第一段

mezzanine

a?small?extra?floor?between one?floor?of a?building?and the next?floor?up?夾樓，夾層樓面

You can?look?down from the mezzanine onto the?ground?floor?lobby.

你可以從夾樓往下看到一樓大堂。

The?shoe?department?is on the mezzanine?floor.

鞋品部在夾層樓面。

in a way that is?satisfactory?but not?excellent?尚可地，合格地

For the past six years, they have worked at least?passably?well: one could not put it much higher.

billow

to?spread?over a?large?area, or (especially?of things made of cloth) to become filled with air and appear to be larger 波浪般起伏，洶涌向前；（尤指布制品因充氣）鼓起

Smoke?billowed?(out)?from the?burning?building.

滾滾濃煙不斷從著火的大樓里涌出。

the foreground

the?people,?objects,?countryside, etc. in a?picture?or?photograph?that?seem?nearest?to you and?form?its?main?part?（圖片或照片的）前景

In?the foreground of the?painting?is a?horse?and?cart.

油畫的前景是一架馬車。

drapes

heavy?curtains?made with?thick?cloth?（厚布制成的）帷，幕，窗簾

marquee

a roof-like?structure?that?sticks?out over the?entrance?to a?public?building,?especially?a?theatre, and on which there is usually a?sign?（尤指戲院入口處掛有招牌的）遮檐，遮篷

第二段

out of place

in the?wrong?place or?looking?wrong?錯位，不協(xié)調(diào)

The?boy?looked?uncomfortable?and out of place among the?adults.

在大人們中間那個男孩顯得很不自在，手足無錯。

comparatively

as?compared?to something?else?相對地，比較而言

We couldn't?afford?it and?yet?we're comparatively well off?(= we are?richer?than most?people).

我們買不起，不過我們還算比較富裕的

stooped

stooped shoulders are bent forwards?曲背的

presage

to show or?suggest?that something, often something?unpleasant, will?happen?預(yù)示，預(yù)兆（尤指不祥之事）

But still the?economy?is not?showing?signs?of any of the excesses that?normally?presage a?recession.

但經(jīng)濟(jì)仍未顯露出任何過剩的跡象，這些跡象通常預(yù)示經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退。

第四段

newsstand

a?table?or?temporary?structure?used as?a?small?as?a?small?shop?for?selling?newspapers and magazines outside in public places 報攤，報亭，報刊出售處

expression

the?look?on someone's?face,?showing?what they?feel?or?think?表情；神色

Mark?always has such a?miserable?expression on his?face.

馬克臉上總是帶著一副苦惱的神情。

lacy

made of or?decorated?with?lace?(=?decorative?cloth)用蕾絲制成的；裝點有蕾絲花邊的

furl

to?fold?and?roll?something such as a?flag,?sail, or?umbrella?into a?tight?tube?shape?卷起，收攏（旗、帆、傘等）

fretwork

decorative?open?patterns?especially?cut?out of?wood?or?metal?or made in?embroidery?（在木頭或金屬上刻出的）裝飾浮雕細(xì)工；（刺繡上的）回紋飾

festoon

a?decorative?chain?made of?coloured?paper,?flowers, etc.?hung?in a?curve?between two?points（彩紙、花等做成的）花彩

television antennae

He was up on a roof removing a?television antenna?when something went wrong.

他在屋頂上拆卸電視天線時出了問題。

cavernous

If something is cavernous, there is a very?large?open?space?inside it.?似洞穴般的；（內(nèi)部）大而深的，寬廣的

a cavernous 4,000-seat?theatre

有4000個座位的寬敞的劇院。

第六段

puff

to?breathe?fast?and with?difficulty, usually because you have been?exercising?喘氣

He came puffing up the?stairs.

他氣喘吁吁地上了樓。

beanie

a?hat?made from?wool?with a?small?round?wool?ball?on?top（頂部有小羊毛球的）羊毛帽子