英语听力：探索发现 2014-04-09 Sex for Sale -10
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2014年
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She really never forgot where she came from, and she did a lot to improve the lives of women who are traditionally forgotten by people in power.
Theodora is integral in turning Constantinople into a beacon 1 of art, of ideas. They built over 25 churches. Hagia Sophia is constructed under her watch. They really turned Constantinople into a civilization in the true meaning of civilized 2.
The way that she learnt how to gauge 3 what people want and gave it to them really served her later as the most powerful empress that the Roman Empire ever saw.
Theodora's story is remarkable 4, to come from beyond humble 5, meagre beginning, and to literally 6 sleep her way to the top. What she did was beyond any scope of imagination.
1. These days, Constantinople is known as Istanbul, and prostitution remains 7 legal. 2. A sex-slave- turned-empress, Theodora was the only woman in the Roman Empire to reign 8 with equal power as her husband. 3. One of her many accomplishments 9, the Hagia Sophia is considered one of the great architectural wonders of the world.
n.烽火，（警告用的）闪火灯，灯塔
- The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
- The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。
a.有教养的，文雅的
- Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
- rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为
v.精确计量；估计；n.标准度量；计量器
- Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
- It's difficult to gauge one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。
adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低
- In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
- Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
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。
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势
- The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
- The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。
n.造诣；完成( accomplishment的名词复数 )；技能；成绩；成就
- It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
- Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》