时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:听基础单词练听力


英语课

【今日基础词】 Science


【Transcript】


A: “I’ll prepare a hundred coffins 1, 99 for corrupt 2 officials and one for myself.” Who said so impressive words?


B: Of course our former premier 3 Zhu Rongji.


A: Really? I like him very much!


B:“My criticism is sometimes too severe and that is not good.” he once said, “But why do you have to wait until your leader flies into a rage before starting to do your work? It’s not that you can’t do it, rather that you won’t do it.”


A: Although he graduated from a prestigious 4 university of science and engineering—Tsinghua University in Beijing and majored in electrical engineering, he is smart at words.


B: Yes, and he also has a good command of English. He is rarely seen speaking from a script. His eloquent 5 speech has always retained the attention of his listeners.


【注】corrupt a. 腐败的;script n. 脚本


【Translation】


A:“我已经准备好了一百口棺材,九十九副留给贪官,一副留给我自己!”是谁说了这么令人敬佩的话?


B:当然是我们的前总理朱镕基了。


A:真的吗?我非常喜欢他!


B:“我有时批评过于严厉,这不是很好。”他曾经说过,“但为什么要等到领导暴跳如雷之后,才开始做你的工作呢?这并不是你不能做,而是你不做。”


A:虽然他毕业于著名的理工科大学——清华大学,学习电气工程,但却善于言辞。


B:是的,朱总理英语水平也很高。他很少看着讲稿发言,他雄辩的演说始终吸引着听众

 



n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 );使某人早亡[死,完蛋,垮台等]之物
  • The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热,空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。 来自辞典例句
  • Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里,捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧。 来自电影对白
v.贿赂,收买;adj.腐败的,贪污的
  • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
  • This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
adj.有威望的,有声望的,受尊敬的
  • The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
  • You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。
adj.雄辩的,口才流利的;明白显示出的
  • He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩,胜过最好的演说家。
  • These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war.这些废墟形象地提醒人们不要忘记战争的恐怖。
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