31、laundry
该词本意是指洗衣店。但是在听力中,会用来借指洗衣服的工作。
比如,There's a lot of laundry to do. 有很多衣服要洗。
32、look
该词本身作为一个基本动词并无什么难度,但是它频频在听力中出现的各种用法我们不得不掌握一下。
1、看上去。
You look great. 你看上去气色很好。
You look awfully nervous. 你看上去很紧张。
All of my clothes look so old and I can't afford something new。
我所有的衣服看上去都很旧,我买不起新的。
It's not as bad as it looks. 它并没有看上去的糟。
1、查阅。look up 查阅字典
2、希望。look forward to
3、寻找。 look for
Do you think we should try to call him or look for him?
你认为我们是打电话给他呢,还是去找他?
Have you seen a young gentleman looking for his wristwatch?
你见过一个寻找腕表的年轻人吗?
33、make
1、make an appointment 预约
Why didn't you make an appointment to see the doctor last week?
你为什么上周不给医生打个预约电话。
2、make a call on the payphone 打一个收费电话
3、make room for sb 腾出位子给某人
Could you make room for the old lady? 你能为这位老太太让个座吗?
4、make it 达到,抵达,做到
But I'm afraid I can't make it. 但是我恐怕做不到。
I'm afraid I can't make it before 7 o'clock. 我恐怕在7点前没法到达。
34、mistake
1、错误。make a mistake
2、 误认。这对双胞胎长得太像了,所以I often mistake one for another,并且无法tell them apart。
35、notice
1、通知。
Please wait for further notice. 请注意进一步通知。
2、注意到。
Have you noticed anything wrong here? 你注意到这里有什么问题吗?
36、offer
1、提供。公司提供工作职位给学生就是offer a job。国外大学提供奖学金即:offer scholarship。所以大家一般称国外大学的全额奖学金为offer。
I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family。
我拒绝了这份工作因为它要求频繁的出差。
They're offering me a job after I graduate. 他们给我提供了一份毕业后的工作。
2、帮助。offer to help others 乐于助人
37、order
1、命令。这是最基本用法,不赘述。
2、订购。
I haven't received the furniture I ordered yet. 我还没有收到订购
How about the food I ordered? 我订的饭菜如何?
餐厅服务用语:Can I take / serve your order?
3、秩序。 out of order 比较乱,其反意为in order。
38、paint
1、油漆。
Did Henry paint the whole house himself? 整栋房都是亨利自己漆的吗?
He had it painted. 他找人刷了油漆。
2、绘画。
Can you tell me the title of this oil painting? 你能告诉我这贴画油画的名字吗?
39、paper
1、论文。学期结束,学生难免会要被要求完成几篇papers。
How much time did you have for writing the paper? 你写论文花了多少时间?
What's the teacher's comment on the student's paper?老师怎么评价这个学生的论文?
Are you sure you have corrected all the typing errors in this paper?
你确信论文中所有打印错误都更改了吗?
2、试卷。期中考试有mid-term paper,期末有term paper。因此,如果提到The paper was not as easy as we hope. 就是考试卷子没有想象得那么容易之意了。
3、书面。与paper test 书面考试(笔试)相对的就是oral test(口试)。固定搭配on paper也即表示"以书面形式"。
4、平装。a paper back book / paperback edition平装书,与hard back book / hard cover精装书相对。听力中会出现的情形是,在促销(on sale)期间,平装书和精装书一样的价格,这个时候大家当然会更愿意选择精装书了。
Do you have the paperback edition of this dictionary? 这本字典有平装版吗?
5、新闻报纸。来源于newspaper。在日常用语中,直接用paper指代新闻报纸。
I'm calling about the three-bedroom house you advertised in yesterday's paper。
The paper says people tend to feel unwell if they sleep less than six hours a day。
I'd like to place an advertisement for a used car in this Sunday edition of your paper。
6、一般的纸张。该词最基本的意思。
I am looking for quality paper to type my essay. 我在找高质量的纸来打印论文。
40、polish
修改,润色。对论文,对求职简历。
I spend so much time polishing my application letter. 我花了很多时间润色我的申请文书。
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