Daily English Dictation 21

pre day listening

• Saturday, A ultralight plane crashed into a ferris wheel. At a rural place festival in Australia, he has somehow amusement …

  no one was hurt.

• Saturday, an ultralight plane crashed into a Ferris wheel at a rural festival in Australia, yet somehow no one on the amusement ride nor the plane was hurt.

Saturday –> Saderday

accumulation

• ultralight (adj) 超轻的 （常用来形容工艺制品的重量：飞机、汽车、设施）

• pilot (n) 飞行员，(飞行器)驾驶员，（船舶的）引航员,领航员 (v) 驾驶(飞行器)，为（船舶）引航 If someone pilots an aircraft or ship, they act as its pilot. (n)(v) 试验性的方案：a pilot scheme pilot a program or a scheme

• steer (v) 驾驶(船、汽车等) ；行驶 The ship steered a <u>course</u> between the islands. course 道路，航线 You row and I'll steer. (figurative) He took her arm and steered her towards the door.

  操纵，引导：She steered the team to victory.

• rural urban metropolitan 大都市

• somehow: no one can understand it 不知怎么地 magically

• amusement ride 娱乐设施 ride 供乘骑的游乐设施

• nor 也没有

  • neither 两者都不 Neither answer is correct. –> neither … nor …

  • either 要么，（两者中的）任何一个 You can park on either side of the street. （两者中的）每个，各方：The offices on either side were empty.

  • neither 带 "n" ，表示否定 no；都用单数形式。就近原则

  • 肯定用 too，否定用 either，neither 倒装表 “也不” I don't like this movie. My friend doesn't like it either. I can't play the piano. Neither can my brother.

  • either...or... = 要么… 要么…/ 或者… 或者…（二选一，肯定选择）

    neither...nor... = 既不… 也不…（两者全否定，nor 带 n，和 neither 的否定匹配）

• opossum 负鼠(产于美洲或澳大利亚的小动物，在树上生活，携幼崽于母兽育儿袋中)

• cross-eyed 斗鸡眼的

today listening

Heidi want the world over with her for every cute, but no one can slightly look.