时间:2019-02-13 作者:英语课 分类:美国语文第五册


英语课

   Among the luxuries which the captain had provided for himself and passengers was a fine green turtle,  船上那只漂亮的绿毛龟有幸列入美味佳肴的名单,那是船长为旅客及他本人准备的。


  which was not likely to suffer from exposure to salt water, so it was reserved until all the pigs, and sheep, and poultry 1 had been eaten.  那种龟不可能在海水里喂养,因此待到鸭鸡一干家常肉类悉数消耗殆尽,绿毛龟这才引起饕餮们热情关注。
  A few days before we arrived, it was determined 2 to kill the turtle and have a feast the next day. 轮船眼看几天后就要抵达目的地了,事情即刻敲定下来,明天船长好好地犒劳大家,这回,绿毛龟也该寿终正寝了。
  Our cabin gentlemen had been long enough deprived of fresh meats to make them cast lickerish glances towards their hard-skinned friend,  客舱里的绅士们很久未能品尝鲜肉,随着有肉可啖的消息传开,盯着那位长有坚硬绿壳的朋友,
  and there was a great smacking 3 of lips the day before he was killed.  人们眼里无不冒出饥渴绿光。那头龟却是如此不谙人事,嘴里不时发出的吧咂声响亮依然。
  As I walked aft occasionally, I heard them congratulating themselves on their prospective 4 turtle soup and forcemeat balls;  我偶尔走到船尾,听到那些先生们兴高采烈地谈论期待中的龟汤,甚至还有喷香的五香龟肉丸。
  and one of them, to heighten the luxury of the feast, ate nothing but a dry biscuit for the twenty-four hours preceding,  有位绅士更为大肆渲染餐宴的规格排场,尽管接下来整整一天,除了啃点发硬的饼干,船上什么吃的也没有,
  that he might be prepared to devour 5 his full share of the unctuous 6 compound.  可他,简直为自己那份鲜美醇厚的龟煲汤急不可耐了。
  It was to be a gala day with them; and though it was not champagne 7 day, that falling on Saturday and this on Friday,  绅士们的欢乐日子到来了,尽管周六才能喝上香槟,今天周五,
  they agreed to have champagne a day in advance, that nothing should be wanting to give a finish to their turtle.  大家还是一致赞同将香槟日提前,这样看来,龟汤带来的憧憬亦就不会留有任何遗憾了。
  It happened to be a rougher day than usual when the turtle was cooked,  更何况还有,今天海上风浪很不凑巧地比平常要大,但人们对船上颠簸早已习以为常,
  but they had become too well used to the motion of the ship to mind that. 更何况还有厨房里喷香的美食诱惑,这些风浪亦就实在不值得计较了。

n.家禽,禽肉
  • There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
  • What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
活泼的,发出响声的,精力充沛的
  • He gave both of the children a good smacking. 他把两个孩子都狠揍了一顿。
  • She inclined her cheek,and John gave it a smacking kiss. 她把头低下,约翰在她的脸上响亮的一吻。
adj.预期的,未来的,前瞻性的
  • The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
  • They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。
v.吞没;贪婪地注视或谛听,贪读;使着迷
  • Larger fish devour the smaller ones.大鱼吃小鱼。
  • Beauty is but a flower which wrinkle will devour.美只不过是一朵,终会被皱纹所吞噬。
adj.油腔滑调的,大胆的
  • He speaks in unctuous tones.他说话油腔滑调。
  • He made an unctuous assurance.他做了个虚请假意的承诺。
n.香槟酒;微黄色
  • There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
  • They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。
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a horn
absorption measurement
adscititious
aerotrekkers
Amatique, B.de
antifreezing test
baxt
bell rigging
bet a dollar to a doughnut
between a rock and a hard place
boat gripgear
breastroke
Briggsia humilis
bromophenindione
bryological ecology
Burnside
capacitive accelerometer
Cinnamomum camphora Nees et Ebermaier
co-current regeneration
color sideband
commandless
common stock index
compass of voice
Configuratiorn
damp proof
deep percussion
determination of gravimeter scale value
distribution facility
dynamic pile driving formula
ebtekar
Eject.
element of crystal
enclosing structure
epistomal ridge
ervasin
expenditure on rolling stock
export declaration original
fat-bodies
foot throttle
formal property of grammar
geocoder
goon suit
gregre
Gräfentonna
Herrera, Cerro
idiocrasy
interconnection film
inverse (discrete) fourier transform
island mountain
kaohsiung
kinkies
kumbaya
kuratowski's theorem
laminagram
ligharge
light-sensitive layer
low water ordinary neap
manproductivity
micro-power detector for pulsed laser
microgametophyte
motor-operation
mud making shale
multiple rotor mixer
nanger
neocriticist
neutral red culture-medium
ocracoke island
order trees
overdenture
pedagogue
peganol
photoelectron beam
plainclothes
PLAM
platanista gangetica
Prevention and Cure of Marine Oil Pollution Damage
product demodulation
pul-e-khumri
put sb to expense
quasi-normal
restricted randomization
rhatanies
sail propulsion
sedative drug
shipping instruction
six-three-three plan
skillicorn
sociopolitically
stereo-block
survival rate of plantation
syn-oxime
Takehara
tentmate
toffee
Tripolye
tripping buckling
uncapping
underslung alternate plow
vapo(u)r heat exchanger
went south
zadie smith
zoometric