1. Our neighbours, the Indian and Mulatto inhabitants of the open?palm-thatched

huts, as we returned home fatigued with our ramble, were either asleep in their

hammocks or seated on mats in the shade, too languid even to talk. On most days in

June and July a heavy shower would fall some time in the afternoon, producing a

most welcome coolness.

當我們邁著疲憊的腳步回來時，我們的鄰居，住在敞開的棕櫚樹葉屋頂?shù)男∥堇?/p>

的印第安和穆拉托居民們，不是在吊床上睡覺，就是在陰涼的草墊上坐著，懶洋

洋的，連話也不愿意說。 六七月份多數(shù)的日子里，下午常常下很大的陣雨，給人

們帶來很舒適的涼意。

2. On a Saturday morning thirty years ago it would have been covered with?linen-

roofed?stalls, and chattering country-folk, and the stir of bargains.

回想起三十年前的一個周六上午，這里到處還是亞麻布頂?shù)男?，熙熙攘攘?/p>

鄉(xiāng)下人，以及嘈雜的買賣聲。

3. single-engined machine. 單引擎機器。

4. For the so-called miracle chip has a calculating capacity equal to that of a?room-

size(d)?computer of only 25years ago

這個被稱作神奇的芯片在計算能力上可以媲美 25 年前足有房間大小的老式計算機。

5. some poster-size(d) photos. 有海報大小的照片。

6. The huts were grass-roofed. 小屋的屋頂是茅草的。

7. stone-floored bathroom. 鋪設石材地板的浴室。

8. oval-shaped. 橢圓形的。

9. egg-shaped. 雞蛋型的。

10. a heart-shaped face. 瓜子型的臉。

11. a two-edged sword.一把雙刃劍。

拓展學習: a road edged with grass. 兩邊種有草的道路。

edge a garden path with plants. 在花園小徑兩邊植花木。

He edged (his way) towards the front of the crowd.

12. a blazing, many-tiered （層）stretch of windows. 一層層的大樓窗戶燈光通明。

13. stone-shelved room. 石頭砌成的房子。

14. a three-storyed building. 三層建筑。

15. a two-roomed flat. 兩室公寓。與 a three-room flat 進行對比。

16. a five -roomed house. 有五個房間的房子

拓展學習：Mom and Dad were living in a huge house with five bedrooms.

17. a two –windowed room. 有兩窗的房間。

18. a two doored room. 有兩門的房間。

19. high ceilinged. 高頂?shù)摹?/p>

20. wooden-floored . 鋪設木地板的

21. The six-wheeled 25-pound robotic rover rolled onto the surface of Mars on July 5,

1997.

1997 年 7 月 5 日，重 25 磅的 6 輪機器人旅行者號被送上火星表面。

22. She is an old-fashioned person. 她是一個老派的人。

23. absent-minded / absence of mind. 心不在焉的。

24. present-minded/ presence of mind. 應變才能；急智；鎮(zhèn)定。

詞 匯 積 累

1.?disclosure?n 披露；揭發(fā)

a. She made a disclosure. He made a disclosure. 各自敞開心扉。

b. And assume that people are just going to open up and tell you anything.

認為人們會敞開心扉，告訴你一切。

c. self-disclosure. 敞開心扉。

d. I did my financial disclosure as vice president the first time.

當我第一次作為副總統(tǒng)公布財政狀況時。

2.?discontinuity?n 不連續(xù)；中斷；間斷性

There's an odd discontinuity here. 奇怪的是，這里存在不連續(xù)性。

3.?discount?n 折扣

a. They throw in a 10% discount to their customers. 給顧客 10%的折扣。

b. full-line discount stores. 全商品線連鎖折扣商店。

c. at a discount price. 打折價。

d. discount factor. 折損因素; 折現(xiàn)系數(shù)。

4.?description?n 描述，描寫；類型

It’s not our job description. 不是我們的職責范圍。

5.?discussion?n 討論；探討

a. discussion leader. 議事領袖。

b. discussion topic. 討論話題。