重点词汇词组：

1. Here thick black trunks crowded close together while twisted branches wove a dense canopy overhead and misshapen roots wrestled beneath the soil.

wove (weave的过去式)编织

eg. The strips of willow are woven into baskets.

用柳条编成篮子。

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weave your magic/a spell (over sb) (对某人)施展魔力

eg. Will Henry be able to weave his magic against Italy on Wednesday?

亨利星期三能施展魔力击败意大利队吗？

dense

①密集的；稠密的

a dense crowd 密集的人群

a dense forest 密林

a densely populated area 人口密集地区

②难理解的

a dense piece of writing 难懂的文章

wrestle 这里是“摔跤，搏斗”的意思；奋力对付

eg. Armed guards wrestled with the intruder.

武装警卫和闯入者扭打起来。

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wrestle with 努力处理(=grapple with)

eg. She had spent the whole weekend wrestling with the problem.

她整个周末都在绞尽脑汁处理这个问题。

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