初级英语听力(新版) Lesson 26

 　　初级英语听力(新版) Lesson26

　　1. Four, nine, seventy-seven

　　Fourth of September, nineteen seventy-seven

　　2. Twenty-four, eight, sixty-three

　　Twenty-fourth of August, nineteen sixty-three

　　3. Seven, seven forty-three

　　Seventh of July, nineteen forty-three

　　1. Ten sixty-six

　　2. Seventeen seventy-six

　　3. Eighteen one

　　4. Nineteen eighteen

　　5. Two thousand

　　6. Fifty-five B.C.

　　1. O-two-o-two, two-seven-four-one-four

　　2. O-one-four-eight-three-two-nine-double one

　　3. O-three-o-four-two-three-eight-double seven

　　4. O-one-double four-one-double four-double six

　　5. O-four-seven-three-five-eight-nine-o-five

　　1. R.S.V.P. (French, meaning "Please reply.")

　　2. et cetera (Latin, meaning "and so on")

　　3. care of

　　4. approximately

　　5. p.p. (Production Phase)

　　6. i.e. (Latin, meaning "that is")

　　7. e.g. (Exempli gratia. = For example.)

　　8. P.T.O. (Please turn over.)

　　9. Limited

　　10. Co. (Company)

　　11. versus¹

　　12. P.S. (postscript)

　　13. VIP (Very Important Person)

　　14. Great

　　15. Avenue

　　16. Road

　　17. Street

　　18. Gardens

　　19. Square

　　20. Park

　　21. Crescent

　　22. A.D. (Anno Domini)

　　23. B.C. (Latin, before Christ)

　　24. a.m. (ante meridiem)

　　25. p.m. (post meridiem)

　　26. MP (Member of Parliament)

　　27. BBC (the British Broadcasting Corporation)

　　28. VAT² (Value-Added Tax)

　　29. TUC (Trades Union Congress)

　　30. AA (Automobile Association/Atomic Age/Associate in Arts)

　　31. RAC (Royal Aero Club)

　　32. PC (Personal Computer)

　　33. EEC (European Economic Community)

　　Man: I see that dreadful³ women's liberation⁴ group was out in Trafalgar Square yesterday. Hmm. In my opinion, they all talk rubbish.

　　Woman: But you can't really believe they all talk rubbish.

　　Man: Of course, I can. I consider that it is unfeminine to protest⁵.

　　Woman: But you can't really believe it's unfeminine to protest.

　　Man: Women should be seen and not heard.

　　Woman: But you can't really believe that women should be seen and not heard.

　　Man: Certainly. It's my belief that a woman's place is in the home.

　　Woman: But you can't really believe that a woman's place is in the home.

　　Man: Yes. And she should stay there. Women should look after men.

　　Woman: But you can't really believe women should look after men.

　　Man: Created to feed and support them. That's what they were. I'm certain that women are intellectually⁶ inferior⁷ to men.

　　Woman: But you can't really believe women are intellectually inferior to men.

　　Man: Not only inferior, but I know they can't do a man's job.

　　Woman: But you can't really believe they can't do a man's job.

　　Man: Yes, Maggie. That's my firm belief. But don't tell your mother I said that.

　　George's mother was worried about him. One evening, when her husband came home, she spoke⁸ to him about it.

　　"Look, dear," she said, "you must talk to George. He left school three months ago. He still hasn't got a job, and he isn't trying to find one. All he does is smoke, eat and play records."

　　George's father sighed. It had been a very tiring day at the office.

　　"All right," he said, "I'll talk to him.

　　"George," said George's mother, knocking at George's door, "your father wants to speak to you."

　　"Oh!"

　　"Come into the sitting room, dear."

　　"Hello, old man," said George's father, when George and his mother joined him in the sitting-room⁹.

　　"Your father's very worried about you," said George's mother. "It's time you found a job."

　　"Yes," replied George without enthusiasm¹⁰.

　　George's mother looked at her husband.

　　"Any ideas?" he asked hopefully.

　　"Not really," said George.

