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[00:06.57] alloy
n.合金
[00:08.37] An alloy is often harder, lighter, and stronger than the pure metals of which it is composed.
合金通常较其成分金属要硬，轻和牢固。
[00:16.23] blackout
n.灯火管制
[00:20.15] The streets were not lighted at night during the blackout.
在灯火管制的夜里，街道上不能开灯。
[00:24.58] cater
v.备办食物
[00:27.77] Who is supposed to cater for your daughter's wedding next week?
谁要为你女儿下周的婚礼承办酒席？
[00:31.55] cram
v.仓促用功；准备考试；填塞；塞人
[00:35.18] He is cramming facts and dates for his history examination to morrow.
为了明天历史课的考试，他正在仓促地记诵史实和日期。
[00:40.20] He crammed as many candy bars into his pockets as they would hold.
他尽量多把棒棒糖塞进口袋，到装不下为止。
[00:45.34] fleece
v.骗取；诈欺
[00:48.97] If you paid $200 for the watch, you were fleeced. I saw it in a department store for $ 70.
假若你以两百美元买了那只表，那么你就被骗了，我看到它在某个百货公司只卖了七十元。
[00:57.00] habitat
n.(支植物的)产地；栖息地
[01:00.71] The jungle is the natural habitat of wild animals and plants.
丛林是野生动物和植物的栖息地。
[01:06.14] locksmith
n.锁匠
[01:10.37] I lost my key to the door, and I went to the locksmith to get a new one.
我掉了开门的钥匙，于是就到锁匠那儿去配了一个新的。
[01:15.55] pant
v.喘息
[01:18.41] He panted excitedly giving us the news he had just heard it.
他气喘如牛，兴奋地告诉我们他刚刚听到的事。
[01:22.92] rickety
adj.摇摇欲倒的
[01:26.40] Don't use that old cart; it's rickety.
不要用那破马车，因为它摇摇晃晃的。
[01:30.62] stigmatize
v.描绘；叙述的（不名誉的人或行动）
[01:34.30] He has been stigmatized as a coward and liar.
他被描述成一个懦夫和说谎者。
[01:38.74] unquenchable
adj.难抑制的；不能镇压的
[01:42.34] Having been in the desert without water for two days, his thirst was unquenchable.
他已经在沙漠中没水地待了两天，口渴极了。
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[01:53.00] astronaut
n.太空人
[01:55.42] The astronauts of the United States are returning to the earth from the moon.
美国太空人正由月球返回地球。
[02:00.94] bequeath
n.遗赠；遗留
[02:03.78] One age bequeaths its knowledge to the next.
一代将其知识遗留给下一代。
[02:07.74] census
n.人口调查；户口调查
[02:10.46] In the United States there is a census every ten years.
在美国每十年有一次人口调查。
[02:14.02] crusade
n.宗教上的圣战；反对某事的运动
[02:17.10] Everyone of the city was asked to join the crusade for better housing.
城市中每个人都被要求去参加这个改善住房的活动。
[02:21.71] ford
n.涉水
[02:24.46] The stream was to deep that we could not ford it.
河水太深了，以致于我们无法涉水而过。
[02:27.97] hover
n.守在近旁
[02:31.08] The dog hovers around the kitchen door every mealtime.
每到吃饭的时间，那只狗就守在厨房门边。
[02:35.78] masquerade
n.化装舞会；乔装；伪装
[02:39.42] They were all dressed up to attend the masquerade.
他们都盛装去参加那个化装舞会。
[02:43.36] He got a free ticket to the play by masquerading as a friend of the actors.
他伪装成演员们的朋友而得到一张免费的戏票。
[02:48.53] phoenix
n.长生鸟
[02:51.82] The phoenix is believed to live for 500 years and then burn itself and be born again from the ashes.
长生鸟被认为能活五百年，然后就燃烧自己，再由灰烬中诞生。
[03:00.37] rye
n.裸麦；黑麦
[03:03.10] Some people prefer the dark bread made from rye to the white bread made from wheat.
有些人喜欢黑麦做的黑面包，而不喜允小麦做的白面包。
[03:08.91] stunt
n.惊人的技艺；引人注意的行动
[03:11.99] In the film he jumps off a running car and performs other dangerous stunts.
在电影中他跳下正在跑动的汽车，并表演了其他危险惊人的绝技。
[03:17.89] versus
prep.对
[03:21.03] The most exciting game in hockey, was Havard versus Yale.
最刺激的一场曲棍球赛是哈佛对耶鲁的这一场。
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[03:29.65] artillery
n.大炮
[03:31.68] Above all the artillery was the deciding factor in the battle.
在战争中大炮是最重要的决定因素。
[03:37.55] bounty
n.施与
[03:41.03] In the early days of the West many states paid a bounty for captured criminals.
早期西方许多国家会施与被俘的罪犯一笔钱。
[03:47.47] clench
n.紧握
[03:50.89] When he got a shot against typhus, the child clenched his teeth in pain.
当那小孩子接受伤寒预防注射时，痛苦得紧咬着牙。
[03:56.36] dirk
n.短剑；匕首
[03:59.78] I saw a burglar, with a dirk in his bank, getting into the room where she was sleeping.
我看见一个小偷手中拿着匕首，进入她正在睡觉的房间。
[04:06.41] gallows
n.绞刑
[04:09.88] The murderer entreated the judge for mercy, but was sentenced to the gallows.
