双语趣听精彩世界 第131期:英国人背单词也不行

 　　如果你学习英文的时候,经常出现拼写错误,不要责怪自己不给力的大脑记忆.因为英国每日电讯的一篇报道说,一半的英国人拼不出常用的单词.听了这个报道,你可能安慰自己说,连native speaker都拼不出来,学英语的时候不要对自己太苛刻了.

　　英国人背单词也不行

　　A report by the Telegraph titles "Half of Britons can't spell common words".

　　Embarrassment¹, occasionally and necessary have been listed among the words Britons have most difficulty spelling.

　　Researchers who studied 2,000 adults found that more than half had problems spelling commonly used words.

　　The list included accommodate, questionnaire and rhythm. Conscience also proved tricky², along with occurrence, restaurant and guarantee.

1 embarrassment   

n.尴尬；使人为难的人(事物)；障碍；窘迫

参考例句：

• She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
• Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。

2 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。