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
a man of his word
acocanthera venenatas
admirably
aerospace materials science
aesthetic attitude
Albarran's tubules
alvis
Bennite
billy-barlow
blow-by gasleak
blue-free filter
buckling of bar
cant of the mandible
Carrington, Richard Christopher
chooke
coarse wheel
coasting barge
coin bank
column shifter
come under
conductive bed
conjunctival cul-de-sac
continental facies
convivial
coral
cost benefit studies
cumulative excitation
diastolic pressures
diisostearoyl ethylene titanate
direct digital process control
domain fluxing
Domazlice
exeretory tubule
faucis
ferrand
flinchless
formula translator
formvars
furfuryl fural
Gannett Peak
go behind someone's back
GPC (general purpose computer)
hedgepigs
height-finding instrument
Heko-san
hike in prices
in comparison
inhonest
ink vibrator roller
interactive compact disc viewer
joint venture agreement
liquefied cyanogen
loading days
miedel
Mikrolux
miliary gumma
modified residue code
mooch off
nonasphaltic road oil
operating system error isolation
Osbornite
perchless
philias
plc program
pneumatic positioning mechanism
polyphosphate
potassium chromic oxalate
preparation stage
primordial epidermis
put it across sb.
rank-order voting
scalar-product
scuttled
selective media
semicupiums
shared name
shirokshinite
side elevation drawing
skiograph
slap in
song sparrows
soriba
standardized variable
subspecie aeternitatis
sumach
syn-tectonic crystallization
thermo-anemometer
throat fucking
time-base
tobaccers
total ionizing dose
Tréboul
unquarrelled
upper slide rest
Venado, Pta.
waalhaven
wastewater recycle system
webshop
white-topped asters
wowarde
zero-base budgeting