美语听力 English Cafe 292

　　Topics: Buffalo¹ Soldiers; Famous Songs: Oh My Darling, Clementine; to be concerned about/in/with; to erase² versus³ to delete; “how do you say...” for written English
Words:
buffalo
regiment
park ranger
prejudice
to disband
darling
miner
to drown
to excavate
alas
dreadful
to be concerned about
to be concerned in
to be concerned with
to erase
to delete

1 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

2 erase   

v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹

参考例句：

• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。

3 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。