时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:趣谈英语


英语课

 Pre-Listening Vocabulary



acquired taste: a flavour that you learn to appreciate after repeated exposure
put someone off: to cause someone to want to stay away from someone or something
pulp 1: the fleshy part of a fruit
hull 2: the outer layer or shell of some fruit, vegetables or seeds
pungent 3: strong smelling

The King Of Fruit Is Stinky


 


Durian, known as “the king of fruit” in southeast Asia, is an acquired taste. The smell of this tropical fruit is what usually puts people off. While some people find durian revolting, others are addicted 4 to the strong, unique flavour of its pulp. The durian is known as the king of fruit because of its large size and thick, spiky 5 hull. A single piece of fruit can weigh as much as three kilograms (seven pounds) and cost up to ten dollars. Durian is mainly grown in Malaysia and Indonesia. Because of its pungent odour, durian is banned in some public places and on mass transit 6. When asked to describe its taste, many people have a tough time. Some describe it as garlic or onion mixed with fruit. Others compare it to fruity cream cheese or custard.



1 pulp
n.果肉,纸浆;v.化成纸浆,除去...果肉,制成纸浆
  • The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.这西瓜瓤儿太肉了。
  • The company manufactures pulp and paper products.这个公司制造纸浆和纸产品。
2 hull
n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳
  • The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
  • The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。
3 pungent
adj.(气味、味道)刺激性的,辛辣的;尖锐的
  • The article is written in a pungent style.文章写得泼辣。
  • Its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hideouts.它的刺激性气味会令恐怖分子窒息,迫使他们从藏身地点逃脱出来。
4 addicted
adj.沉溺于....的,对...上瘾的
  • He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
  • She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。
5 spiky
adj.长而尖的,大钉似的
  • Your hairbrush is too spiky for me.你的发刷,我觉得太尖了。
  • The spiky handwriting on the airmail envelope from London was obviously hers.发自伦敦的航空信封上的尖长字迹分明是她的。
6 transit
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过
  • His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
  • The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
学英语单词
accumulated proprietorship
adozelesin
after hardening
air spinning frame
antivenenes
AOMA
architectural drafting
ash pan hopper
Bacaeroides cavae
baggingly
balance pressure
biology of human fetal growth
blade height
brass-plated steel wire
BRL-16933
bulk-zoning
chemical separation process
coat with rubber
cobalt(iii) tartrate
cornwall on hudson
davleia (dhavlia)
dispatching computer
drag hunt
Dul-Tone
dyskinesia algera
electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (esca)
elegant habenarias
elsholtzias
forest-deterioration
frame-building organism
gear type pump
grallochs
grand rounds
hand perspiration
hard clamping
harmonic conversis transducer
Hematotowin
hemerocallis poisoning
highly-strungs
hydroxy-pyrazolo-pyrinoidine
in the original
istigobius hoshinonis
junior middleweights
Kakhonak
kauko
laever controller
Leibniz formula
Li, Phou
liftcar
Long An
marvyle
meandry
metabolic acidoses
Micro Limit Switch
mucocutaneous lymph node syndromes
myoatrophy
myoiine
nione
No POST
notional cost
obtusifoliol
open rod pres
P'yǒngsǒng
Paleo-Amerind culture
Pan paniscus
perinate
petrography of fossil
phase generator
pre-transfer
rate of freezing
re-bored
regular asteroid
resays
Salix spathulifolia
samama
seabather's eruption
sewage oxidation
sorbol
south-westward
spoke modulation
spring (-loaded) pressure relief valve
staff training
sulfinic anhydride
sulfuryls
surface geology
tangential partial turbine
telluryl chloride
textile board
toot our own horn
transverse strut
trevice
turbits
Tyrolean hats
undocked
urba
variable-resistance arm
whaddayacallits
wrathily
wycliff
xanthidylic
you'd better believe it
zulus