Lesson 40 hoax 骗局，戏弄 Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke;the hoax. 大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作剧戏弄人。 The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax. 炸弹的恐吓原来是个骗局。 I can see through wh...
Lesson 38 calendar 历法，日历 Up to now,historians have assumed that calendars came into being 迄今为止，历史学家一直认为日历是随农业出现而产生的， with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need...
antique 古董，古玩 Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people. 古玩店对许多人来说都有一种特殊的魅力。 He kept his library there,his antiques, 他在那里收藏图书、古玩、 and his collection of ne...
lovable 可爱的 a lovable eccentric 一个可爱的怪人。 The girl is simply lovable. 这女孩真是可爱。 One of the lovable things he did was to reacue a little injured dog from the fire. 他做的一件很可爱的事就是从火星把一只...
wares 货物，商品 Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great river as she was entering the harbor. 当一艘大型班船进港的时候，许多小船载着各种货物快速向大河驶来。 They're got only one type of wares to produce, 他...
impressive 给人深刻印象的 She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past. 它有力地提醒着人们不要忘记过去那些不平凡的帆船。 One day he saw Lincoln -a tall,shambling man, 有一天他看见了林肯--...
run 连演，连映 Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. 有些剧目十分成功，连续上演好几年。 Jim's was a one-man show and he ran it brilliantly. 吉姆的是独角戏，并且演得很出色。 The play ran for...
dear(title) 亲爱的，珍贵的 a very dear cat 一只非常宝贝的猫。 Is life so dear,or peace so sweet,as to be purchased at the price of slavery? 难道生命这样珍贵，和平这样甜美，竟值得用奴隶的枷锁去换取吗？ We...
prize 珍贵的，宝贵的 One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her. 玛丽最珍贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羊羔。 There were a few prize books the collector had not giv...
costume 化装服 She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, 她打算装扮鬼的模样，化装服头天晚上就做好了， she was impatient to try it on. 这会儿她急于穿上试试。 We went to a...
