每日听写 · 2024-03-25

Local businesses take a hit and hire fewer workers.

本题难度较低

• 语言上
• take a hit 受到打击
  e.g. The tourism industry took a big hit during the pandemic. 在疫情期间，旅游业受到了重大打击。
• hire v.雇佣
  e.g. They have just hired a new manager. 他们刚刚雇佣了一位新经理。
• fewer adj.更少的，用于修饰可数名词
  e.g. Fewer people are smoking these days. 现在抽烟的人越来越少。
• 表述上
  Local businesses take a hit and hire fewer workers.
  "take a hit" 和 "hire fewer" 的连读现象比较明显，"take a" 读作 /ˈteɪkə/，"hire fewer" 读作 /ˈhaɪərˈfjuːər/。
  译文
  本地的商业受到打击，雇佣了更少的工人。

I'd like to talk to you today about quality control and why we're all responsible for quality control.

本题难度适中

• 语言上
• quality control 质量控制
  e.g. Quality control is a vital part of the manufacturing process. 质量控制是制造过程的重要部分。
• be responsible for 对...负责
  e.g. He is responsible for the smooth running of the office. 他负责办公室的正常运行。
• 表述上
  I'd like to talk to you today about quality control and why we’re all responsible for quality control.
  speaker是非常标准的英国口音，句中并没太多的连弱读
  译文
  我今天想和你们谈谈质量控制，以及为什么我们都要对质量控制负责。

The humidifier will continue to run for about five minutes after the heat has shut off. And then it will have satisfied the humidity set point and go idle.

【句子分析】
The humidifier will continue to run for about five minutes after the heat has shut off. And then it will have satisfied the humidity set point and go idle.

• 下划线：连读
• 删除线：不发音
• 灰色字体：弱读
  【解析】
• 语速比较快，但是整体的咬字很清晰。for about连读的时候/ruo/的音；satisfied和set 结尾的爆破音都被省略了。
• humidifier 加湿器，来自于动词humidify v. 使变得潮湿，humid 潮湿的；humidity 湿度
  e.g. Dry air in your home can be alleviated with the use of a humidifier.
  - shut off 关闭
  e.g. Please shut off the lights when you leave the room.
• set point （机器等的）预设点
  e.g. The thermostat has a set point to maintain the temperature at a constant level.
• satisfy the humidity set point 的意思是满足设定好的湿度点。
• idle v. 混时间；闲逛
  e.g. The engine was idling at the traffic lights.
  【参考译文】
  加湿器会在热量关闭后继续运行大约五分钟。然后，它将达到设定的湿度点并进入空闲状态。
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