时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课
Alex: So Maria, I thought we'd just talk about things like what would you like to change about yourself? What would you like to change about your appearance?
Maria: Well, I don't like to think about changing myself. I like how people look from the birth, if you can say that, but if I should choose I would like to change my height because I'm very tall and it does cause a problem when I'm looking for a guy especially since in the past I happen to fall for shorter guys and I got issues because they were always being intimidated 2 by my height especially when I wore heels so I would like to be, like have my body because I do like my long legs but just be shorter and not be taller than everybody as I am at the moment, all of my friends.
 
Alex: I guess that would also lead to you having problems finding 3 shoes and clothes and stuff 4 like that?
 
Maria: Indeed, yes. I have to watch out. Well in my country it's not a problem to find shoe sizes because we are a very tall people normally 5 so shoes are big and clothes are big but when I travel, I went to China to visit a friend and I wanted to go shopping and it's impossible to find shoes and long pants and fitting 6 bras too, if you can imagine. So I would like to change my height but otherwise I might change like my weight for example or I have changed my hair color several times. I went from black to blonde to black to red to blonde so otherwise I think I'm fine with me.



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Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
cause a problem
 
It does cause a problem when I'm looking for a guy.
 
Some that 'causes a problem' creates a difficult situation for you. Notice the following:
 
I would stay at your house, but I don't want to cause any problems for you guys.
The fact that her boyfriend was a little older caused some problems for her parents.
fall for
 
I happen to fall for shorter guys
 
A person that you 'fall for,' is someone who you become romantically interested in. Notice the following:
 
She falls for men quite quickly.
He is always falling for beautiful women.
intimidated
 
They were always being intimidated by my height.
 
When a person feels scared of or threatened by you, you can say that they feel 'intimidated.' We can feel intimidated by another person's abilities, size, looks, etc. Notice the following:
 
He is only saying those things to intimidate 1 you.
I was always very intimidated by her, because she was so beautiful.
lead to
 
I guess that would also lead to you having problems finding shoes.
 
If one situation 'leads to' another situation, it causes or creates the second situation. Notice the following:
 
Smoking can lead to cancer.
Knee injuries can lead to a lifetime of problems.
watch out
 
I have to watch out.
 
Something you have to 'watch out' for is something you have to be careful of. Notice the following:
 
Watch out for the dog at this house, because she is very aggressive.
You really need to watch out for police when you are driving this time of night.
 


1 intimidate
vt.恐吓,威胁
  • You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事?
  • The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。
2 intimidated
v.恐吓;威胁adj.害怕的;受到威胁的
  • We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
  • The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 finding
n.发现,发现物;调查的结果
  • The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
  • That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。
4 stuff
n.原料,材料,东西;vt.填满;吃饱
  • We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
  • He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
5 normally
adv.正常地,通常地
  • I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
  • My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。
6 fitting
n.[pl.]设备,家具,配件,试穿;adj.适合的
  • I'm going to a fitting tomorrow.明天我要去试穿新衣。
  • The President's address was a fitting end to a bitter campaign.总统的讲话为一场激烈的竞选运动适时画上了句号。
学英语单词
a-grade
ablush
acanthochitona achates
address memory
anechoic enclosure
banefulness
base of accounting period
be full of enthusiasm about
blaze a path
boomsayers
botryite (botryogen)
brace aback
breather-pipe
coal semi-anthracite
coccidioidomycosis
control pen
cork-tile floor
court of orphans
delicatessen foods
diethyl ester
easy area
El Guabal
electric-differential pressare transducer
form of enterprise
four-line
group of teeth
Gustavus IV
hammell
headlight beam indicator
hyper osmotic
impregnating insulation process
independent random variables
inlet additive drag
Jezler-Takata test
kanebian
kensing
lichen planus
liteware
localizing electrode
loincloths
mechanical test of material
meineke
MGPPP
Mignovillard
minor street
multi-racialism
muscle confusion
Neptun
nervus thalamicus
network-type analog computer
North Fryeburg
nyke
Oeosa
oleoyls
on all counts
origoes
orthopaedic-related
Otjitundua
oven dry weight
papayaceous
pappiness
parasiticide
Pentafiuranol
phlegmasia thrombotic
phonatory organ
polymer-fume fever
positive primary photoelectric current
pull-upping
Quercus kongshanensis
Quinze de Novembro
race against the clock
rami circumflexus
recombinant vaccine
regulation of voltage
Romangorda
rubbing down
sad clown
Saint George's Day
service effluent tank
shopwards
single-well pumping
space of Destot
space safety
spectral extinction
squattinesses
stability criterion numeral
steel structure
store-and-forward routing
stropheodonta
sub-family
substance abuse
suhaila
sural
tank car shell sheet
to what extent
truth value of proposition
twin zone furnace
unauthorized retention of public money
uncontemporary
VI viscosity indicator
virtual asset
volume cargo