与儿子Bacon（2005年3月）一起建英语小楼

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说起来是放假了，可是学校布置的那摊任务，几乎要覆盖整个假期了，儿子还不急不慌呢!我虽说，内心里也希望儿子自在些，但是，他一天没有写完课内作业，我就一天觉得不踏实。又不好老催他，看他这方看罢英文碟子，那方又摆起了评书阵，根本不拿学校的作业当回事。

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犰狳 [qiú yú]英文： armadillo

没有半只鸡腿，孔雀脖子，连犰狳尾巴都没半根。
Not one chicken leg, peacock neck or armadillo tail was left.

但是花栗鼠，蝴蝶，水鸟，会唱歌的小鸟和犰狳却一直在你身边。
But the chipmunks, butterflies, waterfowl, song birds and armadillos are all around.

母亲说：“我曾经在路易斯安那的河口看过一场海狸鼠和犰狳的奇妙的演出，它让我想到了你的混帐老爸，也让我想到了你。
My mother said, "I watched a fascinating show on the influx of nutria and armadillos down in Louisiana, which made me think of your fucking father, which made me think of you.

苦味
1. bitterness
2. Bitter Flavors
3. Bitter
4. BITTER

1. Quinine has a bitter taste.
奎宁有苦味。

2. He liked the bitter taste of the ale.
他喜欢麦芽酒的苦味。

3. You filter the coffee through this special paper and it takes out the bitterness.
如果你用这种特制的纸过滤咖啡，就没有苦味了。

4. Morphine is a white bitter substance obtained from opium and used in medicine to reduce pain.
吗啡是从鸦片中提炼出的苦味的白色物体，用作减痛的药物。

5. They like bitterness in foods as well as saltiness.
他们喜欢食物中的苦味和咸味。

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苦：
<形> bitter ； painful ； hard ； [方] too much
<名> hardship ； suffering ； pain ； a surname
<动> cause sb. suffering ； give sb. a hard time ； suffer from ； be troubled by
<副>（有耐心地； 尽力地） painstakingly ； doing one's utmost

bitter hard hardship suffer from suffering
形
1. （像胆汁或黄连的味道） bitter
2. （难受的； 痛苦的） painful; hard
3. [方] （除去得太多； 损耗太过） (cut off) too much
名
1. （难受； 痛苦） hardship; suffering; pain
2. （姓氏） a surname
动
1. （使痛苦； 使难受） cause sb. suffering; give sb. a hard time
2. （苦于） suffer from; be troubled by
副
1. （有耐心地； 尽力地） painstakingly; doing one's utmost


1. The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.
热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。

2. He was prone to indigestion after rich restaurant meals.
上饭馆吃过油腻食物之后，他常受消化不良之苦。

3. It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.
从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。

4. Are you willing to do penance for your sins,my son?
你愿意以苦刑赎你的罪吗，孩子？

5. John picked a fight with Jack and came off worst.
约翰寻衅和杰克打架，结果大吃其苦。

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幻觉：
[心] megrim ； delusion ； hallucination ； Fata Morgana ； pink elephants

hallucination pink elephants rainbow stardust
1. [心] megrim; delusion; hallucination; Fata Morgana; socordia
labour under a delusion
因幻觉而苦恼
be under no delusion
没有幻觉

1. For a moment I thought I was having hallucinations.
一时间我以为我产生了幻觉。

2. His mind could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality.
他的头脑已不再能分清幻觉和现实。

3. He had hallucinations after he took drugs.
他吸毒以后产生了幻觉。

4. I had visions of us getting hopelessly lost.
我产生了我们完全迷失了方向的幻觉。

5. Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life.
甚至此人仍抱着幻觉，不知何故，农村生活就是优越于城市。

常见度：
imagination
[英] [iˌmædʒiˈneiʃən] [美] [ɪˌmædʒəˈneʃən]

n.想像，想像力； 空想，妄想； 想像出来的事物
复数： imaginations

1. N-VAR 想象;想象力 Your imagination is the ability that you have to form pictures or ideas in your mind of things that are new and exciting, or things that you have not experienced.
Antonia is a woman with a vivid imagination...
安东尼娅是个想象力丰富的女人。
Alistair had a logical mind, and little imagination...
阿利斯泰尔逻辑思维能力很强,但缺乏想象力。
The Government approach displays a lack of imagination.
政府的方案显得缺乏想象力。

2. N-COUNT 想象；空想；幻想 Your imagination is the part of your mind which allows you to form pictures or ideas of things that do not necessarily exist in real life.  
Long before I ever went there, Africa was alive in my imagination.
早在我真正踏足之前很久,非洲就已在我的脑海中活灵活现了。

3. PHRASE 吸引…的注意力;摄人魂魄;引人入胜 If you say that someone or something captured your imagination, you mean that you thought they were interesting or exciting when you saw them or heard them for the first time.  
Italian football captured the imagination of the nation last season.
上个赛季意大利足球吸引了全国上下的注意。

4. PHRASE 发人深省;予人启迪 If you say that something stretches your imagination, you mean that it is good because it makes you think about things that you had not thought about before.  
Their films are exciting and really stretch the imagination.
他们的电影非常精彩且发人深省。

