2022.3.19

NO.1

Mother Teresa , who received a Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of the poor, dies in Calcutta, India . She was 87 years old.

  • received → a，the
  • work → on，an，这里on和behalf of连读
  • behalf → of，for
  • dies，讲述历史，情景代入，所以用dies
⭐NO.2

– Jerry , what time do you have?
– I have 5’o clock.

  • do you，you弱化
  • what → time，略去第一个t，只读第二个t
  • ave → five，相似的音，只读后一个
  • 7Hs, he, his, her, him, has, had, have, h经常不发音
NO.3

There are three things I have learned . Never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.

  • there → are，相似的音，只读后一个
  • never，n重读
  • to读tuh
NO.4

Don’t ever let somebody tell you, you can’t do something.

  • strong sounds: s, n, l
  • weak sounds: d, t, th
  • don’t，let，can’t，t不发音
  • something，th不发音，sump’n
  • 否定用any，但口语中不必过多纠结语法问题

2022.3.20

NO.5

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass , and I’m all out of bubblegum.

  • to有7种发音：to, tah, tuh, t’, dah, duh,d，这里to念d
  • and，不念d
  • and I’m，an-ahm
  • out → of，outta
  • and → I’m → all → out → of，因为没有辅音consonant，都要连读
  • kick ass on sb. 意思是打人，kick ass on a test意思是在考试中表现得很好
NO.6

The secret of life is just to live every moment.

  • secret → of
  • just，juss
  • to，t’
  • live → every，li
NO.7

Another rogue trader has cost a bank billions.

  • rogue：流氓，无赖，消极意义
  • cost → a
NO.8

German, Rolf Buchholz is the man with the most piercings. He’s got 453.

  • is → the，zuh
  • with → the，相似的音，只读后一个
  • most，mos
  • he’s，he has
  • 453 通常不加and，hundred，hu-nerd

2022.3.21

NO.9

A satellite that was carried to space aboard the shuttle discovery 20 years ago is about to fall to earth , but nobody knows where the debris will hit.

  • shuttle，穿梭往返 / 航天飞机
  • debris，碎片、残渣
  • satellite → that，t
  • carried → to，to念t’
  • twenty，t
  • is → about → to → fall → to → earth，第一个to念t’，第二个to念d’
NO.10

It’s a lofty , probably impossible goal .

  • lofty，崇高的、傲慢的
  • It’s → a，t
NO.11

New York swept the Tampa Bay Rays by identical 4-2 scores in a day-night doubleheader Wednesday.

  • identical，相同的、同样的
  • doubleheader，连赛，一天两场
  • swept → the，只读后一个
  • identical，t
  • 4 to 2，d’，但是to省略
NO.12

Jim Henson , creator of The Muppets from Kermit the Frog to Sesame street —— is born in Greenville Mississippi .

  • Muppet，木偶，
  • of，f

2022.3.22

NO.13

Asian tiger mosquitoes are native to the tropics southeastern Asia, but in the past few years, they’ re spread all across the southeastern United States.

  • native to，d
  • but → in → the，t ，nuh
  • past，t
NO.14

Cats reputedly have 9 lives, and he clearly wanted to spend at least one of them here in New York City.

  • reputedly，据说，相当于supposedly
  • wanted to，t ，d
  • at least，t
NO.15

The frantic pacing —— scene changes every 11 seconds on average, often leave kids zoned out and spun up , unable to concentrate .

  • frantic，疯狂的，狂乱的
  • zone out，走神，精神恍惚
  • spin up，疾驰，旋转，咋咋呼呼
  • every → 11 → seconds → on → average
NO.16

Battered, soaked and flooded, the Philippines hit by its second typhoon in a week.

  • batter，弄跨，持续击打
  • soak，浸泡
  • Battered，d
  • soaked，t
  • flooded，d
  • typhoon → in → a → week

2022.3.25

NO.17

A fews years ago, they were thought to be uselss, past their prime , not now.

  • years → ago
  • past → their，past
  • in one’s prime，在某人青壮年时期
NO.18

If you are breathing , it is not too late, get up and get going.

  • If → you
  • it → is，it
  • get → out
NO.19

A 67-year-old grandpa has been found alive after being stuck for 6 days at the bottom of a ravine .

  • grandpa
  • for，fur
  • bottom → of → a → ravine
  • ravine，峡谷，沟壑
NO.20

Saturday, an ultralight plane crashed into a Ferris Wheel at a rural festival in Australia, yet somehow noone on the amusement ride nor the plane was hurt.

  • Ferris Wheel，摩天轮
  • amusement ride，娱乐设施
NO.21

Heidi, won the world over with her forever cute but slightly confused look.

  • with → her，her
  • cute
  • slightly
  • confused look，ken
  • forever cute，用以强调
  • crossed eyes，斗鸡眼

2022.3.27

NO.22

The project to put them online is expected to be completed by 2016 .

  • 《The Dead Sea Scrolls》，《死海古卷》
  • project → to，t’
  • put → them，t
  • online → is → expected
  • expected → to，t’
  • twenty，t
NO.23

An alleged SAT cheating scandal has been uncovered at a prestigious long Island high school. This college student is accused of taking the college extrance exam for at least 6 students.

  • uncovered → at → a
  • student → is → accused → of
  • taking the，nuh
NO.24

St Louis takes the world series opener on a cool night, It was 49° at the start of the game.

  • takes the world ，the
  • series → opener → on → a
  • Fahrenheit，华氏度，Celsius，摄氏度，欧美国家多默认华氏度。
NO.25

They searched for the missing throughout the night under generator-powered flood lights as family members waited by the mounds of debris ——some in tears.

  • mounds → of，moonze
  • some → in

2022.3.28

NO.26

It’ s the kind of thing you look forward to instead of, you know, some workouts you dread and you think of it as work and this is just fun.

  • It’ s the，t ，the
  • kind → of，of
  • workouts，锻炼
  • and → you，and ，/j/
  • think → of → it → as
  • hanging yoga，空中瑜伽
  • dread doing sth.，害怕做某事
NO.27

Superhero costumes , as usual, are big this year, expecially from recent movies like Thor and the Green Lantern.

  • costume，服装
  • costum，风俗，习惯
  • big，这里是popular的意思
NO.28

It’s a pain, 'cuz my fridge is … I dumped it today and the food’s gone.

  • It’ s a，t
  • pain，这里是difficult的意思
  • fridge，refrigerator
  • dumped → it → today
  • and → the，an nuh
  • food’s，food is
NO.29

He says he was simply going by the book when it comes to landing without gear , and that he and his fellow pilots train for these type of incidents.

  • going by the book，按规矩办事
  • and → that，an nat
  • he and his，h
  • type → of → incidents，incident s
NO.30

It is the vegetable some love to hate! But now a new breed of broccoli —— super broccoli —— developed in Britain may protect against heart disease —— even some kinds of cancer.