时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


英语课

Neil: Hello, I'm Neil and this is Real English from BBC Learning 1 English. With me in the studio today is Yang Li.


Yang Li: Hello Neil. 是的,在今天的地道英语节目中我们要一起学习的是另一个英语常用表达, 那今天我们要学的是什么呢 Neil?


Neil: We're taking a look at the expression – Rome wasn't built in a day. Rome wasn't built in a day.


Yang Li: 什么? 罗马不是一天建成的,这是什么意思?


Neil: It basically 2 means it takes a long time to do an important job.


Yang Li: 原来是这个意思,就是说我们不可能在很短的时间里做一件非常重要的事情。


Neil: So for example, you might be painting your house and it feels like it's taking a long time. Someone might say to you 'Rome wasn't built in a day you know!'


Yang Li: 如果你在重新粉刷家里的墙,感觉这个工程很大用了很长时间,这时我们就可以说,'Rome wasn't built in a day'.


Neil: Do you have a Chinese expression like this Yang Li?


Yang Li: 我们汉语里还真有一个相似的表达,不过我们说冰冻三尺非一日之寒。


Neil: Oh that's interesting – it has the same meaning using different words.


Example


A: I feel like I've been on this diet for ages and I haven't lost much weight yet.


B: Rome wasn't built in a day. These things take time. Keep trying and you'll see results soon – you're doing really well.


Yang Li: 上面的这位女士正在减肥,可是好像效果不显著,她的朋友就说 Rome wasn't built in a day! 我们不可能在很短时间内完成一件重要的事情。


Neil: So that's today's expression – Rome wasn't built in a day.


Yang Li: 汉语里我们说冰冻三尺非一日之寒。别忘了到我们的网站上学习更多的英语常用表达和短语。 我们的网址是:


Neil: www.bbcchina.com.cn. Thanks for listening. Bye for now.


Yang Li: Bye.



1 learning
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
2 basically
adv.基本上,从根本上说
  • His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
  • Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。
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artemia salinas
autesiodorum (auxerre)
authigenesis
base of neck
bottom ramming machine
burhinidaes
coarse braking
compressed air installation
context-independent
cuellar
cyberbanks
Cypridea
decision logic translator
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depreciation rate of tooling
desose
distance liner
Donzenac
dual detector
duck mold packing
eccentric type pickup
equilibrate
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event-by-event
exponential subroutine
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extenders
fog-navigation
geared brake motor
gebhart
genus lutras
health-consciousness
hercostomus lunlatus
heterogenous graft
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holding braking effort
horsecrap
Hutchinson's patch
inhearing
insert film
insurance share
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kuvasz
lakon kabach boran (cambodia)
latent load
leaned
left divisor
liberalizers
licea kleistobolus
lot by lot
Malolo
man-millinery
mannoheptitol
master file table
mazelyn
mine accident
molybdenic acid
nanpa
nature strips
nnfa
objectives of financial statement
Ohiwa Harb.
operator trunk
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peripheral arteriosclerosis
perosplanchnia
planchering
point softening
Pomadasyidae
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reference wedge
self feeding carburetor
shorthandedly
single ported slide valve
Skebobruk
soft margarine
soil metabolism
sound intermediate frequency
spillage oil
Spinacia oleracea Mill.
steel-bar header
stern ornament
stratifiable
surface recombination admittance
Surinsk
telegraaf
threepeater
tisdell
Tombila, Gunung
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troched
v-shaped antenna
vestibular nuclei
whose'n
wolfhounds
work space layout