place needs a lot more than an airing out. The kitchen smells putrid 2. I wonder what died in there.
Julia: There is a faint smell of something nasty in there, but I don’t think it permeates 3 through the rest of the building, do you?
Giles: No, but there are different nasty smells in other parts of the building. Oh! There’s a really strong burnt, smoky smell in this corner. Hold your breath!
Julia: This is a restaurant. I’m sure a thorough cleaning will make all the difference.
Giles: That might be true for the kitchen, but what will you do in the dining room? An entire truckload of scented 4 candles or bottles of perfume couldn’t mask those foul 5 smells. This place just stinks 6, from top to bottom!
Julia: All right, I’ll look for another building, but this place is cheap and within our budget.
Giles: Yes, but if I had to work here, I’d first have to lose my sense of smell!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- The couple spent thousands renovating the house.这对夫妇花了几千元来翻新房子。
- They are going to renovate the old furniture.他们准备将旧家具整修一番。
- To eat putrid food is liable to get sick.吃了腐败的食物容易生病。
- A putrid smell drove us from the room.一股腐臭的气味迫使我们离开这房间。
- Studies show that water vapor quickly permeates plastic packaging material. 研究证明水蒸汽能迅速渗入塑料封装材料。
- Democracy permeates the whole country. 民主主义（的思想）普及全国。
- I let my lungs fill with the scented air. 我呼吸着芬芳的空气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The police dog scented about till he found the trail. 警犬嗅来嗅去，终于找到了踪迹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
- What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！