时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Being Cautious or Thrill-Seeking


Paula: Did you get an invitation to Kip and Sheri’s wedding? 


Robert: Yeah, I did. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the two of them getting married. Never in my wildest dreams would I put those two together. It boggles my mind that they’re in the least compatible. 


Paula: What do you mean? 


Robert: Sheri is really adventurous 1 and definitely a thrill-seeker. 


Paula: Maybe she’s mellowed 2 over the years. 


Robert: I don’t think so, and Kip is the opposite. He’s always toed the line and I don’t think he has an adventurous bone in his body. 


Paula: I’ve never thought of Kip as being uptight 3


Robert: No, he’s not uptight. He’s just very cautious. You’d never find him looking for an adrenaline rush or even a little novelty. 


Paula: You know what they say: opposites attract. 


Robert: If that’s true, then in their case, polar opposites attract! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 adventurous
adj.爱冒险的;惊心动魄的,惊险的,刺激的 
  • I was filled with envy at their adventurous lifestyle.我很羨慕他们敢于冒险的生活方式。
  • He was predestined to lead an adventurous life.他注定要过冒险的生活。
2 mellowed
(使)成熟( mellow的过去式和过去分词 ); 使色彩更加柔和,使酒更加醇香
  • She's mellowed over the years. 这些年来他变得成熟了。
  • The colours mellowed as the sun went down. 随着太阳的落去,色泽变得柔和了。
3 uptight
adj.焦虑不安的,紧张的
  • He's feeling a bit uptight about his exam tomorrow.他因明天的考试而感到有点紧张。
  • Try to laugh at it instead of getting uptight.试着一笑了之,不要紧张。
学英语单词
2-Carene
5 Whys
academic structure
adjustable round split die with adjusting screw
ali-star
allocation class
alpha-emitting isotope
amodiaquin
Amourj
anemo-electric generator
anyphaena taiwanensis
arbitration analysis
asswad
aurum
bottlekhana
capital provider
chemical reactivity control system
cleanthess
corner (firing) burner
cyclone capacity
defect solid chemistry
directional power relay
effective payload
electronic exciter
exudative erythema
exulceratory
family Crangonidae
fiexible
format effecter (fe)
gadoids
Gantrisine
glycol ethyl ether
graffers
harvard business review (hbr)
heel bone (or calcaneus)
hillclimber
homestore.com
honnour
hypselodont
i'equipe
inner tube of pneumatic tyre
invisibled
iron arsenate
kinetic index
lanthanite-(LA)
lavender-coloured
Leptophloeum
major form classes
melanogenesis
Melissa flava
mnes-
module loading order
myotendinous
national good quality product
Nsoko
oversteam
palmaz
panarchic
pariahs
pendant type pedal
peptidyl group
percoloration
pin jointed members
point bar deposit
pulled my leg
quinnett
rate indicator
rational exploitation
reliability determination test
resinised
restoppers
Riacho de Santana
Robin Spencer
Rosa centifolia L.
Russiaville
saula taiwana
Savignano sul Rubicone
set at
shivarees
slurry steeping
smoke scrubber
stock removing machine
sweeping
tax agency
the spiritual self
tlustni dni (poland)
to ship
torsvik
trained reflex
transient excitation
Trilobitae
triple blade rectal speculum
tweetheart
ultragaseous
unless stated otherwise
Upper Devonian
Valdivia Fracture Zone
vertical control system
wainwright
wedge-wire screening
Worm-Muller's test
worsererer