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
am in good repair
anagyris foetidas
anthracene cake
anti-monarchists
attorney's liens
aziocillin
bank court
be taken by surprise
bearing force of soil
Bromley-by-Bow
Bryopsidaceae
bullback
carbon assimilation
chylorrhea
compensated acceleration method
comrade-in-arms
coprinus cortinatus
CSBS
damped condition
de-stemmed
diatomist
dormon
duples
dyspancreatism
epithermal ore deposit
epitopes
family arcellidaes
flamboyancy
fluidity of grout
form sheet
friction scrubbing apparatus
geneticization
geometrical distance
gulf of ore
gunnars
gyro tumbling test
Hai Hung, Tinh
hydnocarpus wightianas
hypernormal dispersion
hypophosphatasia
indulged in
isoetaless
Kalymniots
kusserow
lackest
laurentis
lrom
Lundquist number
magenta coupler
Maritime Industry Fostering Law
Mexico State
moldingdie
monisher
muco-purulent
nolanite
nonactuarial
oboes
occupational negligence
offshore production platform telemetry
output-doubling plan
oversubsidize
pathological chemistry
point source
PORT (photo-optical recorder tracker)
porus crotophytico-buccinatorius
priority of task
program data independence
public room
quick return mirror device
rain erosion
rapid-decay phosphor
real liquid
real wages
reinstatement
rhinogenic
sampling volume
scheduling information pool
sea hemisphere
serial arithmetical unit
setnet pile hammer
sibling(sib)
single-pole three throw switch
sioban
social self-image
sociates
spheric bush
spherocobaltite
steam black
step screw
stratospheric fallout
sulphurweed
tantal (tantalum) (ta)
text-driven
tidal locks
tipler
toxic fume
trailing decision loop
unestablishable
variable-pitch auger
Wickham Market
writ of right of dower
Xiamen