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健忘absent-minded[英][ˌæbsənt'maɪndɪd] [美][ˌæbsəntˈmaɪndɪd] 中英文小故事：健忘的教授 洛德是个很健忘的人，有时候说了半句话就忘了他在谈什么。他的妻子得不断提醒他什么时候开会，什么时候上课，甚至什么时候吃饭。因为洛德是一所著名大学的教授，他的健忘经常令他陷于尴尬处境。他并不笨，只是非常，非常的心不在焉罢了。 —个炎热的夏日，洛德教授决定带他的孩子们去海滩玩。他打算去的那个海滨城镇得坐大约三个小时的火车才能到达。为了让这次旅行更有趣，他没把城镇的名字告诉孩子们。不幸的是，健忘的洛德一到火车站，自己就忘了目的地的名字。但幸运的是，他的一个朋友碰巧也在车站上。 他的朋友主动提出照顾孩子们，洛德就赶紧回家，弄明白他们要去的地方。 教授的妻子看到他这么快就回来了，非常惊讶。当听明白是怎么回事后，她给逗得笑了起来。因为知道洛德的记忆力靠不住，她把城镇的名字写在了一张纸上。她想这下没事了，于是就满意地再次把丈夫送出了门。十分钟后， 她吃惊地看到洛德又站在了门外。这次是怎么回事？原来洛德忘了他把孩子留在哪里了。 The Absent-minded Professor Rudd was so forgetful that sometimes he forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him of his appointments, his classes—even his meals. Since Rudd was a professor at a well- known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It was not that he was not intelligent. He was just very，very absent-minded. One hot summer’s day，Professor Rudd decided to take his children to the beach. The seaside town he planned to visit was about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children，he kept the name of the town a secret. Unfortunately, by the time Rudd had arrived at the train station，the poor forgetful man had forgotten the name of the destination himself. Luckily，a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offered to take care of the children while Rudd went back home to find out where he was going. The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon，but she was amused when she heard what was the matter. She distrusted his memory, so she wrote the name of the town on a piece of paper. Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house again. What was the matter now? Rudd had forgot- ten where he had left his children. 中英文例句 1. There are two central factors in how and why we are absent-minded. 有两种主要因素影响健忘这种现象的产生和机制。 2. Another well-known demonstration of how absent-minded we can be is the 'door study'. 另一个非常著名的有关健忘的研究是被称作“门研究”的实验。 3. She starts to eat, in an absent-minded way, and continues with her tale. 她开始心不在焉的吃了起来，并继续给我讲她的传奇生涯。 4. The general point here is that people are much more absent-minded than they think. 一个普遍的观点是人们要比他们所认为的更心不在焉。 5. They also presented participants with stereotypes, such as "old people are absent-minded" and "old people cannot concentrate well" and asked to what extent they agreed. 他们还向参与者列出一些成见，例如“老人通常健忘”和“老人无法很好的集中精力”，然后问他们在多大程度上同意这些看法。 |
