Daily English Dictation 34

listening

• It was lefting you know on the chair way of the broken glass, other center that I wanna get into but it was a hurry fix to know it least.
• I was lifting, you know, chair<u>s ou</u>t of the way, broken glass, other sanitary items I don’t want to get into, but it was uh, horrific to stay the least.

out of => outta ah-da

of + consonant => kills f of the => o the

want to => wanna

to say the least => t’ say the least

accumulation

• dumb 哑的；愚蠢的 If the police question you, act dumb She was born deaf and dumb. We were all struck dumb with amazement.

• dump 垃圾场

• engagement ring 订婚戒指

• terrific 极好的，惊人的 horrific 可怕的，恐怖的，令人震惊的

• I was lifting 举起… I was lifting chairs out of the way.

• sanitary 卫生的 Overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions led to disease in the refugee camps. 清洁的 (clean) The new houses were more sanitary than the old ones had been.

• diaper 尿布 clinic 诊所

• gross 令人恶心的，令人不快的，令人厌恶的 disgusting

• I don’t want to get into 我不想深入讨论 politics / religion

• to say the least 退一万步说，至少可以说