Daily Dictation 115

I think I could use some black coffee. What size would you like? Um, I’ve got a lot to ponder, so I think a large. I’m afraid we don’t have large, sir. We have piccolo, macho, mucho and mucho macho! ponder v.仔细考虑,琢磨,沉思 piccolo adj.小型的 macho adj.大男子气概的 mucho 很多

Daily Dictation 114

When it comes to figuring out feats of strength, it is all in the fingers here! figure out 理解;弄清楚;解决 feats of strength 力量壮举

Daily Dictation 112

It is maddening – texting while walking. One town is saying it’s time to level fines against people who walk into the streets heads down – everybody else trying to dodge them. maddening adj.令人发狂的;使人恼火的 dodge v.闪开,躲开;巧妙躲避,施计回避;按变换序列鸣钟;(冲洗或放大时)局部遮光

Daily Dictation 111

Keeping future resources intact means keeping present consumption in check. And that’s why we promote green ways of living and working. intact adj.完好无损的

Daily Dictation 110

Even from very early on when we were just building this thing for, for one school, there was this concept of what it could turn into. We just weren’t sure then that we would be the ones who did it. very early = the beginning

Daily Dictation 109

One of Switzerland’s predominant cities, Basel sits on the Swiss border of France and Germany. predominant adj.明显的;占主导地位的,占支配地位的

Daily Dictation 107

When you can’t smoke, if you stand and stare out of the window on your own, you’re an anti-social, friendless idiot. If you stand and stare out of the window on your own with a cigarette, you’re a fucking philosopher!

Daily Dictation 106

One of his 1st trips will be to the US for a NATO summit where he will announce that he is pulling French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year. NATO abbr.北大西洋公约组织(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit n.(政府间的)首脑会议,峰会;山顶,顶峰 troop n.[军]部队;[军]军队 Afghanistan n.阿富汗(国家名称,位于亚洲)