每日听写 · 2024-04-11

Let's untangle this mess with a list from worst to best!

本题难度较低

• 语言上
• untangle vt. 解开（纠缠）；澄清，常见搭配：untangle the situations
  e.g. It took hours to untangle the knotted necklace . 解开打结了的项链。
• from worst to best 从最坏到最好
  e.g. We ranked the teams from worst to best based on their performance.我们根据各队的表现，将它们从最差到最好进行了排序。
• 发音上
  Let's untangle this mess with a list from worst to best!
  发音很清楚，单词结尾的/t/的音基本都没有省略。
  译文
  我们从差到好排个序，然后再去理清这个问题。

We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they've come.

本题难度适中

• 语言上
• stand still 站着不动；静止不动，still adv./adj. 静止
  e.g. He told us to stand still and not move a muscle.
• look back 回首；回顾
  e.g. It's important to look back on your life and reflect on your past decisions.
• how far they've come 表示“她们取得了多大的进步”
• 表述上
  We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they've come.
  speaker是一位老奶奶，语速很慢。
  译文
  我们当妈妈的，会一直站在原地，好让女儿回头看的时候知道自己走了多远。

The German government later came after him for millions in back taxes. Finally, in 2017, after decades of financial woe, Becker was declared bankrupt.

【句子分析】
The German government later came after him for millions in back taxes. Finally, in 2017, after decades of financial woe, Becker was declared bankrupt.

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• 语言上
• come after 追求；追逐； 追究
  e.g. The police will come after you if you break the law.
• back taxes 拖欠的税款
  e.g. He had to pay years of back taxes after the IRS audit.
• woe n. 麻烦；问题
• declare bankrupt 宣告破产，bankrupt adj. 破产，常见搭配：go bankrupt；句中declare用了被动语态be declared，是因为becker被银行宣告破产。
• decade n. 十年
• 发音上
• after him中，大家会听到/h/的音几乎被省略了，变成了after im，/h/在her和him中经常被省略。
• 2017，after读的太轻了，ter几乎很难听到。
  【参考译文】
  德国政府后来因为数百万欠税而追究他的责任。最终，在2017年，经过数十年的财务困难后，贝克尔被宣告破产。
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