美语听力 English Café 540

 Topics: American Movies–Planet of the Apes; American Presidents–Zachary Taylor; to improve versus¹ to boost versus to enhance; to grow on (someone) and (one's) bark is worse than (one's) bite; script versus scripted by Dr. Lucy Tse

Words:

ape

alternate

to crash

to capture

inhabitant

to escape

special effects

prosthetic

to rule

to promote

border

against all odds

to improve

to boost

to enhance

to grow on (someone)

(one's) bark is worse than (one's) bite

1 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。