31. laundry
该词本意是指洗衣店。但是在听力中,会用来借指洗衣服的工作。
比如,There’s a lot of laundry to do.有很多衣服要洗。
32. look
该词本身作为一个基本动词并无什么难度,但是它频频在听力中出现的各种用法我们不得不掌握一下。
(1)看上去。
You look great. 你看上去气色很好。
You look awfully nervous. 你看上去很紧张。
All of my clothes look so old and I can’t afford something new.
我所有的衣服看上去都很旧,我买不起新的。
It’s not as bad as it looks. 它并没有看上去的糟。
(2)查阅。look up 查阅字典
a希望。look forward to
b寻找。 look for
Do you think we should try to call him or look for him?
你认为我们是打电话给他呢,还是去找他?
Have you seen a young gentleman looking for his wristwatch?
你见过一个寻找腕表的年轻人吗?
33. make
(1)make an appointment 预约
Why didn’t you make an appointment to see the doctor last week?
你为什么上周不给医生打个预约电话。
(2)make a call on the payphone 打一个收费电话
(3)make room for sb 腾出位子给某人
Could you make room for the old lady? 你能为这位老太太让个座吗?
(4)make it 达到,抵达,做到
But I’m afraid I can’t make it. 但是我恐怕做不到。
I’m afraid I can’t make it before 7 o’clock. 我恐怕在7点前没法到达。
34. mistake
(1)错误。make a mistake
(2) 误认。这对双胞胎长得太像了,所以I often mistake one for another,并且无法tell them apart。
35. notice
(1) 通知。
Please wait for further notice. 请注意进一步通知。
(2) 注意到。
Have you noticed anything wrong here? 你注意到这里有什么问题吗?
36. offer
(1)提供。公司提供工作职位给学生就是offer a job。国外大学提供奖学金即:offer scholarship。所以大家一般称国外大学的全额奖学金为offer。
I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family.
我拒绝了这份工作因为它要求频繁的出差。
They’re offering me a job after I graduate. 他们给我提供了一份毕业后的工作。
(2)帮助。offer to help others 乐于助人
37. order
(1) 命令。这是最基本用法,不赘述。
(2) 订购。
I haven’t received the furniture I ordered yet.我还没有收到订购
How about the food I ordered?我订的饭菜如何?
餐厅服务用语:Can I take / serve your order?
(3) 秩序。 out of order 比较乱,其反意为in order。
38. paint
(1) 油漆。
Did Henry paint the whole house himself?整栋房都是亨利自己漆的吗?
He had it painted. 他找人刷了油漆。
(2) 绘画。
Can you tell me the title of this oil painting? 你能告诉我这贴画油画的名字吗?