时间:2019-02-27 作者:英语课 分类:趣谈英语


英语课

Pre-Listening Vocabulary
 
pica: an eating disorder 1 characterized by a craving 2 for non-food substances
magpie 3: a long-tailed, black and white bird
craving: a strong feeling of need, usually related to food consumption
persist: to last a long time
psychological: related to the brain

 
 
Pica Means Magpie
Magpies 4 are birds that will eat almost anything, whether it’s food or not. Some humans crave 5 substances with no nutritional 6 value. This eating disorder is called pica. Pica is Latin for magpie. People who suffer from pica have cravings for non-food substances, such as dirt, paper, or cigarette ashes. Most children outgrow 7 this behaviour by the time they reach school age. If pica persists, it may be related to a psychological disorder that requires the help of a mental health worker. Pregnant women may also develop pica. Their cravings may stem from a lack of certain vitamins or minerals.

n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调
  • When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后,他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
  • It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
n.渴望,热望
  • a craving for chocolate 非常想吃巧克力
  • She skipped normal meals to satisfy her craving for chocolate and crisps. 她不吃正餐,以便满足自己吃巧克力和炸薯片的渴望。
n.喜欢收藏物品的人,喜鹊,饶舌者
  • Now and then a magpie would call.不时有喜鹊的叫声。
  • This young man is really a magpie.这个年轻人真是饶舌。
喜鹊(magpie的复数形式)
  • They set forth chattering like magpies. 他们叽叽喳喳地出发了。
  • James: besides, we can take some pied magpies home, for BBQ. 此外,我们还可以打些喜鹊回家,用来烧烤。
vt.渴望得到,迫切需要,恳求,请求
  • Many young children crave attention.许多小孩子渴望得到关心。
  • You may be craving for some fresh air.你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。
adj.营养的,滋养的
  • A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
  • The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。
vt.长大得使…不再适用;成长得不再要
  • The little girl will outgrow her fear of pet animals.小女孩慢慢长大后就不会在怕宠物了。
  • Children who walk in their sleep usually outgrow the habit.梦游的孩子通常在长大后这个习惯自然消失。
学英语单词
a purple patch
activation model
aldehydelyase
aliterate people
ammonoids
B stokehold
bedwells
bi-directionalities
binary multiplication
Bischofsgrun
Bobol
Boston arm
boukary
canned beef
Cayley complex
center-right
check of zero
chief cells
combativity
conglobe
consigned luggage
continuing operating assumption
control housing
core board
edge support
elementary course
fishplated track
free environment
freight composition
gangliatea
Godiva
graphalloy
Gregorian tone
hachiya
half-inch video
hand cranking device
handle lock
hanging-drops
highlight the advantage of plan
hiving off
hypogalactlous
Iconha
inclined haulage road
inclined plane viscometer
increase yields per mu
indirect analogue
interedependency
langspiel
lennards
linked index
locusting
Matromicna
metal-oxide fiber
miss-planted rate
near infrared reflectance spectroscopy(nirs)
neurocristopathies
ornithuric acid
outmaneuvre
paspalum distichums
pee-pee
Perisporineae
petroliferous region
pleurote
pras
Price equation
protomolecules
red mud
regios
rental receipts
request ... from
resource limit exceeded
return authorization
salt-marshes
sax tuba
seaside scrub oak
solarimeter
sou'west
spurpinion
static (adj.)
stemplots
stiff mud
stock assessment
subcarrier monitor
teding-penny
television systems
time delay correction
traction transformer
tufthunter
undershipments
underway sampler
ustilago crus-galli
vapor emission
verier
vicia fauriae franch.
Villamanta
voltage between layers
vulval sarcoma
wedge scale
wind edge
wind to a close
woman-hating
xanthochlorus