听基础单词,练听力第36期:他毕业于工程"science"专

【今日基础词】 Science

【Transcript】

A: “I’ll prepare a hundred coffins¹, 99 for corrupt² officials and one for myself.” Who said so impressive words?

B: Of course our former premier³ Zhu Rongji.

A: Really? I like him very much!

B:“My criticism is sometimes too severe and that is not good.” he once said, “But why do you have to wait until your leader flies into a rage before starting to do your work? It’s not that you can’t do it, rather that you won’t do it.”

A: Although he graduated from a prestigious⁴ university of science and engineering—Tsinghua University in Beijing and majored in electrical engineering, he is smart at words.

B: Yes, and he also has a good command of English. He is rarely seen speaking from a script. His eloquent⁵ speech has always retained the attention of his listeners.

【注】corrupt a. 腐败的；script n. 脚本

【Translation】

A：“我已经准备好了一百口棺材，九十九副留给贪官，一副留给我自己！”是谁说了这么令人敬佩的话？

B：当然是我们的前总理朱镕基了。

A：真的吗？我非常喜欢他!

B：“我有时批评过于严厉，这不是很好。”他曾经说过，“但为什么要等到领导暴跳如雷之后，才开始做你的工作呢？这并不是你不能做，而是你不做。”

A：虽然他毕业于著名的理工科大学——清华大学，学习电气工程，但却善于言辞。

B：是的，朱总理英语水平也很高。他很少看着讲稿发言，他雄辩的演说始终吸引着听众
 

1 coffins   

n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 )；使某人早亡[死，完蛋，垮台等]之物

参考例句：

• The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热，空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。 来自辞典例句
• Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里，捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧。 来自电影对白

2 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

4 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

5 eloquent   

adj.雄辩的，口才流利的；明白显示出的

参考例句：

• He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩，胜过最好的演说家。
• These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war.这些废墟形象地提醒人们不要忘记战争的恐怖。