听力2 刚搬家过来,邻居说"How are you settling in next door? Have all your things你的那些东西 from Canada arrived yet? I thought I saw a removals van(BrE 搬家卡车 A moving company, removalist, or van line(搬家公司) is an organization that helps people and businesses relocate their goods from one place to another. Typically Movers use moving vans, but for international moves or where storage is required they may use special containerized vans or shipping containers(集装箱). Household removals require careful wrapping and packing to avoid damage to furniture and effects(动产, 家庭财物),
so many household policies do not cover goods in transit unless they
are being packed, carried and unpacked by a professional remover. In the
moving industry, when a customer packs and unpacks his own boxes it is referred to as PBO (packed by owner) and policies do not insure these goods. Removal vans will often have a Luton body(集装箱车体), internal wooden wall bars肋条 to which tall or heavy furniture can be secured with webbing, and a ramp or tail lift to assist in loading. luton ) outside your house yesterday afternoon." 然后新搬来的妇人回答"We spent all day yesterday arranging them. It’s beginning to feel a bit more like home now." 然后妇人说出她找过来的理由"I’m sorry to bother you so early, Mrs Smith, but I wonder if you could help me. Could you tell me how I can get hold of a doctor? Our daughter, Anna, isn’t very well
this morning and I may have to call somebody out." 对于Health
System的介绍邻居说"Well, the first thing you have to do is find a family
doctor - sometimes we call them general practitioners(全科医师) as well - and register with him or her. There are two practices类似于诊所的机构 near here, so we’re quite well off(境况好的) for doctors in this part of Manchester. South Hay is a bit old-fashioned but the doctors are OK, everything’s a bit more modern in comparison to ours. Their only problem is that they don’t have a proper appointment system. Sometimes you have to wait for ages(很长时间) there to see someone. If it’s for a child under 16, you don’t have to pay. The same thing goes也是一样 if you’re unemployed or retired, or if you’re pregnant. Just as well(幸好; 无妨 It's
just as well that we didn't go out in this rain. It is
just as well that the next day is a holiday when no one has to
work. We may just as well buy a new frying pan) because it's not cheap. So that’s one less problem少一个问题担心 to worry about." 最好又好心的说"Look, Mrs Sutton. If you want, I’ll sit with(临时替人照看) your daughter for half an hour if you want to go down to the health centre to register. It’s no trouble really, don’t worry."
slate n. 1. 板岩, 石板, 石片 2.A record of past performance or activity行为记录,对过去表现或活动的记载 starting with a clean slate无不良记录[If you start with a clean slate(改过自新, 言归于好), you do not take account of previous mistakes or failures and make a fresh start. The proposal is to pay everything you owe, so that you can start with a clean slate.] 3. 竞选人名单 Alumni and friends returning to the University Park campus in late October will be greeted by a full slate of Homecoming festivities. NBC推荐奥运节目的广告说"In tonight's broadcast, catch the full slate of live Olympic action from beijing and get an inside look into the events with the Primetime Comanion. " v. 安排,指定(To
schedule or designate. If something is slated to happen, it is planned
to happen at a particular time or on a particular occasion.) The annual Homecoming parade is slated to begin at approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22. Our professor has slated the art history lecture for Thursday afternoon把艺术史讲座排在星期四下午
奥运新闻 新疆爆炸事件 blasts hit China's restive(难驾驭的, 难控制的 指由外部强制或限制而引起的不耐烦或不安 和restless的内心的焦躁不安不同 比较The
government has done nothing to ease export restrictions, and domestic
manufacturers are growing restive (not restless
)政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制，因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安（不能用 restless ) The atmosphere in the
office was congenial, but after five years she began to grow restless
(not restive )办公室的气氛是令人愉快的，但五年后她开始变得不安起来（不能用 restive ) ) Xinjiang. The
explosions, which occurred between 3:20 and 4 a.m., blasted the
400-population Kuqa County in China's remote Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous
Region, which borders Tibet to the south(南接西藏), state-run news agency Xinhua reported. In that attack, two men crashed a dump truck(自动倾泻车) into a group of police officers before throwing at least five homemade explosive devices into their barracks(兵营).
