直捷英语(附mp3和字幕) Unit 43

JOE:What's that statistic¹? I remember reading it years ago.
[00:04.10]If you look at what the human body is made of,
[00:06.79]the materials are woth about 17 cents.
[00:09.38]RICHARD:It must be more now.We must be worth at least a couple of bucks².
[00:13.97]JOE:Well,think about it.We're mostly water and some protein,right?
[00:18.36]Then there must be a mineral or two.
[00:20.54]RICHARD:Sure.There are minerals:some iron,some copper³.But not much.
[00:25.92]JOE:So you've got some water and a couple of piles of...
[00:29.11]MARIE:Joe.We're eating.Could you pick a topic that is a little more appropriate.
[00:34.70]RICHARD:Uh oh.We're being censored⁴.
[00:37.66]NANCY:Some topics are better than others over dinner,honey.
[00:41.14]JOE:Fine.Are there any other topics we should avoid?
[00:44.14]NANCY:Religion.
[00:45.53]MARIE:Sex.
[00:46.80]RICHARD:Politics.
[00:49.08]JOE:All the good stuff.
[00:51.17]NANCY:Come on Joe.
[00:53.95]MARIE:Forget it,Nancy.Some people have no imagination.
[00:58.85]NANCY:We can have a very nice conversation about something else.
[01:02.74]RICHARD:Like what?
[01:04.73]NANCY:Haircuts.
[01:08.21]MARIE:Flower arranging.
[01:10.10]NANCY:Modern dance.
[01:11.40]MARIE:How about knitting⁵? RICHARD:Please,please.We're eating!
[01:14.90]JOE:I lost my appetite.
[01:32.18]JUSTNE:Would you mind if I cheated off you on the biology test?
[01:38.28]BETH:Get a life.
[01:39.96]JUSTINE:I'm going to flunk⁶ it.I hate this DNA⁷ stuff.Who cares?
[01:45.65]BETH:You're not going to flunk anything.
[01:48.24]We covered that whole section and you know it all.
[01:51.22]JUSTINE:You're lucky.You understand science.
[01:55.30]You get it right away.
[01:56.78]BETH:Excuse me.Who is the language expert?Who gets me through Spanish?
[02:02.28]JUSTINE:That's easy.This is hard.
[02:05.78]JUSTINE:It's not fair.Just because colleges have these stupid requirements,
[02:11.38]we have to take subjects that we hate.
[02:13.46]Everybody knows they have to take four years of English,
[02:16.75]three years of math,four years of...
[02:18.84]BETH:Jus.There isn't anyone who loves every subject.
[02:22.73]I really do want to study,OK?
[02:26.14]JUSTINE:I talked to somebody you know last night.
[02:29.74]BETH:Who?
[02:31.03]JUSTINE:Stuart Bonnett.
[02:32.74]BETH:What?
[02:33.84]JUSTINE:But I know you want to study.We can discuss it some other time.
[02:38.93]BETH:Where did you see him,Justine?
[02:40.73]JUSTINE:At my brother's basketball game.He knows I know you.
[02:44.52]BETH:What did you say? Because I will kill you if you said anything.
[02:48.82]JUSTINE:You know,I,I think we should review Chapter 14

1 statistic   

n.统计量；adj.统计的，统计学的

参考例句：

• Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.官方统计数字表明实际工资下降了24%。
• There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.关于阵亡人数没有可靠的统计数字。

2 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

4 censored   

受审查的，被删剪的

参考例句：

• The news reports had been heavily censored . 这些新闻报道已被大幅删剪。
• The military-backed government has heavily censored the news. 有军方撑腰的政府对新闻进行了严格审查。

5 knitting   

n.编结物；接合，联合；[外科]骨愈合v.（使）愈合( knit的现在分词)；编结，编织；（使）紧密地结合；织平针

参考例句：

• Weaving and knitting are traditional cottage industries. 编织和针织是传统的家庭手工业。
• manipulative skills such as typing and knitting 诸如打字、编织这样的技能

6 flunk   

v.(考试)不及格(=fail)

参考例句：

• I will flunk him if my student doesn't learn the material in the course.如果我的学生没有掌握课程的内容，我就会让他不及格。
• If you flunk finals,you don't get the chance to do them again.如果你没通过期末考试，就没有机会再考一次了。

7 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。