时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(八)月


英语课

This scientific American’s 60-second science, I’m Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?


 


One of the drawbacks to attending a sporting event can be the boorish 1 behavior of some fans who have pounded down the brewskies.  Now comes a study that finds that three quarters of fans who appear to be already intoxicated 2 had no trouble buying more alcohol.  And a fifth of people posing as underage also could buy beer.  The research appears in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 


 


An additional public health service accomplished 3 by the study was that it employed actors.  Four thespians 4 hired on the basis of their ability to appear drunk were planted at stadiums.  And seven people over 21 but who looked much younger also attended games.  The research involved sixteen sports arenas 5 in five states.  The apparently 6 underage or intoxicated had three times the chance of making a successful alcohol purchase in the stands than at concession 7 booths.  Some people seem to go to games just to drink.  They should consider staying home to drink.  It’s much, much cheaper, they’ll be off the roads and most important, they’ll be spilling beer on the couch, not on me.


 


This scientific American’s 60-second science, I’m Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?


 



1 boorish
adj.粗野的,乡巴佬的
  • His manner seemed rather boorish.他的举止看上去很俗气。
  • He disgusted many with his boorish behaviour.他的粗野行为让很多人都讨厌他。
2 intoxicated
喝醉的,极其兴奋的
  • She was intoxicated with success. 她为成功所陶醉。
  • They became deeply intoxicated and totally disoriented. 他们酩酊大醉,东南西北全然不辨。
3 accomplished
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
  • Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
  • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
4 thespians
n.演员( thespian的名词复数 );悲剧演员
  • Broadway was full of loafing thespians in search of next season's engagements. 百老汇大街上挤满了闲荡的演员,在寻找下个季度的演出机会。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • These fine thespians and l were just heading back to my cabin. 这些好演员们正打算和我回船舱呢。 来自电影对白
5 arenas
表演场地( arena的名词复数 ); 竞技场; 活动或斗争的场所或场面; 圆形运动场
  • Demolition derbies are large-scale automobile rodeos that take place in big arenas. 撞车比赛指的是在很大的竞技场上举行的大型汽车驾驶技术表演。
  • Are there areas of privacy in the most public of arenas? 在绝大部分公开的场合中存在需要保护隐私的领域吗?
6 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
7 concession
n.让步,妥协;特许(权)
  • We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
  • That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。
标签: SSS additional
学英语单词
0570
acephalus sympus
acoustic gramophones
aforedescribed
alcoxides
Aluneon
amylon
application client container
assessour
averments
axiverse
Babylonize
basal nuclei
batch input spooler
be in a blue funk
bissey
blood-guilty
bulb potential
castel del monte
characteristic value of a property of a material
chimney soot
cholestanones
clipper-joint
cockcrows
comercial
consequent pole motor
conturas
convenience classes
Danizkanari
discounted least squares method
disjoint
dispractice
farouk is
florales
four-sections
general internment
gillepsie
gissings
gonangulum
grass basketry
ham handed
humidity uniformity
hydrazine iodide
ihes
isometric holohedral hexakisoctahedral class
j.j
kuht
Laurelville
local tax law
Ma Ly Chai
make his exit
make the running
manganites
medical department for children
metal electrodeposition
mild beer
multiple borer
multiple Fourier transform
multistage effeciency
myndes
needle bar crank
neutral-point method
number of coils
observer error
omnidirectional loudspeaker
one wire system
other contracting party
package express
perradii
plain chicken
Porto União
potassium glycerpohosphate
put pressure
radiation reference scale
receivable financing
rent-regulated
rich energy phosphate bond
royal yard
Santiago de Pacaguaras
scabiosaefolia
scanning laser radiation
scott mt.
screencap
seborrh(o)eic
Shigeko
shitbucket
single cut
Snφde
solar flare protons
sosusts-s
street certificate
sulfameter
sun-set effect
tangiest
time-to-amplitude converter
Tricladida
trim
ulmus davidiana planch.
Uniate Christian
West Asiatic architecture
Ximenes
yellowed rice poisoning