时间:2018-12-17 作者:英语课 分类:流利美国口语


英语课

W: So here we are, at the beginning of a new century. Looking back on the past century, I feel many things are incredible.


M: You can say that again. A century ago, who would ever imagine that cars, TVs, telephones, cell phones, walkmans, helicopters, submarines, air-buses would be taken for granted.


W: It is breath taking when you think that the economy of many countries in the world has advanced with such leaps and bounds.


M: And the economy of various nations of the world would become so interdependent in the global village.


W: How true? Who would anticipate that so many Chinese civil projects are under the co-operation of so many foreigners from so many different countries of the world?


Dialogue 2.


W: Hi, Yegan. How is your immigration life in the US?


M: Oh, couldn’t be better, Sharley. I found a job as assistant analyst 1 and my wife is happy with her new career. Our little son Tiger enjoys his life in the kindergarten. He even doesn’t want to go back home in the afternoon.


W: How much did you make last year?


M: My gross income was 50,000 dollars, but after deductions 2 the tax book income came to 30,000 dollars.


W: Is your salary enough to cover your running expenses there?


M: Sure, living is cheap here and we’ve bought a new car recently. Come here soon and we will take you to the beautiful places around here. The landscape is so fantastic.


W: Thanks, and I sure will.


Dialogue 3.


W: It was said that television helped the late president J.F. Kennedy win his presidential election.


M: It’s the truth. The poll showed that Nixon had gained the lead. But after the un-president TV debate between the presidential candidates, Nixon was out-shone by the impressive vigor 3 and by talent of J.F.K, and finally gave up his position to J.F.K.


W: What a shame.


M: By the way, do you think the White House is safer than some 50 years ago?


W: Sure, they have tightened 4 up security there after the shooting down of a helicopter on the White House lawn in 1974, and several incidents where gunmen fired shots at the White House in 1994. There are patrolling secret service officers along the side walk, television cameras and motion detectors 5 nearby, and even sniffers on the White House roof.


M: Now that the security is so visible, the president is safe when he is in the White House complex.


W: Right on.


Exercise.


1. The government should give priority to the problem of financial deficit 6.


2. Prices are fluctuating.


3. The production of cars has tripled in these 2 years.


4. Who won the presidential election?


5. Tax evasion 7 is a kind of crime.


6. The chief executive of the United States is the president who together with the vice-president is elected to a four-year term with only 2 terms.


7. The federal government of the United States when it was first designed set up a central system with a strong government.


8. The judicial 8 branch is headed by the supreme 9 court.


9. The legislative 10 branch is made up of elected representatives from all of the states. It consists of a congress that is divided into 2 houses, the house of representatives and the senate.



1 analyst
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
2 deductions
扣除( deduction的名词复数 ); 结论; 扣除的量; 推演
  • Many of the older officers trusted agents sightings more than cryptanalysts'deductions. 许多年纪比较大的军官往往相信特务的发现,而不怎么相信密码分析员的推断。
  • You know how you rush at things,jump to conclusions without proper deductions. 你知道你处理问题是多么仓促,毫无合适的演绎就仓促下结论。
3 vigor
n.活力,精力,元气
  • The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
  • She didn't want to be reminded of her beauty or her former vigor.现在,她不愿人们提起她昔日的美丽和以前的精力充沛。
4 tightened
收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧
  • The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
  • His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机,然后又松开了。
5 detectors
探测器( detector的名词复数 )
  • The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
  • This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者,这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技
6 deficit
n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差
  • The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
  • We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
7 evasion
n.逃避,偷漏(税)
  • The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
  • The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。
8 judicial
adj.司法的,法庭的,审判的,明断的,公正的
  • He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
  • Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。
9 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
10 legislative
n.立法机构,立法权;adj.立法的,有立法权的
  • Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
  • Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
学英语单词
6-Hydroxyflavone
analogizations
anaphroditic
anrantiol
anterior sacrococcygeal muscle
anti-pope
attack au fer
awakening to
balanced budget and emergency deficit control act
betides
blatnik
Brush under the carpet
byion
cespiticolous
charging cone
cheilopogon arcticeps
chiasma interference (mather 1933)
chimaerism
circular nozzle
common data model
consequent-pole winding
core residence time
crane man's house
credit memo
crust torsion
debtor account
department of commerce
digital sorting method
digital telemetering system
direct exchange quotations
eggin'
extragenic reversion
feed movement
fracture surface energy
freight and demurrage
friction resistance to sliding
front-end compression
front-top rake
fund for betterment and expansion
ginpole derrick
girder web
hampered
head-dressing
high pressure industry
in someone's depth
inclinatorium
incoherent radar
j. r. firths
JMAR
kaiser-permanente
kuznets curve
Langmuir's theory
liquorish
longin'
Malaz
molal freezing point depression constant
monatomic molecules
near-vegetarian
nightshade
nuclear bomb
o-aminohippuric acid
on-screen keyboard
Oppenheim's gait
Park Gate
pilot chart
polyalkoxylated polyol
prednisolone 21-diethylaminoacetate
prepare oneself for
prestressed castiron vessel
prophesying
quick line
rachitic flat pelvis
radiogoniometer control
read-throughs
resistance voltage to power supply
retinitis centralis serosa
reverse transformation
rigid base bar
seelandian stage
service works
signal ack
Silzin
similar representation
sneddon
space-reflection symmetries
spot welding sealer
stramonium tincture
sub-game perfect Nash equilibrium
subsellium
thermal downslope wind
throw one's weight into the balance
to give zest to...
tortayes
towel rack
trans-arrangement
transnational market
un-american activites committee
underutilizes
vapourizing combustor
ventriculojugulocardiac
worst cold case
yeant