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。
学英语单词
1/D
accidental loss(AL)
acetic hydroperoxide
acrrospiroma
aerodynamic guidance
amedi
arrendation
arteria genus descendens
ASBO
bieldy
block-printing
body-shops
border mutual trade management
branles
bulkages
cape colonies
Castro Laboreiro
ccca
cdfis
centanni
cererian
climatic anomaly
communication system protection
constant humidity cabinet
construction division
continuous discounting
copper coating
coriaceo-reticulate
Daq-jiu
de-fragments
deadman method
diamino acid
dissolvible
distance protection
distributed-computing
do sb out of sth
dusken
ectotrophic, ectotropic
electroacoustical reciprocity theorem
endorse over
exceptional remedy
flooring plate
Giglio Island
glacial stairway
goverment bonds outstanding
haggag
heinrich engelhard steinways
helminthosporium spot
high level language architecture
high-technology industry
identifier without type suffix
immunologic(al)
jary
lasik surgery
letting agency
logical product
material man
method of forming
moderate-duty service
Natsin
odd half-spinor
penmate
perichondral ossification (or perichondral bone formation)
plate glass edge grinding machine
polygenetic regeneration
praiseworthier
pre-detection integral
prism block
procedure return
protolophules
pucks
pulse feeder
quadratic estimator
redneck cocaine
repetitive addressing
rotary vane thrower
Rubus wardii
Rusovce
sanitation department
scouring of river banks
sensitized medium
seriflux
sleeper pitch
smolar
square law response
submerged-arc furnace
sulfoaluminate
surditas
synthetic nitrogenous fertilizer
t back
tea panning
tenellum
trigger action relay
trimethadione
tsaritsyns
universalizable
vaccinate
variable capacity pump
vorobyov
what if
winding displacement
winding frame