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Unit1 1. Expressions of size: colossal, miniature, huge, vast, i ense, stout, chubby, plump, bulky, roly-poly, titan, ma oth, elephantine, small, diminutive, midget, tiny, teeny weeny 2. Expressions of shapes: crooked, oval, undulating, angular, square, round, rectangle, hooked, humped, pointed, oblong, linear, sy etrical, truncated, bowlegged, snub-nosed, hunchbacked, curved, bulge, 5 feet long, 2 feet high and 4 feet wide, a space 6 by 10 feet... 3. Expressions of material / texture: wood, paper, plastic, fabric, silk, rayon, batik, nylon, wool, onionskin, cotton, tissue, parchment, silky, velvety, smooth, coarse, grainy, gritty, rough 4. Prepositional phrases of appearances: like velvet, in yellow, with plastic, on the crooked path, towards obesity, along with a snub-nose 5. Figurative language: as smooth as silk, a midget in the land of titans, crooked (smile), serpentine-like (thinking), shaped like an hourglass, (eat) like a horse, (run) like a snail Notes stout a. 肥胖的，结实的 chubby a. 圆胖的，丰满的 plump a. (人）胖的，好看的，丰满的 bulky a. 体积大的；肥胖的 roly-poly a. 矮胖的，圆胖的 colossal a. 巨大的，庞大的 titan a. 巨大的，强大的 ma oth a. 巨大的，庞大的 elephantine a. (似）象的；巨大的 diminutive a. 小型的；微小的 miniature a. 小型的；缩小的 midget a. 极小的；小型的 teeny weeny a. (口）很小的，小小的 angular a. 有角的；尖的 rectangle n. 长方形，矩形 crooked a. 歪的；弯曲的 hooked a. 钩状的，弯曲的 humped a. 驼背的；有隆肉的 pointed a. 有尖头的，尖的 oblong a. 长方形，长椭圆形的 linear a. 线的，直线的 symmetrical a. 对称的 truncated a. 截面的；截形的 bow-legged a. 弓形腿的 snub-nosed a. 塌鼻子的，扁平鼻子的 hunchbacked a. 驼背的 curved a. 弯曲的，曲线形的 bulge n. 膨胀，肿胀；鼓出 fabric n. 织物，织品 rayon n. 人造丝，人造纤维 batik n. 蜡仿印花布 nylon n. 尼龙；尼龙制品 onionskin n. 薄光泽纸 parchment n. 羊皮纸；仿羊皮纸 velvety a. 丝绒般的 coarse a. 粗糙的 grainy a. 有纹理的（织物) gritty a. 砂的；砂砾般的 velvet n. 天鹅绒；丝绒 obesity n. (过度)肥胖；肥胖症 serpentine a. 蛇的；蜿蜒的 hourglass n. 沙漏 snail n. 蜗牛 Unit2 1. Expressions of natural phenomena: dawn, sunrise, twilight,