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1. The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.帆用面粉袋子打过补丁,卷起来的时候,就像一面屡败的旗帜。
✦patch/ pætʃ /
n.补丁,补片
vt.修补,缝补;打补丁
①We can patch up those holes.
我们能补上那些漏洞。
②He had a black patch over one eye.
他一只眼戴着黑眼罩。
③go through a bad / difficult / sticky / rough patch 经历一段艰难的时期:
④not be a patch on sb / sth 远不如某人/某物,比某人/某物差得远
✦furl/ fɜːl /
vt.叠,卷收;收拢
vi.收拢,卷起
n.卷起,折叠;卷起之物
①This fan doesn't furl neatly.
这把扇子折不上了。
②Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails.
有时候风暴实在强烈,你别无选择,只能收起船帆。
2.They spoke politely about the current and the depths they had drifted their lines at and the steady good weather and of what they had seen.他们只是客气地谈起海流,把钓索送到海面下有多深,天气一贯多么好,还谈起他们的见闻。
✦drift/ drɪft /
v.飘移,漂流;流浪,漂泊;缓慢移动
n.流动,趋势;吹积物,雪堆;主旨,大意;偏航
①Do you catch my drift ?
你明白我的大意吗?
②A nine-year-old boy was trapped in a snow drift.
一个9岁的男孩陷在雪堆里了。
③My sister and I reclined and let our little rowboat drift out onto the lake.
我的妹妹和我斜倚着,让我们的小舟在湖面漂泊。
3.Those who had caught sharks had taken them to the shark factory on the other side of the cove where they were hoisted on a block and tackle, their livers removed, their fins cut off and their hides(兽皮)skinned out and their flesh cut into stripes for salting(腌制).捕到鲨鱼的渔夫们已把鲨鱼送到海湾对面的鲨鱼加工厂去,吊在带钩的滑车上,除去肝脏,割掉鱼鳍,剥去外皮,把鱼肉切成一条一条的以备腌制。
✦skin/ skɪn /
n.皮,皮肤;兽皮,皮毛;(水果或蔬菜的)外皮;(软件、网站等的)界面,皮肤
v.剥皮,削皮;擦破(身体某部位);(伤口)长出新皮
①The snake sheds its skin once a year.
蛇一年蜕一次皮。
②He skinned his knees climbing down the tree.
他从树上爬下来时把膝盖蹭破了。
4.“How old was I when you first took me in a boat?”
“Five and you nearly were killed when I brought the fish in too green and he nearly tore the boat to pieces. Can you remember?”
“你头一回带我上船,我有多大?”
“五岁,而且你差点儿就没命了。当时我把一条鱼拖上了船,那条鱼活蹦乱跳的,险些把船撞得粉碎。你还记得吗?”
✦green adj.缺乏经验的;不成熟的;幼稚的
(If you say that someone is green, you mean that they have had very little experience of life or a particular job.)
✦tear/ teə(r) /
v.撕碎,撕裂;撕裂(肌肉或韧带);(眼睛)流眼泪
n.泪水;哭泣(tears);裂口,破洞
①If you tea