听一分钟英文：Apartments-公寓

 

In the USA, they’re called apartments¹; in the UK they’re called flats. They are a modern² invention³. I don’t particularly like them. I don’t think it’s good for so many people to live so close together. It’s not good for people to live on top of each other. I don’t understand how people can live above the second floor. It’s not natural⁴ to live in the sky. The thing I hate⁵ most about apartments are the lifts (Americans say elevator) and the fact⁶ there’s no garden. More and more people are moving into apartments. This creates⁷ problems⁸ with overcrowding. There aren’t enough spaces to park your car, there’s nowhere⁹ to throw your rubbish¹⁰ and you have to wait ages to reach¹¹ your floor. Give me a little house with a little garden any day.

1 apartments   

n.（尤指巨屋、名宅的）房间( apartment的名词复数 )；一套房间；（尤指在同一楼层的）公寓套房；（租赁的）度假套房

参考例句：

• You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments. 整座宫殿除内殿外均可参观。
• The apartments were infested with rats and roaches. 公寓里面到处都是老鼠和蟑螂。

2 modern   

n.现代人，有思想的人；adj.现代的，时髦的

参考例句：

• England is the birthplace of the modern novel.英国是近代小说发源地。
• She's a modern girl.她是一个摩登女郎。

3 invention   

n.发明；制造

参考例句：

• It's a most useful invention.这是一项极其有用的发明。
• Paper is also an invention by the Chinese.纸也是中国人发明的。

4 natural   

adj.自然的，正常的，天生的；n.有天赋的人

参考例句：

• He is a natural dancer.他是天生的舞蹈家。
• Try to look natural for your photograph.拍照时要自然一点。

5 hate   

n.憎恨，厌恶，厌恶的人或事；vt.憎恨，不愿；vi.表示憎恨

参考例句：

• We hate our enemy.我们憎恨敌人。
• Snakes are my special hate.蛇是我最憎恶的东西。

6 fact   

n.事实，实情，论据

参考例句：

• It is close to fact.这更接近于事实。
• I'm going there tomorrow,as a matter of fact.其实，我明天是准备去那里。

7 creates   

v.创造( create的第三人称单数 )；引起；造成；封

参考例句：

• The new aircraft creates a sonic boom. 那种新飞机会产生声震。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A novelist creates characters and a plot. 小说家塑造人物并设计情节。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 problems   

n.问题( problem的名词复数 )；疑难问题；习题；思考题

参考例句：

• It was an action replay of the problems of his first marriage. 这是他第一次婚姻问题的重演。
• a few admin problems 一些行政问题

9 nowhere   

adv.任何地方都不；无处，到处都无

参考例句：

• There's nowhere else I really want to go to.没有别的地方是我真正想去的。
• He had nowhere to go,so I took him in.他无处可去，所以我收留了他。

10 rubbish   

n.垃圾，废物；废话，胡说八道

参考例句：

• This book is all rubbish.这本书全是胡言乱语。
• The room is full of rubbish.房间里堆满了垃圾。

11 reach   

n.延伸，范围，河段；vt.到达，伸出，延伸，取得联系；vi.延伸

参考例句：

• The railway line will soon reach to our town. 铁路不久就要延伸到我们镇了。
• Can you reach that apple down in the tree? 你能把树上那个苹果摘下来吗？