【英语4级听力】对于披萨的热爱-Passion for Pizza

Clark had¹ a lot of passions³. He liked science. He was⁵ a great swimmer⁶. He was even⁷ great at singing. However⁸, his biggest passion² was pizza. He loved pizza.

 

Clark graduated⁹ from college¹⁰ with a degree¹¹ in chemistry¹². His parents were so excited¹³ for his future¹⁴. "You're going¹⁵ to make a great doctor!" they always said¹⁶. Clark did¹⁷ not want to be a doctor. All he wanted was to open up his own¹⁸ pizza place. "That's ridiculous," said his mother. "Think about how much money you could¹⁹ make as⁴ a doctor!" Clark did not care²⁰ about money. All he wanted was to spend every day making, smelling, and eating pizzas.

1 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

2 passion   

n.热爱，强烈的感情，热情，耶稣的受难

参考例句：

• He had a passion for music.他酷爱音乐。
• In his passion,he tore the letter into pieces.在盛怒之下，他把那封信撕得粉碎。

3 passions   

激情( passion的名词复数 )； 爱情； [复数]感情（与理智相对而言）； 爱好

参考例句：

• He's a man of violent passions. 他是个性情暴烈的人。
• They exchanged amorous glances and clearly made known their passions. 二人眉来眼去，以目传情。

4 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

5 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

6 swimmer   

n.游泳者

参考例句：

• He is not a good swimmer.他不是一个棒游泳者。
• Bill is both a good swimmer and a good cook.比尔不仅是个游泳好手，而且是个烹调能手。

7 even   

adj.平坦的，偶数的，相等的；adv.甚至，恰好，正当

参考例句：

• It was cold yesterday,but it's even colder today. 昨天冷，今天更冷了。
• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.尽管他经验最少，但教得最好。

8 however   

adv.然而；conj.然而，可是，不过

参考例句：

• It's raining hard.However,I still want to go there.虽然下着大雨，我还是想去那儿。
• However, this does not always happen.然而，这种情况并不总是发生。

9 graduated   

a.(税)累进的；分等级的；刻度的；毕业的

参考例句：

• He graduated cum laude. 他以优等成绩毕业。
• He graduated with a GPA of 3.8. 他毕业时各科成绩的平均积分点为3.8。

10 college   

n.学院；高等专科学校

参考例句：

• The college drama society is going to put on a play.大学戏剧协会正准备上演一个剧目。
• I was hot on playing basketball when I was in college.我上大学时热衷于打篮球。

11 degree   

n.学位，等级，程度，度数

参考例句：

• I got my degree last year.我去年获得学位了。
• Do you know the degree of the round angle?你知道周角的度数吗？

12 chemistry   

n.化学，化学作用

参考例句：

• He is reading a text in chemistry.他在看化学教科书。
• Her major subject is chemistry.她的主修科是化学。

13 excited   

adj.激动的；兴奋的

参考例句：

• He was so excited that he could not speak.他太兴奋，连话都说不出来了。
• The excited children forgot to take the presents to the party.孩子们兴奋得忘了把礼物带到聚会上了。

14 future   

adj.将来的，未来的；n.将来，未来

参考例句：

• We are still on the way of future.我们还在未来的路上。
• We all work hard in the interests of our future.我们都为我们自己的将来而努力工作。

15 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

16 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

17 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

18 own   

v.拥有，持有；adj.(属于)自己的，特有的

参考例句：

• I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
• Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。

19 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

20 care   

n.小心，照料，忧虑；v.关心，照顾，喜爱，介意

参考例句：

• I really care about the students in my class.我的确喜欢这个班上的学生。
• Her work is to take care of the children.她的工作是照料好孩子。