在线英语听力室

　　|■    |<1>upbeat    |a.    |positive and making you feel that good things will happen |愉快的；积极向上的
　　||   ||He doesn't have the sort of upbeat good humor he needs to compete for jobs. |他不具备那种争取工作所需的乐观心态。
　　||   ||Scientists remain upbeat about the information that will be gathered. |科学家们对要收集到的信息保持乐观。
　　|@★    |<2>bless     |vt.  |ask God to protect sb. or sth. |祈求上帝保佑
　　||   ||May God bless you and keep you safe from harm. |愿上帝保佑你，使你平安不受伤害。
　　||   ||The priest blessed the ship before it left port. |船出港前，牧师祈求上帝保佑这船。
　　<TITLE>Phrases and Expressions</TITLE>
　　||<3>hold out for sth. |not accept anything less than you have asked for |坚持要求
　　||   |The workers are holding out for a 20% pay rise. |那些工人坚持要求涨20％的工资。
　　||   |The strikers hold out for better pay and conditions. |罢工工人拒绝妥协，坚决要求提高工资并改善工作条件。
　　||<4>shy away from|avoid (doing) sth. because of dislike, fear, or lack of conidence |回避；避开
　　||   |All the others were talking and laughing happily while she shied away from being the centre of attention. |所有其他的人都在谈笑风生，而她却避免成为注意的中心。
　　||   |I've always shied away from close friendships. |我一向避免和别人建立太密切的关系。
　　||<5>show up |1. be easy to see or notice |显露；显现
　　||   |Use a light color that will show up on a dark background. |使用一种在深色背景下能显出来的淡颜色。
　　||   |Do her wrinkles show up in the photograph? |她的皱纹在照片上显现出来了吗？
　　| |             |2. appear; arrive, often after a delay |出现；露面
　　||   |When he eventually did show up, it was obvious to all that he had changed his original idea. |当他最终出现时，所有的人都清楚他已经改变了他最初的想法。
　　||   |Real changes will show up only in the next 10 or 20 years, and they will change people's lifestyles. |只有在10年或20年以后才会出现真正的变化，这些变化会改变人们的生活方式。
　　||<6>on sight  |as soon as you see sb. or sth. |一看见...
　　||   |He seemed to have hated her on sight, yet he knew nothing about her. |他好像一见到她就已不喜欢她，然而他对她一无所知。
　　||   |She was surprised to find that they had recognized each other on sight. |她很惊奇地发现他们一见面就相互认出了对方。
　　||<7>be about to do sth. |be on the point of doing sth. |将要做某事
　　||   |I'm not about to say sorry to him after the way he's behaved. |他这么做，我是决不会向他道歉的。
　　||   |I could not believe that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire consequences. |我不能相信这样一个简单的错误将会造成这样可怕的后果。
　　||<8>thanks to |because of |幸亏；由于
　　||   |Thanks to his help we were able to survive this terrible disaster in the end. |由于他的帮助我们最终能够在这场可怕的灾难中幸免于难。
　　||   |It was all a great success—thanks to a lot of hard work. |由于尽心竭力，这才获得了巨大的成功。
　　||<9>at irst glance |when irst looking at sth. |乍一看
　　||   |At first glance, the pictures don't look good, but on closer examination you will find they're not bad at all. |乍一看，这些画画得不怎么好，但是再仔细看看，你就会发现它们画得相当不错。
　　||   |This may not, at first glance, be a major factor but in fact it is a crucial element in weight control. |乍一看，这也许不是一个重要的因素，但实际上，它是控制体重的一个关键要素。
　　||<10>be blessed with |have a special ability, quality, etc. |具有；享有
　　||   |She is blessed with immense talent and boundless energy. |她才智非凡，精力无限。
　　||   |We must accept that children may well be brighter than us and blessed with a potential far beyond our own. |我们必须承认孩子们也许比我们聪明得多，具有远超过我们自己的一种潜力。
　　<TITLE>Proper Names</TITLE>
　　||<11>Jerome Kagan | |杰罗姆·凯根（人名）