聽基礎(chǔ)單詞,練聽力第16期:她"enable"玉米變成爆米
【今日基礎(chǔ)詞】Enable
【Transcript】
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. “What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?” “I gave it to a poor old woman,” he answered.
“Youre a good boy,” said the mother proudly. “Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?”
“She is the one who enables corns to popcorn.”
【注】popcorn n. 爆米花
【Translation】
小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。“昨天給你的錢干什么了?”
“我給了一個可憐的老婆婆，”他回答說。“你真是個好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說。
“再給你兩分錢?？赡銥槭裁磳δ俏焕咸敲锤信d趣呢?”“她是個賣爆米花的。”
【Enable】
enable v. 使……能夠，使可行
例：
The software enables you to access the Internet in seconds.
這種軟件使你在幾秒鐘內(nèi)便可訪問互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。
Reading this book enables you to have a general idea about the country.
讀這本書能讓你對那個國家有個大體的了解。
拓展：disable v. 使不可能
