星火英语15篇文章背完大学英语六级词汇：Unit6-Part1
时间：2018-12-01 作者：英语课 分类：星火英语15篇背完六级词汇
The Pasture
Night settled, thick with the acrid 1
odors of gunpowder 2 and blood.
No moon meant firing at
muzzle 3 flashes, an inexact method
by which to combat one's foe 4,
but the enemy had no advantage either.
With artillery 5 fire blanketing
the field of battle, Jack 6 had
no opportunity to go to Mike's aid.
He poked 7 his head over
the rim 8 of the trench 9 to
see if he could spot Mike's corpse 11.
He knew he was dead.
He had heard his scream
of pain when he was hit.
His agonized 12 moans had grown
weaker and less frequent and finally
ceased about ten minutes ago.
The regiment 13 had been under
heavy bombardment for two days,
without respite 14. He had been
too late to stop Mike
as he propelled himself out
of the foxhole 15 and staggered
as he hit the muddy terrain 16.
In hindsight, he should have
seen it coming. Mike had
started to break yesterday.
He was becoming bizarre, talking
about his patriotic 17 duty to
expel the enemy from these shores.
Paradoxically, just before he
hopped 18 over the edge of the trench
he scorned the day he had
heeded 19 the call to enlist 20.
It pained him to realize that
his one friend in this ungodly war
had betrayed him by dying.
Soldiers don't often make friends with
one another, knowing they might die.
He and Mike were different.
They had known each other
since they were children.
Mike was the best man when
Jack and Lily walked down
the aisle 21 just a week before
they left the dock and crossed
the channel to engage the enemy.
Clouds tumbled and overlapped 22 one another
as the wind began to freshen.
It was getting colder now.
The prospect 23 of another night
of rain, or perhaps even snow,
made Jack quiver with dread 24.
Blood tinged 25 water was beginning
to crust over with ice.
He could feel his toes and
fingers stiffen 26 as the temperature dropped.
Maybe Mike was better off than he.
At least the cold wouldn't
bother him any more.
Suddenly, comets of light began
to streak 27 across the night sky.
They were using flares 28!
The increased tempo 29 of cannon 30 fire
coming from the left flank,
shattering the earth around them,
could only mean the enemy
had sensed their weakness, and
was coming in for the kill.
They were heading straight
for the underbelly!Jack's rifle misfired.
The whole corps 10 had been issued
new guns a few days before
this campaign had started.
It wasn't long before they discovered
that the alloy 31 used in the barrels
couldn't endure prolonged firing,
causing the shell casings
to adhere in the bore. How could
he repel 32 the enemy without a weapon?
Jack felt a stab of pain
in his right thigh 33.
The ground around him ruptured 34.
Jerking from side to side,
he tried to dodge 35 falling rocks
and the clods of dirt
raining down upon him.
He slumped 36 into a prone 37 posture 38
as he felt himself shoved
from behind by an unknown force
that felt as if it might
have been a racing 39 locomotive.
The last thing he heard,
before his world was overturned,
was a chorus of screams.
“Am I dead? Where am I?
Where is everybody?” Cognitively 40,
Jack realized he was still functioning
physiologically 41 so that meant
he was still alive, but
for how long? He couldn't move.
Maybe the impact had fractured
his spine 42 and he was paralyzed.
He tried，analytically，to assess
the damage incurred 43 by moving
his limbs, one by one,
in a clockwise direction,
starting with his right arm.
Everything appeared able to be
mobilized but for some reason
he couldn't get up off the ground.
Everything went black again.
Jack led his horse by the reins 44
as they stepped onto the overpass 45
bridging the gap between the plateaus.
In the distance, he could see
a twelve point buck 46 grazing
in the pasture, silhouetted 47 against
the waning 48 sunset. Out of nowhere,
a bull came charging across
the meadow toward him. He tried
to run but his feet
were pegged 49 to the bridge.
Drifting in and out of consciousness,
Jack tried to make sense of
what had happened to him.
He seemed to be in a cavity
under the ground. The earth
was compacted on his legs
but he thought he might be
able to rotate his body enough
to make himself a little more comfortable.
Was that a shaft 50 of light
he could see through the groove 51
between the fingers of his left
hand covering his eyes?
He groped to clear a tiny
bit more space for himself.
The shutters 52 of his consciousness
closed again.The galaxy 53 was
being probed by lunar modules 54 shuttling
between Earth and the other planets.
As a member of a federation 55 of geologists 56,
Jack and his team had to
follow the seam of ore
to its source, a pasture
on a distant asteroid 57.
Once again, Jack regained 58 lucidity 59.
“Wow,” he thought, “that was
like a bad paperback 60 novel
about astronomy!” He sniffed 61 the air.
It was foul 62 with the smell
of death but qualitatively 63
able to sustain life.
Why was it so quiet?
Was he deaf? Was the battle over?
Was everyone dead? The weight
on his legs was becoming oppressive.
