时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:英语四级听力练习集锦


英语课

 


[00:00.00]With the death of his mother 


[00:02.51]in 1919, William inherited the beloved 


[00:05.80]quartermillionacre ranch 1


[00:08.75]At first, he planned to 


[00:11.16]build a modest ranch house 


[00:12.80]on his favorite campsite 


[00:14.22]but as he became more involved 


[00:16.63]in the project, his vision 


[00:18.82]of a monument to display 


[00:20.79]his collections gained momentum 2


[00:23.74]Working closely with family architect, 


[00:26.92]Julia Morgan, William created 


[00:30.19]a glorious and extraordinary castle


[00:33.26]like structure, blending Spanish, European,


[00:36.32] and Californian architectural styles.


[00:40.26] Huge warehouses 3 were built 


[00:42.67]in San Simeon to store 


[00:45.07]the shiploads of splendid antiques, 


[00:47.26]including entire carved ceilings 


[00:50.11]and walls hung with enormous tapestries 4.


[00:53.61] They could be installed 


[00:57.11]in the completed rooms. 


[00:59.19]Landscaping integrated exotic plants, 


[01:02.58]hedges, and trees with native flora 5.


[01:05.75] As William was in his 60’s, 


[01:09.69]he had the insight 


[01:11.33]to know he couldn’t  wait 


[01:13.08]for them to grow, 


[01:14.39]but he was optimistic.


[01:16.14] He ordered tons of fertile topsoil


[01:18.56] to cover the grounds  


[01:20.08]to a depth of five feet 


[01:21.50]and fullgrown specimens 


[01:23.58]of the plants were trucked 


[01:25.67]up the mountain for planting.


[01:27.52]With thousands of acres 


[01:30.37]of land covered with grassland, 


[01:32.12]trees, natural ponds, and 


[01:35.08]manmade reservoirs available for use,


[01:37.37] William stocked the estate 


[01:39.34]with herds 6 of rare oxen and deer, 


[01:41.63]and flocks of sheep and lambs. 


[01:44.15]These animals flourished 


[01:47.22]as they were allowed to wander freely. 


[01:50.06]Larger, more dangerous beasts,


[01:52.80] including tigers, ostriches 7, buffalo, 


[01:56.51]yaks, emus, kangaroos, llamas,zebras 


[02:02.20]and giraffes were enclosed 


[02:04.94]in the largest private zoo in the world.



n.大牧场,大农场
  • He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
  • The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
n.动力,冲力,势头;动量
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
仓库,货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )
  • The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
  • Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。
n.挂毯( tapestry的名词复数 );绣帷,织锦v.用挂毯(或绣帷)装饰( tapestry的第三人称单数 )
  • The wall of the banqueting hall were hung with tapestries. 宴会厅的墙上挂有壁毯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The rooms were hung with tapestries. 房间里都装饰着挂毯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.(某一地区的)植物群
  • The subtropical island has a remarkably rich native flora.这个亚热带岛屿有相当丰富的乡土植物种类。
  • All flora need water and light.一切草木都需要水和阳光。
兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众
  • Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
  • There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
n.鸵鸟( ostrich的名词复数 );逃避现实的人,不愿正视现实者
  • They are the silliest lot of old ostriches I ever heard of. 他们真是我闻所未闻的一群最傻的老鸵鸟。 来自辞典例句
  • How ostriches could bear to run so hard in this heat I never succeed in understanding. 驼鸟在这样干燥炎热的地带为什么能疾速长跑,我永远也理解不了。 来自辞典例句
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-rific
Abel tests
All 's well that ends well.
androgynises
anti-independence
association for computing machinery (acm)
atteveld
ball hockey
Bas-en-Basset
Berl saddles
bromatological
burkaed
call someone's bluff
capital-in-excess account
Carex peiktusani
center upset
cerium materials/devices
charlesite
cloisters
congestion window
constancies
crenimugil crenilabi
cum towel
david turner
decorrelations
DIFI
direct cycle access storage device (dasd)
discrete-time convolution property
document storage status
dysosma veitchii (hemsl. et wils. fu)
easy on the trigger
easy-to-grasp
ecological engineering
epicanthal fold
esophagectomies
eulogious
expenditure for procurement
fire hole ring
Formosa B.
Gave d'Oloron
high speed ball mill
inferior tarsal muscle
interlock control
knife file
Kogushi
latching logic
left ventriculo-aortic conduit
limit of integration
locking pushbutton
long-stem nozzle
lpci open signal
Macdowel's frenum
main scheduling routine
make your presence felt
masson disk
matching magnet
mergers-and-acquisitions
metatracheal wide type
methylglutaconyl
Mixed Mode CD
mobiliary art
monoclines
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nanotexturing
neural anesthesia
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odman
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petewilliamsite
Phenazodine
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polyanionic surfactant
potassium methyl sulfate
preserved meat
primary marketing
propylmercuric bromide
punch-tape code
pusher bar
quasi-factorical design
rabbinish
rack up
RAID4
ranking form
remote control rack
resonant vibrator
Rikuzentakata
running latte
secondary peduncle
shear-plate nozzle
struma colloides cystica
suburbans
table napkin
Tensift, Oued
Tismana
transportin
unit start-up and commissioning
unshadowable
upganger
vacuum packer
vehicle currency