本篇文章是与家有关的,属于科普知识。慢速英语,语速正常。可以作为口译入门或基础英语听力口语听写的素材。大家快来挑战自己吧!
家永远都是我们避风的港湾呀!
大家在听写的过程中,总是反应还没写完一句话,就已经忘记要写什么了。大家可以采用首字母记录的方式,听后补全。
答案和解析来啦:
One of the most important and meaningful activities we are ever engaged in is the creation of a home.
我们做过最重要且有意义的活动之一就是打造一个家。
Over a number of years, typically with a lot of thought and considerable dedication,
这一活动历经多年,通常伴有大量的心思和投入,
we assemble furniture, crockery, pictures, rugs, cushions, vases, sideboards, taps, door handles and so on into a distinctive constellation we anoint with the word home.
我们将家具、陶器、图片、地毯、靠垫、花瓶、餐具柜、水龙头和门把手等物件安置在一个我们称之为“家”的独特空间。
Our homes will not necessarily be the most attractive or sumptious environments we could spend time in.
家不一定是我们待过最有吸引力或奢华的地方。
There are always hotels or public spaces that would be a good deal more impressive.
毕竟一些酒店和公共场所,在这方面让人更加印象深刻。
But after we have been travelling a long while, after too many nights in hotel rooms or on the beds of friends,
但当我们长途旅行,在酒店或好友的床上度过数个夜晚后,
we typically feel a powerful ache to return to our own furnishings,
我们通常会有一种强烈的渴望,非常想回到自己的小家,
an ache that has little to do with material comfort per se.
这种渴望通常与物质本身是否舒适没什么关系。
We need to get home to remember who we are.
家是让我们回归自我的地方。
Our homes have a memorialising function, and what they are helping us to remember is, strangely enough, ourselves.
家是有纪念功能的,不过奇怪的是,家帮我们记住的是我们自己。
解析在这里哦!
1. dedication,名词,表示“奉献”,比如:hard work and dedication(勤奋和奉献)。
2. anoint,动词,表示“指定”,比如:Mr. Olsen has always avoided anointing any successor. (奥尔森先生总是避免指定任何继任者。)
3. constellation,名词,表示“群集、荟萃”,比如:a constellation of authors(一群才华横溢的作家)。
4. ache,口语化的表达,表示“渴望”,比如:We are aching to join in the fight.(我们渴望加入战斗。)
5. per se,副词,表示“本身、本质上”,比如:I don’t work out per se, but I’m very active physically. (我本身不锻炼,但我体能上很有力。)
sumptuous 奢华的