ellen 09年杜兰大学演讲

1: On the first name basis with the world

2: Compelled

3: Stand-up: adj.直立的；站立的；(喜剧节目)单人表演的；单口的

n.单口喜剧；直面镜头的电视节目

4: comedian : n喜剧演员

5: world winning 享誉世界

6: Turn glamourous 富有魅力的

7: Cover Girl Cosmetics 封面女郎化妆品

8: flash back to

9: arena: a building with a large flat central area surrounded by seats, where sports or

entertainments take place. （四周设有座位供比赛或表演的）场地

10： be electric with ……(excitement) e.g. the atmosphere in the arena is electric with excitement.

11: gleeful: very excited and satisfied. E.g. a gleeful laugh

12: stroll

Verb: to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way +down/over/along

Noun [c]: They went for a stroll in the park

13: honored, distinguished, famous 著名的

14:creepy：making you feel nervous and There’s something creepy about the way he

looks at me

15: hungover: A term used to describe the world of crappy sensations you get the day after

consuming a lot of alcohol, i.e. huge headaches and body aches, vomiting, spinning world,

lethargy, sick-to-your-stomach, etc.

e.g. I drank too much on saturday so I was all hungover the next day.. I couldnt get out of bed

16: splitting: 剧烈的，爆裂式的 e.g. splitting headache

17: aluminum 铝

Alumnus: 校友，毕业生 plural: alumni

18: take a knock [informal] to have some bad luck or trouble 倒霉，遇到麻烦

e.g. Clive’s taken quite a few hard knocks lately.

19: courageous: brave

20: formative: have an important influence on the way someone or something develops

formative years/period/stages etc 个性形成时期、阶段等

formative influence/effect etc

e.g. He exposed his children to music throughout their formative years.

International politics were a formative influence on the party.

21: shuck: to remove the outer cover of a vegetable such as corn , or the shell of oysters

22: bartender: someone who makes, pours, and serves drinks in a bar or restaurant 酒吧侍应生，酒吧招待，酒保

23： infest: if insects, rats etc infest a place, there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage

be infested with

24: free sb (up)to do sth

25: station: 电视台 a local TV station

26: shot [C] a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink [烈酒的]少量，一小口

e.g. a shot of tequila

27: Mardi Gras：Mardi Gras /ˈmɑrdiɡrɑː/, also Fat Tuesday[1][2][3][4][5] in English, refers to

events of the Carnivalcelebrations, beginning on or after the Epiphany or King's Day and

culminating on the day before Ash Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday",

reflecting the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of

the Lenten season.

28：regalia: traditional clothes and decorations, used at official ceremonies. 正式场合穿的盛装，华服