2020-03 听力总结

2020-3-26

表达	释义/注意点
gazette	n.报纸/v.刊载
budding	发育期的
a budding historian	初学历史学的学生
day-to-day life	日常生活
publication	出版物
deteriorated	变质的
French national constituent assembly	法国国民议会大会的形成
editorials	社论
present a paper on
press	出版社

表达	释义/注意点
cement	巩固
cement my interest in doing
the reason I came by is ……
straw poll	选举前的非正式民意测验
conduct a straw poll on campus
ballot	投票
hold an informal ballot
general election	正式选举
political leaning	政治倾向
identify with	相同于、认同
faculty advisor	指导教师
I’m flattered.	我太荣幸了
my schedule is so jammed
the paper is not due till after the election	论文指导选举结束后才截止
referenda	全民公决
sports arena	体育竞技场
referendum	公民投票权
referendum participation rates	全民公投参与率
proposal	提议
term page	学期论文

The reason I came by is we are getting ready to conduct a straw poll on campus, you know, hold an informal ballot since the general election is just a couple of months away.
We want to get a field from the students’ bodies political leanings, like who students are planning to vote for, which political party people identify with, that sort of thing. ——我们想了解一下学生群体的政治倾向，比如学生们打算给哪些人投票，比较认同哪些政治团体，这样的事情。
I was hoping you might be interested.
There is one on whether to ban smoking in restaurants.
whether to spend tax dollars for a new sports arena in the city.
In regular elections, the vast majority of voters ignore referenda. 在普通的大选里，大多数的投票人会无视全民公决

表达	释义/注意点
ecological niche	生态位

表达	释义/注意点
get into it
original play	原创戏剧
That’s the direct quote from ……	直接引用……的话
two “e”s	注意连读/twui:s/
unabashedly	不害臊地
playwright	剧作家
dramatic literature	戏剧文学
be construed as	被解释为
drive home the point that …./drive a home point	讲明观点、问题
grant	承认
overstate	夸张
of one’s day	和某人同时期

Well, part of what Mee’s trying to do is drive home the point that: One theater’s always a collaborative effort.
I’ll grant that he’s overstating things somewhat. ——我承认他这话有点夸张。
like most writers of his day

表达	释义/注意点
up front	预先
display case	展示柜
recoup	收回，偿还
recoup the cost of my materials
independently owned	个体独立经营的
unlike
ceramic	陶器
vendor	卖主，小贩
nominal	名义上的，象征性的
line up	排列
haul	拖

表达	释义
be taken aback by sth.	因……而吃惊
require course	必修课
elective course	选修课
cultivate a sense of good will	陶冶高尚情操
allude to sth.	提到……
give you a good overview of the field
commit oneself	承担义务，做出承诺（要求等）说出肯定的意见
commit oneself to doing sth.	致力于做某事
accounting	会计学
avoid becoming isolated from
Not necessarily.	那不一定。

These courses will give you a good overview of the field before commiting yourself.
Well, I endured accounting …….. and barely stay awake.
I have got two require courses and two electives.

表达	释义
determine	做出判定，判决，限定
I feel like I’m skating ice on her.	我感觉我和她关系如履薄冰。
The plot thickens.	事情越来越复杂了。