難度較大、重聽：

P15，P16，P20，P23

打卡記錄：

P1

Mother Teresa, who received the a Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behave behalf of the poor, dies in Calcutta, India-she was 87 years old.

• "the" and "a"
• on behalf of - for (behave 表現(xiàn) /ei/ behalf 代表 /?/)

P2

- Jerry, what time do you have?

- I've five o'clock.

• 7 "h" sounds: he her him his had has have - when speaking quickly, the "h" sound will be canceled.

P3

There are three things that they will I have learned never to discuss with people - religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.

P10

It's a lofty, probably impossible goal!

• lofty - hash reality and lofty ideals, lofty hope = high hope

P11

NewYork swept the Tampa Bay Rays but by identical four to 4-2 scores in a day-night double hater doubleheader Wednesday.

• sweep - which means win a series of games, win everything/every game.
• doubleheader - two games in one day

P12

Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets - from Kermit the Frog to Sesame Street - is born in Greenville, Mississippi(MS).

• muppet puppet

P13

Ancient Asian tiger mosquitoes are native to the tropics in of Southeast Asia, but in the past few years, they've were spread all across the southeast to the United States.

• be native to - be born and raised somewhere
• the tropic of/ the tropics

P14

Cats reputedly have nine lives, and he clearly wanted to spend at least one of them here in New York City.

• the word "clearly" in this sentence can be replaced by "absolutely", "without a doubt", or "there's no question".

P15

The frantic pissing pacing - seen scene changes every 11 seconds on average - often leaves kids zoned out and spone spun up, unable to concentrate.

• frantic pacing = crazy speed
• scene - a scene from a film
• leave - the sad movie left me in tears
• zone out = space out/ lost concentration
• spin up = wind up
• hyperactive

P16

Badder Battered, sloped soaked and flooded, the Philippines has been is being hit by its second typhoon in a week.

• typhoon
• hurricane
• batter - be constantly hit
• soak - drench in water, completely wet

P17

A few years ago, they were thought to be useless - paster past their prime - not now.

• euthanasia - put the dogs to sleep
• search and rescue dogs
• stray dogs/ homeless dogs
• past one's prime - in one's prime = the best years of one's life

P18

If you're breathing, it's not too late. Get up and get going.

• get off your butt (drag your ass)

P19

A 67-year-old grandpa has been found alive after being stuff stuck for six days at the bottom of the valley a ravine.

• stuck - be in a place and can't leave
• ravine

P20

Saturday, an ultralight plane crashed into a Ferris wheel at wool? a rural festival in Australia, yet somehow no one on the amusement the right ride no one on playing nor the plane was hurt.

• ferris wheel/ sky wheel 摩天輪
• ultralight plane 輕型飛機(jī)
• rural - urban
• amusement
• ride

P21

Heidi won the world over with her forever cute but slightly confused look.

• opossum 負(fù)鼠
• cross-eyed 斜視的
• look = expression = appearance

P22

The project to put my mind them online is expected to be completed by 2016.

• the Dead Sea Scrolls <死海古卷>
• be expected/thought/anticipated to be
• be completed/finished/done
• by 2016 = no later than 2016/ in 2016 and probably before 2016/ when 2016 starts

P23

A large An alleged SAT cheating scandal has been on covered and spread digits on uncovered at a prestigious Long Island high school. This college student executed its is accused of taking current the college entrance exam for at least six students.

• alleged = not proved yet, hasn't go to the court
• scandal = embarassing, like water gate
• uncover = discover
• prestigious = honorable, famous
• be accused of
• prosecuter

P24

St. Louis takes the world series opener on a cool night, it was 49 degrees(49°) at the start of the game.

• St. Louis

• 49 degrees Fahrenheit (℉) = 9.4 degrees Celsius(℃)

P25

They searched for the missing throughout of a the night under generator-powered flood lights, as family members waited by the mounds of debris _degree, some in tears.

• rescuers / the search and rescue team
• generator-powered
• flood lights / incandescent lights / fluorescent light / desk lamps / table lamps / flash lights / pen lights
• mounds / piles of sth.

P26

It's the kind of thing you look forward to instead of, you know, some workouts you drag dread and you think it does of it as work and this is just fun.

• hanging yoga
• dread - dislike, fear; eg. I dread working up early in the morning.
• think of sth. as work

P27

Superhero cartoons costumes, as usual, are big this year, especially for from recent movies like Thor and the Green Lantern.

• costume
• be big - popular/ important

生詞記錄：

• behave 表現(xiàn) /ei/ behalf 代表 /?/
• lofty - hash reality and lofty ideals, lofty hope = high hope
• Mississippi(MS)
• sweep - sweep to victory
• identical
• muppet puppet
• mosquito
• tropic - the tropic of/ the tropics
• reputedly - supposedly
• frantic
• scene
• zone out
• spin up
• hyperactive
• typhoon
• hurricane
• batter - be constantly hit
• soak - drench in water, completely wet
• Philippines
• euthanasia
• rescue
• stray
• past one's prime - in one's prime
• stick stuck - be in a place and can't leave
• ravine
• ferris wheel/ sky wheel 摩天輪
• ultralight plane 輕型飛機(jī)
• rural - urban
• alleged
• prestigious = honorable, famous
• prosecuter
• Fahrenheit (℉) / Celsius(℃)
• flood lights / incandescent lights / fluorescent light / desk lamps / table lamps / flash lights / pen lights
• mounds / piles of sth.
• debris
• hanging yoga
• dread - dislike, fear; dread of sth./doing sth.
• think of sth. as work
• costume