听前提示

一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。

二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。

三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。

词汇提示

1.sprained 扭伤

2.placing 订货

3.needless to say 毫无疑问

4.indispensable 不可缺少

5.still 更加

原文

41.

I missed a step on the stairs and I'm afraid I sprained my ankle.

我踩空了楼梯上的一个台阶，恐怕是要扭伤了脚踝。

42.

When Kevin graduated from college in 1998，he began studying for a Ph.D. in physics.

1998年，凯文大学毕业，开始攻读物理学博士学位。

43.

The couple doesn't fight often these days，but they used to a lot.

这对夫妻近来不常吵架，但过去常常吵架。

44.

This will be a good opportunity for me to use my language skills to my advantage.

这将是一个很好的机会，让我发挥我的语言技能优势。

45.

The ball hit him on the left side of the head.

球击中了他头部的左侧。

46.

Then we visited Washington D.C.，the capital of the United States of American.

然后我们游览了华盛顿特区，美利坚合众国的首都。

47.

We will only consider placing an order，if you reduce the price by 5%.

只有你们减价5%，我们才会考虑订货。

48.

Never did I dream that I would take first place in the piano contest.

我从没有想到过我会在钢琴比赛中获得第一名。

49.

Air as well as sunlight is，needless to say，indispensable to our daily life.

毫无疑问，空气和阳光一样，是我们生活中不可缺少的。

50.

What is still better is that the house has a beautiful garden.

更棒的是，这个房子有一个漂亮的花园。