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
a surprise packet
affined sugar
aiviekste r.
apiceotomy
Arantius nodules
as many as
bagging machine
barren sow
bearing housing
calb (computer aided line balance)
callerest
Canadium
cevitamic
claus kiln
claw at
Cleopatra
cocoes
columnae lateralis
Cortisumman
departments of state
dust wall
El Pocito
enodations
epiploic appendages
fax machines
feird
freehold of inheritance
friction lever
front deck
full-resolution picture
functional neurokineticism
general epicycloid circular arc spur gear
God classes
goldlip
highly maneuverable aircraft technology
home use applications
hookie
hyperon-hyperon interaction
Indian Pass
indicator plant of soil
khoi-san
lacroisite
lateliness
link winch
liquor tribromoaethanolis
loloensis
lower resistance pH glasselectrode
mercury pond
minami
mincaye
mixed melting point
Mogg
nonconvertible
ostracum
panoramic exposure
Partizanskoye
periotic wall
Piparda
pitch angle diffusion
plasmodiocarps
polydisc strobila
postselection
powder porosity
pre feasibility study
process heating
protective foil
radiowaves
reverse passive hemagglutination
rima respiratorias
schweir
sealiah
seed stalk
selenophenes
sh, 'sh
silver recovery
sodium trihydrogen hypophosphate
solar particle alert network
stand on points
status word address
strain gauge bridge
Styr'
tendinous sheath of extensor carpi ulnaris
thunder-humor
to programme
tomash
topstitched
triffids
turn someone's blood cold
tyrannosauruss
unbequested
underlugs
undervalued policy
up-pricked
upward circle
vacciniculturist
voice-frequency multichannel system
vStorage API
weather bound vessel
worst pattern test
X-ray laser
yakow
yucca gloriosas