时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:趣谈英语


英语课




Pre-Listening Vocabulary
 
accustomed to: used to
tirelessly: without tiring; for long hours
surge barrier: man-made protection built to keep the sea from flooding onto the land
valve: a device that opens and shuts; changes the direction of fluid

 
“Netherlands” Means Low-Lying Lands
Did you know that the word “Netherlands” means low-lying lands? The Dutch are accustomed to flooding, because much of their country is located below sea level. They have worked tirelessly for hundreds of years to become experts at flood protection. The first dikes were built over 2,000 years ago. Windmills were added to pump water off the soil. These early efforts did little to save lives when massive storms rolled in. In 1953, a major storm hit the Netherlands, killing 1 close to 2,000 people, and causing a major blow to the economy. The government decided 2 to fight back by pumping a lot of money into the construction of flood protection devices. Dams were dug in the river mouths, and a massive, moveable surge barrier was built. The barrier is normally left open, but valves can also be closed to create the effect of a dam during a storm. The North Sea Protection Works is one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

1 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
2 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
学英语单词
-oria
2-naphthol-7-sulfonic acid
a WASP
accessory tympanal membrane
acromyrmex
afrobeats
aminotransferase
amphibolus
automatic decrystalization device
baby-dolls
badderlocks
bathymetric line
be one's own woman
boom-era
bulk fission product
Camellia candida
cefracyline
chafir
chukotskoye nagorye (chukot ra.)
classification of gravitational erosion
closure of orifices of head
coefficient of genetic determination
cone peppers
counsel in chambers
danjumas
deficiency statement
dian
digit token
dog rocket
double price system
electronic automatic exchage
end width
epigaeic
equitylike
error probability amplificaton factor
extramembranous pregnancy
face-type motor
fieldboot
fine pan
Flimston
freeze and thawing method
ground thread tap
hexagonal close packed lattice
highbush huckleberry
horny substance
inchoate instrument
indelible
instrumental neutron activation analysis
journal roll forward
jubbly
Kawkabān
kedarnath pk.
ligurion
LJ potential
loading pigment
log-log
mangwende
microtome knife
Morciano di Romagna
network system theory
noise parameters
nonchromogenic
Papenoo
peritoneal irritation sign
Peshitta
postomrtem inspection
pseudosophistication
pyosalpingo-oophoritis
quasi-isotropic
radar seeker
rainspout
Ramada Socialism
random selection principle
refuelling batch
refuelling water storage tank system
resistance of bolt
restricted retained earnings
satellite for earth observations
shafman
Shangyu
slidometers
SM-A
sole agency
spray with
Star-Warsy
starter diskette
strobolux
structural natural gas
succedaneous dentition
superfine glass
system, turnkey
Sīyunī
taper of web diameter
tropic low-water inequality
twilight home
undercurrent release
upper respiratory
us disk
vanderhorstia ornatissima
variolites
wallstent
white petroleum jelly