疯狂英语易背作文 62.A Picnic in the Countryside

62. A picnic in the countryside¹

Last week, we went to the countryside to have a picnic.We bought some sandwiches, fruit and water to take with us for lunch. We started out quite early before there was³ too much traffic⁴. After 2 hours of driving, we came⁵ to a nice place,it was the ford⁶ of a hill and near a river with some large trees beside it. As² it was a very hot day, we parked the car under a big tree,and went for a swim in the river,the water was refreshing⁷. After having a swim,we had⁸ lunch in the cool shade⁹ under the trees.Then we went for a walk,we saw¹⁰ some beautiful birds and butterflies. After walking for about an hour,we returned¹¹ to the car, however¹², we couldn’t get the car to start. Finally¹³ we had to push¹⁴ the car to the road and wait for help. Of cource, the car breaking down spoiled our picnic in the end.

1 countryside   

n.乡下；农村

参考例句：

• He's just come from the countryside.他刚从乡下来。
• He's going to work in the countryside.他将要到农村去工作。

2 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

3 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。

4 traffic   

adj.交通的；n.交通；vi.交易，买卖

参考例句：

• That will help the traffic.这会促进交通状况。
• He had a traffic accident.他出了交通事故。

5 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

6 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

7 refreshing   

adj.使精神振作的，使人清爽的，使人喜欢的

参考例句：

• I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
• The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼，特别解乏提神。

8 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

9 shade   

n.荫，阴暗，荫凉处，遮光物，灯罩，帘，浓淡，些微；vi. 渐变；vt.使阴暗，使渐变

参考例句：

• Don't cut down the tree that gives you shade.不要忘恩负义。
• These trees afford a pleasant shade.这些树下有一片宜人的树阴。

10 saw   

vbl.看见(see的过去式)；n.锯；v.用锯子锯

参考例句：

• Would you like to saw a tree for me?你能为我锯棵树吗？
• The moment I saw you,I knew you were angry with me.我一看到你，就知道你在生我的气。

11 returned   

adj.被送回的，归来的v.返回，回来( return的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；还；归还

参考例句：

• He resigned as Home Secretary and returned to the back benches. 他辞去了内政大臣的职务，回到后座议员席。
• The painting has been returned to its rightful owner . 这幅画已归还给合法所有权人。

12 however   

adv.然而；conj.然而，可是，不过

参考例句：

• It's raining hard.However,I still want to go there.虽然下着大雨，我还是想去那儿。
• However, this does not always happen.然而，这种情况并不总是发生。

13 finally   

adv.最后地；最终

参考例句：

• We can finally take a rest.总算是可以休息了。
• Finally,they won the game.结果他们打赢了。

14 push   

vt.推；使突出，使伸出，使延伸；大力推进，推行；通过，促使；vi.推；推进；伸展

参考例句：

• Don't push against me!别推我！
• If you always push him too hard,he may make mistakes.要是你总逼他太紧，他可能会出错。