时间:2019-01-28 作者:英语课 分类:英语博客 A cup of English


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  Beginners.

In this part of the world, we need to heat our house for three quarters of the year: Winter, Spring, and Fall. Of course, now is the time of year when the freezing temperatures outside make us turn up the heat inside. It is so nice to get cozy 1, and there are so many different ways. Sometimes we light a fire, sometimes we put on woolly clothes, and other times we snuggle up together. The other day I walked into the kitchen where our puppy spends a lot of time. I found her lying on her bed with a best friend. Both of them were wrapped in a cozy blanket. They looked like two puppies, and the one I know best was asleep. It was a cute picture, so I took a photograph. After playing outside in the icy weather, you warm up and feel sleepy. Shh, don't wake up the puppies.

Grammar notes.

Useful expressions: a quarter, a half, three quarters; to turn up the heat; wool, cotton, silk, nylon, fleece (all common materials); to wrap (presents/ oneself in clothes).

Advanced.

What expressions do you have for cuteness? Every language that I have come across has words to express that idea. In England we use the words sweet, cute, dear, and I'm sure many others, regionally, that I am not aware of. Here, we say cute, precious, and darling. Well, we can all think of occasions when they are used. Winter time, for a few reasons, generates scenes of cuteness on a regular basis. Snow clothes bundling little children up can make them look cute. Christmas colors, decorations, and parties, can all show cuteness off to a full extent. One day recently, after the children had come in from playing in the snow, my daughter wrapped herself up in a blanket and laid down with her best friend, our puppy. As warmth was generated she quickly slipped into la-la land, and without realizing, created a wonderful photo opportunity. Most of the time they are both running around, making noise, and getting into mischief 2. But this occasion was a golden one. When dogs and children are quiet and still, it is a momentary 3 gift.

Grammar notes.

Useful expressions: locally, regionally, nationally, internationally; to be aware of..; to generate; to a full extent; recently; la-la-land; a photo opportunity; mischief ( to get into/ to create).



adj.亲如手足的,密切的,暖和舒服的
  • I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯,因为他们是舒适的。
  • We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。
n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹
  • Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
  • He seems to intend mischief.看来他想捣蛋。
adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的
  • We are in momentary expectation of the arrival of you.我们无时无刻不在盼望你的到来。
  • I caught a momentary glimpse of them.我瞥了他们一眼。
学英语单词
a smash
anterior radial vein
Aosta,Valle d'
appearance ratio
Australian sword lily
Avia, R.
be limited to
berberis canadenses
bilaminar blastoderm
Bjφrkelangen
bubble axis
bulkhead web
channichthyids
chlorprenaline
cinematising
clamart
Clematis pseudopogonandra
client platform
conditionning
cost per mille
cost-prohibitive
cross intensity function
cystic sinus of sacrococcygeal region
dead-letter office
degrees of frost
Dehydropodophyllotoxine
dextrinised starch
dictionary entry
direct probability
duben
E. I. S.
ectopia of heart
ekblom
electric power substation
extremitas uterina
final polishing pass
fitting locker
forest maturation
formosa aboriginal culture village
fracture of shaft of tibia and fibula
funny
genus Acroclinium
ghosts
Gleditsia formosana
goaneran
grazing preference
I don't mind
idees
inertia frequency
isovaleric acid isobutyl ester
jivadaya
jumblement
lack of supplies
liliopsid genera
magic mountain
maple heights
march to the beat of a different drum
multiplicative array
needle aspiration
neotoxoptera formosana
not amount to much
novatrin
numbering of property
operating lever articulation
pathoadaptation
permanganyl
phants develop in an unhealthy way
photomultiplier effect
pin tuck
polyisobutylenes
posterolateral central arteries
potentiometer with switch
power-ratio method
privalova
pruning machine
psychohistoric
punched card verifier
pupillise
pyromucylchloride
reflex paralyses
snake venom poisoning
socioscientific
sosin block instrument
spermatophylaxes
state prison
steam and water radiator
stromatolith
supersonic bang
suspence
syzygetic pencil
Sūq al Ithnayn
tanjungbalai (tandjungbalai)
tea-cups
Tioglisynth
Tlhakgameng
triply primitive cell
unfair stress
unpunctuate
valamite
varioplex
Walpia
wedge wire cloth