TE选文：斗牛 20200725

学习目标：1斗牛相关词汇 2 地道表达

标题

1 bullfighting 斗牛，cape 斗牛士的披风，gore 血块

2 on the sand 黄沙场地, in the stands 看台

斗牛场 P1

1 a journeyman matador 技艺娴熟的斗牛士（journeyman: experienced and good but not excellent）；mounted picador 骑在马上的长矛手； bull/beast 公牛，horn 牛角

2 间隔多少米：a distance of 数字+meters is maintained between all + 身份（如 spectators）

3 循环播放广播（联想地铁、公交）Loudspeakers broadcast frequent reminders that + 播放的具体内容

4 compulsory: necessary by law or a rule 必须做

例 ID cards are compulsory. 必须带身份证

5 lime-green 酸橙绿

a mounted picador
P2

1 live entertainment现场表演，如bullfights 斗牛； enthusiast, fan 爱好者; ring 斗牛场

2 electricity： keen contagious excitement 激动，兴奋

例 feel the electricity in the room

defuse 缓和

如 defuse tensions, defuse the electricity of performance

3 diminished 减少，减小的 diminished audiences  观众减少

4 stark 区别鲜明的  in stark contrast 鲜明对比

P3

1 fight bulls 斗牛；upkeep 维修费，保养费，此处是运营这项运动的成本；corrida: a bull fight斗牛; slaughter-house 屠宰场；bullring斗牛场; breeder  养牛场； the bloody spectacle 血腥的表演

2 dwindle 缩减   此处 sales 和subsides 都与dwindle 搭配

3  perennial 常年的，不断发生的  如 a perennial problem

4 cheek by jowl, side by side 紧挨着

5 cost-efficient 划算的 =cost-effective

P4

1 观众 audiences, spectators, crowd ;  trophy 战利品；arena 斗牛场

2 clamour for 疾呼, 强烈呼吁   如clamour for attention

3 exceptionally 特别    极少的情况下，主席团会为某位著名的斗牛士在某次成功的表演之后，奖励双耳外加一条牛尾。

4 nervy: worried    

5 stock-in-trade：the normal business of a person or company 司空见惯

6 star turn 主要演员，重头戏

P5

1 句型： If X was ..., so was/ were Y.  X与Y共用一个形容词  如果说……那么……也是

If bullfighting is struggling to adapt to covid-19, so is football. 斗牛和足球都在疫情中艰难度日

2 shower sb with sth 大量给与  Her family showered her with love.

3 short-change 亏待  feel short-changed by sth

4 crowd-pleasing取悦大众的， best-received最受欢迎的

5 make do with sth 凑合应付，勉强接受