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]With the death of his mother

[00:02.51]in 1919, William inherited the beloved

[00:05.80]quartermillionacre ranch 1.

[00:08.75]At first, he planned to

[00:11.16]build a modest ranch house

[00:12.80]on his favorite campsite

[00:14.22]but as he became more involved

[00:16.63]in the project, his vision

[00:18.82]of a monument to display

[00:20.79]his collections gained momentum 2.

[00:23.74]Working closely with family architect,

[00:26.92]Julia Morgan, William created

[00:30.19]a glorious and extraordinary castle

[00:33.26]like structure, blending Spanish, European,

[00:36.32] and Californian architectural styles.

[00:40.26] Huge warehouses 3 were built

[00:42.67]in San Simeon to store

[00:45.07]the shiploads of splendid antiques,

[00:47.26]including entire carved ceilings

[00:50.11]and walls hung with enormous tapestries 4.

[00:53.61] They could be installed

[00:57.11]in the completed rooms.

[00:59.19]Landscaping integrated exotic plants,

[01:02.58]hedges, and trees with native flora 5.

[01:05.75] As William was in his 60’s,

[01:09.69]he had the insight

[01:11.33]to know he couldn’t  wait

[01:13.08]for them to grow,

[01:14.39]but he was optimistic.

[01:16.14] He ordered tons of fertile topsoil

[01:18.56] to cover the grounds 

[01:20.08]to a depth of five feet

[01:21.50]and fullgrown specimens 6

[01:23.58]of the plants were trucked

[01:25.67]up the mountain for planting.

[01:27.52]With thousands of acres

[01:30.37]of land covered with grassland 7,

[01:32.12]trees, natural ponds, and

[01:35.08]manmade reservoirs available for use,

[01:37.37] William stocked the estate

[01:39.34]with herds 8 of rare oxen and deer,

[01:41.63]and flocks of sheep and lambs.

[01:44.15]These animals flourished

[01:47.22]as they were allowed to wander freely.

[01:50.06]Larger, more dangerous beasts,

[01:52.80] including tigers, ostriches 9, buffalo 10,

[01:56.51]yaks, emus, kangaroos, llamas,zebras

[02:02.20]and giraffes were enclosed

[02:04.94]in the largest private zoo in the world



1 ranch
n.大牧场,大农场
  • He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
  • The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
2 momentum
n.动力,冲力,势头;动量
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
3 warehouses
仓库,货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )
  • The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
  • Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。
4 tapestries
n.挂毯( tapestry的名词复数 );绣帷,织锦v.用挂毯(或绣帷)装饰( tapestry的第三人称单数 )
  • The wall of the banqueting hall were hung with tapestries. 宴会厅的墙上挂有壁毯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The rooms were hung with tapestries. 房间里都装饰着挂毯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 flora
n.(某一地区的)植物群
  • The subtropical island has a remarkably rich native flora.这个亚热带岛屿有相当丰富的乡土植物种类。
  • All flora need water and light.一切草木都需要水和阳光。
6 specimens
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人
  • Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
  • The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 grassland
n.牧场,草地,草原
  • There is a reach of grassland in the distance.远处是连绵一片的草原。
  • The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原。
8 herds
兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众
  • Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
  • There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
9 ostriches
n.鸵鸟( ostrich的名词复数 );逃避现实的人,不愿正视现实者
  • They are the silliest lot of old ostriches I ever heard of. 他们真是我闻所未闻的一群最傻的老鸵鸟。 来自辞典例句
  • How ostriches could bear to run so hard in this heat I never succeed in understanding. 驼鸟在这样干燥炎热的地带为什么能疾速长跑,我永远也理解不了。 来自辞典例句
10 buffalo
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
  • Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
  • The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
学英语单词
a livestock pen
abdurahman
anti-retroviral
auto press
autoexcitation
bear cats
blunket
brainwashed
centrifugal multistage pump
Chateaurenault
coalpits
cold finger reservoir
conditional mood
countertendencies
Dome-cort
door control valve
DPC (data processing center)
dress-makings
dwindle away
electrical drying oven
emergency-operation
endocyte
enen mode
Eritrichium lasiocarpum
eyah
Fada, Loch
fagger
flavus
fowl growth factor
freedom marcher
fungibles
gammaglobulinopathy
geologists
get tarred with the same brush
gon-
goodlett
hamaspora benguetensis
have one's ear
hemiaminal
hemisynergia
holds water
hyperleptoprosopic
intermixture
inverse substitution
isoprenyl
isorotation
Karaulkel'dy
keeps your shirt on
lagocephalous
laughed away
letted
light stroke
limited information maximum likelihood (liml) estimator
Lā'ie Point
magnetic scanning
maximum unilateralized power gain
minitowers
montanic acid
Moreclacke
nano-henrys
nasee
nebbishlike
NEDNA
needle exchange
normal font
norseng
nozzle for pressure gauge
oily concentration in water sender
option fee
organomercuric
ownersowner's
paracusia acris
partial reserve system
pelvic plane
Peng- hu
phenomorphan
phosphorus iodohexachloride
pincott
plain bending
postmill
receiver cupola
reinoculating
retirement of borrowings
roll jaw crusher
rozollar
safety element
sales needed for target profit
Scurrula gongshanensis
self-propelled machine
selfpossession
smokey bears
standing organization
Stealth-call
talk a dog's hind leg off
transliterators
transvenous pacemaker
ugwu
vinerine
Washington Liaison Group
weipe
zenicks