时间:2019-02-05 作者:英语课 分类:地道美语播客


英语课

Diane: I’m so exasperated 1! I’m really tired of the homeowner’s association in my condo building.



Ricardo: What’s the matter with it?



Diane: The people who sit on the condo association board are a bunch of do-nothings. I’ve filed complaint after complaint and they refuse to enforce the house rules.



Ricardo: Well, that might not be so bad. I used to live in a co-op in New York City. The board of directors in my building was constantly issuing violations 2 to the shareholders 3 and we were fined for the smallest infraction 4. It was a nightmare. What kinds of complaints have you been filing?



Diane: I’ve been complaining about my noisy neighbors. They have parties every weekend. The board said it sent letters to them, but nothing has changed.



Ricardo: That’s a tough one. It’s often hard to get people to quiet down.



Diane: That’s not all. The common areas aren’t well maintained, and they’re often dirty or in need of repair.



Ricardo: That’s too bad...



Diane: And, the clubhouse is always busy with board events when I want to reserve it.



Ricardo: That’s frustrating 5...



Diane: You bet it is. And, what’s more...



Ricardo: Whoa. I think I have a solution for you.



Diane: What?



Ricardo: Move!





Script by Dr. Lucy Tse



adj.恼怒的
  • We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
  • Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。
违反( violation的名词复数 ); 冒犯; 违反(行为、事例); 强奸
  • This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
  • These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
  • The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
  • the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任
n.违反;违法
  • He was criticized for his infraction of the discipline.他因违反纪律而受到了批评。
  • Parking at the bus stop is illegal,Motorists committing this infraction are heavily fined.在公交站停车是违法的,触犯此条的司机将受重罚。
adj.产生挫折的,使人沮丧的,令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
  • It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间,真令人懊恼。
  • It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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alcea roseas
anal condyloma
analect
anisomycins
as much as to say
assumption of local equilibrium
atom-blitz
ball clubs
barrier effect
batched
be live
bid against each other
binnington
bookmatches
boundary grid pattern
byelection
capsicum poisoning
carbenoxolones
Chasmistes
chernomyrdins
choice of innings
class Liliopsida
codle
completely water-cooled furnace
copam
cornelissen
cotylophorous
Darkschewitsch's nucleus
degree of compression
despread
diamineoxidase
difluent
dilution (rate of)
discharging place
Dovyalis
drinke
economic and secure currency
editionalising
einkorns
el masarra (al masarrah)
electro-winning
enterprise information portal
face on bord
flipper-turn
Folliculi linguales
forged-iron
formal language processing
geological profile
ghoramara
Hiberno-Celtic
high polymeric compound
histolyzed
Hunt,(William) Holman
hunting spider
hypothetist
i-yeerid
interpolation in the statistical observations
Kelley filter press
kohyon (gohyon)
loftliker
Lucigenie
mawi
MDC (maximum dependable capacity)
mealing
mesoplastral
microwave gas discharge duplexer
multinational firm
negative bar
oblique-wing single fuselage
ONZ
ORDCAL
page replacement policy
panaxosides
parametric surface
parasympathin
petroleum odour
piccaninnies
pissarroes
presumptive nominee
prevenances
RANAD
rangefinder with stereoscopic fixed mark
rate subsidization
SCSI I
sh
sidecasting
signle instruction execute mode
single face woodworking planer
stero comparator
straighteneth
suberch
swollen investment
Tax-exempt sector
tetragonal tetratohedral class
timmerman
tool steel
topheavy
trotter pie
two-out-of-three
upper cargo purchase block
will o' the wisps
wind-pollinated plant