　　"What about a job in a bank?" suggested George's mother, "or an insurance company perhaps?"

　　"I don't want an office job," said George.

　　George's father nodded sympathetically¹¹.

　　"Well, what do you want to do?" asked George's mother.

　　"I'd like to travel," said George.

　　"Do you want a job with a travel firm then?"

　　"The trouble is," said George," I don't really want a job at the moment. I'd just like to travel and see a bit of the world."

　　George's mother raised her eyes to the ceiling. "I give up," she said.

　　A manager is talking about the prevention of shoplifting.

　　Well, I manage a small branch of a large supermarket, and we lose a lot of money through shoplifting. I have to try to prevent it, or else I'll lose all my profits. A lot of shoplifting is done by young people, teenagers in groups. They do it for fun. They're not frightened so we have to make it difficult for them. Obviously¹² a supermarket can't have chains or alarms on the goods, so we have store detectives, who walk around like ordinary shoppers, otherwise they'll be recognized. We have big signs up, saying 'shoplifters will be prosecuted,' but that doesn't help much. We've started putting cash desks at all the exits, we've found we have to do that, or else the shoplifters will walk straight out with things. Of course, that worries the ordinary shopper¹³ who hasn't found what he wanted. We also use closed-circuit television, but that's expensive. In fact, all good methods of prevention are quite expensive, and naturally, they make our prices more expensive, but it has to be done, otherwise shoplifting itself will make all the prices much higher, and the public doesn't want that!

　　Principal¹⁴: We are very honored¹⁵ to have Tania Matslova here today. It is only ten o'clock and Tania has already done two hours of practice. And she kindly¹⁶ agreed to watch your rehearsal¹⁷ after that. She is very interested in the training of young dancers and wants to ask questions. Don't forget, however, that Miss Matslova has two performances today. She must not get too tired ... Miss Tania Matslova.

　　Tania: Good morning. We're going to be very informal, aren't we? Why are you standing¹⁸? Move some chairs. Let's sit in a circle.

　　(sound of chairs being moved, excited voices and piano music)

　　Tania: That's better. I can see you now. And I want to congratulate you. Your rehearsal was very professional. I was impressed by your technique and your feeling for the music. I remembered myself twenty years ago. Do you think twenty years is a long time? It all depends. You must look forward to twenty years of practising six hours every day. Twenty years of traveling uncomfortably. Twenty years of going to bed instead of going to parties. Do you look forward to this discipline? I didn't know how difficult my life was going to be, but I wouldn't change it. The important thing is ... I'm still dancing. For me, dancing is living. I'm so sorry. I'm talking too much. Would you like to ask me some questions?

　　James: I would. I'm really worried about my career, Miss Matslova.

　　Tania: Please call me Tania. What's your name?

　　James: James, Tania.

　　Tania: So, James. Why are you worried?

　　James: I love dancing but I hate changing in cold dressing¹⁹ rooms. I don't mind practising every day. In fact, I like it, I enjoy exercising. But I'm fed up with going to bed early every night and refusing invitations to parties. I like travelling ... but not if it's uncomfortable. I'm confused. Do you think I should carry on?

　　Tania: It depends what you want, James. Would you rather go on dancing or would you rather live a normal, ordinary life?

　　James: I want to do both.

　　Tania: That, my dear James, is impossible. I'm fed up with getting up early. I'm tired of travelling. I've always hated leaving my family for weeks or months. But ... I'm a dancer and I look forward to dancing as long as I can. What can I say? If you don't want to be a professional dancer more than anything else, you'd better change your plans.

　　James: Thank you, Miss M ... er, Tania. Your advice was really helpful. I can see now that just being keen²⁰ on dancing isn't enough for a career.

　　Principal: I'm quite sure you are all grateful to Miss Matslova for spending so much time with you.

　　Tania: James, please let me know what you decide to do. I think you are very talented but that isn't enough. It depends what you want. And that applies to all of you. You must make up your minds.

