【英语5级听力】炎炎夏日-A Hot Summer Day

It was a hot summer day. The sun was burning. It was over 100 degrees. The kids did not want to go outside. Everyone stayed inside. Everyone turned on the air conditioner. Some people turned on their fan. Everyone drank a lot of water. This was the hottest day of the year.

 

All the kids were sweating¹. The parents were exhausted² from the heat. Lots of people decided³ to go to the beach swimming. The water helped cool them off. There were a lot of kids who went swimming. They had fun. The hot sun was not so bad. They wore sunscreen. The sunscreen helped protect them. They did not want to damage their skin.

1 sweating   

n.发汗v.（使）出汗( sweat的现在分词 )；（使）流汗；（使）发汗；焖

参考例句：

• We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture. 我们搬动家具大费气力，累得大汗淋漓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• When the spasm passed, it left him weak and sweating. 一阵痉挛之后，他虚弱无力，一直冒汗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• 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。