15篇文章贯通六级词汇Unit06-Part2

[00:00.00]Lily lay back in the soft,
[00:03.82]green grass of the pasture.
[00:06.01]White daisies, golden brown-eyed Susans,
[00:10.06]prickly blue viper's bugloss, and frilly
[00:13.45]Queen Anne's lace surrounded her.
[00:17.39]She beckoned¹ to him from
[00:19.68]what seemed like miles away.
[00:21.98]He hiked through the grass
[00:24.50]calling her name. She began to
[00:26.69]stroll away from him
[00:28.44]into the distance. He had
[00:30.63]to reach her! He loved her so!
[00:33.47]If they couldn't marry, he would
[00:35.99]make her his mistress! Nothing could
[00:38.72]extinguish the flame of his love!
[00:41.35]He would cling to that
[00:42.99]until his dying day.
[00:45.61]Lying stationary² was taking
[00:48.89]its toll³ on Jack⁴'s circulation.
[00:51.63]His feet and hands were numb⁵.
[00:54.04]Something was tickling⁶ his nose.
[00:56.55]He managed to tilt⁷ away
[00:59.62]from the irritant, whatever it was.
[01:02.13]He was so thirsty! He tried
[01:06.18]to lubricate his lips with saliva⁸
[01:08.37]but had none. His bladder felt
[01:11.98]like a separate entity⁹ that
[01:14.39]would overflow¹⁰. He could stall
[01:17.56]the urge to void no longer
[01:19.31]and allowed the urine to
[01:20.74]flow out of him.What did
[01:23.25]it matter now? He was
[01:25.11]as good as dead anyway.
[01:27.08]The fort stood in the center
[01:30.03]of the pasture. A moat filled
[01:32.88]with sharks protected its walls
[01:35.07]from any possible intruders.
[01:37.36]Jack pedaled his bicycle as fast
[01:39.88]as he could. The sharks
[01:42.83]whipped back and forth¹¹ so quickly
[01:44.91]they created foam¹² on the surface
[01:47.31]of the water. He had to
[01:50.27]cross the drawbridge before
[01:52.13]it was raised, segregating¹³ him
[01:54.54]from his regiment¹⁴ and his
[01:56.39]pregnant wife, Lily. She saw him
[02:00.23]approaching and skipped onto
[02:02.30]the bridge to greet him.
[02:04.39]The bridge was rising.
[02:06.36]The sharks were in frenzy¹⁵!
[02:08.54]He rode as if the hounds
[02:10.62]of hell were after him.
[02:12.59]He had to reach her!
[02:14.56]His right arm was wedged
[02:17.84]against a rock. No matter how
[02:19.92]hard he tried, he couldn't
[02:22.00]wrench it free. This was
[02:24.95]getting tiresome¹⁶. He felt
[02:27.25]a stitch in his right side.
[02:29.66]That's all he needed now
[02:31.30]to die from a ruptured¹⁷ appendix!
[02:33.92]He had wriggled¹⁸ enough to
[02:36.44]increase the size of the slot
[02:38.41]in which he was trapped.
[02:40.92]Were those voices he was hearing?
[02:43.00]He wasn't deaf!
[02:44.64]When he fought his way
[02:47.49]to the surface of consciousness
[02:49.68]once again, he was being carried
[02:51.65]on a litter over the inverted¹⁹
[02:53.95]battlefield. Bodies were strewn everywhere.
[02:57.23]The stretcher?bearers stumbled over
