时间:2019-01-25 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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The Scottish are certain that they invented the game of golf over 500 years ago but the Chinese, the French and even the Dutch have also made such claims in the past.


We may never know who first played the game but does this ancient sport really have a place in the modern world?


When the US golf team stepped off the plane in Ireland recently at the beginning of the Ryder Cup competition they were dressed head to toe in matching tweed suits and Fair Isle 1 knitwear. It seemed they wanted to invoke 2 golf's history, roots and traditions but in fact, most commentators 3 and spectators 4 thought they just looked plain daft.


At the Royal and Ancient golf club of St Andrews in Scotland the traditions, rules and regulations of golf are still alive and well. Some say the numbers of dos and don'ts can seem pretty overwhelming 5 while others say the golfing code of conduct allows golf to maintain its sporting values in spite 6 of becoming a multi-million pound international industry.


At the heart of golf's rules are two principles - respect for the course and respect for fellow golfers. Examples include not talking during a player's swing, not disturbing a player who's putting on the green and replacing divots.


Tiger Woods, the Thai-American player, is currently 7 the world's number one golf professional. He is also the face of one of the world's biggest management consulting companies – Accenture. In today's global marketplace everyone is looking for a way to get ahead and having the trusted Tiger Woods as a spokesperson might just give this company the edge it's looking for.


In China golf lessons are going to be compulsory 8 for some students at Xiamen University where its president Zhu Chongshi, recently said "It will teach students communication skills and benefit their future careers."


So it seems the ancient art of golf and the modern world of commerce have found a happy balance together all around the globe.


GLOSSARY 词汇表


invented 发明


claims 声称  


head to toe 从头到脚


matching tweed suits 上下一致的粗花呢套装  


Fair Isle knitwear (有费尔岛特色的)杂色图案毛线针织品


roots 起源 


commentators and spectators 解说员和观众


plain daft 难看;傻乎乎  


rules and regulations 规章 


alive_and_well 有效力的 


dos and don'ts (打球)须知    


at the heart of 核心    


respect for the course 尊重场地(规则


a player's swing 球员击球  


putting on the green 果岭推杆


divots (高尔夫击球过低时)削起的一块草皮 


the face of 头面人物


the edge 棱角


global marketplace 全球市场地位 


compulsory 必修



n.小岛,岛
  • He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
  • The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。
v.求助于(神、法律);恳求,乞求
  • Let us invoke the blessings of peace.让我们祈求和平之福。
  • I hope I'll never have to invoke this clause and lodge a claim with you.我希望我永远不会使用这个条款向你们索赔。
n.评论员( commentator的名词复数 );时事评论员;注释者;实况广播员
  • Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语,真叫人腻烦。
  • Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话,令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.观众,旁观者( spectator的名词复数 )
  • The spectators were wilting visibly in the hot sun. 看得出观众在炎热的阳光下快支撑不住了。
  • The policemen asked the spectators to stand well back. 警察要求旁观者靠后站。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.势不可挡的,压倒的,无法抵抗的
  • The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.洪水来势凶猛,很快这个城市就被淹没了。
  • The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.该法案以压倒多数通过。
n.(用于短语)虽然,不顾,尽管
  • He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.尽管他年事很高,但思想观念却很入时。
  • In spite of his anger,his remarks were restrained.他尽管生气,说的话还是有节制的。
adv.通常地,普遍地,当前
  • Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
  • Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。
n.强制的,必修的;规定的,义务的
  • Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗?
  • Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。
学英语单词
accuracy limit
adenomatous polyposis coli
automatic egg breaking and separating machine
autorefractive
Bacillus diphtheriae columbarum
ball-and-socket hinge
barsimmon
berkshiress
bird-leg
boom towns
broadside on berthing
bucket arm pivot
child-sex-tourism
chlroacetophenone
cisacting element
clinical neurophysiology
coal-mining machinery
compound compression
Daussois
detection of neutrons
di(p-chlorophenyl)-methylcarbinol
dipleura
diploid heterozygote
disk golf
dispersed-powder magnetic tape
Dyscural
edge feature
electrokinetic ultrafiltration analysis
enimicitious
enridged
erythruloses
Ex-drinker
face reinforcement
financial category
flow cooler
foredoing
forhows
fuel low heating value
full-wave bridges
glycine methyl ester
grandmother-in-law
gullified
Guthriesville
Hippophae rhamnoides
house-breakers
i-conned
integrated network architecture
isoeugenol acetate
it's all relative
Jatiluhur, Waduk
L. O. A.
lower atmosphere layer
machining robot
maximum machined hole diameter
membrane cisterna
naked-handed
needle point spark gap
Niflheim
nostalgy
over-greed
parapales sturmioides
performance variable
portable foam applicator
power spectrum
power supply module
pre-recessions
preisser
program reader
quasi associated signaling
radiusing
relubrication
robot application
scaringly
semi-transparent cover
Shawell
shearing rupture
Simili
single-crank press
space division multiplexing (sdm)
speed/attitude control system
spring return button
squareflipper
steel puller
sumi-gaeshi
super-ascoloy
Theropogon pallidus
tnk-bp
unattempting
unipolar depressions
usage time
Velyka Bahachka
Vevey
vibration ability
wedge spring
witbank
word-forms
working ocular
yellow stunt of rice
yester-day
Zambales Mountains