Daily English Dictation 7 - beginner
🎧 Listening Practice
My listening:
Five point four million children, children who are 8, 9 and 10 years of age,who are using are being used to mine with their bear hands. So you can text and play ungry birds.Answer:
5.4 million children; children who are 8, 9 and 10 years of age who are using — are being used to mine with their bare hands so you can text and play Angry Birds.📖 Accumulation
bare /ber/ (adj.) 赤裸的，光着的:
- The children were digging with their <u>bare</u> hands.
Collocations: ~ hands ~ feet ~ minimum ~ walls ~ skin
Related: naked exposed uncovered stripped barren nude stark
mine /maɪn/ (v.)(vi.) 采矿，挖矿:
- Many children are forced to <u>mine</u> for cobalt in dangerous conditions.
(v.)(vt.) 开采 (矿物):
- They <u>mine</u> diamonds in this region.
Collocations: ~ for gold ~ coal ~ data ~ cryptocurrency ~ resources
Related: excavate dig extract quarry mineral miner mining
squeeze /skwiːz/ (v.)(vt.) 挤压，榨取:
- She <u>squeezed</u> some fresh lemon juice into the glass.
(v.)(vi.) 挤入，塞进:
- We all <u>squeezed</u> into the tiny elevator.
(n.)(c) 紧握，挤压:
- He gave her hand a gentle <u>squeeze</u>.
Collocations: ~ a lemon ~ through ~ into credit ~ tight ~
Related: compress press crush pinch wring grip extract
miner /ˈmaɪnər/ (n.)(c) 矿工:
- His grandfather worked as a coal <u>miner</u> for over thirty years.
Collocations: coal ~ gold ~ ~'s helmet union of ~s retired ~
Related: mine mining quarryman driller prospector laborer excavation
privileged /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/ (adj.) 享有特权的，荣幸的:
- She comes from a <u>privileged</u> background and never had to worry about money.
Collocations: ~ position ~ information ~ class feel ~ ~ access
Related: underprivileged advantaged elite entitled fortunate wealthy exclusive
semicolon /ˈsemikoʊlən/ (n.)(c) 分号:
- Use a <u>semicolon</u> to connect two closely related independent clauses.
Collocations: use a ~ ~ usage ~ example colon and ~ missing ~
Related: colon comma punctuation period dash apostrophe syntax