北师大版高中英语模块11--Unit31(4)-1

[00:03.34]Unit 31 Task:"rant"about something you hate
[00:09.81]2 Read four people's ranting¹
[00:13.88]about things they hate.
[00:16.23]What does each person hate most?
[00:19.36]What reasons do they give?
[00:21.76]Catherine:What I really hate is automated²
[00:26.02]telephone answers.
[00:28.54]When you try to phone up a company,
[00:30.69]and you get a recorded voice and you have to
[00:33.24]choose different options on this.
[00:35.27]They tell you press one if you have a problem
[00:37.68]with your invoice³ or press two
[00:39.78]if you have a problme with something esle.
[00:41.74]And it's nver specific to what you want to
[00:44.01]speak about and you never know
[00:45.51]which one to choose.
[00:47.17]And it takes you like three minutes
[00:49.19]to get through to speak to an actual person
[00:51.22]and it's costing you money all this time.
[00:53.83]And it's very frustrating⁴.
[00:55.78]I was phoning a hospital the other day
[00:58.22]and I wanted to speak to somebody specifically.
[01:01.82]And I spoke⁵ to a person and she said,
[01:03.76]"Is it about appointments?"
[01:04.81]and I went "Well,kind of..."
[01:06.64]And she immediately put me through
[01:08.50]to this automated thing without even saying
[01:10.82]"I'm just putting you through."
[01:12.07]Just like blunt of...
[01:13.60]and that was something that didn't answer
[01:15.75]my questionat all.
[01:16.96]I had to put the phone down
[01:18.18]and phone up again to actually speak to a human
[01:20.31]So I hate them.
[01:20.88]

1 ranting   

v.夸夸其谈( rant的现在分词 )；大叫大嚷地以…说教；气愤地)大叫大嚷；不停地大声抱怨

参考例句：

• Mrs. Sakagawa stopped her ranting. 坂川太太戛然中断悲声。 来自辞典例句
• He was ranting about the murder of his dad. 他大叫她就是杀死他父亲的凶手。 来自电影对白

2 automated   

a.自动化的

参考例句：

• The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。
• Automated Highway System (AHS) is recently regarded as one subsystem of Intelligent Transport System (ITS). 近年来自动公路系统(Automated Highway System,AHS)，作为智能运输系统的子系统之一越来越受到重视。

3 invoice   

vt.开发票；n.发票，装货清单

参考例句：

• The seller has to issue a tax invoice.销售者必须开具税务发票。
• We will then send you an invoice for the total course fees.然后我们会把全部课程费用的发票寄给你。

4 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。