聆听悦耳英音49:Woman and Parking女人开车行不行 (1)

 　　嘉宾：Debbie Mason

　　话题：Woman and Parking女人开车行不行

　　单词拼写：

　　1、Unveiled：shown

　　2、Unpalatable：not delicious

　　3、Devastated：completely ruined

　　4、Patronising：treating someone as a child

　　5、Perception：viewpoint

　　重点俚语：

　　1、Parallel parking：parking along a road

　　2、Very tight parking space：a very small space

　　3、Incredibly patronizing：特别过分地关照

　　问题：

　　1、What proportion¹ of women failed their driving tests last year because of parking?

　　2、The first caller, Sarah, says she has poor perceptions² of – what?

　　3. How long has it been since Kerry, the last caller, passed her driving test (despite the fact that she couldn’t park)?

　　答案：

　　1、1/3 proportion of women failed their driving tests last year because of parking.

　　2、The first caller, Sarah, says she has poor perceptions of depth and distance, so she asks her husband to park her car .

　　3、It has been 20 years since Kerry, the last caller, passed her driving test (despite the fact that she couldn’t park).

1 proportion   

n.比率，比例；大小

参考例句：

• His head is out of proportion to the size of his body.他的头部与身体大小不成比例。
• The proportion of imports to exports is worrying the government.进口与出口的比例令政府担忧。

2 perceptions   

感知（能力）( perception的名词复数 )； 觉察（力）； 认识； 观念

参考例句：

• Her perceptions and intuitions about human nature were fascinating. 她对人性的理解和感知引人入胜。
• There was no inside to Whitman's perceptions. 惠特曼的直觉里没有内涵。