时间:2018-11-27 作者:英语课 分类:背诵为王第一册


英语课

11 An Embarrassing 1 Show



The day of the school science fair had finally arrived, and Lisa was both nervous and excited. She couldn't wait to show off her volcano 2 model at the fair. She might even win the first prize!

As Lisa was setting 3 up her volcano, she noticed her friend Alex's project on the table next to hers. Weeks ago, Alex had asked her for help in creating a model of the solar system, and Lisa was glad to help. He never told her he is going to enter it in the Science Fair! His model was painted beautifully in different colours. Finally Alex got the first place and Lisa felt very embarrassed 4.



fair 展览会

nervous 神经紧张的,不安的

excited 兴奋的

show off 炫耀

volcano 火山

project 设计,计划

create 创作,创造

solar system 太阳系

embarrassed 觉得难堪的





一次令人难堪的展览



学校的科学展览日终于到来了,丽莎既紧张又兴奋。她等不及要在展览会上炫耀她的火山模型。她甚至有可能赢得第一名!



正当丽莎组装她的火山时,她注意到旁边桌子上她朋友亚历克斯的设计。几星期前,亚历克斯曾请她帮助他创作一个太阳系的模型,丽莎很乐意地帮助了他。可他从没告诉过她他打算拿它参加科学展览!他的模型色彩鲜艳。最终亚历克斯获得了第一名,丽莎觉得很难堪!



1 embarrassing
adj.使人尴尬的,令人为难的v.(使)窘迫,(使)局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)
  • His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话,都没人笑一下,真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字,很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 volcano
n.火山
  • The volcano unexpectedly blew up early in the morning.火山一早突然爆发了。
  • It is most risky to go and examine an active volcano.去探察活火山是非常危险的。
3 setting
n.背景
  • The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
  • Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。
4 embarrassed
adj.尴尬的,不好意思的
  • He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
  • He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。
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