聆听悦耳英音 第35期:Life changes 年龄与梦想 (1)

 　　嘉宾：Debbie Mason

　　话题：Life changes 年龄与梦想

　　单词拼写：

　　1、Dreading：being afraid, not looking forward to doing

　　2、Accountancy：occupation of accounting¹

　　3、Gypsy(Roma) caravan²：吉普赛人的大篷车

　　重点俚语：

　　1、Is this it?’ moment：time to ask “whether there should be more in life?”

　　2、Ripe for a mid-life re-launch：ready and mature enough to begin a new life at middle age

　　3、A late starter：to begin to do something late in life

　　4、Rat race：career fight, competition in one’s work

　　问题：

　　1、The interviewee said she wanted to change things before something happened. What?

　　2、What was Victor Hugo’s quote?

　　3、What does the last speaker say she wants to do?

　　答案：

　　1、The interviewee said she wanted to change things before something happened and said

　　“I want to do this before my hips³ go”.

　　2、Victor Hugo’s quote was “ To die is nothing but it’s terrible not to live” .

　　3、The last speaker says she wants to choose a simple life.

1 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

2 caravan   

n.大蓬车；活动房屋

参考例句：

• The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。
• Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。

3 hips   

abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的

参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》