英语泛读期末考试复习资料【权威】

Unit 1 love

? blaze:burn strongly and brightly; give off bright light. 燃烧，闪耀

? wilted: not firm, limp 枯萎，蔫，凋谢

? Collie：a middle-sized dog with long hair, kept as a pet ortrained to control sheep 牧羊犬

? whistle:to make a high or musical sound by blowing air out through your lips 吹口哨

? clearing:a small area in a forest where there are no trees 小块空地，林中空地

? sprout:v. start to grow, producing萌芽

? sick:v. to attack, to urge a dog to attack 唆使狗去攻击 ? The dust flew in tiny swirls behindour feet. ? swirl:moves round and round quickly; a swirling movement or amount of sth.

? bullblacksnake --- she-blacksnake

? Bobwas jumping and snapping at the snake so as to make it strike and throwitself off guard. ? snap:to bite sth. abruptly; to say sth. quickly in an angry way 猛地咬住；呵斥

? offguard: to surprise someone by happening when they are not expecting sth. orprepared for it 不警惕，不备 ? copperhead:venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake 铜斑蛇,美洲腹蛇

? Hedoesn’t rush to do it. He takes his time and does the job well.

? rush:do sth. as quickly as possible仓促完成; 迅速移动; 急促

? takehis time: do sth. with no haste and self-confidently 从容进行

? Iwondered why itwas crawling toward a heap of black loamy earth at the bench of thehill. I wondered why it had come from the chest-nutoak sprouts and the matted greenbriars on the cliff.

? I wasconfused why the snake left the cliff where is safe and full of delicious food,and it crossed the danger road to the black earth.

? loamy:fertile 肥沃的

? benchof the hill: the foot/bottom of the hill

? sprout:n. any new growth of a plant such as a new branch 嫩芽

? 我很好奇为何刚刚它正向小山边的黑壤土堆爬去。我同样好奇它为什么会离开悬崖上板栗橡树的嫩芽和绿色荆棘丛。 ? Shewas so beautifully poised in the sunlight. Bob grabbed the white patchon her throat. He cracked her long body likean ox whip in the wind. He cracked it against the windonly. The blood spurted from her fine-curved throat. Something hitagainst my legs like pellets. ? poised:posture, pose 体态，姿态 ? patch:a small area 斑点

? crack:accidentally hit it hard against something

? spurt:come out quickly in a thin, powerful stream涌出，喷出

? 母蛇在阳光下姿态十分优美。鲍勃咬住了她脖子上的白色区域，然后像在风中挥舞牛皮鞭子一样猛击她的身体。他不停地在空中摔打她。血从她弧线优美的喉咙里喷射而出。像弹丸一样的东西打中了我的腿。

? writhe:to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); ? 3-9lines

? viciously:in a vicious manner邪恶地,敌意地

? limber:capable of moving or bending freely柔软的,灵活的 ? riddled:(often followed by ―with‖) damaged throughout by numerous perforations orholes; 打成筛子状 ? quiver:shake with small movement

? immature:in an early period of life or development or growth;不成熟的

? incubate:sit on (eggs), hatch; ? a quail’segg

? quail:a kind of small bird; 鹌鹑 ? Only aminute ago there was life in it. ? Theauthor used life here to emphasize that animal have its own lifejust as human being, all of them are equal in this world.

? devour:destroy completely; eat immoderately; ? killsfor sport: kills for fun.

? pant:breathe quickly and loudly with your mouth open 喘气

? shaggy:used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; 毛发蓬松的,毛茸茸的

? fleck:small spots or marks 斑点，微粒

? foam:a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid 泡沫

? drip:fall in drops

? agony:intense feelings of suffering; great mental or physical pain; 极大的痛苦