عبارت انگلیسی
story
معنی و توضیح
The word “story,” in this podcast, means a floor or level in a building: “His office is on the top story of the office building, so he enjoys great views of the city.” A “story” is also an entertaining description of something that happens, either fictional (invented; not true) or true: “This book is based on the true story of the author’s life.” Or, “Her parents always tell her a bedtime story before she falls asleep.” A “news story” is one report, or one section of a TV news program or one article in a newspaper: “Did you watch the news story about the earthquake?” Finally, the phrase “It’s a long story” is used when one does not want to share all the details that would be needed to answer someone’s question: A: “Why did you and Gerald break up?” B: “It’s a long story.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Fire and Firefighters». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 638: Fire and Firefighters.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 638. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. You can go there and download a Learning Guide for this episode. The Learning Guide contains all of the vocabulary, definitions, sample sentences, additional definitions, culture notes, comprehension questions, and – yes there’s more – and a complete transcript of everything we say on this episode.
This episode is about fire and the people who try to put fires out – to extinguish fires, as we’ll learn. Those are firefighters. Let’s get started.
Rebecca: Look, there’s smoke coming from six stories up.
Hugh: Yes, I know. Didn’t you hear the fire alarm go off upstairs a few minutes ago?
Rebecca: No, but I’m really glad there’s a fire station only a few blocks away. Hey look, there’s the fire engine. Here come the firefighters!
Hugh:
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.