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。
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-tasting
0734
acetene
AEMIS
Allium atrosanguineum
analogous column
anticompetitive
apu warning horn
Azuelo
backup anchor
batalinii
bootjacking
bow charging crane
brownsbergers
bulb cavitation
business-book
capronia pilosella
chlorimetry
clearing returns
Columna anterior
contiguous-words recognition
cousinship
cyberdildonics
decidua plate
Demurrage Runs Continuously
design period
dichopsis
distributed team
einstein distribution law
F clef
fibre-reactive dye
fire-extinguishing agent
flash a glance at
fuse blasting
genisteins
germs
gnotobiote
golden-age
Guerin process
Haapajärvi
harrow scouring machine
high-voltage testing transformer
illert
injurable
iron-vane type ammeter
jubayl
junction filter
local duties
loo paper
mad minutes
made ducks and drakes
malicious
management fees
mayport
medical radionuclide
mertvago
microgliacyte
misformulation
mokhtar
mom-and-dad
moment magnitude scale
Naganandini
Ninite
nonliberal
north-south seismic belt
on active service
on the gripping hand
paper yarn
pneumoventricule
proper cut set
Prunus henryi
quiches
quiet estrus
real time decoder
rebatching
rectovaginal fold
reference implementations
remoulded
requirements creep
rolling avalanche
secundarxil
Si Kiang
single perforated plate
slipperly
Solanum crispum
solid work
Specialist market
spin-on
Starjasmine Stem
strabismus scissors
Stranded costs
surface net current
theory of motivation to work
thielemann
toomebridge
traumatic uterine adhesion
tripadvisor
troweler
virtual seasons
W.R.A.F
weather-headed
Xbase