
CHAPTER 11: Crow's Brains and Geckos' Feet
CHAPTER 12: Creature Comforts
Reading skill: Understanding Text Organization-- Compare/Contrast
VOCABULARY SKILL BUILDING
WILD + SPREAD = WILDSPREAD
service + animal = service animal

1. removal /rɪm'uvəl/
移動,搬動;遷居;除掉,切除;排除
Most important was removal of the immediate threat .
最緊要的是先擺脫眼前的威脅。
2. lantern /l'æntɚn/
燈籠,提燈,航標燈(vt.)裝上提燈
He extended his arm and adjusted the lantern again .
他一伸手,忙著去把燈扭亮了。
3. wrinkle /r'ɪŋkəl/
皺紋,缺點,妙計,消息,方法,技巧(vi.)起皺(vt.)使起皺紋
His long dumpy face wrinkled in a scowl .那長下巴的胖圓臉皺起了眉頭。
4. jug /dʒ'ʌg/
水壺,監牢,模仿夜鶯的叫聲(vt.)放入壺中,燉,關押(vi.)模仿夜鶯叫
I managed to grab hold of the jug before it fell .
我設法抓住了那個罐子才未跌落。
5. allergic /əl'ɚdʒɪk/
(a.)過敏的,患過敏症的,極討厭的
Are you allergic to certain animals ?
你討厭某些動物嗎?
6. metaphor /m'ɛtəfɔr/
隱喻,暗喻
He wanted to use the baseball as a metaphor .
他想用壘球作個比喻。
7. pluck /pl'ʌk/
勇氣,猛拉,動物內臟(vt.)摘,猛拉,拔,拉,扯,采,拆毀(vi.)拉,拽
The poor student was plucked in his examination ...
那個差生未考上。
8. gloomy /gl'umi/
(a.)抑沈的,憂悶的,黑暗的,悲觀的
Maybe he is just one of the gloomy ones .
他也許正是那種天生陰郁的人。
9. precedent /pr'ɛsɪdənt/
先例,前例(a.)在先的,在前的
A juridical precedent is nothing but "authenticated custom" .
司法慣例只不過是“權威的慣例”罷了。
孤獨,單獨,孤寂
It was an area of depressing solitude .
這個地區孤寂到了令人窒息的地步。
11. leopard /l'ɛpɚd/
豹,美洲豹
The leopard bounded on the prey .
那只豹猛撲向獵物。
12. frantic /fr'æntɪk/
(a.)狂亂的,瘋狂的
He was frantic to break it and be free .
他拚命想擺脫它,獲得自由。
13. geometry /dʒi'ɑmətri/
幾何,幾何形狀,幾何學
He's well studied in geometry .
他在幾何學方面有豐富的知識。
14. sprawl /spr'ɔl/
(vi.)伸開手足躺,爬行,蔓生,蔓延(vt.)懶散地伸開,使蔓生
A few shanties sprawl in the weeds .
雜草叢中零零落落地歪著幾所棚屋。
15. relieve /rɪl'iv/
(vt.)減輕,救濟,解除,使免除,換…的班,調劑,使不單調,襯托,使顯著(vi.)救濟
They felt relieved at this prospect .
看到這樣的前景,他們放心了。
(a.)史前的;舊式的
There is no precedent for it .
那是沒有前例的。
17. burial /b'ɛriəl/
埋葬,埋藏,掩埋
One of the necessary conditions of preservation is quick burial .
保存的一個必要條件是迅速掩埋。
18. radiant /r'ediənt/
(a.)發光的,明亮的,輻射的,容光煥發的
She felt so relieved in his radiant presence .
看到他春風滿面,她感到寬慰。
19. stanza /st'ænzə/
節,演出期,體育比賽的盤
The stanza ended marcos resumed his comments
演出結束后,馬科斯繼續評論。
20. medieval /mɪd'ivəl/
(a.)中古的,中世紀的
Medieval isolation also was over .
中世紀式的與世隔絕的現象也一去不復返了。
21. knit /n'ɪt/
(vt.)(vi.)編織,密接,結合
She 's knitting her husband a pair of socks .
她在給丈夫織一雙襪子。
22. reconcile /r'ɛkənsɑɪl/
(vt.)使和解,調停,使和諧,使一致,使順從,使聽從How can you reconcile it to your conscience ?
你這樣做,問心無愧嗎?
23. besiege /bɪs'idʒ/
(vt.)圍攻,包圍
The enemy were besieged in the blockhouse .
敵軍被我們圍困在碉堡中。
24. eloquent /'ɛləkwənt/
(a.)雄辯的,有口才的,動人的Such as present, he axed eloquent .
像以一樣,他就會口若懸河。
25. ginger /dʒ'ɪndʒɚ/
薑,精力,淡赤黃色(a.)淡赤黃色的(vt.)使活潑,使有生氣
Some dancing would ginger up the party .
跳跳舞就可以使聚會活躍起來。
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