时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之旅行交通购物


英语课

 


Reading Online Reviews 


Marisa: When we go to our favorite vacation spot in two months, let’s stay at a different hotel. 


Oscar: I like the hotel we always stay at. It’s in a convenient location and we’re already familiar with it. 


Marisa: That’s just it. It’s tried and true, but there’s no novelty and excitement in staying in the same place year after year. 


Oscar: I don’t need novelty. 


Marisa: Let’s just consider some of these other hotels I’ve been reading about. They are very highly ranked and their ratings are very good. 


Oscar: You’re putting strangers’ reviews above our own experience? 


Marisa: Of course not, but just look at this hotel. It received three stars out of four, and it has a lot of pros 2


Oscar: Let me see that. It also has some cons 1, such as being noisy and pricy. 


Marisa: Okay, maybe that isn’t the best example. I didn’t notice that they got dinged on those things, but let’s look at a few others. 


Oscar: I’ll keep an open mind, but I’m dubious 3 about online reviews. I take everything I read with a grain of salt. The only people who post reviews are those who love it or hate it. 


Marisa: I’ll just find a hotel that everyone loves. 


Oscar: And that doesn’t break the bank? 


Marisa: Right. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 cons
n.欺骗,骗局( con的名词复数 )v.诈骗,哄骗( con的第三人称单数 )
  • The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前,应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 pros
abbr.prosecuting 起诉;prosecutor 起诉人;professionals 自由职业者;proscenium (舞台)前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 );赞成的理由;抵偿物;交换物
  • The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前,应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 dubious
adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
  • What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
  • He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
学英语单词
6-quinanisole
a priori assumption
antiseptic preservation
apoyan
behavioural approach
believe water can flow uphill
bialgebroid
Canmer
caravan inn
carthiolide
cervera manuscript
class-action suits
closed supply circuit
commit sth. to flames
crispinesses
current system changeover switch
cycle of violence
deaw
decentralized multi-end point connection
difference channel
dry fallout
DYSTAC
egg-yolk
engraftable
euphemistic
extensible exercise head
extraneous regressor
felicity huffman
felonious taking
fixed do
foraminulum
forecasting techniques
Forssman antibody
fuel oil clarrifier
gerrhosaurids
gone a million
group delay response
Hausa Sign Language
have the law on
heatsick
heel lift
Henle's membrane
Hi-volt. (high voltage)
important factor
infra-red absorption method
jagsiekte
jet-skis
keting
kninogenase
leprosipes
lia
local radio station
melting down
metallic colour
moral values
morphinanone
motoboy
mullikin
multiple hamartoma syndrome
munro leaf
negative vector
Neher
nephelopia
Nevel'skiy Rayon
Norquen
oral-b
orthonomal model
out-produce
pipemaker
playactors
predicative set theory
Radar Research and Development Establishment
radial stacker
rainstick
reconstruction of esophagus with colon
recurring unit
red-assed
reinfests
renoviste
reticular formation
review of the decision
rockinghorse antenna
sandalus sauteri sauteri
sapiential
Saxifraga egregia
sea water ballast piping
shit bowls
slow-break
standard base-supply system
superabundants
surrogate fathers
techint
telephone receivers
Tiruvallūr
tjampuhan
track configuration
unmatured debt
vapour pressure
veinings
Waldaist
wrong card
Zheriv