英语听力精选进阶版 6667

Diarmuid: (laughing to himself) Dear, oh dear.

Feifei: Hi Diarmuid. What are you laughing at?

Diarmuid: I'm just looking at these. My mum found them in the attic¹.

Feifei: 在阁楼里找到的东西？What are they?

Diarmuid: They're my old class reports from my school days. They've been stored away for all these years.

Feifei: Diarmuid 上学时候的学习成绩报告。那我可要看看他上学的时候是不是个乖孩子。What do the reports say?

Diarmuid: Have a look for yourself.

Feifei: Let me see. Let's choose a subject... here we are, History: (reading from report) "Diarmuid has failed to learn anything this year because he spends all his time chatting at the back of the classroom."

啊？什么都没学到？这可不怎么好呀！

Let's look at another... Maths: "Diarmuid must learn that it is not enough just to sit at his desk. He must pay attention to the lesson, and study hard out of class and do his homework."

Diarmuid: I wasn't very good at maths.

Feifei: So I see. Let's have another… Science: "This lazy boy is a disgrace² to the school uniform!"

Diarmuid: That teacher never liked me.

Feifei: Diarmuid 的学习成绩报告单上老师的评语实在是惨不忍睹。It seems you were an awful student.

Diarmuid: Well, it's true I was never a swot.

Feifei: A what?

Diarmuid: A swot. S.W.O.T. Swot. That's our Authentic³ Real English word of the day. Can you guess what it means⁴?

Feifei: Well, since you say you were not a swot and you got very bad grades at school, I would say that a swot is a very good student.

Diarmuid: You're right. A swot is a student who spends all their time studying, or swotting.

Feifei: Swot 书呆子。

Diarmuid: Yes, but be careful because being⁵ a swot usually means that other students don't like you.

Feifei: Swots 通常什么都不做，一身心只顾学习，也就是我们说的两耳不闻窗外事，一心只读圣贤书。他们在学校不受那些不爱学习的学生欢迎，同时也招来大家对他们成绩的嫉妒。

Example

A: Look at this old photo of our class at school.

B: Oh yes, there's Simon Studious. He was such a swot. I wonder whatever happened to him.

A: I heard he started his own software⁶ company; he's a multi-millionaire now.

B: Oh. Wish I'd worked a bit harder then.

Diarmuid: But you don't have to be a student to use this word. We can use the verb⁷ form – to swot up – to mean learn more about anything.

Feifei: So I could say I'm going to swot up on laptops⁸ because I want to buy a new computer.

Diarmuid: You certainly could. Bye for now.

Feifei: Bye.

1 attic   

n.顶楼，屋顶室

参考例句：

• Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
• What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理？

2 disgrace   

n.耻辱，不光彩，丢脸的人（或事）；vt.使丢脸

参考例句：

• You will bring disgrace on yourself by doing this.你这样做会给自己带来耻辱。
• He is a disgrace to our school.他是我们学校的耻辱。

3 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

4 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

5 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

6 software   

n.软件，程序设计

参考例句：

• He bought a new software package.他买了一个新的软件包。
• I wish I knew how the software is installed.我真希望我知道这个软件是如何安装的。

7 verb   

n.[语]动词

参考例句：

• The sentence is formed from a verb and two nouns.这句子由一个动词和两个名词构成。
• These are the finite forms of a verb.这些是一个动词的限定形式。

8 laptops   

便携式电脑( laptop的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Thousands of children worldwide are already playing and learning with XO laptops. 世界各地上千学童已经透过XO手提电脑嬉戏[和]学习了。
• The recall of the latest laptops costs Dell several million dollars. 由于召回其最新的笔记本电脑产品，戴尔公司损失了好几百万美元。