高级英语听力 lesson 20

 

 

   Lesson Twenty

  Section One: News in Brief

  Tapescript

  1. The Pentagon today called on the highly publicized withdrawal¹ of

  Soviet² troops from Afghanistan a sham³.  Moscow announced earlier

  this month that it would completethe withdrawal of 6,000 men from

  Afghanistan by the end of October.,NPR's Allen Burlow has the sto-

  ry. "The head of the Defense⁴ Intelligence Agency, Lieutenant⁵ Gener-

  al Leonard Perutz said the Pentagon has developed clear and con-

  vincing evidence that the Soviet troop withdrawals⁶ are'a deception⁷.

  Perutz said the Soviets⁸ deliberately⁹ inserted additional tank And rifle

  regiments¹⁰ into Afghanistan for no reason other than to withdraw

  them.  'What the Soviets have done is to remove some unneeded

  units and to substitute others, so that the number of military useful

  troops in Afghanistan is basically unchanged.' Perutz said half of

  the Soviet units withdrawn¹¹ were for air defense.  Since the Afghani

  Mujahidin rebels have no air force, Perutz said, the Soviet with-

  drawals have no military significance.  Perutz said the withdrawals

  were designed to enhance General Secretary Gorbachev's image at

  home and abroad.  He said about 116,000 Soviet troops remain in

  Afghanistan.  I'm Allen Burlow in Wahington.'

  2. South African's black miners have observed a one-day str      ike to

  mourn the death of one hundred and seventy-seven of their

  co-workers killed in a fire at the Kinross gold mine last month.

  Workers in other industries also participated in the symbolic¹² action.

  Nigel Rench reports from Johannesburg.  'More than a quarter of a

  million black miners were on strike to protest their colleagues'

  deaths, about half the country's total of 600,000 gold and coal min-

 ers, costing the mining industry an estimated $ 4,000,000.          he

 stay-away was total at the Kinross gold mine where last month's

 disaster occurred.  Black miners stayed inside their barrack-like hos-

 tels.  Reporters were barred from the mine.  In central Johannesburg,

 a protest meeting was held by the Black National Union of

 Mineworkers which called the strike action.  A union, spokesman said

 miners had gathered not to mourn, but to commit themselves to lib-

 eration from apartheid and economic exploitation.  White church

 leader, Bayers Nordea, told the crowd, 'The accident at Kinross

 need never have occurred, and the one hundred and'seventy-seven

 men need not have died.' For National Public,Radio, this is Nigel

 Rench in Johannesbiqrg."

3. The King f Saudi Arabia has removed Sheik Ahmed Zaki

 Yamani as Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister.  Yamani had held the job for

 twenty-four years.  Although it's been rumored¹³ for a few years that

 Yamani was out of favor with the King, his firing shocked the oil

 market., Yamani's replacement¹⁴, Hicham Niza, is Saudi Arabia's

 Planning Minister.  NPR's Barbara Mantell has details.  "Oil traders

 here in New York on the mercantile exchange said they had no idea

 that Yamani was about to be fired, but they took it as a sign that

 world oil prices would start to rise.  Yamani had been leading OPEC

 in a price war over the past ten months.  Saudi Arabia, the largest

 producer in the cartel, had raised its production and created an oil

 glut.  That lowered the -price of oil by 50% . Analysts¹⁵ say Saudi

 Arabia's King Fahd's supposedly had enough of the price war and of

 Yamani.  King Fahd has said that he would like to see the price of oil

 rise to about $ 18 a barrel.  And at noon today, New York time,

 when Saudi Arabia's new Oil Minister called for a

 OPEC meeting, traders at the mercantile exchange frai

 oil prices.  They were betting that King Fahd

 were going to try to set a new policy of higher          motion. I'm

 Barbara Mantell in New York.
Section Two: News in Detail

                Yamani, is generally, regarded as the

 mastermind           b oil strategy of the 1.970s. The man who

 introduced the word "petrodollars' into our vocabulary, and who

 helped bring about one of the most dramatic shifts of international

 economic and, political power in this century.  NPR's Elizabeth

 Coulton has.         

