词汇听力DiveInto全情投入

1、词汇听力Divelnto全情投入Now,theVOALearningEnglishprogramWordsandTheirStories.这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。OnthisprogramweexplorecommonexpressionsinAmericanEnglish.Todaywearegoingtotalkaboutafavoritephysicalactivity.在这个节目中我们将会探索美式英语的常见表达。今天我们来说说一项颇受欢迎的体育运动。Swimming!这就是游泳！Whetheroutdoorsorindoors,swimmingisafunwaytostay

2、inshape.Andoneofthegreatthingsaboutswimmingisdiving.Foraveryshorttime,adiverfliesthroughtheairlikeabird.Thentheylandinthecoolwaterbelow,usuallywiththeirhandsandheadleadingtheway.无论是在户外还是室内，游泳都是保持身材的一种好办法。游泳的一大乐趣就是跳水。跳水者在某个瞬间像鸟儿一样在空中飞翔，然后通常以手和头部先入水，一头扎入凉爽的水中。Butjumpingintoabodyofwaterheadfirstisjusto

3、nemeaningoftheworddive.但是一头扎入水中只是dive这个单词的其中一层含义。Todiveintosomethingcanalsomeantostartworkingonaprojectwithlotsofenergybutnot,perhaps,alotofplanning.Todiveintosomething（贸然投入、扎入）还可以指投入很大精力开始从事某个项目，但是可能没有经过太多规划。Letssaytwofriendsarereallyexcitedtodiveintoanewbusinesstogether.Theyaresoexcitedthattheyope

4、ntheirbusinesswithoutaclearideaofhowtomarkettheircompanyorevenwhowillbuytheirproduct.So,itwasnotabigbusinesswithoutaclearideaofhowtomarkettheircompanyorevenwhowillbuytheirproduct.So,itwasnotabigsurprisewhenthecompanywentunderafewmonthslater.Friendstoldthemthattheyhadagoodidea,buttheysimplydoveintooq

5、uickly.我们假设两个好朋友兴奋地一起贸然投入到某项新业务中。也就是说，他们非常兴奋地在不知道如何推销他们公司，甚至不知道潜在客户的前提下就开始了某项业务。所以，这家公司在几个月后陷入困境也不算意外。朋友们告诉他们有了一个好主意，但是他们太快就贸然投入进去了。Addingthewordheadfirstaddsimportance.Ifyoudiveintosomethingheadfirst,youareevenmoreexcitedandevenlessprepared!加上headfirst这个单词就更增添了重要性。如果你一头投入到某件事情(diveintosomethinghead

6、first),你就会更加兴奋，甚至更加准备不足。Forexample,amanIknowreallywantedtolearnbasichomerepair.Hewasveryexcitedtobeginonahomeproject.So,hedoveinheadfirst,knockingdownwallsandtearingoutthefloors.Unfortunately,hedidntknowenoughtorebuildhishouse.Heendeduphiringaconstructionteamforthat.例如，我认识的某个男人想要学习基本的家居维修。他很高兴要开始着手一

7、项家居工程。所以他一头投入了进去，拆掉了墙壁，揭开了地板。不幸的是，他对重建房子不够了解，他最终聘请了一支建筑团队。Todiveintosomethingcanalsomeanyouaresimplyreallyexcitedtodoit.Planningisnotanissueorproblem.Andsometimesweaddthewordright.Thismakesitsoundmoreconversational.Todiveintosomething也可以单指你真的非常兴奋做这件事情，规划不算问题。有时我们会加上right这个单词，这使其听起来更口语化。Forexample,th

8、echildrenmusthavebeenveryhungryafterswimmingallday.Theydoverightintothepizzatheminuteitwasserved!例如，孩子们游了一天泳之后，肯定非常饿。他们一待披萨端上来就埋头开吃了。Butnow,letsgobacktothedivingthatrelatestoswimming.Sometimesdiversdiveoffamountaincliff.Theyarecalledcliffdivers.但是现在，让我们回到和游泳相关的跳水话题。有时候跳水者会从悬崖上跳入水中。他们被称之为悬崖跳水者。Somedi

9、veoffthesideofapool.Othersdiveoffadivingboard.Divingboardsarespringy.Theyaremadeofamaterialthatcanbend.Divingboardsareakindofspringboard.Theyareaboardthatspringsyouintotheair!有人从泳池边上跳下，还有人从跳板上跳下。跳板很有弹性，它们是由可弯曲的材料制成。跳板是一种把人弹向空中的板子。Inadditiontodiving,aspringboardisusefulinothersituations.Aspringboardc

10、anbesomethingthathelpsyoustartanactivityorprocess.Wecanalsocallthisajumpingoffpoint,justaswhenyoujumpoffadivingboard.除了跳水，跳板在其它情况下也很有用。跳板可以帮助你开始某项活动或进程。我们也能称之为起点，就像你跳下跳板一样。Forexample,whenpreparingforthisprogram,Ioftentakenoteoftheexpressionsmyfriendsuse.So,forme,theseconversationsareoftenspringboard

11、stonewstoriesforthisshow.例如，我在准备本节目时，经常会特别注意我的朋友们的表达方式。所以，对我来说，这些对话通常就是本节目新内容的起点。Thetermspringboardcanalsomeanapointofdeparture.Springboard这个术语还能指出发点。Letsheartwoco-workersuseitthisway.让我们来听听这两位同事的用法。A:Boy,Emanueldidnotstaylongathisjobhere,didhe?A:伙计，伊曼纽尔在这没干多久，是吗？B:No.ButImnotsurprised.Iknewhedmoveq

12、uicklyfromthisjobtothenext.B:是的，但是我不觉得意外。我知道他会很快跳槽。A:Howdidyouknowthat?A:你怎么知道？B:Onhisfirstday,hetoldmethatthisjobwasonlyaspringboardtoabetterposition.B:他上班头一天就给我说，这份工作只是一个找到更好工作的跳板。A:Isee.Well,atleasthewashonest.A:我懂了。好吧，至少他很诚实。Okay.So,besidescliffdivinganddivingoffadivingboard,thereisanotherkindof

13、diving-scubadiving.好了。除了悬崖跳水和跳板跳水，还有另一种，这就是水肺潜水(Scubadiving)。Scubadivingisanunderwateractivity.Youswimunderwaterwhilewearingspecialequipment,includingatank,orcontainer,filledwithcompressedair.Scubaisanacronym.Itisshortforself-containedunderwaterbreathingapparatus.水肺潜水是一种水下运动。人们佩戴着特殊装备在水下游泳，其中就包括装满压缩

14、空气的氧气罐。水肺Scuba)是首字母缩写，它是自给式水下呼吸器(self-containedunderwaterbreathingapparatus)的简称。Withtanksofairontheirbacks,scubadiversareabletodivedeepintothesea.Onadeepseadive,youmightseesomeverystrangeseacreatures!水肺潜水者背着氧气罐，就能潜入深海。在深海潜水中可能会看到一些非常奇怪的海洋生物。Onland,adeepdiveiswhenyouexploreanissueingreatdetail.Oftentimes,themediacoverageofsomeissuesistooshallow,meaningitdoesntexplainenough.Butsometimesanewsagencyisabletodoadeepdiveonissuesthatpeoplereallycareabout.在陆地上，deepdive(深入挖掘)是指深入探索某个问题。通常，媒体对某些问题的报道都太浅显，意思是指不够深入报道。但是有时候新闻机构能够深入挖掘一些人们真正关心的问题。Youc