时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:话匣子英语


英语课
Andrew: That is right. So, when we last left you, I was talking about playing with my band in Saskatchewan.
 
Harp 1: Yes, exactly. Where did you go after that?
 
Andrew: After Saskatchewan, we went to the next province westward 2, which is Alberta, and we played two shows there: one in Edmonton and then one in Calgary. And these, again, are the biggest cities in that province.
 
Harp: OK. And now, I’m curious, because you know Edmonton’s my hometown. How were you received in Edmonton? Did you enjoy the show there?
 
Andrew: Edmonton was awesome 3, actually. Yeah, it was really great. There was a festival that was going on and we were playing as a part of that festival.
 
Harp: Which festival was it?
 
Andrew: That is a good question. I’m trying to remember the name of it now. Oh! I know what it was called. It was called the Endless Bummer festival.
 
Harp: I’ve never even heard of it before!
 
Andrew: I think it’s just a small festival for the independent music in the city. And we have an expression. We can say endless summer in English, right? When we’re talking just about a beautiful, long summer. And this is sort of a play on that expression, endless summer, by calling it Endless Bummer, which sort of means perpetual depression? Or sadness? I guess.
 
Harp: It works well for a band called No Aloha.
 
Andrew: That’s right. So, we played in Edmonton and there were a lot of people at the show. It was really fun. All of us have a lot of friends in Edmonton so it was cool to hang out with them and it was just a good time, yeah.
 
Harp: Do you remember where you played there?
 
Andrew: Mmhmm. We played at a small place called the Wunderbar.
 
Harp: OK, very cool.
 
Andrew: Mmhmm.
 
Harp: And then what about Calgary? It was worse, right? ’Cause, you know, Edmonton’s a much better city, right?
 
Andrew: Calgary… Calgary was awful, actually. It was not the greatest place to play.
 
Harp: Yup. I know, because Edmonton is better. You know, I have that rivalry 4 still in my blood.
 
Andrew: Well, we played in Edmonton on a Saturday night, which is a great night to go and see music. And then we played in Calgary the next day, which was a Sunday, and that is not the best day to go see music, so there weren’t that many people at our show, which was kinda disappointing. It was kind of a bummer, you could say. But I don’t know. I like Calgary. It’s still an OK place.
 
Harp: No, I’m just teasing. It’s totally a fine place, and it’s so beautiful because it’s right by the Rocky Mountains.
 
Andrew: Yeah. Actually, we didn’t even stay in Calgary for a day. We played our show and immediately after we finished playing, we loaded our gear in the van and then went to Banff to go camping in the Rocky Mountains.

1 harp
n.竖琴;天琴座
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
  • He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。
2 westward
n.西方,西部;adj.西方的,向西的;adv.向西
  • We live on the westward slope of the hill.我们住在这座山的西山坡。
  • Explore westward or wherever.向西或到什么别的地方去勘探。
3 awesome
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
4 rivalry
n.竞争,竞赛,对抗
  • The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.这次争吵是两家不和引起的。
  • He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。
学英语单词
Acalypterae
access restriction
Acer cordatum
adjustment in range
alternating current servomotor
altice
area under canopy
ausfahrts
bestiarian
bumfs
buying temperature
carcinosarcomata
centrifuge dewaxing
ceramic tube
chrome fast cyanine b
collection efficiency in a photomultiplier tube
conperson
constructive
continuous industry
controllability indices
cooling water temperation gauge
cossety
data de-dupe
demarchy
Dilangtani
draw cone
eidetic image
enpite
epistoler
ethyldiisobutyltin bromide
eucol
fabric disc
Fagersta cut
falsas
fenestration scoop
festuclavine
fria
funiculi vitelline
girth line
hairbell
head board
holomorphic function
Hubbard Creek Reservoir
Hydrangea longialata
ingulfed
IR
job club
journal box lubricator
klintite
knibb
laetiporus sulphureus
lamina rara
loading coil pot
lukewarm water
make-believe
Mercurichloride
minirecorder
molecular clock
Montes Alps
multivariate spline
Mīrpur Sakro
net minesweeping gear
northern dune tansy
nylon thread
oilcan
optional blank
perlection
pipe erecter
pipistrelles
piston ring ends
placenta vera
Planomonospora
potato soup
recirculation capacity
rheoreceptors
rubber disk shock absorber
Saundersfoot
second-in-line
self-smoothing fabric
sensomobility
single-press process
solanine content of potato
sternal synchondrosis
stope box
supporting chip
sweating-bath
sympathetic ink
T.U.
Taidong County
tensive
thatcher
thermosensitive luminescent polymer
tilt rotor aircraft
to make time
Tobor
two part sizing system
tyne 2, tyned, tynt
ulm-
uniaxal
wire chase
wiredrawn
yads