新东方在线时时学英语 20070118

Part One 你听不懂的

set one’s cap at 女子追求，挑逗

Melody¹ set her cap at Tony and tried to attract his attention, but Tony just took no notice of her.

Throw down the gauntlet 挑战

That candidate² threw down the gauntlet to his opponent³ for the budget scheme in the coming weekend.

The latest championship of the Computer Games Contest just took up the gauntlet thrown down by the championship of last year.

Part Two 你说不出的

---What a long drive.

---You’re telling me.

---Are you comfortable?

---Hardly. It's hot, and the car’s full of your junk. You brought everything but the kitchen sink.

---So maybe I like to be comfortable when I travel.

---That’s the understatement of the century. You could open a clothing shop with all the stuff⁴ you packed.

---Lay off. You ‘re lucky I’m doing all the driving.

---No complaints here. At least we’ll be there soon.

---The sooner, the better. I can’t wait to hit those roulette tables!

Part Three 有趣的故事

天主教的休会

1 melody   

n.旋律，曲调，悦耳的音乐

参考例句：

• She struck up a folk melody on the piano.她开始用钢琴演奏那首民歌。
• After she wrote the melody,she asked us for criticisms.她做好曲之后，请我们提意见。

2 candidate   

n.候选人；候补者；投考者，申请求职者

参考例句：

• Voters like a candidate who has the common touch. 投票者喜欢那些平易近人的候选人。
• The local newspapers dressed up the candidate as a boxer.当地报纸把那个候选人描绘成一个拳击手。

3 opponent   

n.对手，敌手，反对者；adj.敌对的，反对的

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• After a fierce struggle,he got a beat on his opponent.经过殊死的较量，他占了对手的上风。

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。