美国人钟鼓楼被杀 A Chinese man wielding a knife stabbed an American couple in central Beijing on Saturday, killing the man and seriously wounding the woman before jumping to his death from an ancient tower, the Drum Tower(钟鼓楼 bell and drum tower) which is a popular tourist site, said U.S. Olympic officials and state-run media. The Bachmans(被害者是美国一教练的岳父) were not wearing apparel(衣服, 服饰) that identified them as relatives of members of the U.S. delegation at the time of the attack, USOC said.
菲尔普斯夺4*100自由泳金牌 BEIJING, China (AP) -- Michael Phelps got one of his toughest races out of the way(completed完成 I'm glad my final exams are out of the way.), and it couldn't have been any easier. With President Bush cheering him on, Phelps dominated his first event of the Beijing Olympics on Sunday morning, crushing his own world record and all hopes of his challengers with a mark of 4 minutes, 3.84 seconds in the 400-meter individual medley(个人混合泳). This was thought to be a potential stumbling block绊脚石 in Phelps' quest to win eight gold medals after fellow American and good friend Ryan Lochte matched him stroke for stroke at the U.S. Olympic trials just over a month ago. Both went under the previous world record in the 400 IM then, with Phelps touching first in 4:05.25. But Phelps beat Lochte when it really mattered. Laszlo Cseh of Hungary took the silver in 4:06.16, while Lochte faded to third in 4:08.09 -- more than 4 seconds behind the amazing Phelps. The top three traded the lead交替领先 over the butterfly and backstroke legs.
Cseh got off to a quick start, touching the first wall just ahead of
Phelps, and Lochte claimed the lead midway through the back. Phelps had a slight lead at the 200 mark, and it began turning into a blowout爆裂口 from there. No one was catching Phelps in the freestyle(蛙泳是breaststroke). He stretched his lead扩大领先优势 and powered to the wall with nearly his entire body in front of the world-record line -- a green marker superimposed on the video screen to show the pace of the previous mark. "The freestyle is just downhill就像下坡似的," Phelps said. "The freestyle is all adrenaline(肾上腺素)." Phelps touched the wall and spun around so quickly to see his time that he bumped his head on the wall. He pumped both arms in the air, and quickly spotted his mother
and two sisters in the massive stands at the Water Cube. He then looked
the other way, where Bush was waving his American flag, accompanied by
the first lady, their daughter Barbara and his father, former President
George H. W. Bush. "I looked up and he waved the flag and nodded his head," Phelps said. "That was a pretty cool feeling to have the president say congratulations and have him in the crowd." On the medal stand领奖台, Phelps' eyes watered as the U.S. flag was raised to the rafters. The only glitch came during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner," which cut off a few seconds before the end, cracking up(1. to laugh. She was very funny and we cracked up every time she said anything.2. to become mentally ill. I lost my appetite, became unable to sleep, and worried that I was cracking up.) Phelps.
美游泳选手罹患睾丸癌, 仍然参加奥运: Olympic swimmer battles testicular(testicle睾丸) cancer BEIJING, China (CNN) -- He's certainly not the star of the team or even a medal favorite,
but Eric Shanteau has earned as much respect as any of the U.S.
swimmers at the Olympic Games. Shanteau, 24, of Lilburn, Georgia, was
diagnosed with testicular cancer June 19, a week before he left for the
U.S. swim trials. But he put off the decision to have surgery until after the Summer Games, his first and last Olympics. "I
can't believe what he is going through," said teammate Dara Torres,
"but he still has that drive to be here and to do his best. It is an
amazing thing to watch."
Shanteau, an Auburn University graduate, admits that he has some down times because of the disease, but constantly reminds himself: "I have cancer; cancer doesn't have me."
And there is the support of his 40 teammates.
He broke the news to them at a training camp. They had suspected
something was wrong after Shanteau barely celebrated making the team.
Aaron Peirsol, who is a club teammate of Shanteau's, wondered why his
friend had been keeping to himself and had been showing up late for practice a lot.
