美语听力 English Cafe 28

Topics: Easter bunny, Income Tax Day, immigration protests in the US, actually, zero vs. nil¹, to be on your last legs, third straight time, despite versus² in spite of.

Words:
Lent
rabbit
mall
secular
to deduct
1040
to prepare tax returns
Benjamin Franklin
bill
riot gear
ordinal number
“in a row”
even though
 

1 nil   

n.无，全无，零

参考例句：

• My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。
• Their legal rights are virtually nil.他们实际上毫无法律权利。

2 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。