时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:常春藤生活英语


英语课

Lisa Smith jumped up from her nightmare 1. In the dream, a boy on the high school football team was making fun of her thick glasses and greasy 2 hair. As soon as she opened her eyes, Lisa had butterflies in her stomach. She realized today was her 10-year reunion.


For Lisa, high school wasn't all bad. She got great grades and learned a lot about many different things. She even kept in touch with some of her friends from that time. But it was him, Jim Cower 3, that she still felt angry at. Even though she had gone through college and medical school, Lisa was very upset about the way Jim treated her every morning in high school. He would make fun of her, and all of his friends would laugh in her face. These bad memories were still fresh in her mind even after 10 years. But Lisa has blossomed 5 into a beautiful lady since she graduated from high school. Her glasses have been replaced by contacts and her hair is now long and flowing.


莉萨?史密斯从恶梦中惊醒。在梦里,一名高中美式足球校队的男孩正在取笑她厚重的眼镜和油腻腻的头发。莉萨一睁开眼睛便感到紧张。她想到今天是高中第十年的同学会。


对莉萨而言,高中并非都是些不好的事。她成绩优异,学到了很多不同的事情。她甚至和一些高中时代的朋友保持联系。但是她依然很气吉姆?考渥这个人。虽然莉萨早已念完大学和医学院,她仍旧会对高中时代吉姆每天早上对待她的方式感到不愉快。他会寻她开心,而且他所有朋友也会当面嘲笑她。十年过后,这些不好的回忆却仍然在她脑海中记忆犹新。不过莉萨自高中毕业后已经变成一位美女。她的眼镜已被隐形眼镜取代,而她也有一头飘逸的长发。


Building Your Vocabulary


1.greasy a. 油腻的;多油脂的

Greasy food is bad for your health.

油腻的食物有碍健康。


2.blossom 4 vi.(往好的方面)转变;发展

Kelly and Al's friendship blossomed into love.

凯莉和艾尔的友谊升华为爱情。


Phrases for Learning


1.make fun of...  嘲弄……,拿……开玩笑

Please stop making fun of my new haircut.

请不要再嘲笑我的新发型了。


2.have butterflies (in + 所有格 + stomach) (某人)情绪紧张,心理发慌

Chris always has butterflies before an exam.

考试前克里斯总是很紧张。


3.keep in touch with...  与……保持联络

Nicole has promised to keep in touch with us after she moves to London.

妮可承诺她搬到伦敦后,会与我们保持联系。


4.laugh in + 所有格 + face  当面嘲笑∕取笑某人

After Mark got punished by the teacher, some of his classmates laughed in his face.

马克被老师处罚后,一些同学当面嘲笑他。


参考字词


1.nightmare n. 恶梦

2.reunion n. 同学会

3.medical a. 医学的

4.contact n. 隐形眼镜

5.flowing a. 飘拂的


Tips In Use


Even though she had gone through college and medical school...

(虽然莉萨早已念完大学和医学院……)


"go through"在本句中表『经历』,通常指经历坏事或苦事。以下为您介绍"go through"的其它用法:


1.表『用光』:

William went through all of his salary in a week.

(威廉一周内就花光了所有的薪水。)


2.表『仔细检查∕寻找』:

I went through the whole room looking for my glasses.

(我翻遍整间房间找我的眼镜。)


3.表『从头到尾仔细阅读』:

Can you go through this article and correct the mistakes?

(你能细读这篇文章并订正错误吗?)



1 nightmare
n.恶梦,可怕的事物,无法摆脱的恐惧
  • I was glad to awake from such a nightmare.我庆幸终于从噩梦中醒来了。
  • I had a nightmare last nightand,lost sleep.昨夜我作了个恶梦,失眠了。
2 greasy
adj. 多脂的,油脂的
  • He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
  • You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时,你会厌恶油腻的气味。
3 cower
v.畏缩,退缩,抖缩
  • I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.我决不会在任何一位大师面前发抖,也不会为任何恐吓所屈服。
  • Will the Chinese cower before difficulties when they are not afraid even of death?中国人死都不怕,还怕困难吗?
4 blossom
n.花,开花;vi.开花,发展
  • The blossom on the trees looks lovely in springtime.春天树上的花很漂亮。
  • Let a hundred flowers blossom,let a hundred schools of thought contend.百花齐放,百家争鸣。
5 blossomed
v.(植物)开花( blossom的过去式和过去分词 );发展;长成;变得更加健康(或自信、成功)
  • He has really blossomed out since he came to live here. 自从他住到这里来以后他确实变得快活了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • That lonely, remote settlement blossomed into a charming little city. 那个寂寞而偏僻的开拓地变成了一个可爱的小城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
acanthochiton
acception of persons
act according to
actvs
aetr
Akropong
ann c.
arteriae ulnaris
Asian cholera
atmosphere analyser
automatic monitoring
b-complex vitamins
barrow's
bill of lading copy
blow-run method
bricked it
brown smoke
chassepots
chewability
chirometer
civil time
clowers
Cogolin
consciousness-threshold
counterlaths
diameter ratio
differential block
doner kebabs
electronic journalism
ELEP (expansion-line end point)
employee business expenses
endomesoderm cell
euaugaptilus mixtus
factor of evaluation
finish gauge
fire extinguisher system
fordwine
globeflowers
GM_past-perfect-continuous-i-had-been-working
granoblastic texture
gross thickness
heavy-liddeds
horny-handed
hutzpah
hwyls
included angle
instantaneous frequency stability
insulating soft wire
isogermidine
Khārchok
land use mapping
lazy leucocyte syndrome
line of engagement
link (li)
Lithocarpus jenkinsii
lower end of duct
mediumfit
microscopics
microviscosity
mini-burgers
monotonic functional
morning draughtboard
nipponium
oligarchies
operatorship
Orissi
pharmacological compound
phosphatidylinositol(PI)
pole trawl
private listing
proton stream
psychorrhagia
qualified director
qualitative property
quartz watch
radio-thermoluminescence
Rhododendron jinxiuense
Sankt Gallenkirch
sarcinodes yeni
saturation patrols
scrap metals
shamshir
shyryf
specified point
Stewartia gemmata
sun-burned
super-huge turbogenerator
supply-demand relation
sylph-like
tandem milking parler
theos
thirled
trachy-pitchstone
two-way omnibus
unregimented
unvailing
valeryl phenetidine
washed down
whisenhunt
Wilkins Micawber
wintams
Zabud