北师大版高中英语模块2--Unit 6 Design Les4-2

[00:00.00]so we would't have to move each year.
[00:03.44]And our house would have running water
[00:05.80]and pipes that worked.
[00:07.53]And inside it would have real stairs,
[00:10.03]like the houses on TV.
[00:12.61]And we'd have a basement¹ and at least three
[00:15.32]washrooms,so when we took a bath
[00:17.75]we wouldn't have to tell everybody.
[00:20.77]Our house would be white with trees around it,
[00:23.55]a great big yard and grass growing
[00:26.04]without a fence².
[00:27.92]This was the house Papa talked about
[00:30.32]when he held a lottery³ ticket,
[00:32.43]and this was the house Mama dreamed up
[00:34.58]in the stories she told us
[00:36.10]before we went to bed.
[00:38.53]But the house on Mango Street
[00:40.62]is not the way they desribed it at all.
[00:43.57]It's small and red with narrow steps in front,
[00:47.49]and windows so small you'd think
[00:49.37]they were holding their breath⁴.
[00:51.58]There is no front yard,only four little trees
[00:54.94]the city planted on the side of the street.
[00:57.79]Out back is a small garage for the car
[01:00.48]we don't own yet,and a small yard
[01:03.05]that looks smaller between the two buildings
[01:05.22]on either side.
[01:07.12]There are stairs in the house,
[01:09.03]but they're ordinary stairs,
[01:11.25]and the house has only one washroom.
[01:14.51]Everybody has to share a bedroom.Mama and Papa,
[01:18.71]Carlos and Kiki,me and Nenny.
[01:18.71]

1 basement   

n.地下室，地窖；建筑物的基部

参考例句：

• It is rather damp in the basement.地下室很潮湿。
• They live in a basement flat in North London.他们住在伦敦北部的一所地下公寓里。

2 fence   

n.围墙，剑术；v.用篱笆围住，练习剑术，防护；[计算机]栅栏

参考例句：

• They put a fence around the garden.他们在园子的周围建起了篱笆。
• The thief jumped himself over a fence and escaped.贼纵身跃过篱笆逃走了。

3 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

4 breath   

n.呼吸，气息，微风，迹象，精神，一种说话的声音

参考例句：

• I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.我正要出去呼吸新鲜空气。
• While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his breath.那老人上楼时总是气喘吁吁的。