时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇


英语课

[00:00.00]Megan had attended secondary school

[00:03.60]at a private girls'school

[00:05.67]five hundred kilometers from home.

[00:08.52]In junior school she had

[00:10.81]been a straight A student.

[00:12.79]Now in high school

[00:14.43]she continued to study hard,

[00:16.07]play sports, join the school orchestra,

[00:20.66]plus a variety of school clubs.

[00:23.07]As a joke, her friends

[00:25.37]labeled her a genius,

[00:27.12]often just to make her angry.

[00:28.76]As well as being

[00:31.06]a high academic achiever

[00:33.13]she had a great capacity for fun.

[00:36.20]She thrived on

[00:38.17]an active social life.

[00:40.03]Slender, pretty and vivacious 1,

[00:42.76]she was the apple

[00:44.51]of her parents’ eye.

[00:47.24]Every year in accordance with

[00:49.88]school policy, a student candidate

[00:52.06]was chosen to travel and

[00:53.70]live in another commonwealth 2 country

[00:56.76]for six months.

[00:58.84]As Megan had an interest

[01:00.92]in a diplomatic career

[01:03.11]after completing university,

[01:04.87]she figured she would be

[01:06.28]considered a prime applicant 3

[01:08.03]if she applied 4 for the position.

[01:10.55]A detailed 5 essay was necessary

[01:13.17]to provide the committee

[01:15.69]with a clear idea of her intention.

[01:17.88]The selection committee would

[01:21.60]spend a fortnight reviewing

[01:23.25]the applications in an attempt

[01:26.30]to identify the ideal student.

[01:29.37]Megan also needed to undergo

[01:32.11]a rigorous personal interview,

[01:34.84]which would validate 6 her academic background

[01:37.57]and evaluate her general behavior.

[01:40.64]The interview proceeded well,

[01:44.69]Megan taking the initiative

[01:47.64]to underline her strengths.

[01:49.72]After school some of her friends

[01:53.11]gathered for coffee

[01:54.86]in the cafe  near the school.

[01:56.94]They confessed to Megan that

[01:59.23]they were rather envious 7 of

[02:01.21]the opportunity she might have

[02:03.40]to live in another country.

[02:05.80]They enquired 8 about

[02:08.97]the details of the interview.

[02:10.84]Two weeks later Megan received

[02:13.46]a phone call notifying her of

[02:15.32]the successful results of the interview



1 vivacious
adj.活泼的,快活的
  • She is an artless,vivacious girl.她是一个天真活泼的女孩。
  • The picture has a vivacious artistic conception.这幅画气韵生动。
2 commonwealth
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
3 applicant
n.申请人,求职者,请求者
  • He was the hundredth applicant for the job. 他是第100个申请这项工作的人。
  • In my estimation, the applicant is well qualified for this job. 据我看, 这位应征者完全具备这项工作的条件。
4 applied
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
5 detailed
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
6 validate
vt.(法律)使有效,使生效
  • You need an official signature to validate the order.你要有正式的签字,这张汇票才能生效。
  • In order to validate the agreement,both parties sign it.为使协议有效,双方在上面签了字。
7 envious
adj.嫉妒的,羡慕的
  • I don't think I'm envious of your success.我想我并不嫉妒你的成功。
  • She is envious of Jane's good looks and covetous of her car.她既忌妒简的美貌又垂涎她的汽车。
8 enquired
打听( enquire的过去式和过去分词 ); 询问; 问问题; 查问
  • He enquired for the book in a bookstore. 他在书店查询那本书。
  • Fauchery jestingly enquired whether the Minister was coming too. 浮式瑞嘲笑着问部长是否也会来。
学英语单词
accommodation layout
alder wood
allfirst
Amery Basin
amino acid-RNA ligase
angular momentum integral
anionicity
Apocynum cannabinum
arachnoid twist drill
autorhythmicity
average time for repair of breakdowns
Bangai Pt.
bassia butyracea
Battle of Bull Run,The
beam(-current)monitor
broilery
C.C.C.S.
carbon monoxide molecular laser
channel changer
Channelflow
clonewheel organ
cloud height indicator
conductor pipe
continuous acid-washing
diadosis
edenhope
edholm
electrospray interface
electrothermic industry
end tooth
exchange of complete units
expanded metal lath
familiari
field effects
findeth
fissilest
fixed communication
gate connector redundancy
give off vapours
ground clearance of ma-chine
Imputarian
intake point
Jamaican dollar
law abiding
letter of allocation
logic gates
lonnae
medial crossvein
member-states
moars
monatomic
monophosphanes
Mozambique monetary unit
mudhead
multiple-threaded
multivariate data analysis
night goggle readable
Nkambe
nocturnal measurement
organic brain disorder
physex
physiological quality
picture counter
pincers attack
plagiogyria adnata
Ponstil
pourparty
power-burst-facility
presoaked
product-possibility sets
prototype aircraft
public forum
pulpifying
Rana basaltica
re-acquisition
reduced elastic modulus
reels in
Salix juparica
simulation jamming
six-and-a-half
sixthgrade
ski pants
slow growing
spec home
spinettis
strip-farming
superposition of electric fields
supply to
t'd off
taricani
telecasted
the boston tea party
the cardinal virtue
towering take-off
underfeeling
Uninstall software
unobjectionable alien
weif
wind technology
women science
young spark