时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Showing Signs of Age


Julian: What is that, another gray hair?! My hair is already thinning on top. I don’t need more gray hairs. 


Vera: I think salt and pepper hair looks great on men. It makes them look distinguished 1. 


Julian: It makes them look old. Thank God I don’t have a receding 2 hairline – yet. 


Vera: When you get to be my age, you won’t worry so much about graying hair. There are a lot of other things to worry about. 


Julian: Like what? 


Vera: Forget I mentioned it. Showing signs of age isn’t something to be lamented 3. It’s natural and part of maturing as a person. It gives you character. 


Julian: Stop being evasive. Like what? 


Vera: Okay, like wrinkles and age spots, deafness and memory loss. 


Julian: Gee 4, thanks. If I ever need to talk someone off a ledge 5, I’ll give you a call! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 distinguished
adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的
  • Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
  • A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
2 receding
v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题
  • Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远,他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
  • Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
3 lamented
adj.被哀悼的,令人遗憾的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的过去式和过去分词 )
  • her late lamented husband 她那令人怀念的已故的丈夫
  • We lamented over our bad luck. 我们为自己的不幸而悲伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 gee
n.马;int.向右!前进!,惊讶时所发声音;v.向右转
  • Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
  • Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇!我们会赚好多钱啦!
5 ledge
n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁
  • They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
  • Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上,摔倒了。
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Abney levels
Agrobaterium
alveolocondylean
biromanticism
branas
buffer vessel
bush song
canales palatini
Castanopsis orthacantha
Cauchy boundary condition
Cavumbren
chaperone machanism
citrobacter
clockwatchers
Clostridium spumarum
codesal
construction plan
crewse
CRIF
cruder
ctenidium serratifolium (card) broth
cumulative data
cutesily
detailed procedures
detecting head
detubulate
discretely timed signal
DSMS
exhaust steam valve
face painting
fast-acting relay
fluctuating loudness
fluid sampling apparatus
foamed ceramic filter
forecast of distribution
frizzies
gasoline value
genus Coleonyx
geographic race
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haemangioendotheliomata
heptyl amine
in cycles
isodonty
jaconets
joint meniscus
Junker's mould
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kueh
Laws of Hanse Towns
ligamentum carpi volare
linearity coil
Lomonosovka
low level switching
matured interest payable
misjoining
Mont-St-Michel, B.du
nematocide
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nonmessengers
nucleus transplantation
oligonucleosomal
overedits
paleo- (palaeo-)
Palgrave, Mt.
penobscot rivers
perspicaciousness
phanerochaete commixtoides
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plantation owner
platinum addition
precultured
prince otto von bismarcks
putresce
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radication
recipient vessel
refractorylined
restrictive business practice
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RVSWI
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series-compensated amplifier
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Sormetal
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trainfuls
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unpatened inventions
xerofluvent
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