Daily English Dictation 60 - intermedia

🎧 Listening Practice

My listening:

It's snowing at's a beautiful square snow at no where I'm frezzing and I'm that to be pulled by it dogs and its tobbagan. I'm really a definate guy much more amount than this.

Answer:

It's snowing, it's beautiful, we're out in the middle of nowhere. I'm freezing! And I'm about to be pulled by 8 dogs in a toboggan. really, it doesn't get much more Vermont than this.

Pronunciation:

It's snowing, it's beautiful, we're ou<u>t in</u> the midd<u>le o</u>f nowhere. I'm freezing! And I'm abou<u>t t</u>o be pulled by 8 dogs in a toboggan. really, it doesn't get much more Vermont tha<u>n thi</u>s.

out in => oudin

of 通常不发 f 的音

📖 Accumulation

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toboggan /təˈbɑɡən/

(n.)(c) 平底长雪橇:

• We went sliding down the hill on a <u>toboggan</u>.

Collocations: wooden toboggan ride a toboggan toboggan run sled dog toboggan toboggan ride

Related: sled sleigh bobsled luge winter sports snow tube dog sledding

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freezing /ˈfrizɪŋ/

(adj.) 极冷的，冻僵的:

• It's <u>freezing</u> outside, so you'd better wear a heavy coat.

Collocations: ~ cold absolutely ~ ~ temperatures ~ rain feel ~

Related: chilly icy frosty numb shivering sub-zero bitter cold

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middle of nowhere (👻informal)

偏远之地，荒郊野外:

• Their car broke down in the <u>middle of nowhere</u>.

Collocations: in the ~ out in the ~ live in the ~ stranded in the ~ from the ~

Related: remote area backwoods boondocks off the beaten path isolated wilderness outback

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about to

即将，正要:

• Hurry up! The movie is <u>about to</u> start.

Collocations: be ~ do sth ~ leave ~ happen ~ give up just ~

Related: on the verge of ready to on the point of imminent almost fixing to preparing to

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Vermont /vərˈmɑnt/

(n.)(u) 佛蒙特州（美国东北部）:

• I went skiing in <u>Vermont</u> last winter.

Collocations: ~ maple syrup ~ countryside visit ~ from ~ ~ cheese

Related: New England New Hampshire Maine maple fall foliage Ben & Jerry's ski resort

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haul /hɔl/

(v.)(vt./vi.) 拖，拉，用力拽 (过去式 hauled):

• The sled dogs <u>hauled</u> the supplies across the frozen lake.

Collocations: ~ a sled ~ freight ~ logs ~ a heavy load ~ away

Related: tow drag pull tug heave lug cart

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not get much more ... than this (👻informal)

再也没有比这更……的了，最……不过了:

• It <u>doesn't get much more relaxing</u> than a day at the spa.

Collocations: it doesn't get much more than this much more exciting much more beautiful couldn't get much more

Related: couldn't be more the epitome of the ultimate as ... as it gets peak quintessential unbeatable

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dog sledding 狗拉雪橇运动:

• We tried <u>dog sledding</u> for the first time in Alaska. Collocations: go dog sledding dog sledding tour dog sledding race dog sledding adventure dog sledding teamRelated: mushing sled dog husky toboggan sled Iditarod winter sport

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sleigh /sleɪ/ (n.)(c) 雪橇（通常由马拉）:

• The jingling of <u>sleigh</u> bells filled the frosty air. Collocations: horse-drawn sleigh sleigh ride ~ bells Santa's sleigh ~ bedRelated: sled toboggan cutter reindeer carriage winter one-horse open sleigh

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reindeer /ˈreɪndɪr/ (n.)(c) 驯鹿（复数 reindeer）:

• A <u>reindeer</u> pulled our sleigh through the snowy forest. Collocations: ~ herd ~ antlers ~ sleigh ~ moss Santa's ~Related: caribou elk moose deer antler tundra sleigh

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epitome /ɪˈpɪtəmi/ (n.)(c) 典型，缩影，典范:

• That cozy cabin in the woods is the <u>epitome</u> of a Vermont winter. Collocations: the ~ of ~ of luxury ~ of style ~ of kindness living ~Related: embodiment quintessence paragon ideal personification archetype model