英语听力：自然百科 真实的庞贝—11
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2015年
You, here! You，barbarian! Here!
They make up 30% of Italy's population, yet virtually no written accounts of their lives are left behind. They are treated as a commodity rather than people. The story is pieced together from the archaeological evidence, and suggests this building was a market place for human livestock 1. The auction 2 is a defining moment for a slave. It can be the difference between a relatively 3 comfortable existence and a hellish one. But on this day, no one, slave or owner, will be spared from the hell which is about to come. When the mountain erupts some slaves will die still chained. This man will be found where he fell unable to run away. The ash from Mt. Vesuvius smothers 4 everything. It captures people fleeing, cowering 5, dying in the face of an unfolding disaster. As the ash hardens, it solidifies 6 the shapes of its victims’ bodies, long after their flesh is gone.
- Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
- The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。
- They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
- They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
- The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
- The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
- Mary smothers her children with too much love. 玛丽溺爱自己的孩子。
- He smothers his hair with grease, eg hair-oil. 他用发腊擦头发。
- He turned his baleful glare on the cowering suspect. 他恶毒地盯着那个蜷缩成一团的嫌疑犯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He stood over the cowering Herb with fists of fury. 他紧握着两个拳头怒气冲天地站在惊魂未定的赫伯面前。 来自辞典例句
- Jelly solidifies as it gets cold. 肉冻冷却就凝固。
- It is stirred with 10%sodium carbonate solution(50ml)and then with water (50ml), after which It'solidifies. 与10％碳酸钠溶液（50毫升）混合搅拌，然后再用50毫升水混合搅拌，从而析出固体。