时间:2019-01-16 作者:英语课 分类:2017年NPR美国国家公共电台1月


英语课

 


KELLY MCEVERS, HOST:


And now it's time for a last call on the Commercials for Nicer Living project, version 2017.


ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:


This is an update of a project that Susan Stamberg ran 45 years ago on this program. She asked listeners to write commercials for life's little joys.


MCEVERS: And five of those were turned into commercials for Nicer Living with music and sound effects.


SIEGEL: There were ads for love letters, clouds, waiting, walking and the bio-clock.


MCEVERS: Also known as your built in time piece.


(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)


UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Bio-clock is the result of eons of research and development. By Flora 1 and Fauna 2 Laboratories, bio-clock costs you nothing. You already own it...


MCEVERS: Oh, yeah, that is definitely from 1972.


SIEGEL: (Laughter) Yeah, we wanted to know what things make your life nicer today, in 2017, so we launched a new Commercials for a Nicer Living project. And so far we've gotten more than a thousand ideas.


MCEVERS: Peter Manos in Seattle sent in the most. He wrote ads for peace and quiet, cats, snowmen, belly 3 laughs, Joshua trees...


SIEGEL: And breathing through your nose.


MCEVERS: (Laughter) A simple pleasure that eludes 4 many of us this time of year.


SIEGEL: OK, here's where the last call comes in. You have just a few more days to join our Commercials for Nicer Living, version 2017. The address is npr.org/nicer.


MCEVERS: You only need to write a script - no more than 120 words. We'll pick five to produce like actual radio commercials and share them on air in a couple of weeks.


SIEGEL: The deadline is this Sunday, January 15.


(SOUNDBITE OF BAD WEATHER CALIFORNIA SONG, "STAND IN MY SUNSHINE")



n.(某一地区的)植物群
  • The subtropical island has a remarkably rich native flora.这个亚热带岛屿有相当丰富的乡土植物种类。
  • All flora need water and light.一切草木都需要水和阳光。
n.(一个地区或时代的)所有动物,动物区系
  • This National Park is an area with unique fauna and flora.该国家公园区域内具有独特的动物种群和植物种群。
  • Fauna is a biological notion means all the animal life in a particular region or period. 动物群是一个生物学的概念,指的是一个特定时期或者地区的所有动物。
n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛
  • The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
  • His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。
v.(尤指机敏地)避开( elude的第三人称单数 );逃避;躲避;使达不到
  • His name eludes me for the moment. 他的名字我一时想不起来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • But philosophers seek a special sort of knowledge that eludes exact definition. 但是,哲学家所追求的是一种难以精确定义的特殊知识。 来自哲学部分
学英语单词
adjoint transformation
aggregate cooling
aluminum
AMKL
anti-antibody
anti-crisis
antileukocidin
atypical pneumonitis
basket filter
bicipital muscle
biscopea
bivariant equilibrium
Blake Peak
blanking machine
cancelling war risks
character packing density
check routine
cognitive science of inspiration
command chained storage
comprehensive research ship
constituyente
courville
creeping
criterio
custom(s)house
Deer Market
degree of reverberation
detumesce
disk storage drive
distance learner
dorsal fin
dyspareunists
earlily
forecast technique
foster brothers
Frenchify
FROM (fusible read-only memory)
FSSS (furnace safeguard supervisory system)
fully depreciated assets in active
ground-glass
high-water interval
hired muscles
in situ analysis
independent system operator (iso)
infarciate
interactive minicomputer
ischiomelus
jsr
labor across
lac lacke
Lithochemistry
losengers
luff rope
magnesia portland cement
Mandzala
Mars cartography
match dials
medium-voltage bushing
microrevolution
modular operating system
neithless
Network Based Application Recognition
newlywed
noodlefishes
North-East Dist.
ommission
on rations
once-banned
over-the-nose visibility
Pate I.
Pearl City
pentyloxy
port cabello cotton
potato masher
potential natural landscape
price right
product string
professional jealousy
puerto piritu
pyropheophorbide
reverse plating
salkever
school blazer
security and privacy
servanthoods
Snake Indian
sonar pinger system
source group
sphincterani externus
stonefishes
stud gap
subcontractings
submerged delta
terminal and cross-over pole
triple-belt
ulnar area
unsaturated polyester varnish
walking chair
water-impulse separator
wavy extinction
white telephone
zero-error system