       Yamani                    the post of Saudi Minister of Petrol-

 eum and Mij                 s in 1962, and it was then he began lead-

 ing the carri               st control of Arab oil resources from

 foreign-owned companies.  He was only thirty-two years old when

 he took over his country's oil ministry¹⁶.  But he was then among the

 few Saudis to have had higher western education, including, in his

 case, legal training at Harvard, Although Yamani was only a corn-

 moner in the Kingdom, some members of      had begun

 to recognize the contribution such a  ,         he to the

 Saudi government.  Then crown prince Faisal, later the King, cham-

 pioned young Yamani and gave him a clear mandate¹⁷ to do whatever

 ;necessary to keep his country's oil benefits home in Saudi Arabia.  A

 natural diplomat¹⁸, Yamani quickly became the unproclaimed leader

 of the Organization of Arab Petroleum¹⁹ Exporting Countries as well

 as the global cartel, OPEC.  In November and December of 1973,

 Sheik Yamani toured western capitals to explain OPEC's radical²⁰ pol-

 icies, including why oil prices were going to go up by 70%.

     His announcement shocked the world and his name became an

 international household word.  In London, one journalist wrote at

 the time that Sheik Yamani of Saudi Arabia was the most formida-

 ble eastern emissary to arrive in Europe since the Tartars swept into

 Russia or the Muslim hordes²¹ reached the walls of Vienna in the

 Middle Ages.  In 1975, Yamani was the target when terrorists seized

  OPEC headquarters in Vienna and took the ministers hostage for

  several days.  Ever since then, Yamani surrounded himself with

  tough British bodyguards²², and he kept his movements secret.  When-

  ever he was seen abroad, he appeared as a superstar with his

          

       At hom@, Tn the roy@a kingdom, however        ,his position was

  somewhat different.  He remained a commoner and, consequently,

  always an outsider, useful to the monarchy²³ only as a technocrat²⁴ who

  could manage Saudi wealth for the true owners, the royal family.

  Sometimes, at OPEC meetings, he would have to fly back home to

  consult with the King before proceeding²⁵ with negotiations²⁶.  At such

  ,times, ministers from revolutionary member states, like Iran, would

  criticize Yamani for being only a lackey²⁷ with no power to make ecl-

  sions on his own.  At the same time, many observers believe that

  Yamani's ouster yesterday was caused- by King Fahd's irritation²⁸ with

  Yamani's power base outside the kingdom.  OPEC specialist, Yousef

  Ibrahim of the Wall Street Journal, says Yamani got caught between

  demands.

     I Yamani is also said to be an extremely sensitive ahd religious

  man.  He has been concerned that peoples of the world should try to

  understand each other.  For example, in a conversation once with this

  reporter, Sheik Yamani said he believed all world leaders, like him-

  self, should have at least an introductory course in social anthropol-

  ogy in order to be tolerant of other cultures.  The cosmopolitan²⁹ Sheik

  Yamani will be remembered as not only a wizard of oil economics,

  but perhaps more as a leading diplomat who brought the Arab world

  into th@or again, and changed the course of late twentieth century

  history.      lizabeth Coulton in Washington.

 Section Three: Special Report

 Tapescript

     This week in the United States, the Senate voted to reject the $

 200,000,000 in additional aid to the Philippines.  That money was

 approved by the House after President Corazon Aquino delivered an

 emotional address to a joint³⁰ session of Congress during her visit a

 few weeks ago.  In that speech, Aquino thanked those law-makers

 who, she said, had balanced US strategic interests against human

 concerns and turned US policy against Ferdinand Marcos.

     However, the conflict between strategic US defense interests and

 the everyday human needs of Filipinos remains³¹ at the heart of

 US-Philippine relations.  It was a major issue in the Senate debate

 over increased economic aid when concerns were raised about the

 Philippines' commitment to retaining two major US military bases.

