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
affiliated person
aleconner
all-staters
allioli
anchor policy
available heat drop
barcarolles
BET isotherm
boletus bovinus l.
bush tea
cadmium-propylxanthate
capital of the United States
chromotophore
cochleatus
complaint investigation
conglomerate combination
contact bar submerged arc welding (cbs)
Crescens
cursor (in database)
customs clearance permit
d'ete
default register definition
Desbarats
direct-acting instrument
direct-babbitted connecting rod
enaluron
encephalitis lethargica
exciter field
factory test equipment
force up
freight rate level
future performance
Gluck I.
GP128
groundsyll
groundwater depth
H.G.V.
Hamamelis subaequalis
hand drill steel
hardware management
harmonic tidal analysis
hemes
hill lily
hoist redution gear
horn-players
i-tened
incomplete polynomial
insurance canvasser
integer-character conversion
interlock time print
jackblock
keeps your hair on
Kiesselbach's area
kittenhood
Kong, Koh
L-iron
lights out management
loading browsers
low-mark cement
macro marketing system
member of the government
microelectronic element
monopter
mouchoir bank
much-sought-after
musclebuildings
oxole
Oxydemeton
pavey
photoluminescene
prey on
rate-of-change of frequency
retail industry
rich-bitches
rifle butts
river-rafting
sarveroside
saururus cernuuss
secondary detachment of retina
sedimentation cell
skin eruptions
Smelowskia calycina
social relations
sophisticatedly
spongy degeneration
submarine geology
sudden emergency
Sundvikite
take it into one's head
television transmission parameters
theobromose
thermal delay relay
thermomycin
thyroadenitis
Tlapanec
tramontanes
tramonte
unreasoning
variable thrust unit
vestigating
Xians
zaratn