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
above limit
accepted call signal
Aioa depressicornis
al mani
Al Miknāsī
anaptyctic
anode liquor
anti-foam plate
Arrhenius law
at one's time of life
attenuation of solar radiation
autocatalyses
autogeneses
axonal transmission
Bertrand, L.
burning bridges
carrier return character
coinci
computer aided system
congenital diverticula
cross gate
dactylaria curcumae
datalogics
decamine
dereine
di-octahedron
diffusion temperature
digital evaluation of a measured value
Dipentrate
dipole absorption
directive of the european commission
distribution licence
dysgerminoma
egging
eloignments
enterprise plan
environmental pollution study
fan-coil air-conditioning system
format summary
fuel tank pressure relief valve
gas control valve
ghesses
glow-discharge microphone
glutarates
guard signal
harts
helicopter sonar
help doing
hesitatively
Holmgren's tests
hypothesis in working
ilo (international labor organization)
interface distribution coefficient
international indirect investment
inti
isohygraomen
kenteris
L-STRAND
lactoglucose
length of the limitation period
ligation therapy
lost-love
mmoo
model-based design
mylohyoid muscle
North Minch
obadia
oriented absorption
paravertebral block
penalty price
phototube photometer
pop-it
primary ionization event
relative frequency approach to automatic indexing
repanels
respiratory cycle
root peptidase
rotation of pasture
saxicola torquatas
semi-acid refractory
shock concrete
show a guest in
silicone rubber insulated cable
sitobion rosaeiformis
spike wave
strongyloid
suaeda corniculata(mey.)bge.
suckyr
supercows
suppositive conjunction
syndesmoses
talleol
tamiment
teton ra.
the attack
three-character
tip into
uniformly minimum variance
v.d.u
vallens
wheel trench excavator
xantholith (staurolite)