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1、Vocabulary 一Text第一段第二行：mutter mtv.speak or say (sth) in a low voice that is hard to hear eg:Dont mutter! I cant hear you.第二段第四行: weed wi:d v.take out weeds from (the ground) eg:Ive been busy weeding (in) the garden.第二段第七行： tractor trktn. powerful motor vehicleused for pulling farm machinery or other
2、 heavy equipment eg:The tractor took up the slack and pulled the trailer out of the mud. 第三段第二行： downpour daunp: n. heavy, usu sudden, fall of rain egThere was a heavy downpour. 第三段第三行：barn / bn; brn/ n building for sheltering farm animals, eg cows or horses egOwls visited the barn to rest.第四段第三行：pa
3、tch pt n. small piece of land, esp one used for growing vegetables eg:The ground is wet in patches.第四段第三行：fallow / flu; flo/ adj(of land) ploughed but left unplanted to restore its fertility eg:The field was lying fallow.第四段第四行：stumped /stmpt/adj unable to find an answer or think of a reply eg:The q
4、uestion had me completely stumped第五段第三行： Trojan / trudn; trodn/ n, (inhabitant) of Troy, eg:(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who has killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.第五段第四行：relinquish/ rlkw; rlkw / v. give up or cease to practise, feel, etc (sth); abandon eg:He had relinquished all hope t
5、hat she was alive.第七段第四行：surrender/ srend(r); srnd/ v. stop resisting an enemy, etc; yield; give up eg: We shall never surrender.第七段第六行：shift / ft; ft/ n (period of time worked by a) group of workers which starts work as another group finishes eg：The shift times are usually the day shift, from 7 am
6、to 3 pm.第九段第一行：murmur / mm(r); mm/ n low continuous indistinct sound 低沉 持续而不清的声音 eg:The girl murmured something polite, and smiled.第九段第二行: iceberg / asbg; asb/ n huge mass of ice floating in the sea eg:The ship struck an iceberg.第十二段第一行：redundant / rdndnt; rdndnt/ adj (usu of language or art) not ne
7、eded; superfluous; unnecessary eg: he illustration had too much redundant detail.第十二段第一行: relic / relk; rlk/ n C trace or feature surviving from a past age and serving to remind people of it eg: Roman relics found in a field.第十四段第五行：reconvertri:knv:t v. To undergo or cause to undergo conversion to a
8、 previous state or condition eg:To reconvert the farmland into forestry and pasture第十六段第一行：lilac / lalk; lalk/ n C shrub with sweet-smellingpale purple or white blossom 丁香 eg: The lilacs are in flower.第十六段第三行： puddle/ pdl; pdl/ nC small pool of water, esp of rain-water on the road eg: She tripped ov
9、er and landed in puddle. 第十六段第四行： churn /tn US trn/ v if your stomach churns, you feel sick because you are nervous or frightened eg： My stomach was churning on the day of the exam.第十八段第五行：pasture / pst(r); US ps-; pst/ n C, U (piece of) land covered with grass and similar plants, suitable for grazi
10、ng animals eg： Nitrate of soda may be sown on pasture that does not eat off. 第十八段第六行：birdwatch b:dw:t v. watch and study birds in their natural habitat Eg:She loves birdwatching.第十八段第六行：creek / krik; US also krk; krik/ n (US) small river; stream 小河; 溪流.eg:Nearby my family has a creek. 第二十一段第一行：grunt
11、 / grnt; rnt/ v (of people) make a similar sound expressing pain, boredom, irritation, etc or indicating inattention or distraction eg:I asked him what he thought, but he just grunted.第二十三段第二行：square 3/ skwe(r); skwr/ v make (sth) straight or level eg:You need to square your shoulders.第二十五段第三行：abrup
12、tlybrptli sudden and unexpected eg:Why? She asked abruptly.第二十五段第三行：gulp / glp; lp/ n. mouthful, esp of sth liquid eg:He drank a gulp of cold milk.第二十八段第一行：crabby / krb; krb/ adj (-ier, -iest) (infml 口) bad-tempered; irritable eg:My wife is crabby. It must be that time of the Month.第三十段第一行：resolutel
13、yrezlu:tli adv. doing something in a very determined way because you have very strong beliefs, aims etc eg:Provided they fight resolutely, the enemy can never break in. 第三十段第二行：chin / tn; tn/ n part of the face below the mouth; front part of the lower jaw eg:Youve got a cut on your chin.第三十一段第三段：tra
14、iler / trel(r); trel/ n (a) truck or other wheeled container pulled by another vehicle eg: They packed the food and camping equipment in the trailer.第三十三段第三行：shrug / rg; r/ v (-gg-) raise (ones shoulders) slightly to express doubt, indifference, ignorance, etc eg:I asked her where Sam was, but she j
15、ust shrugged.第三十四段第一行：patter / pt(r); pt/ n make this sound eg：R ain pattering on the window panes第三十四段第二行：momentarily /mumntrli US moumnterli/ advfor a very short time eg： She was momentarily lost for words.第三十五段第三行：moisture / mst(r); mst/ nU (thin layer of) tiny drops of water on a surface, in the air, etc eg： Humidity is a measure of moisture in the atmosphere.2、 Reading SkillsPractice p2 line2: conviction / knvkn; knvkn/ n firm opinion or beli
