瞬间秒杀听力 第510期:道德价值观

More and more people are forgetting the saying,

"Pride comes before a fall."

I remember only a few years ago

when things used to be so different.

People used to be more modest and humble¹.

As I looked around at

my schoolmates the other day,

I realized how different things are.

People are so much more pretentious² nowadays.

With their fancy clothes and stylish³ hairdos,

they appear too materialistic⁴,

which is not to my liking⁵.

However, I hope we don't lose our

traditional moral values along the way.

越来越多的人忘记了“骄兵必败”这句俗话。

我记得才几年前情形完全不一样。

以前的人比较谦虚。

前几天我看了看我的同学后，

我了解到现在事情是多么不同。

现在人们比以前浮华得多，他们花哨的穿着

和时髦的发型使他们显得过于注重物质享受，

这一点我很不喜欢,

我知道要进步就必须要现代化。

然而，我希望我们在这同对不要

失去传统的道德价值观。

1 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

2 pretentious   

adj.自命不凡的，自负的，炫耀的

参考例句：

• He is a talented but pretentious writer.他是一个有才华但自命不凡的作家。
• Speaking well of yourself would only make you appear conceited and pretentious.自夸只会使你显得自负和虚伪。

3 stylish   

adj.流行的，时髦的；漂亮的，气派的

参考例句：

• He's a stylish dresser.他是个穿着很有格调的人。
• What stylish women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world.巴黎女性时装往往会引导世界时装潮流。

4 materialistic   

a.唯物主义的，物质享乐主义的

参考例句：

• She made him both soft and materialistic. 她把他变成女性化而又实际化。
• Materialistic dialectics is an important part of constituting Marxism. 唯物辩证法是马克思主义的重要组成部分。

5 liking   

n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢

参考例句：

• The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
• I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。