高考3500词沉浸式英语听力｜No.13 Sailing Home经典短文解析

名词地点，场所; 斑点，污点; [股票]现货; 职位，职务

动词弄上污渍，弄上斑点; 污辱，玷污; 认出，发现; 散步

形容词现场的; 现货的; 插播的

abbr.satellite positioning and tracking 卫星定位和跟踪

1. 小圆点;斑点
Spots are small, round, coloured areas on a surface.

e.g. The leaves have yellow areas on the top and underneath are powdery orange spots...
叶子的表面有黄色斑块，背面则有桔色粉状圆点。
e.g. The swimsuit comes in navy with white spots or blue with green spots.
这款泳衣有藏青色带白色圆点的，也有蓝色带绿色圆点的。

2. (皮肤上的)小肿块，斑点
Spots on a person's skin are small lumps or marks.

e.g. Never squeeze blackheads, spots or pimples.
千万不要挤黑头、小肿块或粉刺。

3. (液体的)滴，点
A spot of a liquid is a small amount of it.

e.g. Spots of rain had begun to fall...
雨点开始落下来了。
e.g. Secure with a few spots of glue.
用几滴胶水粘住。

4. 少量;少许
If you have a spot of something, you have a small amount of it.

e.g. Mr Brooke is undoubtedly in a spot of bother...
布鲁克先生肯定遇到了点小麻烦。
e.g. A year or two ago I found myself indulging in a spot of yachting in Finnish waters...
一两年前，我有一阵子曾迷上了在芬兰海域中进行帆船运动。

5. 地点;处所
You can refer to a particular place as a spot .

e.g. They stayed at several of the island's top tourist spots...
他们在岛上最著名的几处旅游景点作了停留。
e.g. They all stood there staring, as if frozen to the spot.
他们都站在那儿发愣，就像被冻在那里似的。

6. (电视、广播节目的)固定时段
A spot in a television or radio show is a part of it that is regularly reserved for a particular performer or type of entertainment.

e.g. Unsuccessful at screen writing, he got a spot on a CNN film show.
写电影剧本未获成功后，他在美国有线新闻网的一档电影节目中争取到了一个固定时段。

7. 看到;发现;认出
If you spot something or someone, you notice them.

e.g. Vicenzo failed to spot the error...
维森佐未能发现该错误。
e.g. He left the party seconds before smoke was spotted coming up the stairs.
就在他离开聚会几秒钟后有人发现烟雾顺着楼梯冒上来了。

8. 在现场
If you are on the spot, you are at the actual place where something is happening.

e.g. ...areas where troops are on the spot and protecting civilians...
有部队在现场保护平民的地区
e.g. Mr Connolly is their 'man on the spot' and the person you can call if you have a complaint.
康诺利先生是他们的“现场代表”，要投诉可以和他联系。

9. 立即;当场
If you do something on the spot, you do it immediately.

e.g. James was called to see the producer and got the job on the spot...
詹姆斯被叫去见制片人，当场就得到了那份工作。
e.g. The surveyor will use a laptop computer to give on the spot advice.
检测员会用一台手提电脑当场给出意见。

10. 使…陷入困境;使…为难
If you put someone on the spot, you cause them to have to answer a difficult question or make a difficult decision.

e.g. He put me on the spot a bit because he invited me right in front of his mum and I didn't particularly want to go...
他让我有点难堪，因为他当着他母亲的面邀请我，而我又不太想去。
e.g. Even clever people are not terribly clever when put on the spot.
即便是聪明人在面对难题时也未必就能表现得特别聪明。

11. 处于困境
If you are in a tight spot, you are in a difficult situation.

e.g. In a tight spot there is no one I would sooner see than Frank.
有麻烦时，我会首先去找弗兰克。

12. rooted to the spot - see rooted
to have a soft spot for someone - see soft

名词奇遇; 冒险经历; 冒险活动

1. 冒险；冒险经历；奇遇
If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.

e.g. I set off for a new adventure in the United States on the first day of the new year.
新年第一天，我在美国开始了一次新的冒险。

2. 冒险的刺激；大胆的开拓；勇敢的闯荡
Adventure is excitement and willingness to do new, unusual, or rather dangerous things.

e.g. Their cultural backgrounds gave them a spirit of adventure.
他们的文化背景赋予了他们一种冒险精神。
e.g. ...a feeling of adventure and excitement.
惊险刺激的感觉

3. 去（某地）探险
If you adventure somewhere, you go somewhere new, unusual, and exciting.

