时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Designing a Building 


Kathy: Seeing these blueprints 1 really brings this project to life. I can now envision what this building will look like when it’s built. 


Brett: I’m really glad. As the architect on this project, it’s my job to turn your ideas into design. 


Kathy: You did a great job. 


Brett: I had the help of the surveyors and a civil engineer, so I can’t take all of the credit. 


Kathy: We’re ready now to solicit 2 bids from general contractors 3, don’t you think? 


Brett: These plans will give any contractor 4 the specifications 5 they need to give a detailed 6 and accurate bid. There’ll be no problems with permits, I don’t think, because a similar structure was on this building site about 10 years ago before it was torn down. 


Kathy: I’m hoping not to run into any stumbling blocks, but you never know with a building project. I’ll know we’ve cleared the hurdles 7 when I can bring in the interior designers! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 blueprints
n.蓝图,设计图( blueprint的名词复数 )
  • Have the blueprints been worked out? 蓝图搞好了吗? 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • BluePrints description of a distributed component of the system design and best practice guidelines. BluePrints描述了一个分布式组件体系的最佳练习和设计指导方针。 来自互联网
2 solicit
vi.勾引;乞求;vt.请求,乞求;招揽(生意)
  • Beggars are not allowed to solicit in public places.乞丐不得在公共场所乞讨。
  • We should often solicit opinions from the masses.我们应该经常征求群众意见。
3 contractors
n.(建筑、监造中的)承包人( contractor的名词复数 )
  • We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后,接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 contractor
n.订约人,承包人,收缩肌
  • The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
  • The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样,有几分要看地势而定。
5 specifications
n.规格;载明;详述;(产品等的)说明书;说明书( specification的名词复数 );详细的计划书;载明;详述
  • Our work must answer the specifications laid down. 我们的工作应符合所定的规范。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This sketch does not conform with the specifications. 图文不符。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
6 detailed
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
7 hurdles
n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 );跳栏;(供人或马跳跃的)栏架;跨栏赛
  • In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时,必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
air flow relay
allocation of market
amplitude criterion
antigenaemia
athyrium anisopterum
atreptic
autobalancing
bandwidth-limited detector
be on the shake
beta-decay electron
bioadvected
blend juice
boyfriendly
break-bulk carrier
caudatiformis
cessy
Chippewaian
cyclic catalytic reforming process
dagames
dead pile yarn
Down syndrome
ecevits
ecology blocks
electrodessication
elsbeth
erynet
Ethiop
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exhilirating
Eynsham
filtration end point
final (-stage) superheater
forehead lifting
fruitification
galactomannans
garefowls
gazeley
genus Pinctada
gia
gluteus minimuss
goldfilled
graphic-recording
ground antiaircraft control
half sibling
honghelotrioside
hyper-sexual
in the same coin
injection conditions
intelligencing
intrinsic-extrinsic fault
jewel-case
kavulich
Lesbury
level rule
maltman
marsh mallow
melite
mess someone up
mickelsons
munification
murmurator
naturalmente
nepe
nongrads
nonvector computer
oceanic bonito
ofr
oglivy
onocleas
open cooker
openendedness
pack (on) all sail
paraeuchaeta vorax
peptizing agent
piz bernina
posthepatitic hyperbilirubinemia
practical-traveler
reason maintenance system
room coverage type/amount
Samjiyǒn-gun
sampling flowsheet
sardonicus
scouring liquor
seacoast artillery
severe atmosphere
shipping form
siliceous stromatolite
sistentes
SLOM
slotted ring antenna
spring balanced hatchcover
stochastic assumption of simple model
strappi
strong flier
subshrub
sudor sanguineus
tell someone flat
Tronite
trotamine
twinberries
two fluid theory
urysone