[03:01.05]the rough ground but maintained control
[03:03.79]of their human cargo²⁰ as they
[03:06.09]made their way to the field hospital.
[03:09.15]The fuse leading to the dynamite²¹
[03:12.43]in the stern of the oil tanker²²
[03:14.63]burned so rapidly that Jack knew
[03:17.14]the ship would explode before
[03:19.00]he could reach the hatch
[03:20.53]to extinguish the flame.
[03:22.72]The olive green ship was almost
[03:25.67]within his reach when it blew up.
[03:27.86] He felt as if he were
[03:30.60]on a grill²³. His face was
[03:32.56]aflame. His body felt as if
[03:35.63]the skin had been ripped
[03:37.16]from it. He wanted to die
[03:39.78]before the pain grew worse.
[03:41.86]His forehead felt cool.
[03:45.26]He opened his eyes slowly, painfully.
[03:48.54]A white-clad nurse sponged
[03:51.60]his face gently. As she became
[03:54.67]aware of his gaze, she stopped
[03:57.07]her ministrations and offered
[03:59.15]him a sip²⁴ of water.
[04:01.01]“Take it easy,” she whispered.
[04:03.20]“You mustn't drink too quickly.
[04:06.04]Too much, too fast
[04:08.34]will give you nasty cramps²⁵.”
[04:10.75]Jack was aware of bandages
[04:14.07]on his muscular arms and casts
[04:16.81]on both legs. Intravenous tubing carried
[04:21.51]a clear fluid into his veins²⁶.
[04:25.01]Consciousness was still transient.
[04:28.63]Dreams of a strange pasture mingled²⁷
[04:31.68]with reality and continued to
[04:33.76]haunt his sleep. He understood
[04:37.48]he was on a hospital ward²⁸,
[04:39.67]but where? And how did he get here?
[04:42.41]The pretty young nurse was back.
[04:46.79]“We cabled your wife.
[04:49.52]She knows you were injured
[04:51.27]but are on the mend.”
[04:52.91]“How did they find me?”
[04:54.77]Jack asked.“A patrol looking
[04:57.72]for survivors²⁹ found you buried
[04:59.58]in the the foxhole³⁰. You were
[05:02.54]calling ‘Lily!’They started digging
[05:05.71]and there you were. You were
[05:08.77]stabilized at the field hospital
[05:10.63]before they could bring you here.
[05:12.93]We scrubbed you up and started
[05:15.34]to you with I.V. therapy.
[05:18.62]You were very dehydrated and
[05:21.36]suffering from urinary retention³¹
[05:24.09]and renal failure. Your kidneys
[05:26.72]may never function normally again.
[05:29.12]The good news is that
[05:31.09]you survived,” she explained.
[05:33.28]A stray strand³² of hair fell
[05:37.22] across Jack's cheek hiding the tears
[05:39.52]that crept from his eyes.
[05:41.37]He was grateful to have
[05:43.68]his life back. He silently saluted³³
[05:46.85]his friend. Mike hadn't been so lucky.
[05:50.78]The cable from Lily arrived
[05:53.30]the next day. “We have a son
[05:56.03]stop Born 05 Dec. stop Healthy
[06:00.85]stop Named him Michael stop
[06:03.37]I love you. Lily stop P.S. Dad
[06:08.29]bought the pasture and
[06:11.14]deeded it to Michael.”
 

