Daily English Dictation 31 - 2026/04/14

🎧 Listening Practice

My listening:

It is the vegetable some love and hate, but now a new breed broccoli, super broccoli developed in Britain mapper against disease, even some kinds of cancer.

Answer:

It is the vegetable some love to hate! But now a new breed of broccoli — super broccoli — developed in Britain may protect against heart disease, even some kinds of cancer.

Pronunciation:

It i<u>s the</u> vegetable some love to hate! But now a new breed of broccoli — super broccoli — develope<u>d in</u> Britain may protect against heart disease, even some kinds of cancer.

📖 Accumulation

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broccoli /ˈbrɑːkəli/

(n)(u) 西兰花:

• I used to hate <u>broccoli</u> as a kid, but now I eat it steamed with a squeeze of lemon almost every day.

Collocations: fresh broccoli steamed broccoli cook broccoli

Related: cabbage vegetable nutrition fiber vitamin

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(n.) (v.) (adj.) (adv.) (prep.) (conj.) (p.p.) (pres.p.)

`词条`    /音标/    (pl.) 复数形式   
(n)(可数/不可数标记) 中文释义:
- 例句（至少一句，且必须包含冠词或限定词与该名词的常见搭配）
Collocations: xxx    xxx    xxx    xxx
Related: xxx    xxx    xxx    xxx

• broccoli 西兰花 steamed 蒸熟的，清蒸的
• Argentina 阿根廷
• love to hate 又爱又恨 很享受讨厌某个人 / 某件事的过程 | love to do …
  Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate.
• strain (生物学) 品种/菌株 breed
• It may shield us from … It may block our chances of getting …
• I still I am

2. breed

• 释义：（动植物）品种；培育
• 本句用法：a new breed of ... 一种新的…品种
• 同义替换：strain（菌株/品系）、variety（变种）
• 例句：
  • This new breed of rice can survive in dry conditions.
  • Scientists have bred a disease‑resistant strain of wheat.

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🔗 短语与固定表达

1. love to hate

• 含义：又爱又恨；乐于讨厌（带有调侃或矛盾情感的意味）
• 结构：love to + 动词原形
• 例句：
  • Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate.
    （杰瑞就是那种让你又爱又恨的家伙。）
  • I love to complain about traffic, but I still drive every day.

2. protect against

• 含义：预防；保护…免受…侵害
• 近义表达：shield ... from ... / guard against
• 例句：
  • Eating vegetables may protect against certain types of cancer.
  • This vaccine protects against the flu virus.