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【趣谈英语】玫瑰与苹果是相关联的-Roses and Apples Are Related
Pre-Listening Vocabulary herb: plant used for flavour, food, scent, or medicine shrub: a woody plant that doesnt grow as high as a tree petal: an individual segment of a flower, often coloured symbolic: representative of something nutrition: food tha...
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【趣谈英语】先有橙色单词还是先有橙子的单词?-The Colour Orange Was Named After
Pre-Listening Vocabulary etymologist: a person who studies the evolution of languages citrus: a plant family that includes lemons, limes, oranges, and grapefruit evolve: to change over time drop: to let go; to no longer use Sanskrit: an ancient langu...
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【趣谈英语】大脑本身感受不到痛苦-Your Brain Feels No Pain
Pre-Listening Vocabulary whine: to complain in a way that annoys others receptor: a cell or nerve that responds to a sense roof of ones mouth: the palate; above the top of the tongue contract: get smaller overreact: to act as if a minor problem is a...
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【趣谈英语】士兵致敬礼的变化-The Evolution Of The Military Salute
Pre-Listening Vocabulary personnel: people who work for an organization knight: a soldier in the Middle Ages visor: a shield that goes over ones face gesture: body language rank: the level of seniority brim: the edge of a hat initiate: to begin or le...
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【趣谈英语】在新加坡买口香糖很困难-You Need ID To Buy Gum In Singapore
Pre-Listening Vocabulary ban: to disallow disposal: the throwing away of waste sensor: a device that receives a signal and responds Free Trade Agreement: a formal agreement between countries to trade freely without government interference medicinal:...
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【趣谈英语】三只在泰坦尼克上幸存的狗-Three Dogs Survived the Titanic
Pre-Listening Vocabulary ill-fated: doomed; unlucky evacuate: to leave due to danger capacity: the ability to safely hold a certain amount of people undetected: not noticed kennel: a confined place where animals are held disembark: to get off a ship...
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【趣谈英语】打哈欠是一种交流形式-Yawning Is A Form Of Communication
Pre-Listening Vocabulary involuntary: occurs without ones control (e.g. a reflex) contagious: spreads from one person to another empathy: the understanding or acknowledgment of another persons feelings phenomenon: an observance in nature (often causi...
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【趣谈英语】憨豆先生的英雄事迹-Mr. Bean Saves The Day
Pre-Listening Vocabulary affectionately: fondly; with love and admiration no laughing matter: serious; not a joke consciousness: the state of being awake and knowing whats happening around you notorious: famous (usually for something negative) mishap...
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【趣谈英语】孔雀只有公的-Peacocks Are Always Male
Pre-Listening Vocabulary technically speaking: according to the rules or conventions neutral: (gender) neither male nor female strut: to walk around proudly plumage: feathers pigment: the natural colouring in plants or animals delicacy: an expensive...
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【趣谈英语】死海是湖不是海-The Dead Sea Is A Lake
Pre-Listening Vocabulary surrounded: enclosed; to have something on all sides outlet: a means for going out or escaping evaporate: to change from liquid into vapour effortlessly: without trying hard ingest: drink or eat spa: health treatment using mi...
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【趣谈英语】蝉大部分时间都在地下-Cicadas Spend Most of Their Lives Underground
Pre-Listening Vocabulary fascinate: to cause great interest mature: to grow periodical: reoccurring at specific times droves: large numbers brood: a group of living things that are hatched or born at the same time emerge: to come out; to appear overl...
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【趣谈英语】比尔盖茨每周思考-Bill Gates Credits ‘Think Week’ For Success
Pre-Listening Vocabulary firm believer: a person who feels strongly about something biannual: occurring twice a year innovation: a new invention, product, or idea strategize: to come up with a plan retreat: an escape from everyday life implement: to...
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【趣谈英语】替身不仅仅做危险动作-Body Doubles Do More Than Stunts
Pre-Listening Vocabulary stunt: a daring act that takes courage and skill hire: to offer to pay someone for their services decoy: a person or thing that tricks people into going or looking a different way resemblance: likeness impersonate: to pretend...
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【趣谈英语】关于黑脉金斑蝶的奇事-A Myth About Monarchs
Pre-Listening Vocabulary ingest: to eat or drink tell apart: to distinguish a difference between people and things hind: back non-toxic: not poisonous resemble: to look alike mimicry: a survival technique where one species evolves to resemble another...
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【趣谈英语】两名美国总统死于独立日-Two US Presidents Died on Independence Day
Pre-Listening Vocabulary independence: freedom from another governments control significant: important; notable draft: to write rival: enemy renew: to try again; to refresh something from the past outlive: to live longer than written in the stars: de...