 Nowhere is this conflict more tangible³² but in Philippine base towns

 themselves.  NPR's Allen Burlow has a report:

     The frightening roar and fearful symmetry of an F-4 Phantom³³

   Fighter plane racing³⁴ down the runway of Subic Bay Naval³⁵ Statio

   are quickly lost in wonder as the 23-ton Phantom arches graceful³⁶

   into the blue morning sky and disappears among the clouds, of t

   South China Sea.  The exact nature of today's mission is unknow

   Perhaps it is a routine exercise, or training hours for a young pilot o

   one of the more than 200 daily flights from Subic Bay.  It is imposs

   ble to say what thoughts occupy this pilot's mind, whether they pe

   tain to the endless briefings on the strategic importance of Subic Ba

   to the threat of communism, to the issues of nuclear war, or to t

   theoretical battles of superpower strategists who have him racin

   through the heavens away from the city of Olongapo.

       Olongapo, located about 50 miles northwest of Manila, is th

   city just outside the Subic Bay Naval Station.  Olongapo is where th

   Filipinos live and where the Americans come to play.  In a wa

   Olongapo is a microcosm of the tensions in US-Philippine relation

   Before the Subic Bay installation was built, Olongapo was little mor

   than a fishing village.  Today, the local economy benefits from tens 6

   millions of dollars spent there annually³⁷.  At the same time, the ex

   traordinary and pervasive³⁸ influence of Subic Bay on the econom

   and culture of Olongapo and the Philippines as a whole has led man

   Filipinos to question whether the base should be allowed to stay.

    @ On any given day, there are 10,000 Americans at Subic Bay

   They deal with the big issues like nuclear war and communism.  Bu

   Philippine President Corazon Aquino must deal with more mundan

   matters, like the economic crisis her country faces in places lik

   Olongapo and places like Pergasa.

      Pergasa is the barrel where the city of Olongapo dumps its gar-

   bage.  It is also home for the city's most destitute³⁹.  While Pergasa is

   separated from the Subic Bay Naval Station by only a few yards, a

   moat of raw sewage, and a fence of barbed wire, the concerns of its

   residents could not be more distant.

      Verhilio Fransi has lived here almost 10 years.  He, his wife, and

 8 children, occupy a one-room scrapwood shack⁴⁰.  They live off the

 dump, collecting bottles and plastic cartons.

      'In one day, we get almost forty-five, fifty pesos, in one day.'

      "And who does the work, you or all your children?'

      "All of us.'

      "All of you together.  You make forty-five pesos.'

      "In one day.'

      'And do you also find food here or not?'

      'We got.;. we found food, but it's canned foods.'

      'Can you eat that food?'

      'Sometimes, but when it tastes no good, we throw it.'

      Fransi says some days his children go hungry.  The earnings⁴¹ he

 mentioned for his family of ten come to about $ 2 a day.  In the local

 dialect, Pergasa means hope.  Lastvear, Verhilio Fransi found a solid

 gold bracelet⁴² in the dump.  He sold it for about $ 10.

      In Pergasa, you breathe the unmistakable acrid⁴³ smoke of

 smouldering garbage coughed up by fires that never go out.  In

 Pergasa, there are thick clouds of flies, millions of flies humming

 their monotonous⁴⁴ song of decay as they swarm⁴⁵ about the mountains

 of garbage rising ten, fifteen, thirty feet into the air.

      Catolino Trancy, his wife and nine children live off the dump.

 Near the entrance to their mud-floor shack, there is a pan'with eight

 pigs and an oil drum filled above its rim⁴⁶ with blood-stained bones.  I

 asked Mr Trancy why he collected these.

      'There is a ... that skulls⁴⁷ and bones.'

      'And how much money do you get for skulls and bones?

      'About seventy-five centavos a kilo.

