英语听力每日五分钟（中级+）18

1、From childhood I was fond of reading, and all the little money that ever came into my hands was laid out in books.

从小我就喜欢读书，我拿到的零花钱都买了书。

2、The publication of the exam results over without incident, for the time being attention is naturally going to focus on the summer break, right?

如果考试成绩的公布没有任何意外，暂时的注意力自然会集中在暑假上，对吧?

3、I don't expect him to understand my innermost thoughts but I wonder what I can do to get him to hold an interest.

我不指望他能理解我内心的想法，但我想知道我能做些什么来让他保持兴趣。

4、When she saw the lengths he'd gone to get all dressed up, she couldn't help letting a brief chuckle escape.

当她看到他花了很长时间才穿戴完的模样的时候，她忍不住格格笑着跑开了。

5、Many men nowadays seem to have the feeling that in vast modern societies there is nothing of importance that the individual can do.

如今，许多人似乎都有一种感觉，在巨大的现代社会里，一个人没法做大事。

6、Dreams flew out of that box when it was opened: dreams of secrets written in disappearing ink and of overwhelming odors.

当它被打开时，梦想从那个盒子里飞了出来:墨水写的梦中秘密逐渐消失在弥漫的香气中。

7、Uncontrolled, these forces may be dangerous and destructive, but once mastered they can be bent to man's will and desire.

这些力量非常危险，且具有破坏性，不受控制，但一旦掌握，它们就会服从于人类的意志和愿望。

8、A boy and a girl came in. I spoke to the boy, who seemed to be older than the girl.

一个男孩和一个女孩进来了。我和那个似乎比女孩年纪大的男孩交谈过。

9、The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise.

牧师似乎把控制弱者的思想，说服对方妥协作为一种工作。

10、A buyers' market is a market in which goods are plentiful, buyers have a wide range of choices, and prices are low.

买方市场是指一个商品丰富、买方有广泛选择、价格低廉的市场。

11、In my social studies class, for example, there are often discussions that include the teacher as another member of the group.

例如，在我的社会研究课上，老师也经常加入小组讨论。

12、There was, however, a need for food to be carried from the bowl to the mouth, and chopsticks came along to meet that need.

因而筷子满足了把食物从碗中夹进口中的这种需求。