2019-06 CET4-2

你怎么知道我听力都对了

Vocabulary

revenue n.收入 a slump in oil revenue 石油收入的下跌
workers' strike 工人罢工
They nest on the volcano's slopes. 它们在火山山坡上筑巢。 slope 这里是另译
idle about 游手好闲/虚度时光（贬义） 闲逛（中性）
acquire v.
1.（通过努力、能力、行为表现）获得，得到
2.购得、获得 I've suddenly acquire a stepbrother 我突然有了一个继兄弟
Abstract art is an acquired state. 要慢慢培养才能欣赏抽象艺术 an acquired state “养成的爱好”

brutal adj.
1.残暴的/兽性的 a brutal attack
2.直截了当的，冷酷的 With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him. 这里的 brutal 翻译成上一行的意思就不太通顺了

predator n. 食肉动物 <-> prey n.猎物
deliberately adv.
1.故意的/存心的 She's been deliberately ignoring him all day.
2.不慌不忙的/从容不迫的 He packed up his possessions slowly and deliberately.

humble adj,/v. 含义都是两个词性通用的 （做题的时候误认成了 humor，有点生疏了）
1.谦逊的
2.(因为级别低下而)卑微 a humble occupation 一种卑微的职业
3.不大的；没有特别之处的 a humble farmhouse 一个小农舍
eat humble pie 认罪