时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇


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[00:00.00]At the time, drums were used

[00:03.70]to forewarn that

[00:04.90]the natives were going to

[00:06.44]capture the forts, which

[00:07.75]guarded the western frontier.

[00:08.84]Daily life in this new land,

[00:12.45]for the early settlers,

[00:14.09]was harsh and difficult.

[00:16.28]First they needed to tame

[00:18.80]the land, chopping down trees,

[00:20.99]in order to be able to plant crops.

[00:24.05]At times they  needed to

[00:26.57]defend their land and

[00:27.88]be wary 1 of attacks from 

[00:29.30]wild animals, such as

[00:30.83]wolves and bears.

[00:32.91]Mosquito bites caused severe reactions

[00:36.63]of swelling 2 and itchiness.

[00:39.59]Once the work was done,

[00:41.77]neighbors would gather for

[00:43.74]an occasional social function.

[00:45.93]The children would play

[00:48.12]for hours chasing butterflies

[00:49.65]and looking for birds’ nests.

[00:51.95]The boys would catch frogs and

[00:54.57]then tease the girls with them.

[00:56.22]There would be a delicious picnic lunch

[01:00.05]spread on the grass.

[01:02.12]John asked Lily to

[01:04.31]bring some freshly squeezed lemon juice

[01:06.28]for the picnic.

[01:08.80]He found  the sour taste of  lemonade

[01:10.44]was refreshing 3 on a hot summer’s day.

[01:13.94] Some of the men would

[01:15.90]have a drink of homemade

[01:17.66]in the moonshine before

[01:19.52]striking up a tune 4 on the fiddle 5.

[01:22.03]Square dancing was popular

[01:25.43]among the young people and

[01:27.39]the young lads would leap up to dance

[01:29.48]with the eligible 6 young ladies.

[01:31.99]Rivals for a young lady’s hand

[01:35.60]in marriage would tend to

[01:37.35]compete to walk her home

[01:38.99]at the end of an evening.

[01:40.74]The romantic times were few

[01:43.69]and contrasted sharply with

[01:45.33]the stern reality of everyday life.

[01:49.16]Neighbors were also few and

[01:53.44]Lily found she was very lonely.

[01:55.73]She looked forward to

[01:57.92]the occasional visits of the minister,

[01:59.78]Robert Ayers, who was

[02:02.07]a Methodist circuit rider.

[02:03.94]Meetings would  be held

[02:06.23]in fields or small barns,

[02:08.31]three to four times a year.

[02:10.17]At other times neighbor women

[02:13.78]from over the mountain would

[02:15.75]meet to make quilts, blankets

[02:17.83]and cushions and to gossip

[02:19.25]about their respective lives.

[02:21.77]They would share their secret fears

[02:24.83]regarding their new lives,

[02:27.02]their hopes for their children’s future

[02:29.21]and enjoy each other’s companionship



1 wary
adj.谨慎的,机警的,小心的
  • He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
  • Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头,突然警惕起来。
2 swelling
n.肿胀
  • Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
  • There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。
3 refreshing
adj.使精神振作的,使人清爽的,使人喜欢的
  • I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
  • The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼,特别解乏提神。
4 tune
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
5 fiddle
n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动
  • She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
  • Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。
6 eligible
adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的
  • He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
  • Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
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accreditate
acrosomic system
Adderbury
Alpenrhein River
ass fuck
back in time
bank annuities
bedroom town
BIOSes
bur oaks
Camellia assamica
capillaropathy
cash surrender
cellomics
coded converter
congealation
cortiral
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cranked coil
cress green
deglobalized
Denison gauge
detail printing
Dublovice
Dunbaria rotundifolia
dynamic region area
embossed candle
endogenous development
Fanno line
fantad
femoral pulse
financial instruments
flying shore
forestry ranger
freshet period
fuck ya
group transfer
hexagon-headed bolt
historical-cost rules
Hoanh Mo
hypoelliptic operator
infrared locator
inspiratory resistance
is on the ball
Ivolândia
job sites
joint seam
Kerch
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leading truck
leen
long-bodied type
maler kotla
mesophilic range
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moiff
monochromators
Morison
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nonmedieval
o.e.d
Orepuki
other day evening
outer waterway
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phelp
Pitkyarantskiy Rayon
pogroist
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porous microbeads support
position independent program
post office network list
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produce a war
pyramidal decussation
rainfall intensity frequency curve
raynard
re-collect
retinoblastoma protein
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seasonal arima models
semi-sentence
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takrouri
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threewheeler
to need
toleranced taper method
triple correlation coefficient
uncomparatively
unpermeable seam
url submission
value of re-export
villanella
Volkmann's paralysis
watch yourself
Windows Registry
wipe one's boots on
zuni icosahedron