5. Bungee Jumping p.26

 

                                  5. Bungee Jumping p.26 
  
Bungee jumping looks like fun. It makes me nervous just to watch someone do it. It certainly takes a lot ofguts to jump one thousand feet above the water with only a rope tied to your legs. It scares me just to thinkabout it. However, it is something I really want to do one day.
Some people think I'm crazy. They say to jump is foolish enough, but to have to pay for it is madness. Idon't agree. For me, to live a short and exciting life is far better than to live a long and boring one. Whatdo you think?

 

 

wild boar 野猪
Paper originated² in China. 起源于
looks like   tastes like  后接名词
watch someone do/doing   do强调事实   doing强调正在进行
guts¹ (口语) = courage     Bill does not have guts to ask Marry to go out for a date.
be tied to = be bound(bind) to 被...绑在
That poor dog is tied/bound to the fence, he can not run away.
be scared of = be frightened of    Peter is scared of snakes.    He scared me to death.
He looked into the mirror and found he looked much older.
cockroach(es) 蟑螂
get somewhere 有出息  get nowhere 没出息
lunatic  n.adj疯子        luna 月亮(拉丁文)
I agree with you on this point, but I disable³ agree with you on that point.
agreeable⁴ 相处容易的:  I like Marry, because she's a very agreeable personality.

1 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 originated   

v.起源于，来自，产生( originate的过去式和过去分词 )；创造；创始；开创

参考例句：

• The disease is thought to have originated in the tropics. 这种疾病据说起源于热带地区。
• The art of portrait miniatures was originated in England. 微型画像艺术创始于英国。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 disable   

vt.使丧失能力，使伤残

参考例句：

• One bomb can disable a ship.一颗炸弹就能炸毁一艘船。
• Job applications from disable workers poured in at a staggering rate.残废工人求职申请书大批涌来、数量惊人。

4 agreeable   

adj.符合的，一致的，欣然同意的，令人愉快的

参考例句：

• He was quite agreeable to accepting the plan.他乐意接受这项计划。
• I enjoyed an agreeable holiday this summer.今年夏天我度过了一个愉快的假期。