北师大版高中英语模块11--Unit33(4)-5

[00:01.76]3 Which statements¹ do you suspect are false?
[00:06.49]Listen and check.
[00:09.45]All right. So the answers.
[00:13.76]Number 1 is true.
[00:16.14]I was the singer of the Blues² Assassins.
[00:23.96]Number 2,no,I was not the champion swimmer.
[00:30.98]In fact,I actually can't even swim.
[00:33.81]So that's false.
[00:36.11]Number 3 is false as well.I did have an uncle.
[00:39.90]Well, I still do in fact.And an aunt.
[00:44.40]Number 4,about the cat,
[00:46.23]Dandelion is absolutely true.
[00:50.27]Number 5,no.I haven't met Nelson Mandela.
[00:57.48]I haven't been to South Africa.
[01:02.57]I am a vegetarian,and I do speak Russian.
[01:12.25]I wasn't born in Kenya,
[01:15.11]and I did use to deliver bread
[01:16.80]when I was a student at 18 or 19.
[01:24.51]And the very last one,no.It's not true.
[01:28.80]I haven't even got a sister,only brothers.
[01:31.62]So I'm not about to be an auntie³.
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1 statements   

n.声明( statement的名词复数 )；（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现；（文字）陈述；结算单

参考例句：

• We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
• The report is inconsistent with the financial statements. 这个报告与财务报表内容不一致。

2 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

3 auntie   

n.对aunt的亲热称呼

参考例句：

• She's staying with her auntie for the time being.她暂时住在她姨妈那里。
• My auntie brought up four children.我姑姑养了四个孩子。