时间:2019-02-24 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课
Jeff: My brothers and I just did a really fun and difficult journey across India in a rickshaw. It's, a rickshaw is a three-wheeled, a little three-wheeled vehicle. It's a cross between a car and a motorcycle. It has no doors and it has no trunk to put luggage in, and it has a little, it has a little steering 1 bar like a motorcycle and it doesn't go very fast, and we drove this all the way across the country from Bangladesh to Pakistan, and it was a crazy journey, it was crazy, very dangerous and full of surprises and very hard of your body and your mind and I did this, with my two brothers in a rickshaw. My brothers and I filmed the entire journey in the rickshaw with a professional video camera. One of my dreams in life is to make a documentary 2 for TV and we decided 3 to make a documentary of our trip across India and it was very difficult. We thought it would be easy, but when we started to do this it was very, very tough. They make it look easy on television and when you have the camera and you're trying to video people it's very difficult. They don't do what you want to do and the weather doesn't cooperate 4 with you, and maybe the camera breaks down and you're tired and you can't get the video shots that you want and it becomes like a game, or struggle, trying to get the best shots, trying to get the most interesting shots, and it is like a game, a fun, and frustrating 5 game, but by the end of the trip, we managed to get all of the video, and we put together a very interesting three minute video, and a couple of Indian video producers helped us put this together, and you can see the short video on the web site www.eagarbros.com, and I think you'll like it. It's full of surprises and full of funny and strange sites and full of action, so, it's pretty good. I think you'll like it. 
 
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rickshaw
 
We did a fun and difficult journey across India in a rickshaw.
 
In the past a 'rickshaw' was a cart with two wheels that was pulled by one or two men and used for transportation in India and other parts of the world. In modern times most rickshaws are motorized and pulled by a motorcycle.  Jeff used a motorized rickshaw to travel. Notice the following:
 
There is a special area for the rickshaws to drive.
We took a rickshaw tour around town.
cross
 
A rickshaw is a cross between a car and a motorcycle.
 
If something is a 'cross' between two things it is a combination 6 of the two and has characteristics of both. Notice the following:
 
She is definitely 7 a cross between her mother and father.
It's kind of a cross between a sandwich and a pizza.
cooperate
 
It was difficult, because the weather doesn't cooperate with you.
 
When something or someone works 8 with us to make something easier we can say it is 'cooperating 9.' When you talk about the weather not cooperating you are saying it was bad weather for what you were trying to do. Notice the following:
 
We wanted the dog to be in the family photos, but he wouldn't cooperate.
Some days it feels like the city is not cooperating with me at all.
shots
 
We struggled to get the best and most interesting shots.
 
In this case 'shots' refers to a video recording 10 or photos of a place or an even. Notice the following:
 
Out of 300 pictures only 20 of them were good shots.
The light in the morning gives you some very unique shots.
put together
 
We did put together a very interesting three-minute video.
 
When you 'put something together' you make or create it. Notice the following:
 
We are trying to put together a surprise party for your birthday.
I have to put together an hour-long presentation for next week.


n.操舵装置
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
  • Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵,口吻也马上变得温和了。
adj.文献的;n.纪录片
  • This case lacked documentary proof.本案缺少书面证据。
  • I watched a documentary on the Civil War.我看了一部关于内战的纪录片。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
vi.合作,协作,相配合
  • We hope we can cooperate even more closely in the future.希望我们今后能更加密切地合作。
  • I hope you can cooperate on this matter.我希望你在这件事上能给予合作。
adj.产生挫折的,使人沮丧的,令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
  • It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间,真令人懊恼。
  • It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.组合,合并,联合;
  • He carried on the business in combination with his friends.他与朋友们合伙做生意。
  • The materials can be used singly or in combination.这些材料可以单独使用也可以混合用。
adv.一定地,肯定地;明确地,确切地
  • The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛,这个队肯定会输。
  • I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前,我一定回家。
n.作品,著作;工厂,活动部件,机件
  • We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
共同运转的,协同操作的
  • We have abundant experience in cooperating with a lot of companies. 我们拥有与大量公司合作的丰富经验。
  • The interview will generally center round managing and cooperating skills. 访谈将围绕管理和合作技巧展开。
n.录音,记录
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
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acetoxymethylbenzylpenicillinate
air jet blower
article science
backtrapping of bubble-cap tray
below market rate
bioocclusion
bit interlacing
book down
boric oxide anomaly
Bāhādurābād Ghāt
canine eminence
carbonic therapy
carburetor emission control
carcin-
circular shelf dryer
computation theory
continuous image points
Crimean Gothic
cross-listing
crossbolt lock
decumarias
derecognized
difficulties
drag reduction method
due process clauses
duplantis
dusting
eelbucks
El Yunque, Loma
electrical supply
electrochemical solution
enongh
esophago-trache'al
excellent student
extranucleic
fluorophytosterol
Franquista
fuel transfer facility
fundamental absorption edge
gear puller
geometrically similar pump
get at the root of something
ghostflower
gradability
hypselodont
imposters
infinite dimension
Jesuist
John L. Lewis
kathryn elizabeth smiths
linear rectifier
logical edit
make a fool of yourself
maqarin
massims
maximum flat filter
methylene disulfonyl
microsporangial
millhams
monishing
mucosectomy
Nearsighted Date
normal-shock inlet
oleum pini pumilionis
ottolini
Packers salt
pallet steel
paper boys
pelletized zinc blende
peroxide of barium
pervigilations
picture grammar
pooey
postcollapse
predator-bug
programmed cryptographic facility
put on wax
quickley
reevesia pubescens mast
registration fires
report designer
rockier
rockism
self-quotation
semirounded
separator accumulator
service qualified rate
shiluensis
SLBM
spermodermia
spray type sulfur burner
spreader-stoker-fired furnace
strong conservation form
tar keratosis
tart-tongued
tel (telephone)
test-meal
tuber sacrale
with effect
working day