- There is an acrid tone to your remarks.你说这些话的口气带有讥刺意味。
- The room was filled with acrid smoke.房里充满刺鼻的烟。
- Gunpowder was introduced into Europe during the first half of the 14th century.在14世纪上半叶，火药传入欧洲。
- This statement has a strong smell of gunpowder.这是一篇充满火药味的声明。
- He placed the muzzle of the pistol between his teeth.他把手枪的枪口放在牙齿中间。
- The President wanted to muzzle the press.总统企图遏制新闻自由。
- He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
- A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。
- This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
- The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
- She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
- His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
- She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。
- The soldiers recaptured their trench.兵士夺回了战壕。
- The troops received orders to trench the outpost.部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫。
- The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
- The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
- All the time they agonized and prayed. 他们一直在忍受痛苦并且祈祷。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She agonized herself with the thought of her loss. 她念念不忘自己的损失，深深陷入痛苦之中。 来自辞典例句
- As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
- They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。
- She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
- Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。
- On an impulse he kicked some sand into Ridge's foxhole.一时性起，他就提起脚来将一些沙子踢进里奇的坑里。
- The sentry guard dived into his foxhole and closely observed the stranger towards him.哨兵跳入了散兵坑，密切注视着陌生人向他走来。
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- He knows the terrain of this locality like the back of his hand.他对这一带的地形了如指掌。
- His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
- The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
- He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
- He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。
- She countered that her advice had not been heeded. 她反驳说她的建议未被重视。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I heeded my doctor's advice and stopped smoking. 我听从医生的劝告，把烟戒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They come here to enlist men for the army.他们来这儿是为了召兵。
- The conference will make further efforts to enlist the support of the international community for their just struggle. 会议必将进一步动员国际社会，支持他们的正义斗争。
- The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
- The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。
- His visit and mine overlapped. 他的访问期与我的访问期有几天重叠。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Our visits to the town overlapped. 我们彼此都恰巧到那小城观光。 来自辞典例句
- This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
- The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
- We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
- Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
- memories tinged with sadness 略带悲伤的往事
- white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣
- The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen.当肌肉变得僵硬时，皮肤的供血量就减少了。
- I was breathing hard,and my legs were beginning to stiffen.这时我却气吁喘喘地开始感到脚有点僵硬。
- The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
- Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？
- The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck. 船舷从龙骨向甲板外倾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation. 他是火爆性子，一点就着。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The boss is unsatisfied with the tardy tempo.老板不满于这种缓慢的进度。
- They waltz to the tempo of the music.他们跟着音乐的节奏跳华尔兹舞。
- The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
- The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。
- The company produces titanium alloy.该公司生产钛合金。
- Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.青铜是铜和锡的合金。
- A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。
- Particles with similar electric charges repel each other.电荷同性的分子互相排斥。
- He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。
- The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
- They reported that the pipeline had ruptured. 他们报告说管道已经破裂了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany. 柏林墙终于倒塌了，预示着德国的重新统一。 来自辞典例句
- A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪，才没被车从身上辗过。
- The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。
- Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
- The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。
- Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
- He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
- The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
- He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。
- I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
- The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
- Cognitively,man,the subject of cognition,must classify and categorize the objects. 从认知学角度来看 ，作为认知主体的人对于认知对象必须进行分类和范畴化。 来自互联网
- Cognitively, reference can be studied along with information processing of human mind. 从认知的角度看，要研究人类思维的信息处理过程。 来自互联网
- Therefore, the liver and gallbladder cannot be completely separated physiologically and pathologically. 因此，肝胆在生理和病理上不能完全分离。
- Therefore, the liver and gallbladder are closely related physiologically and pathologically. 因此，肝胆在生理和病理上紧密联系。
- He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
- His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。
- She had incurred the wrath of her father by marrying without his consent 她未经父亲同意就结婚，使父亲震怒。
- We will reimburse any expenses incurred. 我们将付还所有相关费用。
- She pulled gently on the reins. 她轻轻地拉着缰绳。
- The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods. 政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段。
- I walked through an overpass over the road.我步行穿过那条公路上面的立交桥。
- We should take the overpass when crossing the road.我们过马路应走天桥。
- The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
- The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。
- We could see a church silhouetted against the skyline. 我们可以看到一座教堂凸现在天际。
- The stark jagged rocks were silhouetted against the sky. 光秃嶙峋的岩石衬托着天空的背景矗立在那里。
- Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. 她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
- The day is waning and the road is ending. 日暮途穷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- They pegged their tent down. 他们钉好了账篷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She pegged down the stairs. 她急忙下楼。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
- This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。
- They're happy to stay in the same old groove.他们乐于墨守成规。
- The cupboard door slides open along the groove.食橱门沿槽移开。
- The shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。
- The shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。
- The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
- The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。
- The course consists of ten core modules and five optional modules. 这门课程包括十个必修单元和五个选修单元。
- Our English course is divided into modules on poetry, drama, and novels. 我们的英语课分为诗歌、戏剧和小说等单元。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
- Geologists uncovered the hidden riches. 地质学家发现了地下的宝藏。
- Geologists study the structure of the rocks. 地质学家研究岩石结构。
- Astronomers have yet to witness an asteroid impact with another planet.天文学家还没有目击过小行星撞击其它行星。
- It's very unlikely that an asteroid will crash into Earth but the danger exists.小行星撞地球的可能性很小，但这样的危险还是存在的。
- The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
- She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻，但很快恢复了镇静。
- His writings were marked by an extraordinary lucidity and elegance of style.他的作品简洁明晰，文风典雅。
- The pain had lessened in the night, but so had his lucidity.夜里他的痛苦是减轻了，但人也不那么清醒了。
- A paperback edition is now available at bookshops.平装本现在在书店可以买到。
- Many books that are out of print are reissued in paperback form.许多绝版的书籍又以平装本形式重新出现。
- When Jenney had stopped crying she sniffed and dried her eyes. 珍妮停止了哭泣，吸了吸鼻子，擦干了眼泪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. 狗疑惑地嗅着那个陌生人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
- What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！
- In other words, you are to analyze them quantitatively and qualitatively. 换句话说，你们要对它们进行量和质的分析。
- Electric charge may be detected qualitatively by sprinkling or blowing indicating powders. 静电荷可以用撒布指示粉剂的方法，予以探测。