时间:2019-01-21 作者:英语课 分类:Eztalk美语会话


英语课

Wen and Nikki leave the salon 1


Wen:How do I look? I love these braids. They're fun!

Nikki:They look great! Hey, are you hungry? I know a good Ethiopian restaurant-Meskerem.

Wen:An Ethiopian restaurant? Whoa! I always think of starving people in Ethiopia.

Nikki:It's very “in”these days. Some of the places are really expensive.

Wen:That's so ironic 2! Well, what's it like? Is it your traditional food?

Nikki:No. Africans and African-Americans are different in many ways. Our food's different, too.

Ethiopian

埃塞俄比亚的。Ethiopia (n.) 埃塞俄比亚。Meskerem (n.)是一家著名的埃塞俄比亚餐厅,位在华盛顿特区

Ethiopian cuisine 3 is delicious.

埃塞俄比亚美食很好吃。


ironic (a.)

讽刺的

Isn't it ironic that George W. Bush, a former alcoholic 4, became president?

曾经是酗酒狂的小布什变成总统,可真是讽刺,不是吗?


starving (a.)

饥饿的

A: Pass some more food over—Im starving!

再多递点食物过来——我饿死了!

B: Take it easy. Eating so quickly is bad for your health.

吃慢点。吃太快有碍健康。


African (a.)

非洲的。African-American是指「非裔美国人」,是对美国黑人的正式说法

African drumming is highly sophisticated.

非洲鼓非常地复杂。


小雯和妮琪离开美容院


小雯:我看起来如何?我好喜欢这些辫子。它们好有趣!

妮琪:看起来太棒了!嘿,你饿不饿?我知道一家好吃的埃塞俄比亚餐厅──玛斯克林餐厅。

小雯:埃塞俄比亚餐厅?哇!我都会联想到埃塞俄比亚的饥民。

妮琪:最近这可流行得很呢。有些地方还很贵。

小雯:这真是太讽刺了!是什么样的食物?是你们的传统食物吗?

妮琪:不是。非洲人和非裔美国人在许多方面是不一样的。我们的食物也不一样



n.[法]沙龙;客厅;营业性的高级服务室
  • Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗?
  • You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。
adj.讽刺的,有讽刺意味的,出乎意料的
  • That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
  • People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”,但他们是在挖苦我。
n.烹调,烹饪法
  • This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
  • This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine.这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。
adj.(含)酒精的,由酒精引起的;n.酗酒者
  • The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.白兰地的酒精浓度远远超过葡萄酒。
  • Alcoholic drinks act as a poison to a child.酒精饮料对小孩犹如毒药。
学英语单词
6-Hydroxyluteolin
Acetovanillone
alpha-crystal
area mismatch loss
arsis
associated continued fraction
azeotropic temperature
big people
break in the arrow
breaking-drop theory
Brownlow
bulk-storage memory
button-downs
central compression
chameleon segment
channel basin
chimney-sweeps' cancer
Cimadon
coinops
connecting vessels
conster
curing diaphragm
cut off the retreat
cyborg insect
degeneration mode
depot maintenance
differential flow summer
dislocation of distal radioulnar joint
disoffice
divulsions
document of the case
eddy-diffusion
Elaeagnus magna
ewloe
fair calf
feedback device
fictitous ring
Fischersbrunn
flame-propagation
flux shielding
foodcrop
greyishest
groundlessnesses
hawza
humoral transmission
hyperbolic projectivity
in force
in the soup
institutional change
isochromocentric(dangeard 1946)
Jay Kay
Laser Driver
life-choices
linear variable resistor
lubienski
maximum-likelihood membership function
mcclymonts
member of Christ
museveni
mycosphaerella smilacis-glabrae
naturalistic theory of reference
notifieth
nutrose agar
oil crisis control
overmasted
palletise
parameter estimation
partiality toward someone
pay out on
pollen asthma
press working
psoas test
pulmonary type
pulse voltage
pyramidshaped
reason analysis
reengagement
residual amplitude modulation
rose compound
roseola infantiliss
round-off function
sequential starting of switches
shale purolysis
special flow
spondylosis chronica ankylopoietica
spongy periosteoma
spreader blade
stability in periscopic aimingline
stock exchange regulations
stock saving bank
structured programming
suberylamine
tension-free
trihydroxycholate
tuned filter oscillator
type bar segment
valmont
vorticity field
weight flow rate
with little effort
zardaverine