时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读II


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[00:00.40]8.Love Is Everything


[00:04.97]The winter cold hung in the air like a frozen dinosaur 1 trying to thaw 2 from his glacier 3 and walk across the earth. 


[00:12.60]Breath iced like a tiny morning mist upon a meandering 4 river. 


[00:16.07]The sounds of the city rising and spilling into silence as the night began to claim its citizens for sleep.


[00:22.61]Blowing on gloved hands that seemed to have little effect on cold hands that ached with chill. 


[00:28.60]Long hours hanging pressed clothes, pulling tickets and ringing up the customers. 


[00:34.48]The last of the packaged hot chocolate gone and only the longing 5 need for home and a pot pie to warm her.


[00:41.34]It was payday and she cashed her check. 


[00:44.39]Two Santas and one Salvation 6 Army captain and she was minus ten dollars but what did it matter? 


[00:51.25]She had a place to sleep, something decent to eat, and she had Drew.


[00:55.94]Drew with his kindness, his caring and his humor to lighten her day. 


[01:00.94]Thanksgiving was nigh and they were collecting early for the hungry and the children that would have no Christmas without them. 


[01:07.91]She was so much more lucky than most of them but perhaps not as lucky as those that scurried 7 in the Wednesday night sleet, 


[01:16.19]shopping early before the pickings became slim. 


[01:18.48]Life was not always easy but sometimes it could always be safe.


[01:22.53]She had Drew, and Smat, the ugly little terrier that nobody wanted. 


[01:28.22]She had comfort and warmth in the apartment. 


[01:31.06]She had dinner for tomorrow thawing 8 in the small turkey and the little Thanksgiving bonus from her boss.


[01:36.65]But most of all, she had love. 


[01:39.38]It was the most important of all.




1 dinosaur
n.恐龙
  • Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击?
  • He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。
2 thaw
v.(使)融化,(使)变得友善;n.融化,缓和
  • The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
  • The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。
3 glacier
n.冰川,冰河
  • The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
  • The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。
4 meandering
蜿蜒的河流,漫步,聊天
  • The village seemed deserted except for small boys and a meandering donkey. 整个村子的人都像是逃光了,只留下了几个小男孩和一头正在游游荡荡的小毛驴。 来自教父部分
  • We often took a walk along the meandering river after supper. 晚饭后我们常沿着那条弯弯曲曲的小河散步。
5 longing
n.(for)渴望
  • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
  • His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
6 salvation
n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困
  • Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
  • Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。
7 scurried
v.急匆匆地走( scurry的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She said goodbye and scurried back to work. 她说声再见,然后扭头跑回去干活了。
  • It began to rain and we scurried for shelter. 下起雨来,我们急忙找地方躲避。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 thawing
n.熔化,融化v.(气候)解冻( thaw的现在分词 );(态度、感情等)缓和;(冰、雪及冷冻食物)溶化;软化
  • The ice is thawing. 冰在融化。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • It had been snowing and thawing and the streets were sloppy. 天一直在下雪,雪又一直在融化,街上泥泞不堪。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
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