时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Showing Signs of Age


Julian: What is that, another gray hair?! My hair is already thinning on top. I don’t need more gray hairs. 


Vera: I think salt and pepper hair looks great on men. It makes them look distinguished 1


Julian: It makes them look old. Thank God I don’t have a receding 2 hairline – yet. 


Vera: When you get to be my age, you won’t worry so much about graying hair. There are a lot of other things to worry about. 


Julian: Like what? 


Vera: Forget I mentioned it. Showing signs of age isn’t something to be lamented 3. It’s natural and part of maturing as a person. It gives you character. 


Julian: Stop being evasive. Like what? 


Vera: Okay, like wrinkles and age spots, deafness and memory loss. 


Julian: Gee 4, thanks. If I ever need to talk someone off a ledge 5, I’ll give you a call! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 distinguished
adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的
  • Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
  • A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
2 receding
v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题
  • Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远,他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
  • Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
3 lamented
adj.被哀悼的,令人遗憾的v.(为…)哀悼,痛哭,悲伤( lament的过去式和过去分词 )
  • her late lamented husband 她那令人怀念的已故的丈夫
  • We lamented over our bad luck. 我们为自己的不幸而悲伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 gee
n.马;int.向右!前进!,惊讶时所发声音;v.向右转
  • Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
  • Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇!我们会赚好多钱啦!
5 ledge
n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁
  • They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
  • Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上,摔倒了。
学英语单词
a. tympanica inferior
Achaean
Agulhas, Cape
analphabet
batskin
betrim
Bianca, Palla(Weisskugel)
bosom
camptotrichium (pl. -chia)
cinosternoid
clebsch gordan coefficient
clustercentric
comb-plate
combined sack and bulk weigher
company formation
cresylic
cumguzzlers
Cypripedium shanxiense
cystically
decentralized model
demand pull
discov
display status word
divination
double truss
egyptian monetary units
eight-note
electronic software distribution
executed copy
femtometric
force-insensitive mounting
fork and spoon
fully normalized harmonics
gaultheria cumingiana
geagea
gluteus minimus
Grawitz's granules
Hanli
herniated discs
houwen
hypercorticalism
Indian Hill
infective centre
insurabilities
interphase gas
Kalasin, Changwat
Kampenhout
katzenbuckelite
laureater
lauriston
learned goal
life of the wolf is the death of the lamb
Lindera strychnifolia
linguistic circle
literary contest
lotus feet
metavoltine(metavoltite)
moving-coil wattmeter
myxothiazol
N-Benzyl-iso-propylamine
non-metallic alloy ingredient
nonatriacontane
NSC-89199
Ommanney B.
opinion paragraph in auditor's report
partial ordering
peromyscus polionotus
physical limitations
plumular axis
propargyl bromide
quangocrat
quarter undulation plate
radio ranging
reangle
riparium
roll-in-point
sand blasting process
sarcoplasmatic
satieties
scale of price
scamper
series-resonant testing equipment
sidar
soft macro
solar ephemeris
stability setting
Stamfordham
strategic mining
strutly
sunspottedness
sweep up
swotted
synoenocytes
Takayasu disease
Tarawera
transient overpower accident
tuned doublet
undercolours
unquenched
utps
vent on
water bugs