时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:胡敏托福词汇记单词


英语课

Lesson 55 How It Got the Name 一个名字的由来


Words:


 


crevice 1 n. 缺口,裂缝


 


crew n. 全体人员,(工作)队


 


crimson 2 adj. 深红色的


 


cringe n. 畏缩


 


cripple vt. 削弱,使残废


 


crisp adj. 脆的,易碎的


 


crisscross vi. (十字)交叉;vt. 在。。。上交叉往来,往返奔波于。。。


 


critical adj. 评论的,批评的;危急的;非常重要的


 


critical point 临界点


 


critique n. (文艺等的)批评,评论


 


crooked 3 adj. 狡诈的;弯曲的;蜿蜒的


 


crossbreeding n. (生物)杂种


 


crosscut adj. 横切的


 


crow n. 鸦,乌鸦


 


crowbar n. 撬棍,铁锹


 


crowd n. 人群,群众;vi.聚集,拥挤


 


crown n. 王冠,花冠;顶


 


crucial adj. 至关重要的,决定性的;紧要关头的


 


crude adj. 未提炼的,粗糙的


 


crude oil 原油


 


“I think crows are pests,” John said, biting into a crisp biscuit.


 


“I do too, but this one is rather rare,” I replied. “Its feathers are the color of crude oil. It has a crimson head. The pattern resembles a royal crown. It is probably a result of crossbreeding. I learned about crossbreeding when I read a critique of that famous book about bird-breeding. It was a very critical article.”


“We’ve been crisscrossing this crosscut forest for hours,” John said, wiping the sweat from his brow. “How are we supposed to find it?”


 


“There it is,” I replied. “It’s stuck in that crevice near that crooked tree. Call the rest of the rescue crew. We might need some help.”


 


Soon, there was crowd of rescuers around us. “This is a crucial moment,” I told everyone. “Be quiet.”


I crept towards the crevice. I cringed when I saw that a branch from a fallen tree had crippled the crow’s legs. It was suffering. This was a critical point in the mission. I called out for someone to hand me a metal tool to pry 4 the branch away from the crow.


 


“Here, use this,” John said, as he handed me a crude looking metal bar.


 


It was a crucial moment. I used the bar to pry the fallen tree from the crevice and to pull the branch off the crow. “Whew, thank goodness for this tool,” I signed. “Hey, John, what do you call this metal bar?”


 


“It doesn’t have name,” John replied. “But perhaps from now on, we should call it s crowbar.”


 


“我认为乌鸦是有害动物。”约翰边说,便咬了一口脆饼干。


 


“我也这样认为,但我们要找的这种却是很稀罕,”我回答到,“它有原油色的羽毛,深红色的头。样式很像一个皇家王冠。它可能是杂交繁殖的结果。我是从阅读那本关于鸟类杂交的著作的评论开始懂得杂交知识的。那是篇很重要的文章。”


 


“我们已经来回往返横切森林好几个小时了,”约翰说着,擦了擦头上的汗水。“我们怎样才能找到它呢?”


 


“它在那。”我回答,“它夹在那棵弯树旁的裂缝里。去呼叫其他救援人员,我们可能需要一些帮助。”


不久,来了一群救援人员。“现在是紧要关头,”我对大家说,“要保持安静。”


我朝裂缝爬过去。来到眼前,当我发现原来是倒下的大树的树枝伤及乌鸦的双腿而致残的时候,我畏缩不


前了。它痛苦地挣扎这。这是救援任务的紧急关头。我叫别人递给我一个金属工具把树枝从乌鸦身上撬开。


 


“给,用这个。”约翰说着,递给我一个外观粗糙的金属棒。


决定性的时候到了。我用那根棒子把倒在地上的树从裂缝处撬起,把压在乌鸦身上的树枝拉走。乌鸦得救了。


 


“哇!多亏了这个棒子。”我长出了一口气,“嗨,约翰,这跟金属棒叫什么?”


 


“它没有名字,”约翰回答到,“但也许从现在开始,我们可以管他叫乌鸦棒,也就是撬棍的意思。”



n.(岩石、墙等)裂缝;缺口
  • I saw a plant growing out of a crevice in the wall.我看到墙缝里长出一棵草来。
  • He edged the tool into the crevice.他把刀具插进裂缝里。
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
  • She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
  • Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的
  • He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指,示意我们到他那儿去。
  • You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
vi.窥(刺)探,打听;vt.撬动(开,起)
  • He's always ready to pry into other people's business.他总爱探听别人的事。
  • We use an iron bar to pry open the box.我们用铁棍撬开箱子。
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