戴尔英语红宝书 第34期

She likes doing crossword¹ puzzles.

Victor： Hi,大家好,我是Victor，

Nancy： Nancy!

Victor： 今天我们讨论的Topic是：

Nancy：She likes doing crossword puzzles.

Victor：她喜欢玩纵横填字游戏。

Nancy：These are word puzzles, that come in major newspapers, usually with black and white boxes. The paper gives you clues, and you fit the words in the puzzle, which run across and down, overlapping² each other, so sometimes they use the same letters.

Victor：大的报纸上面都有这样的填字游戏。通常都是黑白格子，也会给你些提示。

Nancy：In America, the newspaper the New York Times runs crosswords³ every day, the easiest is Monday, and Sunday is the most difficult.

Victor：像纽约时报每天也都会有字谜游戏，周一最简单，周日最难。

Nancy ：She likes doing crossword puzzles.

Victor：She likes doing crossword puzzles.

Nancy: That’s all for today. See you!

Victor: See you! 

1 crossword   

n.纵横字谜，纵横填字游戏

参考例句：

• He shows a great interest in crossword puzzles.他对填字游戏表现出很大兴趣。
• Don't chuck yesterday's paper out.I still haven't done the crossword.别扔了昨天的报纸，我还没做字谜游戏呢。

2 overlapping   

adj./n.交迭（的）

参考例句：

• There is no overlapping question between the two courses. 这两门课程之间不存在重叠的问题。
• A trimetrogon strip is composed of three rows of overlapping. 三镜头摄影航线为三排重迭的象片所组成。

3 crosswords   

纵横填字谜( crossword的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Doing crosswords gives the mind some exercise. 做纵横字谜游戏能锻炼脑筋。
• He spends all his time on crosswords and other trifles. 他把所有的时间都用在做纵横填字游戏和其他无聊的活动上。