北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 27(4)-1

[00:00.00]Unit 27
[00:05.93]Task: decide what to say
[00:08.09]in a difficult situation
[00:10.54]Movie star or doctor?
[00:12.94]My best friend, Li Qianlian, aged¹ 17,
[00:16.06]is very clever and she's also beautiful.
[00:18.47]It's always been her dream to star in a movie
[00:20.84]and she's talked about being an actress for
[00:22.81]as long as I've known her.
[00:24.84]Two months ago she was in a shopping mall
[00:27.00]with a few of her friends
[00:28.80]and she was spotted² by a famous movie director.
[00:31.52]He gave her his card and last week
[00:33.47]he phoned her parents.
[00:35.06]He wants her to play a role in the new movie
[00:37.30]he's directing!
[00:38.61]It would be a fantastic opportunity
[00:41.01]but she would miss the last 4 months
[00:42.60]of this school year.
[00:44.20]Her parents are determined³ that she should not
[00:46.40]take the part as they want her to finish school
[00:49.10]and devote herself to a future as a doctor.
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1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。