2018年商务英语初级口语测试：幸福鸟家庭

He might be a poor nest-builder,

but he is redeeming himself now.

Domestic bliss!

Rocky overhangs are the only place

wherePicathartes will build their nest,

so they owe their home to the stream

that revealed the flank of the giant boulder.

This stream and countless others like it

merge to form the great rivers of Central Africa.

More than 450 billion litres of rainwater,

travelling down thousands of rivers,

are heading west.

The waters pick up speed

as the rivers spill over the edge of the central plateau

and create giant cascades of white water.

他或许筑巢很差劲

但现在终于挽回了点面子

幸福小家庭

白颈岩鹛只会在

悬垂的岩石壁上筑巢

所以他们得感谢小溪

帮他们冲出了巨岩的悬侧面

眼前的小溪和其他数不清的涓流

最终汇聚并形成了中非地区的河流

4500多亿公升的雨水

沿着数千条河道向西流淌

河水沿着河道流淌

过中部高原的边缘时突然加速

形成白色浪花的巨型瀑布

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spill [spil]v. 溢出，洒，使 ... 流出，泄漏

n.

bliss [blis]n. 福佑，天赐的福

merge [mə:dʒ]v. 合并，融合，兼并

domestic [də’mestik]adj. 国内的，家庭的，驯养的

n. 家仆，

outskirts [’aut.skə:ts]n. 郊区

名词outskirt的复数形式

boulder [’bəuldə]n. 大圆石，巨砾

stream [stri:m]n. (人，车，气)流，水流，组

v. 流动，

rocky [’rɔki]adj. 岩石的，像岩石的，坚硬的，麻木的，困难重重的

plateau [’plætəu]n. 高原;平稳;稳定状态

vi. 到达平稳阶

heading [’hediŋ]n. 标题，题目，航向

The waters pick up speed as the rivers spill overthe edge of the central plateau河水沿着河道流淌,溢过中部高原的边缘时突然加速

pick up speed加快速度

We reached the outskirts of town and began to pickup speed.

我们到达市郊后开始加速。

About a mile out of the station the train began to pick up speed.

出站1英里后，火车开始加快速度。

spill over溢出(过剩)

Make sure the water doesn’t spill over the floor.

千万别把水洒到地上。

The coffee is so full that it might spill over.

咖啡太满可能会溢出来。

More than 450 billion litres of rainwater,travelling down thousands of rivers, areheading west.4500多亿公升的雨水沿着数千条河道向西流淌

more than超过;多于

I’m afraid I’ve eaten more than enough.

我怕我是吃得过多了。

True friendship is worth more than money.

真正的友谊比金钱更有价值