5.   not by any stretch of the imagination→see: stretch;

Noun
1. the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;
2. the ability to form mental images of things or events;
3. the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems;

1. The novel "Pilgrimage to the West'shows plenty of imagination.
小说《西游记》表现出丰富的想像力。

2. The Romantics believed that the life of the imagination was intrinsically valuable.
浪漫主义作家认为想像的生命力本身就很重要。

3. He tried to practice upon the imagination and credulity of the public.
他企图利用群众的空想和轻信。

4. His thought is beyond the reach of my imagination.
他的思想不是我所能想像得到的。

5. Such stories serve as a spur to children's imagination.
这类故事能激发儿童的想像力。

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悬崖
cliff ； precipice ； escarpment ； beetling cliffs ； barranca

barranca cliff escarpment escarpmetnt khud krantz rimrock scarp steep
1. cliff; precipice; escarpment; beetling cliffs; rock cliff; impending cliff; hanger; bluff; scarp; brow
scale a cliff
攀登悬崖

1. Local folklore has it that prehistoric men drove cattle over these cliffs.
当地民间传说中称，史前人类把野牛从这些悬崖上驱赶下去。

2. In this weather the cliff face was a foggy drop into infinity.
在这种天气条件下，雾蒙蒙的悬崖隐入广漠无限之中。

3. The car fell over a cliff and the driver was drowned.
汽车从悬崖上翻下来，司机溺水而亡。

4. It's a fall of 60 metres to the foot of the cliff.
从这儿到悬崖之底距离60米。

5. He took the measure of the cliff before he climbed it.
他把悬崖的高度估量一下后再攀登。

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丛林：
jungle ； forest ； Buddhist monastery ； wood ； thicket

jungle thicket underbrush underwood
1. （树林子） jungle; forest; wood; bosque; bosket; boscage; bush; midwood; brake; motte; mott; scrub; tope; shola; silva
a bush pilot
丛林飞行员
2. （和尚聚集的处所， 大寺院的别名） Buddhist monastery

1. She gave a thrilling account of her life in the jungle.
她绘声绘色地描述了自己在丛林中的生活。

2. The explorers had to rough it when they got into the jungle.
那些探险者进入丛林后，不得不过着艰苦的生活。

3. Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.
我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。

4. A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.
丛林是动物的良好隐蔽处。

5. The soldier saw a gun jutting out of some bushes.
那士兵看见丛林中有一枝枪伸出来。

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走到半路时，汽车坏了。用英语怎么说？----Our car broke down on the way.

半路时，on the way不要用half way，英语中就没有in the half way这种说法

车坏了，也不能用被动表达was broken被打坏，被打碎，这不是正确表达

1. Our car broke down and we had to draw it to a garage.
我们的车坏了，不得不把它拖到修车厂去。

2. The car knocked against the garage door and damaged it.
汽车撞在车房门上，把门撞坏了。

3. My father hit the ceiling when I damaged the car.
我把车弄坏，可把我爸爸气坏了。

4. The broken-down car was taken in tow by a lorry.
那辆坏了的车由一辆货车拖着。

5. If my car was working I would drive you to the station.
要不是我的车坏了，我会开车送你去车站。

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冰山：

iceberg ； ice-capped mountain ； （比喻不可长久依傍的权势） backer that one can only depend on temporarily； berg ； floeberg

berg floeberg iceberg
（漂浮在海中的巨大冰块） iceberg; ice-capped mountain

1. The Titanic met her fate by crashing into a huge iceberg.
泰坦尼克号客轮因撞上一个大冰山而沉没。

2. The drift of the icebergs in the sea endangers the ships.
海上冰山的漂流危及船只的安全。

3. The ship hit an iceberg and went under.
船撞上一座冰山而沉没了。

4. The glacier calved a large iceberg.
冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。

5. Over 100 burglaries are reported every month,and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
每月报案的入室盗窃案超过百起，而这只不过是冰山一角。

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企鹅：
penguin

企鹅
1. penguin
2. der Pinguin
3. The Penguins
4. Penguinc

1. He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.
他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。

2. Why can penguins live in cold environment?
为什么企鹅能生活在寒冷的环境中？

3. The penguin is a flightless bird.
企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。

4. Whales, seals, penguins, and turtles have flippers.
鲸、海豹，企鹅和海龟均有鳍形肢。

5. There was this running gag about a penguin (= they kept telling penguin jokes).
人们不断讲关于一只企鹅的笑话。

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奇妙：
marvellous ； wonderful ； intriguing ； oddness ； queerness

oddness queerness singularity strangeness
1. marvellous; wonderful; intriguing
a curious coincidence
奇妙的巧合
the wonderful touch of a master
大师的奇妙手法

奇妙
queerness        Fantastic

1. I used to believe my mother had magical powers.
我以前一直相信我母亲有奇妙的魔力。

2. There's wonderfully lyrical flute solo in the middle of this symphony.
在交响乐中间有一段奇妙的抒情长笛独奏。

3. How wonderful an idea it is!
一个多奇妙的主意！

4. The strange stories gripped the hearers' attention.
这些奇妙的故事抓住了听众。

5. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.
这架奇妙的飞机能运载7位乘客。