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
a-bromdiethylacetylurea
aegis
alamo'o
amplitude half adder
arriving draft
automatic telescope
back number
beautified
brass standard
breaking of rest period
Brosimum
bullet perforating gun
business enterprice
calcaneo-metatarsal ligament plantar ligament of tarsus
compound-turbine
conical drum hoist
cooperative research
dalcas
data hierarchies
declutters
dianthranilic acid
document of passenger transportation
duplexer of wave-guide system
enigmatise
episulfoniums
external student
favored with
Festuca pseudovina
fibrous texture
filter-press action
freehold of office
friction effect
Girard Bay
girk
give sb a sound slating
handkerchief lawn
hemorrhoid-dispersing injection fluid
hexagon nut with collar
Hoarusib
hydroperoxidases
hyperventilators
impellor
innocent xis
input form
input ramp
insaturation
inspection of arms
inter-faiths
interpretatitive program
invested capital
ITB
j.i.s.(japanese industrial standard)
Jarmen
jeupardy
just J
karyotypical
kathrada
kinaki
knocked-down in carload
lieutenant commander
lithium sulphide
manometer differential
martime satellite
maximum temperature of a capacitor
mechnaically-operated nozzle
misnumbered
mockbirds
modern dance
mouthings
nineteenfold
norbrook
outer edge of the platform
Pachaug
panaeolus solidipes
Paraisópolis
Pchelarovo
pressed work
prigging
primary characteristic
prolixt
pusillum
rami anteriores nervorum thoracalium
recovery of premises
resolution limit
s-shaped harrow
securities transfer agent
semi-natural language
sidewipe
sizoo
slotting end mill
spring out of
stopen
subcones
substitutional defect
syndrome of lingering heat
table money
tunnelling research
unheer
user-friendly interface
water-soluble gum
web-servers
william menningers