听基础单词,练听力第8期:每只海豹"average"费用8万(在线收听

【今日基础词】Average

【Transcript】

The average cost of saving one seal was $80,000.

At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively-saved animals were released into the wild among cheers and applause from people.

A minute later, a killer whale ate them both.

【注】release v. 释放,解放;applause n. 掌声
【Translation】

救援每只海豹的平均费用达到8万美元。

在一个特别的仪式上,有两只花巨款拯救回来的海豹,在人们的欢呼和掌声中被放回大自然。

一分钟后,它们双双被杀人鲸吞入肚中
【Average】

average n. 平均数;a. 普通的,平常的

例:Rainfall this year exceeded the yearly average.
今年的雨量超过了年平均降雨量。

搭配:

on (the/an) average 平均,一般来说:
In winter, the temperature here is 2℃ on average.
冬天,这里的平均温度是2摄氏度。

averagely a. 平均地,一般地
 

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