聽力輔導(dǎo):聽力微技巧與Listening Comprehension(上)2

字號(hào):

e. 貨幣單位
     dollar/buck 美元 eg. Six bucks 15 dollars 95 cents
     quarter 25美分
     dime 10美分
     nickel 5美分
     penny 1美分
     英國(guó):pound 英鎊 
     1英鎊=100便士
    penny 便士 pence(便士的復(fù)數(shù))
     20英鎊50便士: twenty pounds fifty pence. Or twenty fifty
    f. 時(shí)間單位
    機(jī)場(chǎng),車站報(bào)時(shí):使用的是24小時(shí)制,遇到不足10點(diǎn)要補(bǔ)0
        ?。梗海常啊 nine thirty
     廣播報(bào)時(shí):Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) / Universal time 格林尼治時(shí)間
      22pm : 22 hours GMT (BBC)
     22 hours universal time
     midnight: twenty-four hours 確切時(shí)間
    g. 表示年份 
    在二十世紀(jì)三十年代 in the 1930’s
    讀作: in the thirties of the twentieth century
     in the nineteen thirties
    公元前253年:in the year two fifty- three B.C.
    h 數(shù)字用于貨幣
    表示正常價(jià)格: regular price, normal price.
    表示價(jià)格劃算:
    It is an excellent price
    It is a good price/ bargain.
    It is a good buy.
    表示價(jià)格較貴:dear, expensive, steep, more expensive,
    表示價(jià)格便宜:bargain price 其它說法:cheap, inexpensive, less expensive.
    表示減價(jià)出售:on sale,  Christmas sale,   garage sale(現(xiàn)場(chǎng)舊貨出售) sale price
    i. 一些數(shù)字的詞組
    on cloud nine 無比幸福
    on cloud nine 無比幸?!g. I was on cloud nine after I won the game.
    Your room at sixes and sevens
    at sixes and sevens 亂七八糟
    on second thoughts 再三考慮
    by ones and twos 零零散散
    Two heads are better than one. 兩個(gè)臭皮匠抵個(gè)諸葛亮
    in the year one 早年 
    I used to study in America in the year one 早年在美國(guó)讀書
    ten to one 很可能
    Ten to one he has forgotten it
    three score years and ten 一輩子 
    I’ll love you three score years and ten.
    三、轉(zhuǎn)折題型
    重點(diǎn)聽but后面的部分
    練習(xí):
    1. A. The Chairman didn’t attend the Opening Ceremony at the last minute.
     B. The Chairman refused to attend the Opening Ceremony at the last minute.
     C. The Chairman never changed his mind to attend the Opening Ceremony at the last minute.
    D. The Chairman made a last minute decision to attend the Opening Ceremony.
     At first, the Chairman didn’t intend to attend the opening ceremony, but the changed his mind at the last minute.