时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:英语博客 A cup of English


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  have probably learned from my podcasts, that the region where I live is agricultural. It is rural, the communities are small, and its post native american indian roots lie in the apple tree. I realised the other day how I take the apple tree for granted. Not only is it everywhere in this and the surrounding towns, but there are so many businesses built around the fruit. There is a large juicing factory called Tree Top which, of course, uses apples. There is also a special candy, unique to this area, called Aplets and Cotlets. It is similar to Turquish Delight, just a little more rustic 1, and made of apples and apricots. Then there are businesses that supply the farming industry, the apple art and collectibles products, clothing, and the Apple Blossom Festival in the spring. There is always something on the calendar that has something to do with the apple. My husband is a fruit broker 2, believe it or not, and so I hear every day about conditions of apples, how they are being shipped abroad, and the global market. I visited his office this weekend, and came across some apple box labels that originated in this region. They were framed, and displayed in a group of about twenty. Though no longer in use, they reflect some of the history and culture of the inland Northwest. Native American indians feature on several of them, which makes sense; most of the towns in this area have Native American names, and were originally established by indians. Other labels show aspects of the landscape, such as mountains or rivers, and one is even called Trout 3, after the fish which is found abundantly here.

Grammar notes.

Related vocabulary and expressions: post, to take for granted, rustic, believe it or not.

1. That is a post-war novel; it was written after the war.

2. I took our big garden for granted. Now we don't have one, so I really appreciate what we used to have.

3. The house is very rustic. It is not elegant or polished; it is simple and earthy.

4. That very short man is, believe it or not, an excellent basket ball player.



adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬
  • It was nearly seven months of leisurely rustic living before Michael felt real boredom.这种悠闲的乡村生活过了差不多七个月之后,迈克尔开始感到烦闷。
  • We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust.我们希望新鲜的空气和乡村的氛围能帮他调整自己。
n.中间人,经纪人;v.作为中间人来安排
  • He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
  • I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。
n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属)
  • Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
  • We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼,早饭时吃了。
学英语单词
3-epimerase
add fuel to the flame
adhesin
air release pipe
alphitite
alternate operating columns
anabiotic state
anaphalis margaritacea benth. et hook.
Anemone sinensis Bunge
anthophilous insect
basal
bathing place
bearing performance
bidding sheet
biostratinomy
Brunckite
burier
carinthias
centrallassite
chihuahuan
clearing error
corrugated vessel
cruzados
darwazagay (darwazahgai)
daughter-herdmate comparison
decremental chain
Dendara
direct transmission
dochmii
doxxed
economic clerk
elctrohemostasis
electromechanical coupling factor
excitation variable
film fern
genital appendage
genus grindelias
genus Todus
gingival plane
gulf stream system
have an eye for something
high-impedance receiver front end
high-quality
hispidissimus
human excrement
hunyn
Jack in a Box
labile phosphate group
lissomer
loaded freeboard
macroderma gigas
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
metric property
minionettes
missletoe
mistake as the parties
mobile-source
net export
nonharmonic constants
nonimbedded command
OODBMS
outborrowing
part in bending
PDRB
permanent orbital station
photoelectric measuring device
pilot ladders
point-focussed electron gun
preteenage
ravenousnesses
re-romanize
remissal
rings missing
Romanicist
rossler-edelmann process
SCKL
seawater-sediment interface
singles court
skilled worker
slack feeder
slag ballast
smarty-pant
specker
Strux
strychnine glycerophosphate
supraphons
sympathetic trunk (or sympathetic chain)
tandem ion analyzer
thallium acetate
thioindigo test
transliterators
trigger-price equilibrium
tripfag
twisted hair
two-dimensional interferometry
unchauvinistic
unfertilizable
value voter
valve oil
weasel out
xoxocotlan
Zhicheng