詞匯梳理:
1. governess n.女家庭教師
2. tedious adj.單調乏味的, 沉悶的
3. benumb vt. 使 ... 無感覺, 使 ... 遲鈍, 使 ... 麻木
4. isolated adj.孤立的, 隔離的, 分離的
5. converse v.交談, 談話
6. equality n.同等, 平等 7. decent adj.相當好的, 正派的
重點單詞精學:
1. Tedious
典型例句:
The work is tedious. 這工作令人厭倦。
We had to sit through several tedious speeches.我們只得坐在那里聽著幾個乏味的講演。
2. Benumb
典型例句:
Age stole onward and benumbed me more and more.年紀漸老使得我(反應)越來越遲鈍。
fingers benumbed with cold 凍得麻木的手指
3. Converse
典型例句:
Would you give me half an hour to converse with you? 我想跟你談談,半小時就行。
It is a pleasure to converse with her. 和她談話是一種樂趣。
短語歸納:
on terms:友好(以同等資格)
in the winter:在冬季
come down:下來
a hot drink:熱的飲料
cut a sandwich:切三明治
have a tedious journey:歷經乏味的旅途
benumb with cold:凍得麻木
dare say:想, 猜想, 料想
with on terms of equality:在平等條件下
重點短語精學:
dare say
典型例句:
I dare say anything he had to say in the lecture would have been old stuff to you but since I'm not an anthropologist I found it very interesting and informative.
我想他在講演中所要說的每個問題,對你來說,都可能是老生常談,但是,因為我不是人類學家,我倒覺得它趣味橫生,資料豐富哩。
I dare say it is something disparaging which you are going to say.
噢,一定是些非常不公平的念頭,我用不著問就知道了。