大家好,欢迎大家来到"从琳开始学听力",我是李琳。今天我们讲解托福TPO33的对话2中的有关词汇及好用词句。接下来我们来看这篇对话中的相关单词和表达。
首先我们来看单词:
genetics n.遗传学
cafeteria n.食堂
broccoli n. 西蓝花
brussels sprout n.甘蓝
asparagus n.芦笋
cauliflower n.菜花
nasty a.恶心
trauma n.创伤
poisonous a.有毒
好用词句:
1.You are right on time.
你来的正好。
2.I want to make sure your class presentations are all in order and coming along well.
我想确保你们下周的演讲开始准备且进展顺利。
come along 进行,进展
一起来
3.Vegetables like Brussels sprouts, asparagus, cauliflower just taste bitter and nasty to me, and my mom always called me a picky eater.
对我来说,像甘蓝,芦笋,花椰菜这些蔬菜吃上去都很苦和恶心。我妈总说我太挑剔。
4.Is this just because of some trauma from our childhoods? Some bad experience we’ve had with some vegetables?
是因为一些童年阴影造成我们不喜欢这类蔬菜吗?
5.This biologist is basically claiming that people who like to eat these vegetables actually have some sort of sensory deficit.
这个生物学家声称那些喜欢吃这些蔬菜的人有某种感官缺陷。
6.Humans originally needed to have a stronger sensitivity to bitter-tasting foods so they could learn what plants were good for them and which ones might be poisonous.
一开始,人们需要很强的尝出食物苦味的敏感度,这样他们才能知道哪些食物对他们有好处,哪些是有毒的。
7.As people figured out what they could safely eat, this need because less crucial and a segment of the population lost that ability.
当人们已经知道哪些是安全的食物以后,这个需求就没有那么强烈了,一部人群的这项能力就失去了。
8.You make a compelling case.
你准备了一个非常令人兴奋的案例。
9.I can’t wait to hear more about this when you deliver your report.
我迫不及待的要听你的讲座了。
听口不分家,希望大家在听力的同时能为口语多多积累地道表达。我是李琳,下期再见。