星火聽力第一單元 聽寫

1、 contemplate kntemplet; -tm- vt. 沉思； 冥思苦想；深思熟慮 She lay in bed, contemplating. 他躺在床上冥思苦想。 priority prart n. 優(yōu)先；優(yōu)先權；優(yōu)先考慮的事 Education is a top priority. 教育是當務之急。 get stuck 進入僵局 被難住；被困住，無法擺脫 I got stuck on the first question. 我第一個問題就被難住了。 specifically adv. spsfkli 特別地；明確地 I specifically told you not to

2、go near the water. 我明確告訴過你不要靠近水邊。 this time around 這一次；此時此刻 up to this point 到目前為止 迄今為止Unit 1Dictation A Midlife Career Change What should a person do or think about/ when contemplating a midlife career change?/First, clearly define your priorities. /Next, have a big-picture goal for your career and

3、 your lifestyle in mind./Knowing that you want to make a change is the first step in the process,/but be sure not to get stuck there./Take the next step by identifying specifically/what you would like to see in your next career./ Also, know what you are hoping to achieve this time around/that is dif

4、ferent from what you have already done up to this point.Unit 2Dictation feeding your mind: 充實你的思想 satisfy: 滿足（要求、需求） to satisfy sbs hunger/curiosity 解餓/滿足好奇心 extensive reading 廣泛的閱讀 store:儲存；儲藏 He hoped the electronic equipment was safely stored away. 他希望那些電子設備得到妥善保存。 unknowingly adv. 不知不覺地 link and

5、 relate 聯系起來 Feeding Your Mind When your mind is hungry,/ it never lets you know./However, hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through extensive reading./Once you read a book, youll have the interesting part of the book stored in your mind as a seed./Now this seed is unknowingly used by you

6、 in your future to develop new ideas./The same seed if used many times,/can help you link and relate a lot of things,/ of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!Unit 3Dictation stand on ones own feet 自食其力 ;獨立自主 Eg: When his parents died he had to learn to stand on his own two f

7、eet. infancy nfnsi嬰兒期；幼兒期 entertainment：recreation young adulthood dlthd 成年早期 individual ndvdj()l 個體；有個性的人 The competition is both open to both teams and individuals. 團隊和個人均可參加比賽 fulfill ones dreams American Children Raising To Americans, the goal of parents is to help children stand on their own tw

8、o feet./ From infancy, each child may get his or her own room./As children grow, they gain more freedom/ to make their own choices./Teenagers choose their own forms of entertainment and friends./ When they reach young adulthood, they choose their own careers and marriage partners./American parents t

9、ry to treat their children as individuals./They allow them to fulfill their own dreams,/and praise and encourage their children to succeed. Unit 4Dictation casual kjl 隨意的 uncomfortable silence score geography dgrf Knowledgeable nlidbl world affairs involve the rest of Unit 5Dictation ancient Greece古

10、希臘 assumption smp()n 假定；設想 evolve from從演變(或進化、發(fā)展、發(fā)育)而成： ritual rtl 儀式；慣例；宗教禮儀 retain rten 保持； 保留 persist vi. 存留，堅持；持續(xù) Drama There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. /The one most widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama evolved from ritual./ In the b

11、eginning, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world as unpredictable,/ and they sought through various means to control these unknown and feared powers . /Those measures were then retained and repeated until they were hardened into fixed rituals./As time passed, some rituals were abandoned

12、 , /but the stories, later called myths, persisted and provided material for drama. dramaancient Greecewidely acceptedassumptionritualnatural forcesunpredictableretainedhardenedabandonedmyths persistedevolved fromsoughtUnit 6Dictation cartoon ktun n. 卡通片，電影 動畫片；連環(huán)漫畫dozen dz()n n. 十二個，一打Eg: half a do

13、zen persuade pswed vt. 說服，勸說sketchsket vt. 畫素描或速寫；簡述，概述Eg: He quickly sketched the view from the window.他快速的勾勒出了窗外的風景。She sketched out her plan for tackling the problem.她簡要敘述了解決問題的方法。 prominent prmnnt 重要的；著名的；突出的；顯著的Eg: a prominent leader/politician杰出的領袖/政治家The church tower was a prominent feature i

14、n the landscape.教堂的尖塔曾經是此地景觀的突出特色。a prominent nose高鼻子exaggerategzdret 夸大Eg: Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration.像很多有關他的故事一樣，這個也有點兒夸大的意味。 lengthen le()n widengrin v. 露齒而笑，咧著嘴笑 She grinned amiably at us.她咧著嘴向我們親切地笑。 Cartoon Artist In a good cartoon, the artist can tell in a few line

15、s/ as much as a writer can tell in half a dozen paragraphs. / He not only tells a story/but he also tries to persuade the reader to his way of thinking./ A clever cartoon artist may cause laughter /because he often uses humor in his drawings./If he is sketching a famous person, /he takes a prominent

16、 feature and exaggerates it, / for instance, lengthening an already long nose /and widening an already broad grin. Unit 7Dictation vitalvat()ladj. 至關重要的；生死攸關的；有活力的minorman次要的；較小的；deficiencydf()ns n. 缺陷，缺點；缺乏headachehedek n. 頭痛；麻煩；令人頭痛之事moodinessmu:dinisn. 喜怒無常；悶悶不樂get rid of 擺脫，除去 toxictkskadj. 有毒的；

17、中毒的kidneykdn 腎臟bladder bld 膀胱infectionnfek()n n. 感染；傳染；傳染病glow gl 色彩鮮艷；興高采烈 Drink to Your Health Since all living things need it, /and it makes up two-thirds of our bodies,/ it seems obvious that water is vital to our health./ A minor water deficiency can lead to headaches, sleepiness, and moodiness, /while losing a large amount of