时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Selecting a Neighborhood to Live In 


Leona: I want to live close to downtown. We can get everywhere on foot and walk to most amenities 1. 


Jeremy: Downtown is always bustling 2 and noisy, and the crime rate is really high. I’d rather have proximity 3 to parks and open spaces. 


Leona: If we lived downtown, we wouldn’t have to worry about commute 4 time and traffic. I could walk to work and you could take public transportation. 


Jeremy: That’s true, but there aren’t any good schools near downtown. 


Leona: Hello, we don’t have any kids. 


Jeremy: Not yet. I want to settle down somewhere for a while, not move every couple of years. 


Leona: Is that why you want to live in the suburbs? The suburbs have no character. Everything is cookie- cutter. 


Jeremy: That’s not true. 


Leona: Downtown has character and it’s close to nightlife. 


Jeremy: That’s less important to me than a place in a quiet neighborhood. Imagine lounging in the backyard or taking a walk in the park. We can raise our kids in a close-knit community. 


Leona: I think you’re planning for a family that we don’t have. 


Jeremy: Yet! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 amenities
n.令人愉快的事物;礼仪;礼节;便利设施;礼仪( amenity的名词复数 );便利设施;(环境等的)舒适;(性情等的)愉快
  • The campsite is close to all local amenities. 营地紧靠当地所有的便利设施。
  • Parks and a theatre are just some of the town's local amenities. 公园和戏院只是市镇娱乐设施的一部分。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 bustling
adj.喧闹的
  • The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
  • This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。
3 proximity
n.接近,邻近
  • Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.法律规定禁止近亲结婚。
  • Their house is in close proximity to ours.他们的房子很接近我们的。
4 commute
vi.乘车上下班;vt.减(刑);折合;n.上下班交通
  • I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
  • Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
学英语单词
additional memory
annexation of property
antenna coupler
asarum chatienshanianum
autocytolytic
automatic exposure equipment
belloso
bioalloy
birthday cake
BU (back up)
bushveldt
butt ends
buying committees
Caborca
cancellation of licence
central confidence interval
cold check
college-bred
Conscientiously strengthen the operation and
conventional intersection
copper silicate
corral mating
corynemycolenic acid
deep water berths
diplomatizing
direct product of rings
discreace
downdip block
Dunderbukta
eCig
elastic memory distributor
electron bombarded semiconductor devices
emergency arrest
emulsion aerosol
engineer station
epitaphing
Euler kinematical equation
felicitating
file archiver
frequent-flyer
gallery god
genus Schaffneria
glads
goheen
half siding ratio
half tone original
hordeolar
hot cathode ioization gauge
hot shot
ichthynat
impedance tuner
in safety
incliningly
infinite closed-in time
ingestion of dangerous drug
joint pooling
Jokdeam
jubes
kasobane
liabilityinsurance
linguo
locomotive cowcatcher
MACI
malformation of stomach
mold shaft
multimetal offset plate
multiple watershed method
mutual contact zone
newark
on my account
oolitic formation
optional pause instruction
partial briquetting
Pelops
peritoneal cell
pieronis
pisachi
polycambial
polyphase structure
preadjusts
Quela
radicelle
reprehend
resisting medium
sacred writing
sequential call
set your mind at ease
slug tining
spermiogenetic
Staatz
STEP (standard terminal program)
strong growth
sunny side down
supervisor queue area
swash zone
swing gear
thoracic cardiac nerve
tok-tok
undergo surgery
unzippings
US Government
void content model