新概念英语词汇随身听第三册(附字幕)[59-60]

[00:01.75]Lesson 59
[00:03.50]amass
[00:05.33]积聚，搜集
[00:07.16]People tend to amass possessions,sometimes without being aware of doing so.
[00:11.25]人们喜欢收藏东西，有时并没有意识到自己在这样做。
[00:15.33]He had amassed fifty thousand stamps in less than ten years.
[00:18.51]不到十年他就积攒了五万张邮票。
[00:21.68]I once asked him where he had amassed such a fund of jokes.
[00:25.06]我有一次向他从哪儿搜集到这么多笑话。
[00:28.45]indiscriminate
[00:30.18]不加选择的
[00:31.92]Those who never have to move house
[00:34.19]那些从来不必搬家的人
[00:36.47]become indiscriminate collectors of what can only be described as a clutter.
[00:40.08]成了来者不拒的收藏家，只不过他的收藏品只能称为杂货。
[00:43.70]Wood is indiscriminate in his choice of friends as well as enemies.
[00:46.88]伍德不论选择朋友还是敌人都是随随便便，来者不拒。
[00:50.05]Both of us have indiscriminate reading habits.
[00:52.48]我们两下读书都有不加选择的习惯。
[00:54.91]clutter
[00:56.28]一堆杂物
[00:57.65]This room seems always to be in a clutter.
[01:00.02]这个房间总是凌乱不堪。
[01:02.38]His desk is full of clutters
[01:04.67]他的桌子乱七八糟，
[01:06.95]yet he has the magic power to find out what he needs within half a second.
[01:10.33]可是人家就是有本事半秒之内把要的东西找出来。
[01:13.72]string
[01:15.19]细线
[01:16.67]Among these I would list strings and brown paper,
[01:19.24]我想从中举出绳和包装的例子，
[01:21.82]kept by thirfty people when a parcel has been opened,
[01:24.49]节俭的人打开包裹后便把这两件必需的东西收藏起来，
[01:27.17]to save buying these two requisites.
[01:29.51]省得日后去买。
[01:31.85]In its simplest form,it consists of a ball suspending by a string.
[01:35.27]它最好最简单的形式是一根绳子吊着一个球。
[01:38.69]It was this man who pulled strings for Wil to get his aturalization.
[01:41.83]就是这个人帮威尔在幕后操纵，搞到了国籍证明。
[01:44.96]requisite
[01:46.98]必备品
[01:49.01]They must be accompanied by the requisite shipping documents.
[01:51.84]它们必须附带必要的装船单据。
[01:54.68]He hasn't got the requisite qualifications for this job.
[01:57.46]他不具备这项工作所必需的条件。
[02:00.24]mania
[02:01.72]癖好
[02:03.19]Collecting small items can easily become a mania.
[02:05.98]收集小玩意儿很容易上瘾。
[02:08.76]She has a mania for driving fast.
[02:10.94]她有开快车的癖好。
[02:13.12]He's got disco mania.
[02:15.09]他是个狂热的迪斯科迷。
[02:17.06]sketch
[02:18.44]草图，图样
[02:19.81]I know someone who always cuts sketches out from newspapers
[02:22.98]我认识一个人，她总是从报纸上剪下流行的服装的图样，
[02:26.16]of model clothes that she would like to buy if she had the money.
[02:29.38]说是等到以后有了钱去买。
[02:32.61]The painter drew a sketch of the park in two minutes.
[02:35.43]画家用了两分钟画了张公园的草图。
[02:38.25]He finished these sketches and studied them carefully.
[02:41.33]他画好了草图，仔细端详着。