　　Jacqueling got out of the bus and looked around her. It was typical of the small villages of that part of the country. The houses stood in two long lines on either side of the dusty road which led to the capital. In the square, the paint was peeling off the Town Hall, and some small children were running up and down its steps, laughing. On the other side there were a few old men sitting outside a cafe playing backgammon and smoking their pipes. A lonely donkey²¹ was quietly munching²² the long dry grass at the foot of the statue that stood in the center of the square. Jacqueling sighed.

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。

2 vat   

n.(=value added tax)增值税，大桶

参考例句：

• The office is asking for the vat papers.办事处要有关增值税的文件。
• His father emptied sacks of stale rye bread into the vat.他父亲把一袋袋发霉的黑面包倒进大桶里。

3 dreadful   

adj.糟透了的，极端的，可怕的，令人畏惧的

参考例句：

• I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.我不能想像在这么糟的情况下该怎么办。
• I must apologize for the dreadful mistake I made.我为我所犯的严重错误深表歉意。

4 liberation   

n.解放，解放运动（为获得平等权利和地位的行为）

参考例句：

• We should help those who are still struggling for liberation.我们应当帮助那些仍在为独立而斗争的人们。
• Many people died during famines every year before liberation.解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。

5 protest   

v.反对，抗议；宣称；n.抗议；宣称

参考例句：

• I can't pass the matter by without a protest.我不能对此事视而不见，我要提出抗议。
• We translated his silence as a protest.我们把他的沉默解释为抗议。

6 intellectually   

adv.知性上，智力上

参考例句：

• The child is developing in every way, morally, intellectually and physically. 这孩子德、智、体样样都好。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He had never learned that a person might be emotionally--instead of intellectually--great. 他从来就不知道一个人可能会在感情上很伟大，而不是在知识上。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

7 inferior   

adj.劣等的，次的，下级的；n.下级，下属

参考例句：

• These oranges are inferior to those I bought last week.这些桔子没我上个周买的好。
• They sell inferior goods at that store.那家商店卖劣等货。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 sitting-room   

n.（BrE）客厅，起居室

参考例句：

• The sitting-room is clean.起居室很清洁。
• Each villa has a separate sitting-room.每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。

10 enthusiasm   

n.热情，激情；巨大兴趣；热衷的事物

参考例句：

• We set about our task at once with great enthusiasm.我们立刻兴致勃勃地干起来。
• A team which is full of enthusiasm is more likely to win.情绪高涨的球队更可能获胜。

11 sympathetically   

adv.悲怜地，富有同情心地

参考例句：

• The teacher clucked sympathetically at the child's story. 对那小孩讲述的遭遇，老师啧啧地表示同情。
• They were all sympathetically disposed towards her bitter experience. 他们都对她的悲惨遭遇寄予同情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

13 shopper   

n.购物者，顾客

参考例句：

• Hong Kong is a shopper's paradise.香港是购物者的天堂。
• She is one shopper who takes responsibility in bagging her own goods.她是一名承担责任把食品装进袋子的顾客。

14 principal   

adj.主要的；n.负责人，校长，资本

参考例句：

• When he saw the principal,he raised his hand in salutation.他看到校长时举手敬礼。
• Their school gave a reception to their new principal.他们学校为新校长举办了一个招待会。

15 honored   

adj.光荣的：荣幸的v.尊敬，给以荣誉( honor的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I hope to be honored with further orders. 如蒙惠顾，不胜荣幸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is a time-honored custom. 这是一个古老的习俗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

17 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

18 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

19 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

20 keen   

adj.热心的；敏锐的；激烈的；锋利的

参考例句：

• There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。
• The children are mad keen to go to the zoo.孩子们非常想去动物园。

21 donkey   

n.驴子；蠢人；顽固的人

参考例句：

• This donkey can carry two sacks of grain.这头驴能驮两袋粮食。
• "I'll buy your donkey,"said the two.“我想要买你的驴子”两人异口同声说。

22 munching   

v.用力咀嚼（某物），大嚼( munch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was munching an apple. 他在津津有味地嚼着苹果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Munching the apple as he was, he had an eye for all her movements. 他虽然啃着苹果，但却很留神地监视着她的每一个动作。 来自辞典例句