时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:纯正英语一分钟


英语课

In the USA, they’re called apartments 1; in the UK they’re called flats. They are a modern 2 invention 3. I don’t particularly like them. I don’t think it’s good for so many people to live so close together. It’s not good for people to live on top of each other. I don’t understand how people can live above the second floor. It’s not natural 4 to live in the sky. The thing I hate 5 most about apartments are the lifts (Americans say elevator) and the fact 6 there’s no garden. More and more people are moving into apartments. This creates 7 problems 8 with overcrowding. There aren’t enough spaces to park your car, there’s nowhere 9 to throw your rubbish 10 and you have to wait ages to reach 11 your floor. Give me a little house with a little garden any day.



1 apartments
n.(尤指巨屋、名宅的)房间( apartment的名词复数 );一套房间;(尤指在同一楼层的)公寓套房;(租赁的)度假套房
  • You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments. 整座宫殿除内殿外均可参观。
  • The apartments were infested with rats and roaches. 公寓里面到处都是老鼠和蟑螂。
2 modern
n.现代人,有思想的人;adj.现代的,时髦的
  • England is the birthplace of the modern novel.英国是近代小说发源地。
  • She's a modern girl.她是一个摩登女郎。
3 invention
n.发明;制造
  • It's a most useful invention.这是一项极其有用的发明。
  • Paper is also an invention by the Chinese.纸也是中国人发明的。
4 natural
adj.自然的,正常的,天生的;n.有天赋的人
  • He is a natural dancer.他是天生的舞蹈家。
  • Try to look natural for your photograph.拍照时要自然一点。
5 hate
n.憎恨,厌恶,厌恶的人或事;vt.憎恨,不愿;vi.表示憎恨
  • We hate our enemy.我们憎恨敌人。
  • Snakes are my special hate.蛇是我最憎恶的东西。
6 fact
n.事实,实情,论据
  • It is close to fact.这更接近于事实。
  • I'm going there tomorrow,as a matter of fact.其实,我明天是准备去那里。
7 creates
v.创造( create的第三人称单数 );引起;造成;封
  • The new aircraft creates a sonic boom. 那种新飞机会产生声震。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A novelist creates characters and a plot. 小说家塑造人物并设计情节。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 problems
n.问题( problem的名词复数 );疑难问题;习题;思考题
  • It was an action replay of the problems of his first marriage. 这是他第一次婚姻问题的重演。
  • a few admin problems 一些行政问题
9 nowhere
adv.任何地方都不;无处,到处都无
  • There's nowhere else I really want to go to.没有别的地方是我真正想去的。
  • He had nowhere to go,so I took him in.他无处可去,所以我收留了他。
10 rubbish
n.垃圾,废物;废话,胡说八道
  • This book is all rubbish.这本书全是胡言乱语。
  • The room is full of rubbish.房间里堆满了垃圾。
11 reach
n.延伸,范围,河段;vt.到达,伸出,延伸,取得联系;vi.延伸
  • The railway line will soon reach to our town. 铁路不久就要延伸到我们镇了。
  • Can you reach that apple down in the tree? 你能把树上那个苹果摘下来吗?