星火听力第一单元 听写

1、 contemplate kntemplet; -tm- vt. 沉思； 冥思苦想；深思熟虑 She lay in bed, contemplating. 他躺在床上冥思苦想。 priority prart n. 优先；优先权；优先考虑的事 Education is a top priority. 教育是当务之急。 get stuck 进入僵局 被难住；被困住，无法摆脱 I got stuck on the first question. 我第一个问题就被难住了。 specifically adv. spsfkli 特别地；明确地 I specifically told you not to

2、go near the water. 我明确告诉过你不要靠近水边。 this time around 这一次；此时此刻 up to this point 到目前为止 迄今为止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: 充实你的思想 satisfy: 满足（要求、需求） to satisfy sbs hunger/curiosity 解饿/满足好奇心 extensive reading 广泛的阅读 store:储存；储藏 He hoped the electronic equipment was safely stored away. 他希望那些电子设备得到妥善保存。 unknowingly adv. 不知不觉地 link and

5、 relate 联系起来 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 ;独立自主 Eg: When his parents died he had to learn to stand on his own two f

7、eet. infancy nfnsi婴儿期；幼儿期 entertainment：recreation young adulthood dlthd 成年早期 individual ndvdj()l 个体；有个性的人 The competition is both open to both teams and individuals. 团队和个人均可参加比赛 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 随意的 uncomfortable silence score geography dgrf Knowledgeable nlidbl world affairs involve the rest of Unit 5Dictation ancient Greece古

10、希腊 assumption smp()n 假定；设想 evolve from从演变(或进化、发展、发育)而成： ritual rtl 仪式；惯例；宗教礼仪 retain rten 保持； 保留 persist vi. 存留，坚持；持续 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，电影 动画片；连环漫画dozen dz()n n. 十二个，一打Eg: half a do

13、zen persuade pswed vt. 说服，劝说sketchsket vt. 画素描或速写；简述，概述Eg: He quickly sketched the view from the window.他快速的勾勒出了窗外的风景。She sketched out her plan for tackling the problem.她简要叙述了解决问题的方法。 prominent prmnnt 重要的；著名的；突出的；显著的Eg: a prominent leader/politician杰出的领袖/政治家The church tower was a prominent feature i

14、n the landscape.教堂的尖塔曾经是此地景观的突出特色。a prominent nose高鼻子exaggerategzdret 夸大Eg: Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration.像很多有关他的故事一样，这个也有点儿夸大的意味。 lengthen le()n widengrin v. 露齿而笑，咧着嘴笑 She grinned amiably at us.她咧着嘴向我们亲切地笑。 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. 至关重要的；生死攸关的；有活力的minorman次要的；较小的；deficiencydf()ns n. 缺陷，缺点；缺乏headachehedek n. 头痛；麻烦；令人头痛之事moodinessmu:dinisn. 喜怒无常；闷闷不乐get rid of 摆脱，除去 toxictkskadj. 有毒的；

17、中毒的kidneykdn 肾脏bladder bld 膀胱infectionnfek()n n. 感染；传染；传染病glow gl 色彩鲜艳；兴高采烈 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