      There is a dumpster in front of Trancy's house that says 'Do-

 nated to Olongapo city by the US navy'@ Another sign bears one of

 the slogans of a former mayor.  It reads, 'It's forbidden to be lazy in

 this city.'

      Some two hundred families live here in Pergasa.  Chickens and

  dogs and rats can be seen running about.  A little girl walks through

  the flattened⁴⁸ cans and the bottle caps, dragging a plastic bag on a str-

  ing or a sort of kite.  She falls into the broken glass and ashes and

  doesn't cry.

       In the Pergasa, the houses are of wood, tin and cardboard boxes

  that say things like 'This side up' or "Fragile'.  There's a house with

  a faded green 'Merry Christmas' sign, another that says "God bless

  you".  There is irony⁴⁹ here for journalists, but there is no electricity or

  basic services.

       The US navy is in Olongapo because it is one of the @t naturally

  protected harbors in the world.  It is there because the Pentagon

  thinks Subic Bay is essential to protecting US security interests in

  Asia, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean.  But whether the US will be

  allowed to remain in Olongapo will eventually be decided⁵⁰ by

  Filipinos.  In a national referendum promised by President Aquino,

  they will be asking what kind of friend the US had been, if the bases

  serve Philippines' security interests as well as very real human needs

  of their country, if the income from the base offsets⁵¹ the damage done

  to the structure of Philippine society and to Philippine sovereignty.

  As this debate heats up, the United States faces a difficult task in

  convincing people that its concerns extend beyond global issues of

  security down to the very real everyday problems faced by ordinary

  Filipinos.  I'm Allen Burlow reporting.

 

1 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

2 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

3 sham   

n./adj.假冒(的)，虚伪(的)

参考例句：

• They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。
• His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

6 withdrawals   

n.收回，取回，撤回( withdrawal的名词复数 )；撤退，撤走；收回[取回，撤回，撤退，撤走]的实例；推出（组织），提走（存款），戒除毒瘾，对说过的话收回，孤僻

参考例句：

• He has made several withdrawals from his bank account. 他从银行账户上提了几次款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It is not the bank's policy to deduct interest on withdrawals. 提款需扣除利息这并非是本银行的政策。 来自辞典例句

7 deception   

n.欺骗，欺诈；骗局，诡计

参考例句：

• He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception.他承认曾与人合谋骗取财产。
• He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception.他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。

8 soviets   

苏维埃（Soviet的复数形式）

参考例句：

• A public challenge could provoke the Soviets to dig in. 公开挑战会促使苏联人一意孤行。
• The Soviets proposed the withdrawal of American ballistic-missile submarines from forward bases. 苏联人建议把美国的弹道导弹潜艇从前沿基地撤走。

9 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

10 regiments   

（军队的）团( regiment的名词复数 )； 大量的人或物

参考例句：

• The three regiments are all under the command of you. 这三个团全归你节制。
• The town was garrisoned with two regiments. 该镇有两团士兵驻守。

11 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

12 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

13 rumored   

adj.传说的，谣传的v.传闻( rumor的过去式和过去分词 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• It is rumored that he cheats on his wife. 据传他对他老婆不忠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was rumored that the white officer had been a Swede. 传说那个白人军官是个瑞典人。 来自辞典例句

14 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

15 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

16 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

17 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

18 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

19 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

20 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

21 hordes   

n.移动着的一大群( horde的名词复数 )；部落

参考例句：

• There are always hordes of tourists here in the summer. 夏天这里总有成群结队的游客。
• Hordes of journalists jostled for position outside the conference hall. 大群记者在会堂外争抢位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》

22 bodyguards   

n.保镖，卫士，警卫员( bodyguard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks came to Jim's office accompanied—like always—by his two bodyguards. 和往常一样，在两名保镖的陪同下，布鲁克斯去吉姆的办公室。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Three of his bodyguards were injured in the attack. 在这次袭击事件中，他有3名保镖受了伤。 来自辞典例句

