Daily Dictation 174
What a haul. A Picasso, a Matisse, two Monets, a Gauguin and more. As good as art gets. The value… more than a hundred million dollars. haul 拖曳
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We’ll all be burning the midnight oil on this one. That would be inadvisable. Excuse me? If you attempt to ignite a petroleum product on this ship at 0:00 hours, you will activate the fire suppression system. That was just an expression. Expression of what? A figure of speech. attempt v.努力，尝试ignite v.点燃，燃烧；引发，激起petroleum n.石油，原油fire suppression system... » read more
Daily Dictation 172
The Norwegian Nobel Committee applauded the EU‘s efforts to hold the union together in the face of the debt crisis and its six decades of work to advance peace and reconciliation. Norwegian adj.挪威的；挪威语的；挪威人的；挪威文化的 n.挪威语；挪威人Norwegian Nobel Committee 挪威诺贝尔委员会EU 欧盟applaud 1. 鼓掌：表示赞同、欣赏或喜爱的一种行为。2. 称赞，赞许hold = keepadvance peace 促进和平reconciliation n.和解，复交；协调，和谐一致；对账
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Daily Dictation 171
The problem with just copying the DNA is like taking a book and all you copy are the letters in the book and you don’t copy the spacing between the words or the punctuation. all = onlypunctuation n.标点符号
Daily Dictation 170
It’s just the movies Tim’s watching happen to be in Farsi, his comics are in Bengali, and his iPod features hits from Iran… it is the life of the teenage hyperpolyglot-perhaps one of the youngest in the world. it's just = except = butFarsi n.波斯语comics n.漫画；连环画；喜剧演员Bengali n.孟加拉人；孟加拉语 adj.孟加拉的；孟加拉人的；孟加拉语的Iran n.伊朗（亚洲国家）features hits = play musicshyperpolyglot n.精通多门（六门或以上）语言者
Daily Dictation 169
Amid the bustle of Manhattan, Tim Doner blends in like any other teenager. His time spent skateboarding, watching movies, and keeping his iPod playlist up-to-date. amid prep.在……过程中，在……中bustle n.喧闹，繁忙Manhattan n.曼哈顿岛（美国的一个区）blends in 混合，加入；调和up-to-date adj.包含最新信息的
Daily Dictation 168
Be sure to watch Season 2 of Enter the Dojo starting Tuesday, October 9th, 2012. You never know what might happen… dojo n.武术馆，道场；柔道训练学校
Daily Dictation 167
I wasn’t sure you got my message. Well, I wasn’t sure you called the right guy. I think this is yours. Thank you, uh, I’m gonna frame this for my Wall of Shame. Really? There’s a whole wall? frame v.装框架Wall of Shame 耻辱墙whole n.整体，全部
Daily Dictation 166
September 25th, 1957. As hundreds of US Army troops stand guard, 9 black students are escorted into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. That happens 2 days after unruly crowds forced the children to withdraw from trying to enter the all white school. escorted 护送unruly adj.不守规矩的；任性的；难驾驭的withdraw v.提，取（银行账户中的钱款）；停止提供，不再给予； 退出，不参加；（军队）撤离； 脱离（社会），不与人交往；离开；（将某物从某地或位置）抽回，移开；撤回，收回（前言）；（从某物中）拿出；停止提供，召回；退出，返回（至另一个房间）；（因对工作时间、报酬等不满意而）罢工；取消（许可、邀请或提议）；戒毒