下面我们来看来自南非的报道。Zimasa Mabela是第一位掌管海军舰艇的非洲女性,这是她赴任后的首次巡航。上个月,她接管了一艘驻开普敦的扫雷船的重任,从而开辟了女性掌军舰的新天地。这位38岁的母亲育有二子,她希望人们根据掌舰能力评判她的工作能力,而不是她的性别。
And finally to Dallas, Texas, and a building which was a piece of the city's history… This, the first hospital in Dallas to perform a successful heart transplant. That was 1985. It didn't take long for that demolition to bring the building down. Apparently it would have been just too expensive to renovate it.
最后转看德州城市达拉斯,该楼是这座城市历史的一部分。达拉斯史上首例成功的心脏移植手术就是在这座医院完成的。那是1985年。爆破这座大楼没用多长时间,顷刻间它就化为废墟。拆毁它的原因是整修所需的资金太昂贵了。
词汇 plant 工厂
broke new ground 开辟新天地
to renovate 翻新,修复
练习 请从以下词汇中选择适当的答案来完成句子。注意:你可能需要改变单词的时态来完成句子。
plant / broke new ground / to renovate
1. An international team of scientists expects to __________ in their research to cure cancer.
2. The town was in darkness after lightning struck the power __________.
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★ Why do we like different tastes? 为什么我们喜欢不同的口味?
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