时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄中级美国英语


英语课


 Two Australians, Mack and Jill, are camping on Kangaroo Island.
M: Look! There's a koala hugging a tree. They're really so cute. Jill, why are you crying?
J: The government's planning on killing 1 them because they may starve to death soon.
M: What a stupid idea! They should try saving them instead.
J: I agree. Let's start a campaign to save them. If we can find 5,000 people to each take one home. The
   problem will be solved.
M: That's a good idea. You know, there're about 18 million people in Australia. Five thousand is only 0.027
   percent of the population.
J: Let's do it then.
M: Killing as a solution to a problem is just not right.
J: You can say that again.

be all ears 洗耳恭听     attentive 2 专心的
My feet are killing me.  不听使唤了,走不动了
The solution to pollution is to have fewer cars.
Let's pitch our tent here on this level ground.   pitch (动作)搭帐篷
aboriginee 原著居民
sly = cunning 小聪明
plan on going camping = plan to go camping
count 认真追求   chase 为有趣追求
approximately (写作中)
15.23  fifteen point two three
campaign  活动(正式词)



1 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
2 attentive
adj.注意的,专心的;关心(别人)的,殷勤的
  • She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
  • The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。