182. The raft漂流筏 quiver-rationing I left the small village on my way to my destination, and I quivered at the thought that my next step was to take a raft down the raging rapids of a river. The sun was radiant, and the people about me, some wit...
181. Preparing for the pyramids准备探索金字塔 purge-quilt As an Egyptologist, I have been to Egypt many times. This time, I am going to quench my thirst for adventure and try to solve the puzzle of the Pyramids. To undertake such a questionabl...
180. Halloween fight万圣节的战斗 prototype-pupil It is necessary to understand the psychology of children when they are in a provocative mood. Where adults may be prudent and protract their patience in order to avoid the negative publicity that...
179. The prospectors and rocket propellant采矿者和火箭推进器 proof-protest There were a couple of prospectors, Clem and Jake, sitting around a fire at their camp after a hard days prospecting, just shooting the breeze. Clem, did you hear abo...
178. The projecting engineer突出的工程师 proficiency-pronounced There was a promising young engineer who was proficient in the use of the projector. The primary use of his projector was to proliferate, promote, and promulgate his engineering pr...
177. The prodigy天才 primarily-professionalism There was a prodigy whose profession was composing and performing music. He proclaimed that his talent lay in his proclivity to use prime number theories to develop his melodies and to call upon his pr...
176. The greatest hunter最伟大的猎手 preoccupation-primate It is neither presumptuous nor pretentious of me to claim that I am one of the greatest hunters that has ever lived. It is not the sort of greatness with which one presumably has the pr...
175. The great white tiger大白虎 preceding-premise I am a hunter, a predator of predatory animals. I have a preference for rare, prehistoric animals thought to be extinct. I am the preeminent hunter of my kind. I have had few predecessors, and the...
174. The postgraduate potter preacher拥有研究生身份的制陶传教士 posterity-precedent There was a postgraduate student in postwar England who had had to postpone his studies because of the war. To avoid living in poverty, he made a meager...
173. The polygonal portrait多边形肖像 polygon-poster There was a politician who wanted to have a portrait painted in the shape of a polygon. He contacted a particular portraitist whose portraiture was purportedly perfect and made a few inquiries...