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
4-fluoro-2-nitroanisole
abhoring
accounting on a division or group basis
adamantine cancer
agathidium (agathidium) glabricolle
aggrandizer
air inlet system
backup gap
Baglung
basofortina
bathyl
belt line
body-centred lattice
Braies, L.di
broken bag
caglione
carolina lupines
cataplerosis
CFPI
chlordans
colossal tanker
common ragweed
complete engine
computer virus
cost audit
ctenopteris curtisii
customer rates
de-registered
dibenzene-chromium
dynamic scoring
earth bow shock
electrode mixer
eleostearic
enlarge upon
eponine
fabricare
free end bearing
fresh sausage meat
fundamental blade frequency
gland disease
goal-kicks
Gopala
haze-free
hydraulic flattening
index reduction factor
inside link plate
inventory flow assumption
jigged-bed ion-exchange
Karatau
Kaszubskie, Pojezierze
kid-gloved methods
kinesiphony
Kingsgate
Kosmio
log-crib revetment
magnesium fertilizers
make record
Margate fish
mavroules
maxillifer
meridor
monocarpous ovary
Morgagni's liquor
my giddy aunt
n'existe
neutron probe
orgasmic disorder
ortho-phosphorous acid
oxfly
parvifoliate
pay-rate
platylepas hexastylos
plunger cros pin
ponchillia
port orford cedars
postcard
pre-burning
processor scheduling
proficiency test
radiopharmaceutically
rectangular-coordinate display
red-cell count
rudows
sectoring
security kernel approach
self locking gear
shut cock
sieve plate
simulated peneplain
Sorbus pallescens
strata supravasculare
stream analysis
string symbol
student-level
sun scorch
tonsillar hemisporosis
V/Ni
vertical photographing
well-connecteds
Welokā
width of interval
witzke