留美老师带你每日说英文 第1107期:汉字的使用(在线收听

 台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:

There are apparently over 80,000 Chinese characters, which can seem pretty intimidating -- but guess what you only need to know 3,500 in Standard Chinese. This might still seem like a lot, but you can actually get by with only 1,000 of the most frequent characters.
据说有超过八万多个汉字,这听起来感觉很吓人,但是你知道吗,你只需要知道3500个规范汉字就好了。这听起来好像还是很多,但你只要掌握1000个最常见的汉字其实就够用了。

学习重点:

1.apparently 显然地;似乎、表面上
apparently (adv.) 显然地;似乎、表面上
evidently (adv.) 明显地

2.intimidating 令人生畏的
intimidating (adj.) 令人生畏的
scary (adj.) 引起惊慌的
frightening (adj.) 使人惊吓的

3.get by (勉强) 对付过去;(勉强) 过活
get by (v.) (勉强) 对付过去;(勉强) 过活
cope (v.) 对付;应付
scrape by (v.) 勉强维持;勉强度日;勉强通过

4.frequently 频繁地
frequently (adv.) 频繁地
regularly (adv.) 有规律地;定期地

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