时间:2019-01-28 作者:英语课 分类:英语博客 A cup of English


英语课

  Beginners.

Today was a very special day here in the U.S. Do you know what the special occasion was? It was the inauguration 1 of the 44th President, Barack Hussein Obama. It is a time of excitement. Everybody wants to see changes. We all wonder what Obama will do. Will he change the politics in Washington? Will the economy improve? Who knows? Time will tell. The inaugural 2 ceremony is an important tradition. It is a huge celebration; a time to welcome the new President and to say goodbye to the previous one. Do you think that George W. Bush is sad to leave the Oval office and to retire? Perhaps. I think that it must be a relief to retire after being in such an important position for eight years. Phew! It makes me feel tired just thinking about it!

Grammar notes.

Useful vocabulary: inauguration, ceremony, celebration, to retire, the President, politics.

Questions: Do you know what the special occasion was? Exs: Do they know what the problem with the car was? Why don't you tell me what the problem is?

Do you think that he is sad? Do you think I look fat in this dress? Don't you think (that) it is time to go? * the word 'that' is optional.

Advanced.

Yesterday and today were auspicious 3 and significant days for U.S. history. Yesterday was Martin Luther King day. It is a national holiday to celebrate that great civil rights leader who forged a deeper, more equitable 4 national conscience about civil justice. And today was the inauguration of Barack Obama. What a tremendous ceremony and celebration it was. Talk about expectation and hope becoming almost physical as the event took place. High hopes have been placed on the shoulders of the new President. But, does he represent more than racial progress in this country? One would hope so. The economy needs to turn around before too many become unemployed 5. Is this achievable in one term of office? Obama said throughout his presidential campaign that it would take years to correct the underlying 6 errors of government that have led to this financial crisis. This seems to be the main concern; it is uppermost on people's minds. The health service and national security are also huge issues that will be dealt with. I cannot even begin to imagine how taxing and exhausting the job of President must be, especially if you are a person of conscience. How could you detatch yourself sufficiently 7 from work to remain sane 8, yet remain in-touch and sensitive enough to be an effective change maker 9? There is no doubt that Obama faces huge challenges, but hopefully he has the strength of character needed to meet those challenges honestly.

Grammar notes.

Useful vocabulary: auspicious, significant, equitable, conscience, achievable, underlying errors, uppermost, issue, sensitive, in-touch, exhausting.



n.开幕、就职典礼
  • The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
  • Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
adj.就职的;n.就职典礼
  • We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
  • Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。
adj.吉利的;幸运的,吉兆的
  • The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of my career.我的第一本书的出版是我事业吉祥的开始。
  • With favorable weather conditions it was an auspicious moment to set sail.风和日丽,正是扬帆出海的黄道吉日。
adj.公平的;公正的
  • This is an equitable solution to the dispute. 这是对该项争议的公正解决。
  • Paying a person what he has earned is equitable. 酬其应得,乃公平之事。
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
adj.在下面的,含蓄的,潜在的
  • The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
  • This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。
adv.足够地,充分地
  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
adj.心智健全的,神志清醒的,明智的,稳健的
  • He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
  • He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。
n.制造者,制造商
  • He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
学英语单词
- scape
academic credentials
admissible pair
aggsbach markt (aggsbach)
air ejection
air-void ratio
all before
arabic acid
arge nokoensis
asterionella kariana
azlon
bioeffect
boilingly
break into a passion of tears
cable puller
calahorra (calagurris)
carpenter's dream
checkrow plan
chemical rocket injector
child-freer
collinear lines
commissurae
condensation value
consultative model
crura membranacea
current balancing
currentvoltage characteristic
data base manipulation
dead again
defence tax
defined benefit plans
Discomyces bovis
disk agitator
draught blower
encephalochoristoma naso-frontalis
ERP (error recovery procedure)
everardo
external mirror laser
exuvia
Exxon donor solvent process
FI.
five-food group
floor constraint
free electron method
front end frame
Galilean moons
Garara
gasoline content gage
get mixed up in
glod
grain-boundary structure
grave mound
gross calorific power
heat resistivity
hodge-poker
hover-taxi
image at infinity
input conversion
integrated keyboard panel
Kinabalu, Gunung
Kobushiga-take
koraist
malimbe
Mallāq, Wādī
molecular moisture capacity
Norton County
observe
ol? (spain)
origin element field
Phyllophorinae
pigment cells
population atomic
pot-bound
project cost control
puerperium
punish as
raw material of wood-charcoal
rebonding of moulding sand
reclaimers
rexan
sealing coat
self-existent
serologicals
serralles
sheelers
signalling key
snipe-fish
source container
speed of welding travel
stibie
synactic
synergistic muscle
systemicities
teletype channel
the sea wolf
toxic uveitis
trademark regulations
tuckering
tumbler echo box
twisted-tape insert
unpermeable stratum
water surface drop by dune