聆听悦耳英音 第20期:Women Travellers of Old (2)

　　嘉宾：Debbie Mason

　　话题：Women Travellers of Old 旅行者，女行者

　　单词拼写：

　　1、Naivety：n. childish ignorance

　　2、Globe-trotteresses：n. woman global traveller3.

　　3、Untoward：adj.麻烦的,意外的

　　4、Petticoats：n.衬裙

　　5、Mountaineering：n.爬山

　　6、Indomitable：adj. 厉害的，不屈服的

　　重点俚语：

　　1、All over the shop：everywhere

　　2、Skirts should ‘clear the ankle’：裙子在脚踝上

　　问题：

　　1、What two pieces of advice does Jenny quote from the book?

　　2、What advice does Alastair quote from the book about buying train tickets?

　　3、Why doesn’t Lillian recommend women-only carriages?

　　答案：

　　1、Jenny quoted two pieces of advice from the book: No white petticoats and Skirts should‘clear the ankle’ when mountaineering.

　　2、Alastair quoted from the book: keep your conversation with the ticket seller very briefly¹.

　　3、Lillian doesn’t recommend women-only carriages because you then encounter aggressivelooking females, women and babies.

1 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。