英语听力每日五分钟（高级）10

1、An umbrella is useful in a mild rain, but when it rains cats and dogs an umbrella is of little help.

在不大不小的雨中，雨伞是有用的，但对于狂风暴雨，雨伞是没有什么帮助的。

2、You could tell by the ear-to-ear grin that came to his face that he really had something to smile about.

你可以从他脸上阳光灿烂的笑容看出他一定碰上什么好事了。

3、Among married couples, there has been an increase in divorce and separation with the result that there are many more one-parent families.

在已婚夫妇中，单亲家庭长大的人离婚和分居越来越多。

4、It's been so long since we've met, let's have a drink or two and talk about the good old days.

我们已经好见了，不如一起去喝两杯，怀念一下过去的美好时光。

5、Attention is focussed on the potential for growth of the personal and industrial use garbage compactor market in relation to trends in law.

关注的重点是个人和工业用途垃圾压缩机市场的增长潜力和法律趋势的关联性。

6、No one wants to have an accident. The trouble is that people do not want hard enough to not have an accident.

没有人希望发生事故，问题是人们不希望并不能阻止事故发生。

7、I suppose that what we mean by beauty is that object, spiritual or material,more often material, which satisfies our aesthetic sense.

我认为，我们所说的美是指物体，精神或物质上，更多的是物质，这满足了我们的审美意识。