聽基礎(chǔ)單詞,練聽力第19期:他們只"focus"自己的利益

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【今日基礎(chǔ)詞】Focus

【Transcript】

A: Did you know that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize?

B: Yes. The Nobel Committee must be crazy; they really made a wrong decision.

A: Why?

B: You know no presidents can be a real pacifist; they can only focus on their own nation’s benefits.

A: Maybe you are right, but I think the Committee made a wise decision.

B: How did you get this conclusion?

A: The Nobel Committee compelled Obama to be a pacifist by conferring the prize on him. So the world can be really peaceful.

B: It is interesting. It seems that it’s Tripitaka’s Curse.

A: Yes, the Nobel Peace Prize is an inhibiting magic phrase.

B: It looks like I should support the decision.

【注】pacifist n. 和平主義者;Tripitaka’s Curse 三藏的緊箍咒;inhibiting a. 約束的

【Translation】

A：你知道奧巴馬獲得諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)了嗎?

B：嗯，諾貝爾委員會(huì)一定是瘋了，他們真是做錯(cuò)決定了。

A：為什么?

B：你知道，沒有哪個(gè)總統(tǒng)是真正的和平主義者的，他們只看重本國的利益。

A：也許你是對的，但是我覺得諾貝爾委員會(huì)的決定是明智的。

B：你怎么會(huì)這么認(rèn)為呢?

A：諾貝爾委員會(huì)通過這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)迫使奧巴馬成為和平主義者，這樣世界就能真正和平了。

B：真有趣，聽起來就像是三藏的緊箍咒。

A：對啊，諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)就是緊箍咒。

B：看來我應(yīng)該支持這個(gè)決定了

【Focus】

focus n. 焦點(diǎn)，焦距;v. 集中，聚集

例：

Bring the object into focus if you want a sharp photograph.

要照出清晰的照片，就要把焦點(diǎn)對準(zhǔn)物體。

搭配：focus on 集中于……：

The discussion focused on three main problems. 討論集中在三個(gè)主要問題上。

In this scene, the camera focuses on the actor’s face.

在這個(gè)鏡頭中，攝影機(jī)對準(zhǔn)演員的臉部。

拓展：focused a. 聚集的