84. It protects you from minor and major medical expenses that can wipe out not only your savings but your dreams of an education abroad.
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短语protect sb. from...意为“保护某人免受…… ”;wipe out此处意为“彻底消灭,去除”,是本句的听力难点。not only...but...意为“不仅……而且……”,but之后还可加上also。
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wipe out除了意为“彻底消灭,去除”外,还有以下含义:
“跌倒,翻跌下来”。如:
He wiped out while skiing and broke his ankle. 他滑雪时跌倒了,摔断了踝骨。
wipe sb. out意为“使某人疲惫不堪”,被动语态be wiped out表示“疲惫不堪的”。如:
The heat really wipes me up. 炎热真是让我筋疲力尽。
After a day's hard work, he was wiped out. 辛苦工作了一天,他疲惫不堪。
听音解惑
wipe

out[waip

aut]里的[p]与[au]相邻,读作[wai paut];not

only[nɔt

ˈəunli]里的[t]与[əu]相邻,读作[nɔ ˈtəunli];dreams

of

an

education

abroad[driːmz

əv

ən

ˌedjuːˈkeiʃən

əˈbrɔːd]里的[z]与[ə]相邻、[v]与[ə]相邻、后两个[n]分别与[e]和[ə]相邻,读作[driːm zə və ˌnedjuːˈkeiʃə nəˈbrɔːd]。