时间:2018-11-27 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄学英语第二册


英语课

  Lesson 13

Walking at night

Text:

There are times when walking at night can be very dangerous. Remember the advice list below and you can make walking safer. Avoid walking or running alone at night. Go walking or jogging with friends instead. Do not use headphone while walking, driving or jogging. Always walk in well-lighted area and avoid taking shortcuts 1. After dark, keep away from thick bushes or doorways 2 because someone could be lurking 3 there. If someone in the vehicle stops and asks for directions. Answer from a distance. Do not go near the vehicle. If you are followed by a stranger go immediately to an area with lights and people. If necessary, turn around and walk in the opposite direction. Do not show your cash openly and especially when leaving at ATM machine.

Now listen to the text again and follow along

There are times when walking at night can be very dangerous. Remember the advice list below and you can make walking safer. Avoid walking or running alone at night. Go walking or jogging with friends instead. Do not use headphone while walking, driving or jogging. Always walk in well-lighted area and avoid taking shortcuts. After dark, keep away from thick bushes or doorways because someone could be lurking there. If someone in the vehicle stops and asks for directions. Answer from a distance. Do not go near the vehicle. If you are followed by a stranger go immediately to an area with lights and people. If necessary, turn around and walk in the opposite direction. Do not show your cash openly and especially when leaving at ATM machine.

Dialogue:

Robbery 4

Woman: Two people were robbed night near the park.

Man: Again? The area around the park is too dark at night. There should be more lights there.

Woman: I am afraid of the dark. I don’t feel safe in the dark. I feel someone is hiding in the dark to attack me.

Man: Your feelings might be right. You should never walk alone there at night. It is too dangerous.

Woman: I Know. And you should be more careful, too.



1 shortcuts
n.捷径( shortcut的名词复数 );近路;快捷办法;被切短的东西(尤指烟草)
  • In other words, experts want shortcuts to everything. 换句话说,专家需要所有的快捷方式。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • Offer shortcuts from the Help menu. 在帮助菜单中提供快捷方式。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
2 doorways
n.门口,门道( doorway的名词复数 )
  • The houses belched people; the doorways spewed out children. 从各家茅屋里涌出一堆一堆的人群,从门口蹦出一群一群小孩。 来自辞典例句
  • He rambled under the walls and doorways. 他就顺着墙根和门楼遛跶。 来自辞典例句
3 lurking
潜在
  • Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的,想干什么?
  • There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4 robbery
n.抢劫;抢劫案
  • A man is being questioned in connection with the robbery.一名男子就那起抢劫案接受查问。
  • The police are offering a big reward for information about the robbery.警方出大笔赏金要求提供那起抢劫案的破案线索。
学英语单词
afarensis
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an awkward customer
anagallis minima
apers
aphanipyric
audio-frequency magnetic method
authorization use
basal cell epithelioma with sebaceous differentiation
blastx
blind stitch machine
bor-ing
brennan
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buttress pack
buxbaum
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cartridge seal
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cross focus tube
cullet impression
cyclovir
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decklog
delye
dust hazards
earth resources technology satellite
electrically charged
engagement of crew
epichondrosis
export supply
F.693
Fodor
forcipomyia (lasiohelea) emeishana
forward agc
fuel oil injection piping
full nominal speed
hand feeling
heavy soda ash
henchperson
hered-immunity
hexagons
horizontal deflection driver
internal theca
IP (industrial production)
Jacobus Arminius
kruisinga
lava tree
leelee
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little Neddies
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magnetic sheet handler
make a reach for sth
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mid-afternoons
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nonvolatile acid
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photochromic microfilm
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red-shouldered
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seed implant
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serial-port
state benefits
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triflocin
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veterinary station
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