适合初学者的英语听力短文精选与学科介绍

名词戏剧，剧本; 戏剧效果; 戏剧文学[艺术]; 戏剧性事件[场面]

1. 戏;剧
A drama is a serious play for the theatre, television, or radio.

e.g. He acted in radio dramas.
他在广播剧中扮演角色。

2. 戏剧;戏剧艺术;戏剧事业
You use drama to refer to plays in general or to work that is connected with plays and the theatre, such as acting or producing.

e.g. He knew nothing of Greek drama...
他对希腊戏剧一无所知。
e.g. She met him when she was at drama school.
她在戏剧学校上学时认识了他。

3. 戏剧性事件;戏剧性情节
You can refer to a real situation which is exciting or distressing as drama .

e.g. There was none of the drama and relief of a hostage release...
丝毫没有释放人质时的那种激动和如释重负的感觉。
e.g. For all its drama, the event was not unexpected.
虽然这件事带有戏剧性，但并不意外。

名词地理（学）; 地形，地势; 布局

1. 地理学
Geography is the study of the countries of the world and of such things as the land, seas, climate, towns, and population.

2. 地形；地貌
The geography of a place is the way that features such as rivers, mountains, towns, or streets are arranged within it.

e.g. ...policemen who knew the local geography.
熟悉当地地形的警察
e.g. ...a pictorial journey through the history, geography and culture of the Caribbean.
领略加勒比地区历史、地理及文化的图片之旅

名词绘画; 油画; 上色，着色; 颜料，油漆

动词绘画（ paint的现在分词）; 涂色于

1. 画作
A painting is a picture which someone has painted.

e.g. ...a large oil-painting of Queen Victoria.
维多利亚女王的大幅油画

2. 绘画
Painting is the activity of painting pictures.

e.g. ...two hobbies she really enjoyed, painting and gardening.
她的两大嗜好: 绘画和园艺

3. 粉刷；上漆
Painting is the activity of painting doors, walls, and some other parts of buildings.

e.g. ...painting and decorating.
粉刷和装潢

名词增加，增殖，倍增; [数]乘法，乘法运算

1. 乘法;乘法运算
Multiplication is the process of calculating the total of one number multiplied by another.

e.g. There will be simple tests in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
会有对加、减、乘、除运算的简单测试。

2. (数量方面的)增加，增多
The multiplication of things of a particular kind is the process or fact of them increasing in number or amount.

e.g. Increasing gravity is known to speed up the multiplication of cells.
我们知道不断增加的引力会加速细胞的分裂。