聆听悦耳英音 第20期:Women Travellers of Old (2)
日期:2013-11-03 11:40

(单词翻译:单击)

嘉宾:Debbie Mason

话题:Women Travellers of Old 旅行者,女行者

单词拼写:

1、Naivety:n. childish ignorance

2、Globe-trotteresses:n. woman global traveller3.

3、Untoward:adj.麻烦的,意外的

4、Petticoats:n.衬裙

5、Mountaineering:n.爬山

6、Indomitable:adj. 厉害的,不屈服的

重点俚语:

1、All over the shop:everywhere

2、Skirts should ‘clear the ankle’:裙子在脚踝上

问题:

1、What two pieces of advice does Jenny quote from the book?

2、What advice does Alastair quote from the book about buying train tickets?

3、Why doesn’t Lillian recommend women-only carriages?

答案:

1、Jenny quoted two pieces of advice from the book: No white petticoats and Skirts should ‘clear the ankle’ when mountaineering.

2、Alastair quoted from the book: keep your conversation with the ticket seller very briefly.

3、Lillian doesn’t recommend women-only carriages because you then encounter aggressive looking females, women and babies.

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重点单词
  • recommendvt. 建议,推荐,劝告 vt. 使成为可取,使受欢迎
  • aggressiveadj. 侵略的,有进取心的,好斗的
  • ignorancen. 无知
  • masonn. 泥瓦匠 Mason: 共济会会员
  • quoten. 引用 v. 引述,举证,报价
  • encountern. 意外的相见,遭遇 v. 遇到,偶然碰到,遭遇
  • globaladj. 全球性的,全世界的,球状的,全局的
  • untowardadj. 麻烦的,不利的,不适当的,失控的 adj. [
  • conversationn. 会话,谈话
  • indomitableadj. 不屈不挠的