聽(tīng)基礎(chǔ)單詞,練聽(tīng)力第17期:誠(chéng)實(shí)是判斷一個(gè)人的
【Transcript】
Tina: Hi! Emma, long time no see. How was your life in England?
Emma: Is you, Tina! Im glad to see you. I was back to China a few days ago. I had a great time in my study in England. It is a beautiful country and the people there are very kind, although sometime I got myself embarrassed because of the different culture.
Tina: Really?Whats the exact difference between the west culture and the east culture? Could you give me some examples?
Emma: My pleasure! You never know how polite British people are in public places. Whatever they go to buy tickets or food, they all like to queue up! They comply so much with the public order. And all people in England think that honesty is an important factor to judge whether a person has good character or not. They hate liars
【Translation】
蒂娜：艾瑪，好久不見(jiàn)了。在英國(guó)過(guò)得怎么樣?
艾瑪：是你呀，蒂娜。很高興見(jiàn)到你。我是前幾天回國(guó)的。 我在英國(guó)的學(xué)習(xí)很愉快，雖然有時(shí)因?yàn)槲幕牟町愖屛页蔀樾Ρ?，但是英?guó)真的是個(gè)美麗的國(guó)家，英國(guó)人很友好。
蒂娜：真的嗎?西方文化和東方文化到底有什么不同呢?你能舉些例子嗎?
艾瑪：非常榮幸，你絕對(duì)沒(méi)想到英國(guó)人在公共場(chǎng)合多么有禮貌。無(wú)論是去買票還是買食物，他們都很遵守公共秩序，自覺(jué)排隊(duì)。 人們普遍認(rèn)為誠(chéng)實(shí)與否是衡量一個(gè)人是否具有良好素質(zhì)的重要因素，說(shuō)謊者在當(dāng)?shù)厥遣皇軞g迎
【Factor】
factor n. 因素，因子;v. 把……因素包括進(jìn)去，作為因素
例：The determinate factor of our economy is to control inflation.
經(jīng)濟(jì)的決定性因素是控制通貨膨脹。
Don’t forget to factor in rushing hours when you figure the time you need to get there.
計(jì)算到達(dá)那個(gè)地方花費(fèi)的時(shí)間時(shí)，別忘了考慮交通高峰。
搭配：factor sth. in/into 把……因素包括進(jìn)去：
The accountant forgot factoring in bus fee when calculating the general costs.
計(jì)算總花費(fèi)時(shí)，會(huì)計(jì)忘了考慮公共汽車費(fèi)用。
