【新唐人2010年12月27日讯】【看新闻学英语】
Miss Earth 2010 Brings Back Beauty Crown to India
2010地球小姐带美丽王冠回印度
By Jessie Chen, David Lee
【新闻关键字】
1. crown: n. 后冠
2. defeat: v. 击败
3. contestant: n. 参赛者
4. pageant: n. 庆典
5. express: v. 表达
6. delight: n. 欣喜
7. mix with: ph. 混合
8. quality time: ph. 珍贵时间
9. hail from: ph. 来自
10. sign up: ph. 签约
11. reduce: v. 减少
12. extent: n. 程度
Nicole Faria of India defeated 83 contestants to win the Miss Earth 2010 pageant. During a visit to Mumbai on Monday, Faria expressed her delight at winning the crown for India.
印度的妮可法利亚,击败83位角逐者,赢得2010年地球小姐选美比赛后座。周一法利亚访问孟买时,表达了她为印度赢得后冠的喜悦。
[Nicole Faria, Miss Earth 2010]:
“It was a beautiful learning experience. I got to meet 83 different girls from 83 different countries. Learned about their countries, their cultures, you got to mix with them and spend some quality time with them in this past one month when I was in Vietnam. I travelled a lot and learned a lot in Vietnam."
[Nicole Faria, Miss Earth 2010] [2010年地球小姐,妮可法利亚说]:
“这是一段美丽的学习经验。我与来自83个国家、83位不同的小姐认识,学习他们的国家和文化。在过去一个月中,我在越南与她们融合在一起,度过一段很有品质的时光。我在越南到访很多地方,学习到很多东西。
The 20-year-old beauty queen hails from Bangalore City in southern India.
现年 20岁的选美皇后,来自印度南部的班加罗尔市。
[Nicole Faria, Miss Earth 2010]:
“With the crown comes lots of responsibilities and well for me, well the journey has just begun. I can’t wait to start doing lots of projects and lot of activities regarding saving mother earth. Well I have signed up with new companies that help reduce global warming to large extent and I am really happy and I hope that I do a lot within this year."
[Nicole Faria, Miss Earth 2010] [2010年地球小姐,妮可法利亚说]:
“后冠为我带来很多责任及好处,而旅程才刚开始。我等不及要开始为拯救母亲─地球,做很多计划和活动。我已与很大成度上协助降低全球暖化的新公司签约,我真的很高兴,我非常开心,并希望今年内可以做很多事情。
The other winners of the Miss Earth beauty pageant were Miss Puerto Rico who won the Miss Earth Fire, Miss Ecuador who won Miss Earth Air, and Miss Thailand who won the Miss Earth Water crown.
其他地球小姐选美赛的获奖者,波多黎各小姐赢得地球火小姐、厄瓜多尔小姐赢得地球空气小姐,以及泰国小姐赢得地球水小姐。
本则影音新闻出处:新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_arts/2010-12-14/925113746695.html
本专栏由前卫英语李德良老师主编 www.davidlee.url.tw
【每日一句】
It was a beautiful learning experience.
这是一段美丽的学习经验
【佳句精选】
I can’t wait to start doing lots of activities regarding saving mother earth.
我等不及要开始为拯救母亲─地球,做很多计划和活动。