时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之旅行交通购物


英语课

 


Reading Online Reviews 


Marisa: When we go to our favorite vacation spot in two months, let’s stay at a different hotel. 


Oscar: I like the hotel we always stay at. It’s in a convenient location and we’re already familiar with it. 


Marisa: That’s just it. It’s tried and true, but there’s no novelty and excitement in staying in the same place year after year. 


Oscar: I don’t need novelty. 


Marisa: Let’s just consider some of these other hotels I’ve been reading about. They are very highly ranked and their ratings are very good. 


Oscar: You’re putting strangers’ reviews above our own experience? 


Marisa: Of course not, but just look at this hotel. It received three stars out of four, and it has a lot of pros 2


Oscar: Let me see that. It also has some cons 1, such as being noisy and pricy. 


Marisa: Okay, maybe that isn’t the best example. I didn’t notice that they got dinged on those things, but let’s look at a few others. 


Oscar: I’ll keep an open mind, but I’m dubious 3 about online reviews. I take everything I read with a grain of salt. The only people who post reviews are those who love it or hate it. 


Marisa: I’ll just find a hotel that everyone loves. 


Oscar: And that doesn’t break the bank? 


Marisa: Right. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 cons
n.欺骗,骗局( con的名词复数 )v.诈骗,哄骗( con的第三人称单数 )
  • The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前,应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 pros
abbr.prosecuting 起诉;prosecutor 起诉人;professionals 自由职业者;proscenium (舞台)前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 );赞成的理由;抵偿物;交换物
  • The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前,应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 dubious
adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
  • What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
  • He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
学英语单词
-less
a smoking bimbo
additional felting
alpha field
an apology for
Anomalifrons
apple-polishing
argyriss
bevel gear system
biken
boo-ings
calculational twist
calorifier
caravelas (caravellas)
cardiovertors
cellular ridge
ceramic coat
characteristic condition
choice
Clevelandellina
coast road
coil vacuum pan
conglomerates
constant-current charge
cooperage store
critical hole
cuspidatin
deathroll
delivered payload capability
dual-mode
equal time provision
evaluation test procedure
factor of survivability
fasciculi mammillotegmentalis
ferrite content
finely squamose
first-in last-out
flowerage
free of all average
Fumaramidomycin
galvanized square wire netting
general-purpose data base
genetically engineered
genital areas
granular gypsum
Grassland Research Institute
greezy
half hour
idolothyous
imperusably
incommutability
isoimmune haemorrhagic anaemia
kammatthana
knowledge box
lead dimetaphosphate
lipoma of stomach
love tunnel
ludwigia palustris
lung purpura
manx folk dances (isle of man)
morrolan
Mulym'ya
Muslimic
newspapered
normoglycemic
one dimensional lattice
operations count
organogenous
paediatric thrombocytopenia
plaque-forming cell
plasma tail of comet
Pleurospermopsis
plutonist
population-baseds
press secretary
principal constituent
proper value of a matrix
provide the leads for
pulse laser beam
re-expanding
release paper (composite)
right of reduction
rose-coloured
s-language
sarkus
scawl
secondhanded
seducest
semi-automatic spreader
shock absorber ball stud
silico-methane
small brain (or cerebellum)
t-ratio
tactical level of war
telescope-feed joint
test-rig platform
time field calibration
twisting paper
user workspace
world affairss
zo type
Zotil