【英语时差8,16】介绍北爱尔兰 -中

Andrea: They taught the people living on farms. They used barns¹ or even kitchens in people's houses to teach people how to dance. And today it's still really popular and probably one of Ireland's most famous exports. People all over the world study Irish dancing, including those at the Mary Wheelan dance school who like to enter competitions. "You want to make sure that the adjudicators want to look at you. So loads of sequins on your dress. Sometimes you get people that have got so much crammed² on their dress it just looks horrible sometimes. Really bright colours, like you could have pink, orange and lime³ green. Mine's lilac, pink and gold with a Celtic design on it. " Andrea: They talk about adjudicators. Those are the judges. Colours that you see are pink, gold and lime. And the young girl we heard from has a lilac dress with pink, gold and a Celtic design. Irish stories and culture often are to do with Celtic history and tradition.

1 barns   

n.牲口棚( barn的名词复数 )；（公共汽车、卡车等的）车库；仓房；简陋的大建筑物

参考例句：

• Hurstwood breathed freely when he saw the barns. 当赫斯渥看见车场时，轻松地出了一口气。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Groups of ham actors took the barns by storm like soldiers. 一伙伙的蹩脚演员就象士兵攻占堡垒一样大闹各仓。 来自辞典例句

2 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

3 lime   

n.石灰，酸橙，酸橙树，粘鸟胶，钙；vt.施石灰，涂上粘性物质，沾上粘鸟胶

参考例句：

• Lime exists in many soils.许多土壤中都含有石灰。
• A broad avenue of lime trees led up to a grand entrance with huge oak doors.一条栽有酸橙树的宽阔林阴道通向巨大的橡木门的雄伟入口。