超级简单英语阅读:The Moon

He looked at the rising¹ moon. It was² rising above the houses. It was big and orange. It looked bigger than the rising sun. How could³ it be so big? How could it be so orange? Several⁴ hours later⁵, he looked at the moon again. Now it was high in the sky. Now it was smaller. It wasn’t orange anymore⁶. Now it was white. What happened? It changed size⁷. It changed color. Before, it was big and orange. It was like a big pumpkin⁸. Now, it was smaller and white. It was like a light bulb⁹. But it was still pretty. It was still bright. It was the brightest light in the sky.

 

1 rising   

adj.上升的；升起的；增大的；成长中的adv.（年龄）接近，（数量）多于n.隆起；起义；叛乱v.起义( rise的现在分词 )；升起；（数量）增加；休会

参考例句：

• Note the rising and falling tones. 注意“rising”和“falling”的音调。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Early warnings of rising water levels prevented another major catastrophe. 提前发出的洪水水位上涨警报防止了又一次的重大灾害。

2 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

3 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

4 several   

adj.几个，若干，数个；各个的，各自的

参考例句：

• Words often have several meanings.单词往往有若干个意思。
• Several new members have come into the club since last year.自去年以来，又有些新成员加入了俱乐部。

5 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。

6 anymore   

adv.不再， 再也不

参考例句：

• She doesn't live here anymore.她已不在这里住了。
• He doesn't come here anymore.他再也不到这儿来。

7 size   

n.尺寸，大小；v.按大小排列或分类

参考例句：

• I think I can find the right size for you.我想我能给你找到合适的尺码。
• This room is twice the size of that one.这间屋子有那间两个大。

8 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

9 bulb   

n.电灯泡，球状物

参考例句：

• The bulb of the eye is important for us.眼球对于我们来说非常重要。
• We'll have to change the bulb again.我们又得换个灯泡了。