美语听力 English Cafe 36

Topics: Popular words in the US media, People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive, to make a spectacle of yourself, to go berserk, basically, "I'm whooped," doozy, fault vs. defect vs. error, David versus¹ Goliath

Words:
global warming
avian flu
aight = all right
mad = very (slang)
Brill! = brilliant! (Brit.)
‘s’up = what’s up?
VoIP = Voice over Internet Protocol (Internet telephone)
emoticon
to make a spectacle of yourself
to go berserk
basically
to be whooped
doozy
fault
defect
error
 

1 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。