时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:2016年ESL之就医和人际交往


英语课

ESL Podcast 1175 – Getting a Fresh Start 


Nico: I’m moving to Atlanta. I want a fresh start. 


Celia: This is a surprise. I thought you were going to stick it out here and try to put the past behind you. 


Nico: There are too many reminders 1 here. I want a clean slate 2. What’s done is done and I’m tired of blame and recriminations. 


Celia: I’m glad to hear you’ve stopped beating yourself up over what’s happened, but are you sure moving away will help you move on? 


Nico: The world is my oyster 3 now, isn’t it? I can live anywhere I want to and do anything I want to. 


Celia: I guess so, but are you sure you want to uproot 4 and leave town? 


Nico: I’m not trying to reinvent myself, but if I’m going to start over, I might as well do it in a new town. 


Celia: I guess a new town is a good place to start a new life and maybe you’ll find a new love. Many people bounce back from a difficult divorce. 


Nico: I’ve sworn off women. The only female I want in my life right now is my dog Fifi! 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 reminders
n.令人回忆起…的东西( reminder的名词复数 );提醒…的东西;(告知该做某事的)通知单;提示信
  • The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
  • The strike has delayed the mailing of tax reminders. 罢工耽搁了催税单的投寄。
2 slate
n.板岩,石板,石片,石板色,候选人名单;adj.暗蓝灰色的,含板岩的;vt.用石板覆盖,痛打,提名,预订
  • The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
  • What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢?
3 oyster
n.牡蛎;沉默寡言的人
  • I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.我喜欢吃牡蛎,它味道真美。
  • I find I fairly like eating when he finally persuades me to taste the oyster.当他最后说服我尝尝牡蛎时,我发现我相当喜欢吃。
4 uproot
v.连根拔起,拔除;根除,灭绝;赶出家园,被迫移开
  • The family decided to uproot themselves and emigrate to Australia.他们全家决定离开故土,移居澳大利亚。
  • The trunk of an elephant is powerful enough to uproot trees.大象的长鼻强壮得足以将树木连根拔起。
学英语单词
-spermal
ablative material
above quota current fund
aeginetloide
alligator-wrestling
amblychromatic
amedees
anteroposterior facial dysplasia
asteismus
austrians
banshee
battery energy
bostocks
center line crack
chromic rendzinas
daphnes
didecyl detone
distributor breaker point
diving bomber
DM (magnetic drum module)
dryopteris atrata ching var. stenolepis tagawa
eau dure
electronic self-balancing
esophagogastroduodenocopy
fashionwear
fenyramidol
flow-line map
fodder chopper
free water damage
fritzcheite
gas stocks and dies
giaccone
give sb what for
glaucedo
glycogenin
gobicus
gone under the knife
grammarism
grammatical constructions
granderson
granulationes
homostyly
hunka chunka
innovatory
interfering with
intermediary agency
internal centerless grinding
interoinferiorly
linearly polarized radiation
Meeberrie
microscopic reversibility
modistae
myeline tumor
ninety-fifth
nonadmirers
oat flour
open digital rights language
option-arms
out of balance voltage
oversouls
palatogram
pars transversa musculi nasalis
pebereau
pendulum anemometer
peritoneal membrane
pescatoris
physiological jaundice of newborn
plated hat
platinum(iv) hydroxide
pose a threat to
potential assessment
prenylchalcone
principle of minimum distance moved
retrust
roughs up
self-synchronize
series tripping
sisels
software data base
South China Sea Warm Current
spot schedule
Starkovo
strict upper bound
stuff-ups
subnormal
supplemental instruction
surface cableway
the point at issue
thumbnail representation
timmie
Titanox
topic box
trans national corporatiom
tristate
tweel
U. C. B.
viennes
well-wigged
yoba
zhavoronkov
zinc tungstate alloy