Neil: OK. Time to review today's vocabulary, but first, let's have the answer to the quiz question. I asked how much was spent on dating apps last year. Was it:
好了,来复习下今天的单词 。在那之前,我们先来看一下节目开始时提到的那个问题 。我问你,去年人们在交友软件上的花销是多少?
a) less than half a billion dollars
b) between half a billion and a billion dollars, or
c) over a billion dollars?
Dan, you said?
你的答案是?
Dan: I said c) over a billion dollars.
我选的是C 超过10亿美元 。
Neil: Well, the total was just under $600m so the correct answer was b) between half a billion and a billion dollars. Good guess if you got that one right! Right, now it's time to recap today's vocabulary. Our first word today was motives. A motive is your reason for doing something.
好的 , 总数其实低于6亿美元,所以正确答案应该是B,5亿和10亿之间 。如果你选B就猜对了 。好了,又到了复述今日单词的时间 。今天学的第一个单词是motive动机,也就是你做某事的原因 。
Dan: If something makes sense it is not a surprise and you can understand it.
如果说某件事make sense,就是说这件事并不令人惊奇 , 你可以理解 。
Neil: The next phrase was out of curiosity. This is when you do something for no particular reason other than you are interested in seeing it or trying it.
下一个短语是out of curiosity 。是指你做某件事没有特定的原因,只是因为有兴趣看看或者尝试一下 。
Dan: Then had disillusioned. This is a feeling you get when something isn't as good as it used to be or as good as you expected it to be and you become disappointed by it.
接下来是disillusioned,描述的是一种感觉,当某件事不如过去那样好,或者没有达到你的预期 , 你对其产生的一种失望的感觉 。
Neil: And that can lead to your being jaded, which is a feeling of dissatisfaction and boredom with something that has been going on for a while.
这种感觉会让你变得jaded,jaded描述的是因做某事时间长而导致的一种不满意,厌烦的情绪 。
Dan: And finally there was callous - an adjective which means uncaring and cold-hearted.
最后一个单词是callous,形容词,意思是不在乎的,冷漠的 。
Neil: Well, I hope you aren't disillusioned with 6 Minute English and will join us again next time. In the meantime find bbclearningenglish online and on social media and on our own app - and before you ask, it's not a dating app! Bye for now.
我希望你不会对6分钟英语感到失望 , 下次节目请继续收听 。同时在网上、社交媒体和我们自己的app上可以收听我们的节目,不用问,肯定不是约会app 。再见 。
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语料:
go out on a date 出去约会
meet up with sb 碰面,偶遇
out of curiosity 出于好奇心
pass time 消磨时间,打发时间
bungee jumping 蹦极
make sense 情理之中
as to 关于,至于,就…而论
get tired of厌烦;对…感到厌倦
jaded adj. 厌倦的;疲倦不堪的
disillusioned adj. 醒悟的;幻想破灭的;不抱幻想的 (disillusion v. 使幻想破灭)
callous adj. 无情的;麻木的
recap 复习,回顾
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