#3 Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

A Story to Remember

unidentified

adjective [not gradable]    /ˌʌn·ɑɪˈdent·əˌfɑɪd/

› (of a person or image of a person) whose name is not known:

The photo shows the two leaders shaking hands, with an unidentified woman behind them.

bizarre

adjective    /bɪˈzɑr/

› strange and unusual:

That party was too bizarre for me!

precinct

noun [C]    /ˈpri·sɪŋkt/

› a division of a city or town, esp. an area protected by one police station, or adivision used for elections› The precincts of a place are the areas that surround it, esp. when enclosed:the private precincts of the university

College Life

tuition

noun [U]    /tʊˈɪʃ·ən/

› the money paid for being taught, esp. at a college or university

(Definition of tuition noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Focus on the pronunciation of tuition

drop by (somewhere)

— phrasal verb with drop    /drɑp/ verb (-pp-)

›  to come to see someone, sometimes at a stated place, usually briefly and without a specific invitation:

He dropped by the woman’s house to ask for money.The publisher told the writers they should drop by if they ever wanted a newspaperjob.

hectic

adjective    /ˈhek·tɪk/

› busy, fast, and full of activity:

a hectic schedulethe hectic pace of city life

#2 Dictionary Exercise

unveil

verb [T]     /ʌnˈveɪl/

› to remove a covering like a curtain from a new statue, etc. at a formalceremony in order to show the opening or finishing of a new building or work of art

为…揭幕

The memorial to those who had died in the war was unveiled in 1948 by the Queen.

缅怀战争死难者的纪念碑于1948年由女王揭幕。

› If you unveil something new, you show it or make it known for the first time

（首次）展示，介绍，推出；将…公诸于众

A new government policy on forests is due to be unveiled in April.

政府针对森林的一项新政策将于4月份出台。

incubator

noun [C]     /ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.beɪ.tər/   /-t̬ɚ/

› a container that has controlled air and temperature conditions in which a weakor premature baby (= one which was born too early) can be kept alive

（用于体弱婴儿或早产儿护理的）恒温箱

› a device for keeping birds' eggs at the correct temperature to allow youngbirds to develop until they break out of the shell

孵化器

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Dear All,
I'm Chiu from the Department of Business Adiministration. I'm very interested in learning English and I will try my best to speak English well in class. I will work hard in this semester. I am very happy to be here and I wish I can get a good grade in this subject.