e.g. The group has adventured as far as the Austrian alps.
该队伍的探险之旅远至奥地利的阿尔卑斯山。

名词难度; 困难，麻烦，难事; 异议，争论，纠葛; 财政困难，（经济）拮据

1. 难题;难事
A difficulty is a problem.

e.g. ...the difficulty of getting accurate information...
获取准确信息的难题
e.g. The country is facing great economic difficulties.
该国正面临巨大的经济困难。

2. 困难;艰难
If you have difficulty doing something, you are not able to do it easily.

e.g. Do you have difficulty getting up?...
你能站起来吗？
e.g. The injured man mounted his horse with difficulty.
受伤的男子艰难地上了马。

3. 遭遇困难;身处困境
If you are in difficulty or in difficulties, you are having a lot of problems.

e.g. You have to admit that you are, in fact, in difficulties...
你不得不承认，你事实上是陷入了困境。
e.g. Rumours spread about banks being in difficulty.
有传闻称银行现在处境艰难。

名词大使馆; 大使馆全体成员; 大使的职务（地位）; 重任，差使

1. （统称）使馆官员;大使馆
An embassy is a group of government officials, headed by an ambassador, who represent their government in a foreign country. The building in which they work is also called an embassy .

e.g. The American Embassy has already complained...
美国大使馆已经提出了抗议。
e.g. Mr Cohen held discussions at the embassy with one of the rebel leaders.
科恩先生在大使馆和其中一个叛军头目进行了磋商。

形容词不耐烦的; 热切的，渴望的; 不能容忍的，恼火的

1. 不耐烦的;急躁的
If you are impatient, you are annoyed because you have to wait too long for something.

e.g. He is impatient as the first hour passes and then another...
一个小时、两个小时过去了,他不耐烦了。
e.g. The big clubs are becoming increasingly impatient at the rate of progress.
大牌俱乐部对缓慢的进展越来越不耐烦了。

名词（文章的）一段; 经过; 通路，通道; 旅程，行程

1. 通道；过道；走廊
A passage is a long narrow space with walls or fences on both sides, which connects one place or room with another.

e.g. Harry stepped into the passage and closed the door behind him.
哈里走进过道，随手关上了门。
e.g. ...up some stairs and along a narrow passage towards a door.
上几级楼梯，沿着一条狭窄的走廊来到一个门口

2. （书、演讲、乐曲等的）段，节，章
A passage in a book, speech, or piece of music is a section of it that you are considering separately from the rest.

e.g. He reads a passage from Milton.
他读了一节弥尔顿的诗。
e.g. ...the passage in which Blake spoke of the world of imagination...
布莱克谈及幻想世界的那一段

3. （人体中的）道，通道
A passage is a long narrow hole or tube in your body, which air or liquid can pass along.

e.g. ...cells that line the air passages.
气管内壁上的细胞
e.g. ...blocked nasal passages.
堵塞了的鼻腔

4. （人群等中的）通道，通路
A passage through a crowd of people or things is an empty space that allows you to move through them.

e.g. He cleared a passage for himself through the crammed streets...
他在拥挤的街道上挤出了一条通路。
e.g. Two men suddenly elbowed a passage through the shoppers.
两名男子突然用肘在购物者中挤出一条路。

5. 通过；经过
The passage of someone or something is their movement from one place to another.

e.g. Germany had not requested Franco's consent for the passage of troops through Spain...
德国没有征求佛朗哥的同意便让军队通过了西班牙。
e.g. The passage of heat through rock is extremely slow.
热在岩石中传导得极慢。

6. 过渡
The passage of someone or something is their progress from one situation or one stage in their development to another.

e.g. ...to ease their passage to a market economy.
使他们更顺利地过渡到市场经济
e.g. ...the passage from school to college.
从中学到大学的过渡

7. （议案等的）通过
The passage of a bill or act is the official acceptance of it by a parliament or legislature.

e.g. It's been 200 years since the passage of the Bill of Rights.
《人权法案》通过已经200年了。

8. （时间的）推移，流逝
The passage of a period of time is its passing.

e.g. An asset that increases in value with the passage of time.
价值与日俱增的资产
e.g. ...after the passage of eighteen months.
18个月过去后

9. 航行；航程
A passage is a journey by ship.

e.g. We'd arrived the day before after a 10-hour passage from Swansea.
从斯旺西出发航行10小时后，我们于前天到达。

10. 通行权；通行许可
If you are granted passage through a country or area of land, you are given permission to go through it.

e.g. Mr Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna...
托马斯先生可以安全地往来于贾夫纳。
e.g. You may have free passage across our territory whenever you require it.
无论你什么时候需要，都可以自由穿过我们的领地。