[9分26秒] 国际学生英语听力练习：初学者2分钟短文循序渐进提升

名词口音; 重音; 腔调; 重音符号（标在字母上）

及物动词重读; 标注重音; 集中注意力

1. 腔调;口音;土音
Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.

e.g. He had developed a slight American accent.
他说话带上了一点轻微的美国口音。

2. （某些语言中标在字母上方的）变音符号
An accent is a short line or other mark which is written above certain letters in some languages and which indicates the way those letters are pronounced.

3. 重点;强调;关注
If you put the accent on a particular feature of something, you emphasize it or give it special importance.

e.g. He is putting the accent on military readiness...
他强调要保持备战状态。
e.g. There is often a strong accent on material success.
经常大力强调物质成就。

形容词给予帮助的，有益的; 愿意帮忙的

1. （人）给予帮助的，帮上忙的
If you describe someone as helpful, you mean that they help you in some way, such as doing part of your job for you or by giving you advice or information.

e.g. The staff in the London office are helpful but only have limited information...
伦敦办事处的工作人员给予了帮助，但他们掌握的信息有限。
e.g. James is a very helpful and cooperative lad...
詹姆斯是个肯帮忙、好合作的小伙子。

名词[计算机]主机; 主人，东道主; 节目主持人; 酒店业主

及物动词当主人; 主办宴会，主持节目; 款待，做东

不及物动词做主人，做东道主

1. （举办聚会等的）主人，东道主
The host at a party is the person who has invited the guests and provides the food, drink, or entertainment.

e.g. Apart from my host, I didn't know a single person there...
除了主人外，那里的人我一个也不认识。
e.g. Tommy Sopwith was always the perfect host.
汤米·索普威斯对人一向热情款待。

2. 作为主人组织，做东举办（聚会等）
If someone hosts a party, dinner, or other function, they have invited the guests and provide the food, drink, or entertainment.

e.g. Tonight she hosts a ball for 300 guests.
今晚她做东举办一场有300名客人参加的舞会。
e.g. ...a banquet hosted by the president of Kazakhstan.
哈萨克斯坦总统举行的宴会

3. （某项活动的）主办国（或城市、机构）
A country, city, or organization that is the host of an event provides the facilities for that event to take place.

e.g. Barcelona was chosen to be host of the 1992 Olympic games.
巴塞罗那获选为1992年奥运会的主办城市。
e.g. ...a preliminary qualifying tournament in Andorra involving the host country.
在安道尔举行的有东道国参加的预选资格赛

4. （国家、城市或机构）主办（活动）
If a country, city, or organization hosts an event, they provide the facilities for the event to take place.

e.g. Cannes hosts the annual film festival.
戛纳每年主办电影节。

5. 主办（活动）;接待（贵客）
If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.

e.g. In 1987 Canada played host to the Commonwealth Conference...
1987年加拿大主办了英联邦大会。
e.g. The Prime Minister played host to French Premier Jacques Chirac.
首相接待了法国总理雅克·希拉克。

6. （广播、电视的）节目主持人
The host of a radio or television show is the person who introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.

e.g. I am host of a live radio programme.
我是一个电台直播节目的主持人。

7. 主持（广播、电视节目）
The person who hosts a radio or television show introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.

e.g. She also hosts a show on St Petersburg Radio.
她还在圣彼得堡电台主持一个节目。

8. 大量;许多
A host of things is a lot of them.

e.g. A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel...
可能推迟英吉利海峡隧道开通的问题一大筐。
e.g. Today we have radios, TVs, and a whole host of gadgets powered by electricity.
今天我们有收音机、电视机和一大堆小型电器。

9. （生物的）生长地，栖息地
If an area is host to living things, those creatures live and feed in that area.

e.g. Uganda's beautiful highlands are host to a wide range of wildlife.
乌干达美丽的高地是众多野生动物的栖息地。

10. （计算机）主机
A host or a host computer is the main computer in a network of computers, which controls the most important files and programs.

11. （寄生物的）寄主，宿主
The host of a parasite is the plant or animal which it lives on or inside and from which it gets its food.

e.g. When the eggs hatch the larvae eat the living flesh of the host animal.
当卵孵化后，幼虫取食寄主的鲜肉。

12. 圣体（基督教圣餐礼等宗教仪式中代表耶稣躯体的面饼）
The Host is the bread which is used to represent the body of Christ in Christian church services such as Holy Communion.

名词实践; 练习; 惯例; （医生或律师的）业务

不及物动词练习; 实习; 实行; 惯常地进行

及物动词练习; 执业; 实行，实践; 惯常地进行

1. 通常做法；常规；惯例
You can refer to something that people do regularly as a practice .

e.g. Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany...
一些公司把工人薪水减至低于合同规定的水平，这种做法在德国是非法的。
e.g. Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.
戈登·布朗已要求对银行的惯例做法进行公开调查。

2. 练习；训练
Practice means doing something regularly in order to be able to do it better. A practice is one of these periods of doing something.

e.g. She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day...
她每天都带3个女儿进行篮球训练。
e.g. ...the hard practice necessary to develop from a learner to an accomplished musician...
从初学者成长为有造诣的音乐家所必需的艰苦训练

3. （医生或律师的）业务活动，工作；宗教活动
The work done by doctors and lawyers is referred to as the practice of medicine and law. People's religious activities are referred to as the practice of a religion.

e.g. ...the practice of internal medicine...
内科业务
e.g. I eventually realized I had to change my attitude toward medical practice.
我终于认识到自己不得不改变对医务工作的看法。

4. 诊所；律师事务所
A doctor's or lawyer's practice is his or her business, often shared with other doctors or lawyers.

e.g. The new doctor's practice was miles away from where I lived...
新开的诊所离我住的地方有几英里远。
e.g. My law practice isn't the most important thing in my life, you know.
你知道，我的律师事务所不是我生活里最重要的事情。

5. see also: practise

名词观光，游览

1. 游览;观光;旅游
If you go sightseeing or do some sightseeing, you travel around visiting the interesting places that tourists usually visit.

e.g. ...a day's sight-seeing in Venice.
威尼斯一日观光游
e.g. ...a sightseeing tour.
观光旅行