26 Aug 2008

Words and sentences from listening and conversation

Words:
Broccoli: a green vegetable.
Ferocious: fierce and violent 残忍的;凶猛的;凶恶的
eg. These lions and tigers looked pretty ferocious.
Claustrophobic: fear of being enclosed in a small closed space 忧郁症
eg. Sometimes I feel so sorry for the animals being locked away in those cages all day long.
They must feel so claustrophobic.
Chimpanzee: an African APE with dark hair 黑猩猩
Foul: very dirty, or with a very unpleasant smell. 污秽的;恶臭的
Grand: 1000 dollars or pounds
Tear: to make irregular holes in cloth or paper, or to pull material apart leaving irregular
edges 撕破;撕裂 (tore; torn)
eg. The place has been torn down. 那个地方已经拆了。
Burgle: to break into a building and steal from it. 入室盗窃
eg. I read a stroy the other day about restaurant that got burgled. 前几天我还读到关于一
个饭馆失窃的报道。

Sentences:

  • Foul mood 坏心情
  • security guard 保安
  • an alarm system 报警器
  • What are you trying to say? 你到底想说什么呀?
  • What's there to steal in a restaurant? 旅馆有什么东西好偷的呢?
  • It's better to be safe than sorry. 安全第一
  • That would probabaly do the trick though. 那可能比较有用。
  • Extract the square root of 64 开64的方根
  • Have a tooth extracted 拔牙

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