瞬间秒杀听力 第563期:来自戴维笔友的一封信

 

 Hi,David,

Glad to receive¹ your letter.

I'm Jane Smith.You're right.

I have a passion² for hiking⁴ and photography⁵.

I'm studying at the University⁶ of Toronto,

majoring in International⁷ Law⁸.

I'm an extrovert,which means 

I enjoy making friends and traveling¹⁰ around.

As³ a matter of fact¹¹,

I'm working my way through college¹².

I got¹³ a part-time¹⁴ job 

at McDonald's half a year ago.

I have two more years to go before I graduate¹⁵.

I hope¹⁶ by then I can earn¹⁷ enough 

money to travel⁹ around.

Maybe I'll visit China first,but it's too early to tell.

Catch you later¹⁸.

Jane

嗨，戴维：

很开心收到你的信。我是简·史密斯。

你说得对，我热爱登山远足和摄影。

我在多伦多大学就读，主修国际法。

我是一个外向的人，这表示我喜欢交友和到处旅行。

事实上，我大学期间都在半工半读，

半年前我开始在麦当劳兼职。

再过两年我就大学毕业了，希望到那个时候，

我已经赚够了钱可以到处旅游。

也许我可以先到中国走一趟，

但现在说这个还太早了。再和你联络。

简

1 receive   

v.接收；收到；得到

参考例句：

• He went to the door to receive his visitors.他到门口去迎接客人。
• I like to receive presents on my birthday.我喜欢在生日那天收到生日礼物。

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 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。

4 hiking   

n.徒步旅行

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Hiking is not yet popular in China.徒步旅行在中国还不流行。

5 photography   

n.摄影，摄影术

参考例句：

• He goes in for photography.他酷爱摄影。
• Photography is not taught in our school.我们学校不教摄影术。

6 university   

n.大学

参考例句：

• She teaches English at the University of Wales.她在威尔士大学教英语。
• I'm going to enter a university.我要上大学。

7 international   

adj.国际的

参考例句：

• International trade helps all nations.国际贸易有助于所有的国家。
• March 8 is the International Woman's Day.三月八日是国际妇女节。

8 law   

n.法(律，规，学)；律师业；规律，定律

参考例句：

• He went to the school of law for three years.他在法学院读了三年。
• The new law will reduce pollution of the rivers.这条新法律将会减轻河流污染。

9 travel   

n.旅行，游历，进行；vi.旅行，行进，移动，被传播；vt.旅行，通行于，使移动

参考例句：

• We can now travel by air.现在我们可以坐飞机旅行。
• Autumn is the best season for travel.秋天是旅行的最好季节。

10 traveling   

adj.同行的；活动的；移动的n.带球走步，走步违例

参考例句：

• Government officials who travel on business are given traveling allowances. 因公出差的政府官员享有出差补贴。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The contents of the packet may shake down in traveling. 袋子里的东西经摇晃会沉到底部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 fact   

n.事实，实情，论据

参考例句：

• It is close to fact.这更接近于事实。
• I'm going there tomorrow,as a matter of fact.其实，我明天是准备去那里。

12 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。

13 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

14 part-time   

adj.兼职的，部分时间的；adv.部分时间，兼职地

参考例句：

• She works part-time in a shop.她在一家商店里兼职。
• I have a part-time job.我有一份兼职的工作。

15 graduate   

v.毕业；(在表、计、尺上)刻[分]度，定等级，分级；n.毕业生

参考例句：

• We shall graduate in the middle of next year.到明年的年中，我们就该毕业了。
• He was a college graduate.他是个大学毕业生。

16 hope   

vt.希望，期望；vi.希望，期待；n.希望，期望

参考例句：

• We hope you can come.我们希望你能来。
• Hope you'll enjoy yourself there.愿您度过愉快的一天。

17 earn   

v.嫌得；挣得

参考例句：

• Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
• I expect it to earn its cost in less than three years.我希望它在3年内赚回成本。

18 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。