英語聽力每日五分鐘（中級+）18

1、From childhood I was fond of reading, and all the little money that ever came into my hands was laid out in books.

從小我就喜歡讀書，我拿到的零花錢都買了書。

2、The publication of the exam results over without incident, for the time being attention is naturally going to focus on the summer break, right?

如果考試成績的公布沒有任何意外，暫時的注意力自然會集中在暑假上，對吧?

3、I don't expect him to understand my innermost thoughts but I wonder what I can do to get him to hold an interest.

我不指望他能理解我內(nèi)心的想法，但我想知道我能做些什么來讓他保持興趣。

4、When she saw the lengths he'd gone to get all dressed up, she couldn't help letting a brief chuckle escape.

當她看到他花了很長時間才穿戴完的模樣的時候，她忍不住格格笑著跑開了。

5、Many men nowadays seem to have the feeling that in vast modern societies there is nothing of importance that the individual can do.

如今，許多人似乎都有一種感覺，在巨大的現(xiàn)代社會里，一個人沒法做大事。

6、Dreams flew out of that box when it was opened: dreams of secrets written in disappearing ink and of overwhelming odors.

當它被打開時，夢想從那個盒子里飛了出來:墨水寫的夢中秘密逐漸消失在彌漫的香氣中。

7、Uncontrolled, these forces may be dangerous and destructive, but once mastered they can be bent to man's will and desire.

這些力量非常危險，且具有破壞性，不受控制，但一旦掌握，它們就會服從于人類的意志和愿望。

8、A boy and a girl came in. I spoke to the boy, who seemed to be older than the girl.

一個男孩和一個女孩進來了。我和那個似乎比女孩年紀大的男孩交談過。

9、The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise.

牧師似乎把控制弱者的思想，說服對方妥協(xié)作為一種工作。

10、A buyers' market is a market in which goods are plentiful, buyers have a wide range of choices, and prices are low.

買方市場是指一個商品豐富、買方有廣泛選擇、價格低廉的市場。

11、In my social studies class, for example, there are often discussions that include the teacher as another member of the group.

例如，在我的社會研究課上，老師也經(jīng)常加入小組討論。

12、There was, however, a need for food to be carried from the bowl to the mouth, and chopsticks came along to meet that need.

因而筷子滿足了把食物從碗中夾進口中的這種需求。