英语听力精选进阶版 14210

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Welcome home, gnomes

Vocabulary

figurines

small models of people

fishing rod

a long pole with a line of string and a hook attached to it, used for catching fish

prestigious

highly respected and admired

snobbery

behaviour and attitudes held by snobs (people who think they are better than others)

-phobia

extreme fear of something, often fear of things that people are not usually afraid of (examples: arachnophobia - fear of spiders, claustrophobia - fear of closed spaces)

mythical

not real, existing only in stories (in myths)

in force

(of a law or rule) being applied; happening

lifted

(of a law or rule) stopped, ended

all for in favour of; agreeing with

all for

in favour of; agreeing with

moratorium

stopping an activity for an agreed amount of time

auctioned

sold publicly to the person who offers the most money