时间:2019-01-07 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(三月)


英语课
By George Dwyer
Washington
12 March 2008
 

A Washington D.C.-area company has built a profitable business by producing durable 1 pocket guides that help people communicate using visual images rather than spoken language. International travelers have been using such guides for years - to navigate 2 their way through restaurants, airports, and local markets.


But now as, VOA's George Dwyer reports, these graphic 3 communication guides are being put to a growing variety of new uses, including some designed to save lives. Jim Bertel narrates 4.








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1
durable
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adj.持久的,耐久的


参考例句:





This raincoat is made of very durable material.这件雨衣是用非常耐用的料子做的。
They frequently require more major durable purchases.他们经常需要购买耐用消费品。












2
navigate
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v.航行,飞行;导航,领航


参考例句:





He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。












3
graphic
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adj.生动的,形象的,绘画的,文字的,图表的


参考例句:





The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。












4
narrates
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v.故事( narrate的第三人称单数 )


参考例句:





It narrates the unconstitutional acts of James II. 它历数了詹姆斯二世的违法行为。 来自辞典例句
Chapter three narrates the economy activity which Jew return the Occident. 第三章讲述了犹太人重返西欧后的经济活动。 来自互联网













adj.持久的,耐久的
  • This raincoat is made of very durable material.这件雨衣是用非常耐用的料子做的。
  • They frequently require more major durable purchases.他们经常需要购买耐用消费品。
v.航行,飞行;导航,领航
  • He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
  • Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。
adj.生动的,形象的,绘画的,文字的,图表的
  • The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
  • Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。
v.故事( narrate的第三人称单数 )
  • It narrates the unconstitutional acts of James II. 它历数了詹姆斯二世的违法行为。 来自辞典例句
  • Chapter three narrates the economy activity which Jew return the Occident. 第三章讲述了犹太人重返西欧后的经济活动。 来自互联网
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acid-base balance
act-of-state
Aequian
airborne digital computer
aldol cleavage
banded sandstone
blank (character)
board width
Brahmanism
Brahminy
bring sth to a head
business boundaries
buyer's interest
capacity utilised
catchall
CCFT
Christ Jesus
Clinovariscite
Colectril
collision activation mass spectrometer
colonnade foundation
combination for long-term action effects
conduct an examination
Connection request
crumpets
dabble at
demo scene
Docampadó, Ensenada
dual complex
enamel spur
euzoonoses
excess multiplication
excessive price
Forksville
greulich-pyle
Halliday
hematocytes
in-where
inferior item
international recognition
irrigation water
Kayeye
leap to conclusion
ligament of the neck of the rib
maintenance support ability
malleolus tibiae
mediumblue
mijakite
Misrepresentation Ordinance
moose-misse
Mournes
necessary labour
noncyclic electron transport
nonpluses
ntv
o're
older granitoid rock
overrewarded
P-ATPases
parallel capacitance
participate with
passage facility
phosphomannose
pilot projects
polypiling
poontangs
potassium niobate
prediction formula
relatively-open set
render-setting
rough terrain container handler
runner bar
salmon-flies
Samarang(Semarang)
semi-fused slag
small-beam chopper
so much for
somesthetic
specific-gravity bottle (flask)
speedometer shaft adapter
sperple
stormcoat
strandline
syndrome of wind-heat invading nose
tape printing system
tegua
titanate
TNP-HRBC
tournedoss
tribosphenic molar pattern
true vapour pressure
Udinese
unblocked set
vacuum - tight chamber
vertex height
Villanueva de Argaňo
violin lesson
war contraband
wavefunctions
wet gel
wish-washes
x inefficiency