高级英语TheLoons解析.pptVIP

3. Her attendance … schoolwork negligible. ? She often missed her classes and had little interest in schoolwork. 4. She existed for me … embarrassing presence. ? I only knew her as a person who would make other people feel ill at ease. As far as I am concerned, her presence would only make other people feel ill at ease / uncomfortable. 5. She dwelt … within my scope of vision. ? She lived and moved somewhere within my range of sight (Although I saw her, I paid little attention to her.) 6. If it comes to … nits or not. ? If my mother had to make a choice between Grandmother Macleod and Piquette, she would certainly choose the latter without hesitation, no matter whether the latter had nits or not. ? lard (n.): the melted fat of hogs (esp. the inner abdominal fat) ? bruise (n.): injure the surface or the outside of so that there is spoilage, abrasion, denting, etc. ? brawl (n.): a rough ， noisy quarrel or fight ? sporadic (adj.): not constant or regular ? tuberculosis (n.): 结核 ? grimy (adj.): covered with or full of grim e; very dirty ? flare (v.): show sudden increased heat ， anger or violence (up) ? dickens (interj.): [colloq.] devil; deuce ? contagious (adj.): spread by direct or indirect contact (said of disease) ? nit (n.): the egg of a louse, or similar insect ? cameo (n.): a carving in relief on certain stratified gems or shells so that the raised design, often a head in profile, is usually in a different color from the background ? mauve (adj.): pale purple ? stifle (v.): suppress; repress; hold back; check ? muse (v.): think deeply and at length ? miraculously (adv.): like a miracle ? austere (adj.): very plain; lacking ornament or luxury ? filigree (n.): a delicate, lacelike ornamental work of intertwined wire of gold, silver, etc. ? spruce (n.): 云