23 monarchy   

n.君主，最高统治者；君主政体，君主国

参考例句：

• The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
• The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的，无甚实际意义。

24 technocrat   

n.技术人员，技术官僚

参考例句：

• He is a distant technocrat who is unable to connect with ordinary voters.作为一个冷淡的技术官僚，他不能做到与普通选民息息相通。
• Jack Lew,the new budget director,is the quintessential technocrat.新预算主管杰克·卢就是一个典型的技术官僚。

25 proceeding   

n.行动，进行，(pl.)会议录，学报

参考例句：

• This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
• The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。

26 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

27 lackey   

n.侍从；跟班

参考例句：

• I'm not staying as a paid lackey to act as your yes-man.我不要再做拿钱任你使唤的应声虫。
• Who would have thought that Fredo would become a lackey of women?谁能料到弗烈特竟堕落成女人脚下的哈叭狗？

28 irritation   

n.激怒，恼怒，生气

参考例句：

• He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited.他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
• Barbicane said nothing,but his silence covered serious irritation.巴比康什么也不说，但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。

29 cosmopolitan   

adj.世界性的，全世界的，四海为家的，全球的

参考例句：

• New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
• She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。

30 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

31 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

32 tangible   

adj.有形的，可触摸的，确凿的，实际的

参考例句：

• The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
• There is no tangible proof.没有确凿的证据。

33 phantom   

n.幻影，虚位，幽灵；adj.错觉的，幻影的，幽灵的

参考例句：

• I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她，好像她是一个幽灵。
• He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。

34 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

35 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

36 graceful   

adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的

参考例句：

• His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
• The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。

37 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

38 pervasive   

adj.普遍的；遍布的，(到处)弥漫的；渗透性的

参考例句：

• It is the most pervasive compound on earth.它是地球上最普遍的化合物。
• The adverse health effects of car exhaust are pervasive and difficult to measure.汽车尾气对人类健康所构成的有害影响是普遍的，并且难以估算。

39 destitute   

adj.缺乏的；穷困的

参考例句：

• They were destitute of necessaries of life.他们缺少生活必需品。
• They are destitute of common sense.他们缺乏常识。

40 shack   

adj.简陋的小屋，窝棚

参考例句：

• He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前，他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。
• The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。

41 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

42 bracelet   

n.手镯，臂镯

参考例句：

• The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
• She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。

43 acrid   

adj.辛辣的，尖刻的，刻薄的

参考例句：

• There is an acrid tone to your remarks.你说这些话的口气带有讥刺意味。
• The room was filled with acrid smoke.房里充满刺鼻的烟。

44 monotonous   

adj.单调的，一成不变的，使人厌倦的

参考例句：

• She thought life in the small town was monotonous.她觉得小镇上的生活单调而乏味。
• His articles are fixed in form and monotonous in content.他的文章千篇一律，一个调调儿。

45 swarm   

n.(昆虫)等一大群；vi.成群飞舞；蜂拥而入

参考例句：

• There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
• A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。

46 rim   

n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界

参考例句：

• The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
• She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。

47 skulls   

颅骨( skull的名词复数 )； 脑袋； 脑子； 脑瓜

参考例句：

• One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中，其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
• We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白，遍布白色的骷髅！

48 flattened   

[医]（水）平扁的，弄平的

参考例句：

• She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
• I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。

49 irony   

n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄

参考例句：

• She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
• In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。

50 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

51 offsets   

n.开端( offset的名词复数 )；出发v.抵消( offset的第三人称单数 )；补偿；（为了比较的目的而）把…并列（或并置）；为（管道等）装支管

参考例句：

• The following paragraphs deal with intra-source offsets and the so-called \"bubble\" concept. 下面讨论污染源内部的补偿和所谓的“泡泡”概念。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The preceding paragraphs were concerned with inter-source offsets. 前文牵涉到污染源之间的补偿。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法