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.

About half an hour away from where we live is the town of Leavenworth. It is a fairly small place, near very tall mountains and lots of forests. Nearby is a river called 'The Icicle' which is popular with tourists, kayakers, and campers. It is the perfect spot for a day trip. We chatted on the way, so the journey seemed short. When we got there, it was cold and dull, but the color of the shops and people walking about gave a cheerful appearance. We went into a restaurant that had exposed brick walls, large mirrors, and greenery everywhere. It was cozy 1 and busy. Just right. We had a delicious meal of crepes filled with vegetables and a creamy sauce. The food disappeared quickly. And then it was time for dessert. My mother had creme brulee, and I had yet another crepe, but this time stuffed with banana, chocolate, and cream. I haven't eaten like that for a long time! What a treat, and what a lovely time I had with my mother. After lunch, we spent about an hour wandering around this touristic town. One of our favorite shops was a high quality gift shop that sold, amongst other things, German Cukoo clocks. They were very expensive, intricate, and they made a lovely, soft tick-tick noise. We didn't buy anything, but we had fun just window shopping.

Grammar notes.

Verbs: to chat (reg.), to wander (reg.), to browse 2 (reg.).

Useful expressions: the perfect spot, just right, what a treat, amongst other things, a cheerful appearance.

Advanced.

If you have ever been to Leavenworth, you would say that it is a fascinating creation. Let me explain what I mean when I say 'creation'. It was first established as a town around 1892. The Great Northern Railway had its headquarters there, and there was a large sawmill which was used for the logging industry. However, when the headquarters were moved to Wenatchee, the town suffered economically. People lost their jobs and left. The big turn around came in the 1960's when an initiative to reinvent the town was agreed upon. It was to be transformed into a mock Bavarian town. The experiment worked; the buildings had facades 3 put on them, and the tourists started to visit. It was a success. Now it receives hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. There are seasonal 4 celebrations, like October-fest and the Christmas lighting 5 ceremony, which bring in floods of tourists. There is even a Nutcracker museum which houses five thousand nutcrackers. What an amazing adventure it must have been to turn a run down town into a tourist attraction. The surrounding countryside gives it an authentic 6 Bavarian feel, and even though the buildings are obviously not original, the town has the pull of a center of entertainment.

Grammar notes.

Related vocabulary: established, headquarters, economically, industry, initiative, to reinvent, tourists, seasonal, countryside.

* It was to be transformed into a mock Bavarian town. Exs: Nobody knew it yet, but she was to be/ going to be crowned Queen in two years.  Before he reached adolescence 7, he was to have all of his teeth extracted.



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。
vi.随意翻阅,浏览;(牛、羊等)吃草
  • I had a browse through the books on her shelf.我浏览了一下她书架上的书。
  • It is a good idea to browse through it first.最好先通篇浏览一遍。
n.(房屋的)正面( facade的名词复数 );假象,外观
  • Terraces of asphalt are placed by the building's south and west facades. 沥青露台位于建筑的南面和西面。 来自互联网
  • Preserving historic buildings or keeping only their facades (or fronts) grew common. 保存历史建筑或是保持它们普通的正面增长。 来自互联网
adj.季节的,季节性的
  • The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
  • The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
a.真的,真正的;可靠的,可信的,有根据的
  • This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
  • Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。
n.青春期,青少年
  • Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
  • The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。
学英语单词
abeqithymia
Abies firma
access system
alternate host parasites
analysis of agricultural data
azo dyeing
backup-archive client
barnette
Burgaly
center-work
chickenarian
churn of wave
cleaner strainer
cleanhandedly
come pat to
coolant-gas-carrying auxiliary system
copy order
crackerbreads
crossapol b.
cut and fill balance
Daddy Warbucks
Dakshina Kannada
Dettingen an der Erms
Didelphidae
dual liquid applicator
dyestuffs
eleutherol
epineural canal
ERL-080
evictors
fasting pen
Fery cell
flocculent suspension
flow audit procedure
four hand
frances elizabeth caroline willards
friendish
graphic user world
greenthumb
Greetland
Grodzisk
hemachates
hermann ludwig ferdinand von helmholtzs
impanating
import and export merchant
inductance type displacement transducer
lamp socket antenna
Leptinotarsa
line of trend
livid brown
lounsbery
Mantoux reversion
maximum cruising rating
mean engine operating time between failures
mokopuna
monthly settlement report
ninety-day wonders
non-basic activity
noncorrect
None so deaf as those who won't hear.
odo(u)r specialist cell
Ooststellingwerf
optical fiber phase conductor
otto robert frisches
palm-presser
paraffin oil
pig liver
pissing contest
plumeries
polychloroprene foam
progressive rotation
quinochrome
R.F.T. typing
recent amnesia
reinforcing girder
retinal epilepsy
S tectonite
Saxifraga tigrina
selling process
serial analysis
shifting executory interest
sock something away
socked
sogier
Sophora brachygyna
squirrel cage mill
stangl
statistical invariance
steel tube armour
superstimuli
survey boat
three-shear ram
time-varying gradient
traquair
tricyclohexyltin hydroxide
Turkifies
vertigo
vesperae
Wagner's operation
waterproofing plaster coat
WVV