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
4-Methyl-2-nitro-anisole
a spring in your step
Aero Bee
Al Khufayfiyah
Alamblak
alberty
alitization
arlisses
Asperg
assess at
association graph
B4SR
bad points
be in attendance on
be stone broke
black-headed bud-worm
blastophere
Bohr-Wheeler theory of fission
Camellia sinensis
canegrubs
castle-like
chancellour
chlorites
choking back
computation of uniformly optimal plan
consumption of labor power
control coordination system
cool hand
CRAMSHIP
decontaminating reagent
Denham, Sir John
differential unit
Eritrichium pendulifructum
ethyl orthoformate
executive monitor
extraintestinal
fancy alloy
gloopily
golob
Greece's
haggard expression
hypcrbola
hypermutator
informal joint committee on host
insignificant
instrumental rationality
law of perdurability of matter
le massacre des amazones
lead to the altar
left curly bracket
linen bakelite
lisha
local cluster
long-beaked
long-drive
low water stand
malpractice liability insurance
misproving
name names
national policy of education
NIPTS
no-iron cotton
non-acid gases
octahydrate
oryzaephilus surinamensis
parking sprag
partial effect
pennite (hydrodolomite)
Pentadecanone-2
plasma spraying
reasoning about belief
request an audience with
Reynoutria japonica
roll back journal
rolliches
rotary jack hammer
sailing large
saori
sclerosing osteogenic sarcoma
self-balancing strain gauge
shuts away
single-action clutch
skin food
social intergration
split rod
statistic graphs
stefanski
sulfur resistant catalyst
sushumnas
system information agent
Telosma cathayensis
terrace spacing
time differences
tracking data processor
trpg
trts
ultrafine partical size talc
vice-marshals
Washington Monument
working pv value
Wüstenrot
xeris spectrum malaisei