听力每日练习 listen 1045 Tip of the Iceberg
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    1--An iceberg is a large mass of ice floating on the water.
     
    2--Here is an idiom about icebergs: "TIP OF THE ICEBERG"
     
    1--Did you see that story about the university scandal?
     
    2--A professor got in trouble for giving 90 percent of his students As.
     
    1--Some hadn't even come to class...all semester!
     
    2--It's a huge scandal. That's probably just the tip of the iceberg.
     
    1--I bet there are more teachers, and maybe even administrators involved.
     
    2--If something is the tip of the iceberg, it's a small part of a much larger issue.
     
    1--Most of an iceberg is actually underwater.
     
    2--The bigger danger is below the surface.
     
    1--People usually use this idiom when talking about a problem.
     
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    注解:
     
    1.iceberg冰山
    2.floating漂浮的
    3.scandal丑闻

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    译文:

    1--冰山是一大块漂浮在海洋的冰体。
    2--下面有一个关于冰山的谚语:“冰山一角”
    1--你听说过那件关于大学丑闻的事了吗?
    2--一个教授惹上了麻烦,因为他给他90%的学生都打了A
    1--但其中一些学生甚至没有去上课。一整个学期都没上!
    2--这真是个大大的丑闻啊。这或许只是冰山一角。
    1--我敢打赌肯定还有更多的老师甚至可能学校的管理层都参与其中
    2--如果说某事是冰山一角,那么指的是它是某个大问题的一小部分。
    1--冰山的大部分山体是在水下的。
    2--主要的危险实际上隐藏在表面之下。
    1--人们常常用这个谚语来描述问题。
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