时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语时差8,16


英语课

Do you recognise that tune 1? Well, it’s a famous piece of music called Orpheus in the Underworld. And it was written 150 years ago! And who better to tell us more about it than David Price, who’s written a book about it. It’s very difficult to actually identify when it started. It sorted of emerged really, around 1830. From what I can ascertain 2, it seemed to be men who did it first. They sort of introduced a lot more athleticism 3, high kicks, generally prancing 4 about and having a good time. And soon women decided 5 that they wanted to join in too. I guess the petticoats are the most important thing. They’re vintage, very, very vibrant 6, very full and we do lots of petticoat work, lots of frou-frou, as you can hear (sound of material rustling). And we have bespoke 7 corsets and jewellery, and we all have boots obviously with red-trimmed laces. Mandy explains how she trains other girls to do those high-kicks. We use balloons. We start off with somebody holding a balloon and somebody else kicking. And we raise, and raise and raise. And then we give the girls homework to tie the balloon in a doorway 8. And kick and kick and kick until they can remove the balloon. And if you thought the kicks were difficult, take a listen to this! You have to make sure you’re extremely warm and well-trained, and once you reach that edge, as long as you’re warmed up it’s not difficult. And there’s a psychological part to it. People are quite frightened. Even when you can do the splits, to run and launch yourself and jump into them is quite a psychological leap from just gently going down into the splits. So it is quite hard.



1 tune
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
2 ascertain
vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清
  • It's difficult to ascertain the coal deposits.煤储量很难探明。
  • We must ascertain the responsibility in light of different situtations.我们必须根据不同情况判定责任。
3 athleticism
n.运动竞赛,崇尚运动,竞技热
  • He brings defense. He brings talent. He brings athleticism. That's a lot. “他带来的防御,他带来了人才,他带来了身体,这是很多”。 来自互联网
  • Each of these sports isn't won through sheer athleticism alone. 每个体育项目无法凭借纯粹的运动能力而获胜。 来自互联网
4 prancing
v.(马)腾跃( prance的现在分词 )
  • The lead singer was prancing around with the microphone. 首席歌手手执麦克风,神气地走来走去。
  • The King lifted Gretel on to his prancing horse and they rode to his palace. 国王把格雷特尔扶上腾跃着的马,他们骑马向天宫走去。 来自辞典例句
5 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
6 vibrant
adj.震颤的,响亮的,充满活力的,精力充沛的,(色彩)鲜明的
  • He always uses vibrant colours in his paintings. 他在画中总是使用鲜明的色彩。
  • She gave a vibrant performance in the leading role in the school play.她在学校表演中生气盎然地扮演了主角。
7 bespoke
adj.(产品)订做的;专做订货的v.预定( bespeak的过去式 );订(货);证明;预先请求
  • His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence. 他的衣着风格显得十分自信。
  • The haberdasher presented a cap, saying,"Here is the cap your worship bespoke." 帽匠拿出一顶帽子来说:“这就是老爷您定做的那顶。” 来自辞典例句
8 doorway
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
学英语单词
advertising value equivalent
after-tax yield
agent business on securities
al jawarah (juwara)
Alloza
amadavats
anglerfish
auditor in charge of the audit
back vowels
bacterioscopy
Bol'shetarkhovo
cardiac electric axis
cavity oscillations
cerconychia brunnea
chessies
chondrostibian
clarified
CM2
columning
Darnius
deschools
document a case
dogsitting
Earsham
ecothriller
effervoscenced steel
electromagnetic type disk friction clutch
extradites
Festre, Col du
fortuitous connection
galagos
galloper
grating frame
guiding mechanism
have a finger in
headshake
ident
incongruent melting point
insurance co. contact reason
Iresine herbstii
Karatomarskoye Vdkh.
labour allocation
ladurie
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid
leaf drop streak
line off
low-grade
maintenance of free trade
Manxmen
method of simulated likelihood
mitreboard
Morr's burette
movable barriers
non-steerable wheel
odourants
os femoris
ozone
palm kernel cake meal
panel-based
peritroch
peronospora chlorae
piezoresistive transducer
play favorites
plethra
Poiseuille's coefficient
preorgasmic
prey on sb
Przibram's rule
pull-up cold
rational expression
recurrent cost
Residential Lease
reversing press
rich phase
Santa Mercedes
self-transcending
silicon carbide particulate reinforced al-matrix composite
sing away
Smecta
snap action
snowflake obsidian
speaker-dependent recognition
sprotts
Staryy Mostyak
statistical equivalence
stock exchange automated quotations
systemic disease
tamarack pine
tertiary institutions
to break open
to relate to
tracing routine
transporter truck-tractor
ungaugable
unresolved problem
unstatutable
upright drill press
vicargeneral
waiting charges
water farcy
wheel slip
wireless protocol