茶话会第1期:心不在焉的教授
Absent-minded professor:心不在焉的教授
A notoriously absent-minded professor was one day observed walking along the street with one foot continually in the gutter, the other on the pavement.
A student meeting him said:
"Good evening, professor. What's the matter?"
"Well," answered the professor, "I thought I was all right when I left home, but now I don't know what's the matter with me. I've been limping for the last half-hour."
notoriously:声名狼藉地;臭名昭著地
Mountain weather is notoriously difficult to predict. 山地气候难以预料是人所共知的.
absent-minded:tending to forget things, perhaps because you are not thinking about what is around you, but about something else 健忘的;心不在焉的
Grandpa's becoming quite absent-minded. 爷爷愈来愈丢三落四了.
limp:to walk slowly or with difficulty because one leg is injured 瘸着走;跛行;蹒跚
Matt limped painfully off the field. 马特忍着痛歪歪斜斜地走出了运动场.
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adv. 臭名昭著地,众所周知地
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n. 排水沟,槽,贫民区
联想记忆X单词gutter联想记忆:gut(n 肠子:引申为沟),ter-街沟;檐槽 predict[pri'dikt]
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v. 预知,预言,预报,预测
联想记忆X单词predict联想记忆:pre预先+dict说话,断言→预言;预告 limp[limp]
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n. 跛行
adj. 柔软的,无力的,软弱的<