听力笔记Peoples of America-004 Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, born Anne Spencer Morrow (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was a pioneering American aviator, author, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh.

 

• essay
  n.
   散文, 随笔
   It's an essay heavy with surplus phrasing.
   这是篇废话连篇的散文。
• ambassador
  n.
   大使, 使节
   He is the Chinese ambassador to Japan.
   他是中国驻日本大使。
• kidnap
  vt.
   诱拐, 绑架, 劫持
   His son was kidnapped yesterday.
   他儿子昨天被绑架了。
• trader
  n.
   商人, 经商者
• circus
  n.
   马戏, 马戏团
   The circus is coming here next week.
   马戏团下星期来这儿。
   喧闹的场面
   The hall was like a three-ring circus.
   大厅内一片喧闹和混乱。
   环形广场
   There is a Piccadilly Circus in London.
   在伦敦有个皮卡迪利广场。
• trapeze
  [trəˈpi:z]
  n.
   高空秋千, 吊架
• parasol  
  n.
   (女用)阳伞

“Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead.”

the National Women’s Hall of Fame
美国女性名人堂

“If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly in those moments.”