时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:话匣子英语


英语课

上次节目采访了哈皮,让我们对哈皮有了个大致了解。这次我们采访的是毛拉,让我们来了解一下毛拉吧


Harp 1: Yes. Today I’m interviewing Maura. Last week, she interviewed me. We think this is a good idea for all of you to learn a little bit more about us, especially because there are a lot of new listeners 2 who might not know lots about us.


 


Maura: Right. It might be a New Year’s resolution 3 to start listening to an English podcast, and you might just have tuned 4 in. So now is your chance to get to know Harp and me a little bit more.


 


Harp: Yes. So let’s get started. Now, Maura, why don’t you tell us a little bit more about you. Where did you grow up?


 


Maura: Well, I was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. And my parents and even my grandparents were born in Canada, which is actually pretty rare 5. And I lived there most of my life, until I went to university. Then I moved to a city called Guelph and I went to university there. After that, I travelled around a whole bunch 6, and then I ended up in Montreal.


 


Harp: Sounds exciting. Now, tell me about Kitchener because I’ve never been there. I know it’s close to Toronto, but was it fun growing up there?


 


Maura: It was fun. I mean, of course I had lots of friends but it was very suburban 7. And usually I answer this question by something that I read in a travel guide once. One of my friends, who was Australian, had a travel guide to Canada and I was curious 8 and I looked up Kitchener in the travel guide. And the advice actually was that unless it was Oktoberfest, Kitchener wasn’t a place worth visiting. And it’s a bit sad and funny, but it’s true. Kitchener used 9 to be called Berlin and it has—still has—a lot of German people. And so in the month of October, we have a really big Oktoberfest. It’s the second biggest Oktoberfest, next to the one in Germany, so it’s a pretty big deal. We also have something that’s interesting outside of Kitchener. We have lots of cute little small towns. And we also have a really famous market called the St. Jacobs Market. What’s really cool about this market is there are a lot of Mennonites who sell food and clothes and crafts 10 at this market. And so outside of Kitchener, you can see Mennonites. They’re a rare group of people to see and it’s interesting to see these kinds of people.


 


Harp: Very interesting. I had no idea the Oktoberfest was that big. We should go one time.


 


Maura: Yeah. We should. It’s pretty fun.



1 harp
n.竖琴;天琴座
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
  • He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。
2 listeners
n.倾听者,收听者( listener的名词复数 );听众
  • the demographics of radio listeners 电台听众统计数据
  • The singer's high notes jarred on the ears of her listeners. 那位歌手的高音让听众们觉得刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 resolution
n.坚定,决心,决心要做的事,决定,决议
  • You must stand to your resolution.你一定要坚守你的决心。
  • I still haven't given up my resolution to do more reading.我仍然还没有放弃多看些书的决心。
4 tuned
adj.调谐的,已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调
  • The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味,老少皆宜。
  • The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 rare
adj.稀罕的,罕有的,珍贵的,稀薄的,半熟的,非常的;adv.非常
  • It is rare to see a man over 160 years old.很少见到一个人能活到160岁。
  • The zoo has a lot of rare animals in it.这个动物园有许多珍奇的动物。
6 bunch
n.串,束;群,帮
  • A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
  • I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。
7 suburban
adj.城郊的,在郊区的
  • Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
  • There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。
8 curious
adj.好奇的,求知的,古怪的
  • I heard a curious sound in the room.我在房间里听到奇怪的声音。
  • He puts forward so many curious questions.他提出这么多稀奇古怪的问题。
9 used
adj.用旧了的,旧的;习惯于…;过去惯/经常
  • I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
  • He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。
10 crafts
n.工艺( craft的名词复数 );行业;飞机;飞行器
  • traditional crafts like basket-weaving 像编篮子之类的传统工艺
  • an arts and crafts emporium 工艺品商店
学英语单词
acid-proof phenolics
aesthetic fatigue
airbases
appellant mode
ar-rahim
Asarco Mexicana
black tights
browser-based
Buyukyenice
carvellis
Castaňo, Sa.del
catoptric power
Cauro
ceramodontia
chill store
cinnamylic acid
comaster distinctus
cortical synthesis
Costaria
critical shears
cronica
cyberindustries
Dareton
delexicalization
detector window
difficulty in breathing
dragon project
dry elutriator
dynamic libration
electric concentration
electronic hygrometer
epidemic neuromyasthenia
eye-screens
fishback
floating material
graphic methods
hay-jack
hesternal
hip replacement
hungry soil
karaman
khowr
lactyl lactate
lndsc key
lobby ventilation
longitude clock
loss limit lighwave communications system
low power range system
luchini
lucrezia borgias
marsh felwort
metallic arc welding
microcrazing
Moplahs
more salient
multi-colours
Musorgsky
neodymium laser
network configuration
nickel-based
nine-thirty
not even one
odocoileus hemionus columbianuss
once-luxurious
oncootic
optimized model of power source
out-wealth
over and-under relay
overarch
package card
product distribution
pseudocepal thickening
rattle over
research target and test vehicle
rudps
scorchy
shook her fist at
simulant
sketch ball
slag-heap
smooth mapping
space hematology
square tool post
standard fruit-tree
steffen
sukhdev
symbolic links
sympitars
the biggest frog in the pond
thoracic vertebrae
to careen
total laryngectomy
traction phenomena
tricentenial
tropical diarrhea
two batches
Tédji
undecene
unnoticed
viral pneumonias
who can say
zone structure