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。

原文

431.

Sorry to be so direct, but how much did you pay for this?

不好意思这么直接，你花了多少钱买的这个？

432.

This medicine, properly used, will do you a lot of good.

这种药如果使用得当，会对你大有好处。

433.

Just as food feeds the body, so reading feeds the mind.

正如食物滋养身体，阅读可以涵养思想。

434.

That TV station is on the air 24 hours a day.

那个电视台24小时直播。

435.

Students often find it very difficult to understand a lecture in a foreign language.

学生们经常发现很难听懂另外一种语言的讲座。

436.

If you stop and relax, this will relieve the tension and stress in your shoulders.

你停下来放松一下，这会减轻你肩部的紧张和压力。

437.

It should be stressed that we are often influenced by advertising without being aware of it.

应该强调的是，我们经常受到广告的影响而没有察觉。

438.

That's the same story as I heard when I was a child.

这和我小時候听到的故事一样。

439.

John studied hard at school, while at home he helped his mother with her work.

约翰在学校努力学习，在家里帮助母亲工作。

440.

However fast you may walk, you can't catch up with him.

不管你走得多快，都赶不上他。