英語聽力每日五分鐘（中級+）2

1、His uncle went to Europe on business a week ago and he is now either in London or in Paris.
他叔叔一周前去歐洲出差，他現(xiàn)在要么在倫敦，要么在巴黎。
2、It's only when I can't sleep at night that the ticking of the clock becomes loud enough to bother me.
只有當(dāng)我晚上睡不著的時候，時鐘的滴答聲才會放大到足以困擾我。
3、In the U.S., it is common to give a present, such as glasses or a coffee-maker, to the bride at weddings.
在美國，在婚禮上給新娘送禮眼鏡或咖啡機(jī)是很常見的。
4、As soon as we are born, the world gets to work on us and transforms us from merely biological into social units.
一旦我們出生，世界就開始塑造我們，并將我們從生物個體轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)樯鐣€體。
5、I gave an answer that was way out in left field when the teacher caught me off-guard and called on me.
我的答案有點(diǎn)旁門左道，當(dāng)老師趁我不注意突然叫住了我。
6、An umbrella is useful in a mild rain, but when it rains cats and dogs an umbrella is of lttle help.
在不大不小的雨中，雨傘是有用的，但對于狂風(fēng)暴雨，雨傘是沒有什么幫助的。
7、Quick, let's get started on the project proposal while the idea is still fresh in our minds. There's no time like the present.
快，讓我們開始討論項(xiàng)目提案，趁著這個想法在我們的頭腦中仍然是新鮮的，要把握當(dāng)下。
8、She is in a temper, because she missed her usual train in the subway and had to walk to work.
她在發(fā)脾氣。因?yàn)樵诘罔F里她錯過了平時坐的火車，不得不步行上班。
9、In the early part of my study, I allude to work that had already been done on the psychology of crowd-control.
在我研究報(bào)告的早期部分，我指的是在人群控制心理學(xué)領(lǐng)域上做過的工作。
10、People ask me 'why would you want to cherish a piece of junk like that?' But this little beauty means the world to me.
人們問我，“你為什么要珍惜那種垃圾?”但這美麗的小東西就像我的另一個世界。
11、Miss Nicholas swam from Dover on the English side to France in 8 hours and 58 minutes, then turned around and returned to England.
尼古拉斯小姐在8小時58分鐘內(nèi)從英國那邊的多佛港口游到法國，然后轉(zhuǎn)身又游回了英國。
12、The dining hall is directly adjacent to the lobby, or rather, from where you are, it's just three steps away?
餐廳直接毗鄰大廳，或者更確切地說，離你現(xiàn)在的地方，它只有三步之遙?