每日一句初級口語第170期:劍橋大學年度美臀
今天我們要學的每日一句的內容是:
While their predecessors have amassed dozens of Nobel
prizes and other intellectual accolades, the current
crop of Cambridge undergraduates is focusing on a
rather less taxing competition – rear of the year.
當前輩校友們多次斬獲諾貝爾獎,取得令人刮目的學術成就時,
如今的劍橋大學學生卻 更熱衷於不太費力的競爭——評選“年
度美臀”。
1. predecessor:祖先,前任,原有事物
Example: Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.我們新來的醫生比他的前任年輕許多。
2. amass:收集,積累
Example: He is planed to amass a fortune for a rainy day.他正打算積蓄財富以備不時之需。
3. dozens of:幾十
Example: He's got dozens of suits but not one of them is presentable.他有幾十套衣服,卻沒有一套像樣的。
4. intellectual:憑理智做事者,知識分子
Example: He likes to set himself up as an intellectual.他喜歡自命為知識分子。
5. accolade:表揚,嘉獎
Example: is new book received accolade from the papers.他的新書受到報紙的熱烈讚揚。
4. current:現在的,流通的
Example: How long will she keep her current job?她現在這份工作能維持多久?
5. crop:農作物,收成,莊稼,(一)批
Example: The programme brought quite a crop of complaints from viewers.該節目招致觀眾諸多不滿.
6. taxing:費力的,棘手的
Example: Raising a creative child can be taxing.培養一個有創造性的孩子可能會費心費力。
7. rear:後部,尾部,後方
Example: The rear of the bus is in smoke.公交汽車尾部在冒煙。