事实：英语后缀stan意味着国家

Pre-Listening Vocabulary suffix: an ending that adds meaning and form to words Persian: of Iranian descent settlement: a place where people stay and live pure: not tainted, not mixed with anything The Suffix stan Means Land Have you ever wondered why

事实：黑色星期五也是买不到任何东西的一天-Black Friday is Also Buy Nothing Day

Pre-Listening Vocabulary retailer: a person or businesses that sell things consumer: a person who buys things take a toll: to slowly harm or damage boycott: to protest or show disapproval by not participating or not consuming gain momentum: to become

事实：国际飞行员要求英语熟练-International Pilots Require English Proficiency

Pre-Listening Vocabulary aviation: related to air flight regulate: to make and oversee rules and standards proficient: demonstrating a high level or strong ability script: written text that is spoken fluency: the ability to express oneself without ef

事实：条条大路通罗马-All Roads Lead To Rome

Pre-Listening Vocabulary figurative: having a symbolic or metaphorical meaning; not to be taken literally literal: having a straightforward meaning; exactly as it sounds efficiently: quickly and easily; in the least amount of time All Roads Lead To R

事实：美国足球运动仅有11分钟的运动时间-An American Football Game Has 11 Minutes of Action

Pre-Listening Vocabulary regulation: related to a rule or standard (e.g., not including overtime) quarter: a period of play that lasts one-fourth of the whole time play: a single period of action or an important movement during a game replay: a recor

事实：金星上一天竟比金星上一年要长-A Day on Venus is Longer Than a Year on Venus

Pre-Listening Vocabulary revolution: to go around something (Earth revolves around the Sun.) rotation: the spinning of something (Venuss rotation is backwards.) axis: a real or imaginary line that something rotates on retrograde: in a backwards movem

事实：亚历山大·格拉汉姆·贝尔更倾向于用“Ahoy”-Alexander Graham Bell Preferred “Ahoy” To “Hello”

Pre-Listening Vocabulary device: a piece of equipment nautical: related to shipping or boating rival: a person that one is often in competition with side: to choose one person or argument to agree with etiquette: manners; proper behaviour and languag

事实：龟与海龟-Tortoises And Turtles

Pre-Listening Vocabulary turtle: a marine-dwelling (fresh or saltwater) hard-shelled reptile; used in some regions as a generic word for turtles, terrapins, and tortoises tortoise: a land-dwelling reptile with a dome-shaped shell streamlined: feature

事实：城墙的保护屏障-Ramparts Are Protective Barriers

Ramparts Are Protective BarriersWhen you sing or listen to the Star Spangled Banner, do you understand the words? The national anthem of the United States of America was inspired by the Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry in 1814. The lyrics suggest

事实：怎样命名一只章鱼-How To Name An Octopus

Pre-Listening Vocabulary binomial nomenclature: a two-part system for naming species (e.g., Panthera tigris) genus: a subdivision of a family of organisms (e.g., Panthera is the genus for tigers, lions and leopards, and a subdivision of the Felidae f

事实：加拿大国土面积是欧盟的两倍-Canada is Twice the Size of the European Union

Pre-Listening Vocabulary territory: the area owned by a certain nation European Union: an association of 28 nations in Europe that makes social and economic decisions together shoreline: the place where water meets land bordered by: to have something

事实：关于第一辆救护车的知识-The First Ambulance Wheels Were Feet

Pre-Listening Vocabulary mobile: moveable transport: to move developing country: a nation that is not yet well-developed wagon: a wooden vehicle with wheels that is propelled by animals or humans injured: physically hurt remote: located far away from