英語聽力練習 - 38

《英語聽力練習》(38)

"English Listening Practice" (38)

conceit [kənˈsiːt] n.自負

humility [hju:ˈmɪləti] n.謙遜

He's full of conceit about his good looks. 他對自己的美貌充滿了自負。

Humility is a virtue. 謙遜是一種美德。

Conceit is a cancer. 自負是一種癌症。

Humility is the cure. 謙卑是良藥。

No one admires a man who is full of conceit.

沒有人欣賞一個充滿自負的人。

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
驕傲使我們虛偽，謙卑使我們真實。

betray [bɪˈtreɪ] v. 背叛；洩漏

arrest [əˈrest] v. 逮捕；阻礙

Why do people betray others?

人為什麼會背叛別人？

He betrayed the secret to his friends.
他把這個秘密洩露給了他的朋友。

You could get arrested for doing that.

你幹那種事可能要遭逮捕。

They failed to arrest the company's decline.

他們未能阻止公司的衰落。

shallowness [ˈʃaləʊnəs] n.膚淺

arrogance [ˈarəɡ(ə)ns] n.傲慢

He speaks in a disordered manner , which betrays his shallowness and ignorance.
他說話雜亂無章，暴露了他的淺薄和無知。

Arrogance arrested her progress.
傲慢阻礙了她的進步。

Conceit comes from shallowness; arrogance is due to ignorance.
自負來自膚淺； 傲慢源於無知。

There is always conceit and negligence behind miscount.

算錯背後總有自負和疏忽。

ignorance [ˈɪɡnərəns] n.無知

He acted in ignorance of basic procedures.

他在不了解基本程序的情況下行事。

These are the enemies: poverty, ignorance, disease.

這些是敵人：貧窮、無知、疾病。

negligence [ˈneɡlɪdʒəns] n.疏忽

His injury was due to the negligence of his employers.

他的受傷是由於雇主的疏忽造成的。

Ignorance means lack of knowledge, skills and behavior.

"Ignorance" 意味著缺乏知識、技能和行為。

Negligence means not being serious about tasks and duty.
"Negligence" 意味著對任務和職責不認真。