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
Amoebidiaceae
apparent gas density
arbitering
arheol
atrichum rhystophyllum
azapirone
azo-bonds
Bacillus viridulus
bandtails
be wise after the event
beslobbers
biemarginatus
bit-sliced micro-processor
bituminates
brushed nickel
chemical ecology
circular lamp
clean sweep
communication diagram
connection terminal
contact language
counting period
crouchback
cryogeneses
cycloid motor
decarbonater
defy description
desmethylicaritin
dimerous
double-front
Douroum
drudgeries
earnings per share ratio
ectropite (bementite)
EDM (electro-dischsarge machining)
eigenvector expansion
enervous
find a needle in a haystack
fission-product family
fxxx-off
general absorbance law
genus Harrisia
genus Passerina
guardiancy
hacktivistic
hamamelidaeeous
hat washer
hemorraghic
humanified
joiners maller
joint dependence
Kaladar
kiss someone's bum
laboulbenia nocturna
Leptodermis velutiniflora
light meson
macro method
major steam line
malformation of liver
malted barley
Marshall's method
mine transit
missionaryizing
more at eleven
motor-converter
multiple filament ion source
muon catalyzed fusion
Märsta
nationally-recognizeds
needle die grinding machine
non aging treatment
nonpathetic
oil expansion vessel
opt-in e-mail
owner-occupations
peformances
PHA skin test
rural community
Rāmgul
salamen
San Juan Indian Reservation
serious nature
Stadharfell
static balance of rotating body
straight tube bundle
structural shocks
surface drift velocity
tartareous lichen
telega(u)ge
thermoelectric effect
Tibetan crazyweed
topology tree
transducer test
transmucosal
tubular shape
ultra-optimal tariff
unpacable
us family
Valeriana tangutica
vanadium pollution
velocity of goods circulation
weaponisation