Daily English Dictation NO.31 - NO.60

2022.4.1

NO.31

Mayor Sam Adams orderd that the camp be shut down Saturaday citing unhealthy conditions and the attractions of drug dealers and thieves.

NO.32

A premilinary government report predicts it’ ll take 30 years more to safely decommission the facility and it could be decaded before nearby residents who were forced to flee can return to the area.

• decommission，拆除，解除

2022.4.4

NO.33

I was lifting, you know, chairs out of the way, broken glass, uh…other sanitary items I don’t want to get into , but, uh…it was, uh… horrific to say the least .

• sanitary，清洁的，卫生的
• diaper，纸尿裤
• get into，引申：谈及，涉及
• horrific，讨厌的，可怕的，terriblle
• terrific，极好的，异于常人的
• to say the least，客气地说，毫不夸张地说
• chairs → out → of，outta
• want to，wanna

NO.34

Toyota is recalling more than half a million vehicles for problems that could make them difficult to steer .

• difficult → to，t’

2022.4.5

NO.35

It’ s great. It’ s um , been a little bit nerve-wracking , um, and it’ s been a long process to get here.

• It’ s great, it is
• It’ s been, it has
• nerve-wracking，使人心烦的；伤脑筋的
• process，ah
• to，t’

NO.36

When the family left Vietnam by boat, bound for Thailand, but the boat was intercepted by pirates …after years of trying, the father located his son in Thailand.

• When the，nuh
• left → Vietnam，t
• bound for，驶往
• intercept，拦截
• 先after，再the father，强调时间

2022.4.11

NO.37

A gooey mess snarls traffic along the busy Pennsylvania Turnpike. A leaking valve on a tanker spread driveway sealant across a 40-mile stretch of the eastbound side.

• gooey，粘糊的，liquid and sticky
• maple syrup，枫糖浆
• snarls，缠结，twist
• Pennsylvania，宾夕法尼亚
• Turnpike，收费高速，tollway
• driveway sealant，车道密封剂，tar 柏油，沥青
• eastbound，向东的
• mess → snarls
• along → the，nuh
• spread → driveway
• across → a
• eastbound，t

2022.4.12

NO.38

The music is being played at a church in Germany. and well, it really lives up to its name. Since it started, there have been just 11 chord changes and the next one isn’t scheduled until July 2012.

• lives up to its name，名副其实
• chord，和弦
• chord → change，d

NO.39

Dozens of white rabblits were apparently dumped along the side of the road Sunday night. More than 60 bunnies were scattered on the shoulder.

• apparently，据说，好像，supposedly，t
• dump，扔；垃圾场
• along → the side → of the road，nuh，of
• on the，nuh
• on the shoulder，指路边的应急道路
• samaritant，乐善好施者

NO.40

There’s a wonderful line I came across: If you’ re always done… or if you always do what you~~‘re~~ always done, you’ ll always done, you’ ll always get what you’re always got. It’ s a brilliant line !

2022.4.15

NO.41

Her story has inspired others from Montana to Indiana to pay off the bills of complete strangers in these days before Christmas. Holiday shoppers who’ ve heard about the layaway Santas say the sweeping acts of kindness have restored their faith in people.

• in these，th ，like knees
• layaway Santas，圣诞老人
• sweeping，大范围的，广泛的

NO.42

He sprang to his sleign to his team gave a whistle! And away they all flew like the down of a thistle . But I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight. " Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night! "

• rhyming words，押韵词，rhymes
• rhythm，节奏，韵律
• spring，sprang，sprung，跳
• sleign，雪橇
• chimney，烟囱
• reindeer，驯鹿
• 完整：and then to his team, he gave a whistle，为了rhyme，所以省略
• down，名词，绒毛，软毛，a down pillow
• thistle，蓟，草本植物
• out of sight，淡出视野

NO.43

：Hey, George, you know, my friend goes to a psychic .
：Really? un-huh. We should go sometime .
：I’d love to go, make an apppointment.

• psychic，预言师，fortune teller，算命先生
• love to，t’
• make → an → apppointment，预约人的时间，reservation，预定物的时间

2022.4.18

NO.44

：Dad, I beat you. Don’ t you remember the Rayman Spinball?
：Ray, I learned to play in Korea.From Koreans?Do you think some punk Kid’s gonna actually beat me?
：No, dad, you were trying to win, you were sweating and panting .
：I’ m a damn fine actor .

• dunk shot，扣篮
• learned → to，d’
• punk → Kid’s，略去第二个k，小屁孩，punk年少无知的；朋克
• trying，ing like en
• sweating and panting，说得快都成en
• dawm，非常，强调，不可以用在正式场合

NO.45

Hey, is it cold out ?

• cold → out

2022.4.27

NO.46

For more than 300 years, the power of the French king was absolute, this meant that he had the power to do anything.

• 300 → years
• Louis XIV，the 14th

NO.47

What people will do these days for their pets? A wash and a blow-dry that goes without saying . But the demanding dog now wants a limo along with other creature comforts at a pet hotel and day spa.

• saying，en
• goes without saying，不必多说
• hair dryer，吹风机
• demanding，要求高的，苛刻的
• limo，豪车，limousine
• creature comforts，物质享受，physical needs，spiritual needs

NO.48

Buckingham Palace officals are staying mum about the murder case, and police are keeping many details confidential, as they try to identify the victim and figure out exactly waht happened to her.

• Buckingham Palace，白金汉宫
• Buckingham Palace → officals
• mum，沉默的，silent
• try to，d’ ，用以强调后面部分，也可为to
• waht happened to her，ed ，her

2022.4.27

NO.49

1863, " all board, but mind the gap." as the world’ s first underground passenger railway opens in London.

• all board，指挥员对乘客，所有要上车的，所有乘客

NO.50

：And why do you wanna go there?
：I know it’ s had a bad press recently, but it’ s the place that’ s taken my fancy.

• why → do → you
• it’ s → had → a

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You sold us a hair with a cake around it .

• sarcastic，讽刺的

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: Hey, Lilith , sorry for the holdup, but Frasier should be back from the dentist any minute.
: Oh, all right . That’ ll give us a chance to visit.

• for，fer
• holdup，delay，久等了；交通阻塞，持枪抢劫
• from the，nuh
• dentist → any
• give → us → a

NO.59

This iceberg here, there’ s outcroppings under the water. And uh, sea ice , iceberg ice is very hard, so it’ s almost like, it could almost be like a can openner . And when probably the Tatanic went by it, it just sliced a hole in it like you would with a can opener .

• outcropping，露头

NO.60

It’ s snowing, it’ s beautiful, we’ re out in the middle of nowhere. I’ m freezing! And I’ m about to be pulled by 8 dogs in a tobaggan . Um, really, it doesn’ t get much more vermant than this!

• we’ re out，were out
• nowhere，无处，无人知道的地方，desolate，荒凉的
• tobaggan，雪橇，sleigh
• it doesn’ t get much more vermant than this，没有比这更佛蒙特州的了（美国东北部新英格兰地区一州）