背1遍就想上考场大学英语考研单词 462
[00:01]scarf
[00:04]Dancer Isadora Duncan died as dramatically as she lived,
[00:10]when her long scarf became caught in the wheel
[00:13]of a moving car and strangled her.
[00:17]A one-in-a-million fluke? Not quite.
[00:23]scarce
[00:25]Couples who have only one child get a monthly pay
[00:29]until the child is fourteen,
[00:32]special consideration for scarce housing,
[00:36]free medical care, and extra pension benefits.
[00:43]scarcely
[00:46]Obama and Benedict
[00:48]have wildly different intellectual backgrounds,
[00:52]and although both are "world leaders,"
[00:55]the nature of their jobs could scarcely be more different.
[01:03.12]rifle
[01:04.58]Later, grieving friends and family carried al-Karkhi's body in a plain wooden coffin
[01:11.40]along the street for burial, chanting "there is no God but Allah."
[01:17.49]An older man at the head of the procession fired shots from an assault rifle into the air.
[01:25.38]trifle
[01:27.96]Dripping decadence and cruelty,
[01:30.75]it seduces and manipulates its audience
[01:34.16]as expertly as Prince Prospero trifles with his courtiers.
[01:40.00]Nasty in the nicest possible way.
[01:45.78]stifle
[01:49.29]John Irons, research and policy director
[01:53.18]for the Economic Policy Institute in Washington,
[01:57.53]says that as millions of unemployed workers
[02:01.21]accept lower pay for new jobs,
[02:04.43]their collective wage cuts will likely stifle income growth
[02:09.73]for years.
[02:13.18]rim
[02:14.77]Use an old toothbrush to get in all the niggly bits.
[02:19.65]Don't forget the brake pads and wheel rims:
[02:23.33]one of the main causes of screeching brakes is dirt and dust.