1 beckoned   

v.（用头或手的动作）示意，召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He beckoned to the waiter to bring the bill. 他招手示意服务生把账单送过来。
• The seated figure in the corner beckoned me over. 那个坐在角落里的人向我招手让我过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 stationary   

adj.固定的，静止不动的

参考例句：

• A stationary object is easy to be aimed at.一个静止不动的物体是容易瞄准的。
• Wait until the bus is stationary before you get off.你要等公共汽车停稳了再下车。

3 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 numb   

adj.麻木的，失去感觉的；v.使麻木

参考例句：

• His fingers were numb with cold.他的手冻得发麻。
• Numb with cold,we urged the weary horses forward.我们冻得发僵，催着疲惫的马继续往前走。

6 tickling   

反馈，回授，自旋挠痒法

参考例句：

• Was It'spring tickling her senses? 是不是春意撩人呢？
• Its origin is in tickling and rough-and-tumble play, he says. 他说，笑的起源来自于挠痒痒以及杂乱无章的游戏。

7 tilt   

v.(使)倾侧；(使)倾斜；n.倾侧；倾斜

参考例句：

• She wore her hat at a tilt over her left eye.她歪戴着帽子遮住左眼。
• The table is at a slight tilt.这张桌子没放平，有点儿歪.

8 saliva   

n.唾液，口水

参考例句：

• He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
• Saliva dribbled from the baby's mouth.唾液从婴儿的嘴里流了出来。

9 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

10 overflow   

v.(使)外溢，(使)溢出；溢出，流出，漫出

参考例句：

• The overflow from the bath ran on to the floor.浴缸里的水溢到了地板上。
• After a long period of rain,the river may overflow its banks.长时间的下雨天后，河水可能溢出岸来。

11 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

12 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

13 segregating   

（使）分开( segregate的现在分词 )； 分离； 隔离； 隔离并区别对待（不同种族、宗教或性别的人）

参考例句：

• The government has just repealed the law segregating the public facilities. 这个政府已经撤销了分离公共设施的法律。
• Siblings and dizygotic twins share only 50% of their segregating genes. 同卵双生双胞胎和双卵双生双胞胎分享仅50%的基因。

14 regiment   

n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制

参考例句：

• As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
• They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。

15 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

16 tiresome   

adj.令人疲劳的，令人厌倦的

参考例句：

• His doubts and hesitations were tiresome.他的疑惑和犹豫令人厌烦。
• He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors.他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。

17 ruptured   

v.（使）破裂( rupture的过去式和过去分词 )；（使体内组织等）断裂；使（友好关系）破裂；使绝交

参考例句：

• They reported that the pipeline had ruptured. 他们报告说管道已经破裂了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany. 柏林墙终于倒塌了，预示着德国的重新统一。 来自辞典例句

18 wriggled   

v.扭动，蠕动，蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 )；（使身体某一部位）扭动；耍滑不做，逃避（应做的事等）

参考例句：

• He wriggled uncomfortably on the chair. 他坐在椅子上不舒服地扭动着身体。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A snake wriggled across the road. 一条蛇蜿蜒爬过道路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

19 inverted   

adj.反向的，倒转的v.使倒置，使反转( invert的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Only direct speech should go inside inverted commas. 只有直接引语应放在引号内。
• Inverted flight is an acrobatic manoeuvre of the plane. 倒飞是飞机的一种特技动作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

21 dynamite   

n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破)

参考例句：

• The workmen detonated the dynamite.工人们把炸药引爆了。
• The philosopher was still political dynamite.那位哲学家仍旧是政治上的爆炸性人物。

22 tanker   

n.油轮

参考例句：

• The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
• Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。

23 grill   

n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问

参考例句：

• Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
• I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。

24 sip   

v.小口地喝，抿，呷；n.一小口的量

参考例句：

• She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
• Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。

25 cramps   

n. 抽筋, 腹部绞痛, 铁箍 adj. 狭窄的, 难解的 v. 使...抽筋, 以铁箍扣紧, 束缚

参考例句：

• If he cramps again let the line cut him off. 要是它再抽筋，就让这钓索把它勒断吧。
• "I have no cramps." he said. “我没抽筋，"他说。

26 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》

27 mingled   

混合，混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 )； 混进，与…交往[联系]

参考例句：

• The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
• The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候，这一男一女就开始交往了。

28 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

29 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

30 foxhole   

n.（军）散兵坑

参考例句：

• On an impulse he kicked some sand into Ridge's foxhole.一时性起，他就提起脚来将一些沙子踢进里奇的坑里。
• The sentry guard dived into his foxhole and closely observed the stranger towards him.哨兵跳入了散兵坑，密切注视着陌生人向他走来。

31 retention   

n.保留，保持，保持力，记忆力

参考例句：

• They advocate the retention of our nuclear power plants.他们主张保留我们的核电厂。
• His retention of energy at this hour is really surprising.人们惊叹他在这个时候还能保持如此旺盛的精力。

32 strand   

vt.使（船）搁浅，使（某人）困于（某地）

参考例句：

• She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
• The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。

33 saluted   

v.欢迎，致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 )；赞扬，赞颂

参考例句：

• The sergeant stood to attention and saluted. 中士立正敬礼。
• He saluted his friends with a wave of the hand. 他挥手向他的朋友致意。 来自《简明英汉词典》