那个杀人凶手恳求法官宽恕，但被判处绞刑。
[04:15.76] inedible
adj.不可食的；不宜食用的
[04:19.84] My steak, though delicious, was mostly fat and hones. Most of it was inedible.
我的牛排虽然美味，但多半是肥的和骨头，大部分都不能吃。
[04:27.47] morale
n.民心；士气
[04:31.29] The morale of the football team was very low after its defeat.
比赛失败后，这支足球队的士气非常低落。
[04:36.07] prone
adj.易于……的；斜倚的
[04:39.20] We are more prone to make mistakes when we are tired.
当我们疲倦的时候较容易犯错。
[04:43.48] We fell prone on the ground and drank water from the spring.
我们斜倒在地面上喝泉水。
[04:48.14] scuttle
n.疾走
[04:51.39] The robbers grasped the peril of their position and scuttled away.
抢劫者知道他们处境的危险，于是很快的逃走了。
[04:57.59] tack
n.大头钉
[05:00.31] The carpet was fastened to the floor with tacks.
地毯被用大头针钉固定在地板上。
[05:03.80] ward
n.被监护者
[05:07.50] After his parent's death, the court made him a ward of him aunt.
他双亲过世后，法院让他的姑妈当监护人。
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[05:16.82] avalanche
n.雪崩
[05:19.50] The terrible avalanche buried the whole village, and very few people survived it.
可怕的雪崩埋住了整个村庄，很少人活下来。
[05:25.27] briefcase
n.公事包
[05:28.41] I was so in a hurry that I left my briefcase at home.
我太匆忙了，以致于将公事包留在家里。
[05:33.23] commodious
adj.宽敞的
[05:37.19] The apartment is not commodious enough for his family to live in.
这公寓不够宽敞，无法住下我们全家。
[05:42.38] dynasty
n.王朝
[05:46.26] The Bourbon dynasty ruled France for more than two hundred years.
波旁王朝统治法国超过两百年。
[05:51.59] gibberish
n.乱语
[05:55.39] After he got out of the bar, he suddenly began to yell drunken gibberish on the sidewalk.
他走出酒馆后，突然在人行道上开始大声喊着醉话。
[06:02.27] invoke
n.恳求；祈求
[06:05.82] I invoked is forgiveness many times, but failed to move him.
我好几次请求他的原谅，但一点也无法打动他。
[06:10.56] myriad
n.巨数；一万
[06:14.18] There are myriads of stars in the sky at night; we cannot count them.
夜里天上有无数星星，我们无法计算。
[06:20.81] quarry
n.采石场
[06:24.06] Thousands of men and women are working in the quarry to get stones for use in building the castle.
数以千计的男人和女人们在采石场掘取筑城堡用的石头。
[06:29.94] slum
n.贫民区
[06:33.12] Poverty and disease are common in the slums.
在贫民区里，贫困和疾病是很普遍的。
[06:37.59] tinkle
n.使发叮当声
[06:41.11] He tinkled his coins together in his pocket.
他使口袋中的硬币碰在一起发出叮当声。
[06:44.63] whirlpool
n.漩涡
[06:47.98] The swimmer caught in the whirlpool struggled to keep from drowning.
被卷进漩涡的游泳者，挣扎着以免溺水。
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[06:56.07] blockade
n.封锁
[06:58.43] We ended our blockade of the enemy's port when peace was established.
当和平建立时，我们结束对敌人港口的封锁。
[07:03.63] burrow
n.动物所拙掘地之洞；洞穴
[07:06.25] The fox likes to live in a burrow; it's warm in winter and cool in summer.
狐狸喜欢住在冬暖夏凉的洞穴里。
[07:12.53] corollary
n.自然之结果
[07:16.21] Destruction and suffering are corollaries of war.
破坏和苦难是战争的自然结果。
[07:20.59] fawn
v.巴结；奉承
[07:24.04] Many flattering relatives fawned on the rich old man.
许多好谄媚的亲戚来巴结那个富有的老人。
[07:28.32] grope
n.摸索
[07:31.16] He groped for the light switch in thd dark basement.
在黑暗的地下室中，他摸索着电灯的开关。
[07:34.92] latch
n.门锁
[07:38.16] He turned the latch of the door and opened it so gently.
他转动门锁轻轻地把门打开。
[07:42.16] nostalgia
n.乡愁；思乡病
[07:45.06] The soldiers were filled with nostalgia by hearing my old favorite song.
士兵们听了我喜欢的老歌后，心中充满了乡愁。
[07:50.80] resound
n.(使)再响；高声响
[07:54.94] The noise of the hunting horn resounded through the forest.
打猎的号角声响彻森林。
[07:59.72] splinter
n.碎裂；碎片
[08:03.11] The fireman splintered the locked door with an ax to save the boy in the room.
消防队员用斧头将紧锁的门劈开，以解救房里的小孩。
[08:09.55] No one in the plane survived the crash; it crashed down into splinters.
在空难事件中没有一个人活存，因为飞机坠毁成碎片。
[08:15.59] truce
n.休战；停战
[08:18.66] A truce was declared at Christmas between the two armies.
在圣诞节当天双方军队宣布停战。
[08:22.90] vernacular
n.本国语；土语
[08:26.63] There is not a single grammar book on the vernacular of this African tribe.
这些非洲部落的土语是没有语法的。