Since
the announcement, Shanteau has received e-mails, cards and letters from
all over the world, but he points to his fellow swimmers as a huge
support group. "I'm very thankful they've taken me under all their wings( under your wings helped and protected by you. One of the children in the class will usually take a new girl or boy under their wing for the first few weeks. Usage notes: also used in the forms under someone's wing or under the wing of someone: Everyone who lost their home in the fire was taken under the wing of a local church. Etymology: based on the idea of a bird that protects its babies by spreading its wings over them)," he said Wednesday at a news conference before the swimming competition began. "They are all behind me, willing to support me in the fight I am going through."
He also has the support of his girlfriend, Jeri Moss, who played the key role in discovering the cancer. She was the one who prodded him to go to the doctor one weekend. It was one of those kick in the butt( a kick in the butt forceful encouragement to do something. She knows when we need a kick in the butt to get this done right. Luckily, you can add memory and give your computer a real kick in the pants without spending a ton of money.Related vocabulary: a pat on the back) moments that may have prevented a more serious issue.
It is unlikely that when Shanteau boards a plane to head back to the United States
that he will have a medal to take with him. He disagrees. He said he
believes he will finish in the top three "if I show up and swim the race
I am capable of."
And then the man with cancer will turn supporter, cheering on(加油鼓劲) the teammates who look to him for inspiration.
奥运开幕式报导 China's Leaders Try to Impress and Reassure World
BEIJING — An ecstatic狂喜的 China finally got its Olympic moment on Friday night. And if the astonishing opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games lavished(慷慨给予) grand tribute on Chinese civilization and sought to致力于 stir an ancient nation's pride激起民族自尊, there was also a message for an uncertain outside world: Do not worry. We mean no harm.
Usually, that message is delivered by the dour(严酷,阴郁)-faced leaders of the ruling Communist Party, who dutifully, if sometimes unconvincingly, regurgitate the phrase "harmonious society" coined by President Hu Jintao. But in the nimble机敏灵巧的 cinematic hands of Zhang Yimou, the filmmaker who directed the opening ceremonies, the politics of harmony were conveyed in a visual extravaganza(视觉盛宴 extravaganza豪华的演出).
The
opening ceremonies gave the Communist Party its most uninterrupted,
unfiltered chance to reach a gargantuan global audience. At one point, thousands of large umbrellas were snapped open to reveal the smiling, multicultural faces of children of the global village. Benetton could not have done it better.
Any Olympic opening is a propaganda exercise, but Friday night's blockbuster show
demonstrated the broader public relations challenge facing the
Communist Party as China becomes richer and more powerful. The party
wants to inspire national pride within China, and bolster(v. 支持鼓励 n. 靠垫,靠枕) its own legitimacy in the process, even as leaders want to reassure the world that a rising China poses no danger.
That has not been an easy sales pitch(兜售persuasive
talk used by a salesperson in persuading a customer to buy something,
Sales pitch is the communication made by a salesperson to the
prospective client or existing client for developing the business.) during the tumultuous Olympics prelude, in which violent Tibetan protests and a devastating earthquake revealed the dark and light sides of Chinese nationalism.
But for one night, at least, the party succeeded wildly after a week dominated by news of polluted skies, sporadic protests and a sweeping security clampdown压制取缔.
Across Beijing, the public rejoiced. People painted red Chinese flags
on their cheeks and shouted, "Go China!" long after the four-hour
opening had concluded.
"For a lot of foreigners, the only image
of China comes from old movies that make us look poor and pathetic,"
said Ci Lei, 29, who watched the pageantry on a large-screen television
at an upscale downtown bar. "Now look at us. We showed the world we can build new subways and beautiful modern buildings. The Olympics will redefine the way people see us."
China
has grown so rapidly that even people who live here often do not
realize that the country that, seven years ago, won the right to stage
the Games is no longer the same place. In 2001, China's gross domestic
product was $1.3 trillion; this year, it is estimated to reach $3.6
trillion.
The scale and speed of that growth often leaves the outside world awed, but also worried. China has the world's largest authoritarian political system. Chinese society is prospering, even as it is cleaved by inequality and struggling with human rights abuses, corruption and severe pollution.
China is asserting its diplomatic muscle in Asia and Africa and pumping money into a military
that by the Pentagon's estimates now has greater resources than any
except that of the United States. Yet foreign investment and open export
markets have been crucial to China's success, and it still seeks, even
depends on, the support and respect of the United States and Europe.
