北师大版高中英语模块10--Unit29(3)-1

[00:00.00]Unit 29
[00:04.16]Listening and speaking
[00:06.30]2 Nine people were asked
[00:09.24]"Are there any practical¹ skills
[00:11.14]that you wish you'd been taught at school?"
[00:14.11]Listen to their answers,
[00:15.56]and answer the questions.
[00:17.80]1 Well I think for me at school
[00:20.57]I did history and French and maths,
[00:23.25]and I wish I'd done woodwork
[00:25.07]because I'm incompetent² in my house…
[00:26.96]I can't put up a shelf,I can't paint a wall,
[00:30.24]so it costs me a lot of money
[00:31.44]to have decorators in,
[00:32.52]or my uncle who is a painter/decorator himself,
[00:36.30]so I really wish I'd done woodwork.
[00:38.96]2 Well,one subject that I wish
[00:41.74]I'd learnt at school is typing,
[00:44.64]because you know it's very important
[00:46.47]in everyday³ life and I still only type with
[00:48.83]two fingers and if I'd had the time
[00:51.54]it would have been a really nice thing
[00:52.71]to have done and I think it would
[00:54.07]have helped me in my life.
[00:56.56]3 The one pratical skill that I really wish
[01:00.73]that I'd been taught in school is note-taking
[01:03.51]because I find it extremely⁴ difficult to follow
[01:05.95]what people say to me in meeting
[01:09.79]and take notes at the same time,
[01:11.37]and because my memory's very short,
[01:14.10]I often forget those things,
[01:16.01]so that's definitely⁵ one skill that I wish
[01:18.65]I'd been taught at school.
[01:18.65]

1 practical   

adj.实际的，实践的；实用的，应用的；有实际经验的

参考例句：

• He is a practical person.他是位很讲实际的人。
• Your invention is clever,but not practical.你的发明很巧，但不实用。

2 incompetent   

adj.无能力的，不能胜任的

参考例句：

• He is utterly incompetent at his job.他完全不能胜任他的工作。
• He is incompetent at working with his hands.他动手能力不行。

3 everyday   

adj.每天的，日常的，平常的

参考例句：

• Sweeping the floor is his everyday work.扫地是他的日常工作。
• He practices speaking English everyday.他每天练习说英语。

4 extremely   

adv.极其，非常，极度

参考例句：

• The film is extremely good,I just cannot miss it.这部电影太精彩了，我非看不可。
• The old man was extremely difficult to get along with.这个老人极难相与。

5 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。