直捷英语(附mp3和字幕) Unit 43
JOE:What's that statistic 1? I remember reading it years ago.
[00:04.10]If you look at what the human body is made of,
[00:06.79]the materials are woth about 17 cents.
[00:09.38]RICHARD:It must be more now.We must be worth at least a couple of bucks 2.
[00:13.97]JOE:Well,think about it.We're mostly water and some protein,right?
[00:18.36]Then there must be a mineral or two.
[00:20.54]RICHARD:Sure.There are minerals:some iron,some copper 3.But not much.
[00:25.92]JOE:So you've got some water and a couple of piles of...
[00:29.11]MARIE:Joe.We're eating.Could you pick a topic that is a little more appropriate.
[00:34.70]RICHARD:Uh oh.We're being censored 4.
[00:37.66]NANCY:Some topics are better than others over dinner,honey.
[00:41.14]JOE:Fine.Are there any other topics we should avoid?
[00:44.14]NANCY:Religion.
[00:45.53]MARIE:Sex.
[00:46.80]RICHARD:Politics.
[00:49.08]JOE:All the good stuff.
[00:51.17]NANCY:Come on Joe.
[00:53.95]MARIE:Forget it,Nancy.Some people have no imagination.
[00:58.85]NANCY:We can have a very nice conversation about something else.
[01:02.74]RICHARD:Like what?
[01:04.73]NANCY:Haircuts.
[01:08.21]MARIE:Flower arranging.
[01:10.10]NANCY:Modern dance.
[01:11.40]MARIE:How about knitting 5? RICHARD:Please,please.We're eating!
[01:14.90]JOE:I lost my appetite.
[01:32.18]JUSTNE:Would you mind if I cheated off you on the biology test?
[01:38.28]BETH:Get a life.
[01:39.96]JUSTINE:I'm going to flunk 6 it.I hate this DNA 7 stuff.Who cares?
[01:45.65]BETH:You're not going to flunk anything.
[01:48.24]We covered that whole section and you know it all.
[01:51.22]JUSTINE:You're lucky.You understand science.
[01:55.30]You get it right away.
[01:56.78]BETH:Excuse me.Who is the language expert?Who gets me through Spanish?
[02:02.28]JUSTINE:That's easy.This is hard.
[02:05.78]JUSTINE:It's not fair.Just because colleges have these stupid requirements,
[02:11.38]we have to take subjects that we hate.
[02:13.46]Everybody knows they have to take four years of English,
[02:16.75]three years of math,four years of...
[02:18.84]BETH:Jus.There isn't anyone who loves every subject.
[02:22.73]I really do want to study,OK?
[02:26.14]JUSTINE:I talked to somebody you know last night.
[02:29.74]BETH:Who?
[02:31.03]JUSTINE:Stuart Bonnett.
[02:32.74]BETH:What?
[02:33.84]JUSTINE:But I know you want to study.We can discuss it some other time.
[02:38.93]BETH:Where did you see him,Justine?
[02:40.73]JUSTINE:At my brother's basketball game.He knows I know you.
[02:44.52]BETH:What did you say? Because I will kill you if you said anything.
[02:48.82]JUSTINE:You know,I,I think we should review Chapter 14
- Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
- There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。
- They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
- They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
- Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
- The news reports had been heavily censored . 这些新闻报道已被大幅删剪。
- The military-backed government has heavily censored the news. 有军方撑腰的政府对新闻进行了严格审查。
- Weaving and knitting are traditional cottage industries. 编织和针织是传统的家庭手工业。
- manipulative skills such as typing and knitting 诸如打字、编织这样的技能