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2015年12月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)聽(tīng)力范文
【聽(tīng)力范文及解析】
The English Character
To other Europeans, the best known quality of the British,and in particular of the English, is “reserved”.A reserved person is one who does not talk very much to strangers,does not show much emotion, and seldom gets excited.It is difficult to get to know a reserved person:he never tells you anything about himself,and you may work with him for years without ever knowing where he lives,how many children he has, and what his interests are.English people tend to be like that.Closelyrelated to English reserve is English modesty.Within their hearts, the English are perhaps no less conceited than anybody else,but in their relations with others they value at least a show of modesty.Self-praise is felt to be impolite.If a person is, let us say,very good at tennis and someone asks him if he is a good player,he will seldom reply “Yes,”because people will think him conceited.He will probably give an answer like,“I’m not bad,” or “I think I’m very good,” or “Well, I’m very keen on tennis.”Even if he had managed to reach the finals in last year’s local championships,he would say it in such a way as to suggest that it was only due to a piece of good luck.Since reserve and modesty are part of his own nature,the typical English tends to expect them in others.He secretly looks down on more excitable nations,and likes to think of himself as more reliable than they are.He doesn’t trust big promises and open shows of feelings,especially if they are expressed in flowery language.He doesn’t trust self-praise of any kind.This applies not only to what other people may tell him about themselves orally,but to the letters they may write to him.To those who are fond of flowery expressions,the Englishman may appear uncomfortably cold.
quality ['kwɔləti]n. 質(zhì)量，品質(zhì);特性;才能
1. I think our product is high quality .
我想我們的產(chǎn)品是高質(zhì)量的。
2. If you have unlimited fortune and time, how would you better your lifequality.
假如你有無(wú)限的財(cái)富和時(shí)間，你會(huì)如何改善你的生活品質(zhì)?
quality，feature，characteristic，peculiarity，trait，attribute，character
這些名詞均有“特性、特點(diǎn)、品質(zhì)”之意。
quality 最普通用詞，既可指有形或無(wú)形的特性，又可指?jìng)�(gè)性或共性的特征。
feature 指事物突出引人注目的特點(diǎn)。多用來(lái)說(shuō)明人的容貌特征或地理特征。
characteristic 指某人或某物天生有別于他人或他物的內(nèi)部特質(zhì)或外表特征。
peculiarity 指人或事物獨(dú)具的或奇怪的特點(diǎn)，常帶感情色彩。
trait 多指人的性格、心情的特征，尤指先天秉賦的持久的行為模式或性格特征。
attribute 通常指人主觀賦予某事物的屬性，可指典型事物。
character 多指一類人或事物所具有的獨(dú)特的典型的特征。
particular [pə'tikjulə]adj. 特別的;詳細(xì)的;獨(dú)有的;挑剔的n. 詳細(xì)說(shuō)明;個(gè)別項(xiàng)目
1. Do you have any particular style in mind?
你們有沒(méi)有想要什麼特定的式樣?
2. I like meat in general, and mutton inparticular.
我總的來(lái)說(shuō)喜歡吃肉，特別愛(ài)吃羊肉。
reserved [ri'zə:vd]adj. 保留的，預(yù)訂的;緘默的，冷淡的;包租的v. 保留(reserve的過(guò)去分詞)
1. All Copyrights Reserved by the Original Authors.
本欄目版權(quán)歸原創(chuàng)作者所有。
2. The reservoir in the reserved preserve is an obstacle to the obstinate observer.
預(yù)留保護(hù)區(qū)內(nèi)的水庫(kù)對(duì)固執(zhí)的觀察者是一個(gè)障礙。
tend [tend]vi. 趨向，傾向;照料，照顧vt. 照料，照管
1. He tended a drug store for his father.
他替父親看著一家藥店。
2. People tend to visit this site from work.
人們趨于從工作訪問(wèn)這個(gè)地點(diǎn)。
modesty ['mɔdisti]n. 謙遜;質(zhì)樸;穩(wěn)重
1. There is false modesty, but there is no false pride.
可能有虛偽的謙虛，但決沒(méi)有虛偽的驕傲。
2. Though modesty be a virtue , yet bashfulness is a vice .
盡管謙虛是一種美德，但害羞就成了缺點(diǎn)。
conceited [kən'si:tid]adj. 自負(fù)的;狂想的;逞能的
1. If a person is , let us say, very good at tennis and someone asks him if he is a good player, he will seldom reply "Yes", because people will think him conceited.
比如說(shuō)，有一個(gè)人網(wǎng)球打的很好，要是有人問(wèn)他是不是個(gè)好手，他不大會(huì)回答說(shuō)“是”，因?yàn)檫@樣一來(lái)，別人就會(huì)認(rèn)為他很自負(fù)。
keen [ki:n]adj. 敏銳的，敏捷的;渴望的;強(qiáng)烈的;熱心的;銳利的n. 痛哭，挽歌
1. Difficulties keened their contradictions.
困難使他們之間的矛盾更加尖銳化了。
2. A good lawyer needs a keen brain.
一位好律師需要敏銳的頭腦。
typical ['tipikəl]adj. 典型的;特有的;象征性的
1. The typical answer is, "Technology" and "Product.
最典型的回答是：技術(shù)和產(chǎn)品。
2. This is a typical setup for a long running server.
這是一個(gè)長(zhǎng)期運(yùn)行的服務(wù)器的典型設(shè)置。
excitable[ik'saitəbl]adj. 易激動(dòng)的;易興奮的;易怒的
1. I am not a excitable person, but I am excited in this exciting new.
我不是易激動(dòng)的人，但對(duì)于這個(gè)振奮人心的新聞，我也感到激動(dòng)。
2. "Are you ready to win your first game of pre-season, " asked one excitablereporter.
“你準(zhǔn)備好贏下你季前賽的首場(chǎng)比賽了嗎?”一個(gè)激動(dòng)的記者問(wèn)道。
reliable [ri'laiəbl]adj. 可靠的;可信賴的n. 可靠的人
1. Own a lot of reliable customers in these markets.
在市場(chǎng)上已經(jīng)擁有一群忠誠(chéng)的客戶。
2. It provides a flexible and reliablehardware platform for software design.
為軟件設(shè)計(jì)提供了一個(gè)靈活可靠的硬件平臺(tái)。
expressed [ik'spres]vt. 表達(dá);快遞adj. 明確的;迅速的;專門(mén)的n. 快車，快遞，專使;捷運(yùn)公司
1. Ideas can be expressed accurately and effectively, using simple sentences.
用簡(jiǎn)單的句子可以準(zhǔn)確有力地表達(dá)思想。
2. The set of statements, expressed in data definition language, that completely describe the structure of a data base.
一組以數(shù)據(jù)定義語(yǔ)言來(lái)表達(dá)地語(yǔ)句集，該語(yǔ)句集完整地描述了數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)地結(jié)構(gòu)。
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