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
-rd
-tent
.ult
a mine yawl
alcohol(o)mania
all-dielectric interference filter
alopecia syphilitica
Alseodaphne rugosa
antholite
area graph
as near as could be to
atlantal lymph gland
awarded by court
birgers
california achievement test (cat)
carbosilane
cock suckings
complete-transposition-like
conditional payoff matrix
conditionalness
cutoff meander spur
dalton's theory
debellate
degenders
don't hold your breath
drift tubes
Dunbaria nivea
electron mobility detector
Euromaidan
fighting compartment
greaze
haematids
Haud(Hawd)
high pressure heater
horizontal-scanning system
household disposal system
imaginable quantity
impeller approach
instr
irritated epiphora with cold tear
iso-allel(e)
join stool
Jones matrix
Kunigami
lactipotous
letter-drop
longyi
loop station
low-temperature tar
made our play for
minimum ignition energy
Montemor-o-Velho
multi-lane road
multicontact relay
nasal limen
Nepaltar
nuclear inflammability
odd sorts
ontogenetical
onychophagia
orifice ring holder
overhanging type sub press
paramagnetic amplifier
periodic granulocytopenia
philic
plesaunt
prehensiles
program stub
PROPIN
psycho-killer
rapid ageing process
rat distillate
recognition logic
RIPE3b
riveted standing seam
rotational stiffness factor
rotor axis
scapuloclavicular joints
Schales-Schales method
Scharnitz
scure speech system
slow breeding
sociogenomics
Steller's sea cow
stopmeter
tank sally
teto
there is no accounting for taste
thermammeter
three body problem
time-of-flight neutron spectrometer
tubular hair pin furnace
u.i.r (union interationale de la radiodiffusion)
usability-test
venae bronchiales anteriores
vestibulotomy
virabhadrasana
vodka luges
wage-gap
with all your heart and soul
yaki