英语听力：探索发现 2014-04-02 Sex for Sale -7
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2014年
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This is something that was certainly not uncommon 1 of the time. She is constantly trying to make ends meet, but after applying the trade for quite a long time, she is worn out, quite literally 2.
And no one could have imagined what happen next.
Theodolar met the emperor ? . ? got a relatively 3 tough hill to climb, especially because marrying a commoner was outlawed 4.
Constantinople- 500 AD. In the mid 5 to the teeming 6 busy metropolis 7, a young woman named Theodolar is born into poverty. Like many woman of her class, she is forced into prostitution, and although she got her fame for her wild sex show, she decides to pursue a new line of work.
She decided 8 to hamper 9 her dancing shoes and try to be a wool spinner.
At a spinner wheel in a room, we study patience.
Of course this is not quite the action-packed career that she is used to. But in Constantinople, there's a kind of opportunity for upward mobility 10.
Even though Theodolar has given up her career as a prostitute, she hasn't lost her skills of seduction. and she uses them to hook the most important man in the empire.
adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的
- Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
- Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。
adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
adv.比较...地，相对地
- The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
- The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
宣布…为不合法（outlaw的过去式与过去分词形式）
- Most states have outlawed the use of marijuana. 大多数州都宣布使用大麻为非法行为。
- I hope the sale of tobacco will be outlawed someday. 我希望有朝一日烟草制品会禁止销售。
adj.中央的，中间的
- Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
- He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
adj.丰富的v.充满( teem的现在分词 )；到处都是；（指水、雨等）暴降；倾注
- The rain was teeming down. 大雨倾盆而下。
- the teeming streets of the city 熙熙攘攘的城市街道
n.首府；大城市
- Shanghai is a metropolis in China.上海是中国的大都市。
- He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子
- There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
- The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。