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▾Lesson 1 · A puma at large
13 句
📋 核心词汇
puma美洲狮spot发现，认出evidence证据accumulate积累，积聚oblige使不得不，迫使hunt搜寻，打猎blackberry黑莓corner使陷入绝境trail痕迹，踪迹print印痕，印记cling粘附，紧贴convince使确信，使信服somehow不知怎么地disturbing令人不安的💬 核心短语
at large逍遥法外；在逃taken seriously被认真对待felt obliged to感到有必要in the possession of为…所有；由…持有clinging to紧贴；附着于complained of抱怨；诉说📘 语法结构
被动语态（be + 过去分词）示例：Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.must have done（对过去的肯定推测）示例：As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.02
▾Lesson 2 · Thirteen equals one
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📋 核心词汇
vicar牧师raise筹集，募集cause事业，缘由repair修理，修补strike敲响，报时damage损坏，破坏start惊起，吓一跳torch手电筒figure人影，身影grocer杂货商recognize认出，辨认出surprise惊讶，惊喜downstairs楼下bell钟，铃💬 核心短语
raising money筹款woke up with a start猛地惊醒caught sight of看见in surprise惊讶地night after night一夜又一夜；夜复一夜get used to习惯于📘 语法结构
现在完成进行时（have been doing）示例：‘I’ve been coming up here night after night for weeks now.一般将来时（will do）示例：‘It’s working all right, but I’m afraid that at one o’clock it will strike thirteen times and there’s nothing I can do about it.’03
▾Lesson 3 · An unknown goddess
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📋 核心词汇
goddess女神archaeologist考古学家explore考察，勘探promontory海角，岬prosperous繁荣的，兴旺的civilization文明storey楼层drainage排水（系统）worship礼拜，崇拜sacred神圣的fragment碎片，残片remains遗迹，遗物classical古典的，古希腊罗马的reconstruct重建，重组💬 核心短语
Some time ago不久前at one time曾经；一度a great many许多；大量equipped with配备有turned out to be结果是；原来是dating from追溯到；始于📘 语法结构
must have done（对过去的肯定推测）示例：The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.被动语态（be + 过去分词）示例：Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea.04
▾Lesson 4 · The double life of Alfred Bloggs
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📋 核心词汇
manual体力的，手工的collar衣领sacrifice牺牲，舍去privilege特权，殊荣dustman清洁工，垃圾工corporation公司，企业overalls工作服，工装裤shower淋浴secret秘密status地位，身份rise提升，上升embarrassed尴尬的，不好意思的nature天性，本性curious奇怪的，好奇的💬 核心短语
referred to as被称为for the simple reason that原因很简单give rise to引起；导致in the case of在…的情况下；就…而言From now on从现在起well worth很值得📘 语法结构
将来进行时（will be doing）示例：He will soon be working in an office.现在完成时（has/have done）示例：Alf’s wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job.05
▾Lesson 5 · The facts
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📋 核心词汇
editor编辑extreme极端statistics统计数字journalist记者instruct指示，命令palace宫殿，总统府publish发表，出版fax传真impatient不耐烦的press印刷，出版reluctantly不情愿地obtain获得，得到arrest逮捕prison监狱💬 核心短语
go to extremes走极端find out查明；弄清楚set out着手；出发go to press付印as well也；同样at last终于📘 语法结构
过去完成时（had done）示例：When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written.倒装 + 并列（Not only ... but ... as well）示例：Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well.06
▾Lesson 6 · Smash-and-grab
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📋 核心词汇
arcade拱廊街，有拱顶的街道jewellery珠宝，首饰display陈列，展示assistant助手，店员velvet天鹅绒，丝绒gaze凝视，注视headlight（汽车）前灯horn喇叭，号角roar轰鸣，吼叫stocking长统袜smash砸碎，粉碎raid抢劫，袭击scramble争抢着爬，争相行动ashtray烟灰缸💬 核心短语
window display橱窗展示came to a stop停了下来helping himself to自行取用；拿at a fantastic speed以惊人的速度ran after追赶got away with携…潜逃；侥幸逃脱📘 语法结构
过去完成进行时（had been doing）示例：Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o’clock and had only just finished.过去完成时的被动语态（had been done）示例：Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.07
▾Lesson 7 · Mutilated ladies
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📋 核心词汇
despair绝望，失望mutilated残缺的，毁坏的claim索赔，要求chew咀嚼，嚼碎fiance未婚夫furniture家具safekeeping妥善保管microwave微波炉dismay沮丧，惊慌ash灰烬spokeswoman女发言人identify辨认，识别pocket衣袋，口袋note钞票，纸币💬 核心短语
whiter than white比雪还白deals with处理；应付chew up嚼碎for safekeeping为安全起见；妥为保管without realizing it不知不觉地So long as只要📘 语法结构
现在完成时（have done）示例：Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket?条件状语从句（so long as 引导）示例：‘So long as there’s something to identify, we will give people their money back,’ said a spokeswoman for the Bank.08
▾Lesson 8 · A famous monastery
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📋 核心词汇
monastery修道院pass隘口，山口metre米century世纪traveller旅行者dangerous危险的watchdog看门狗tunnel隧道rashly轻率地attempt试图，尝试enclosure围场，圈地privacy清静，隐私wander漫步，游荡skier滑雪者💬 核心短语
saved the lives of挽救了…的生命Now that既然；由于in difficulty处于困境on foot步行prefer winter to summer更喜欢…而不喜欢…a warm welcome热烈的欢迎📘 语法结构
非限制性定语从句（which 引导）示例：The famous monastery of St. Bernard, which was founded in the eleventh century, lies about a mile away.现在完成时的被动语态（has been done）示例：Now that a tunnel has been built through the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous, but each year, the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveller is in difficulty.09
▾Lesson 9 · Flying cats
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📋 核心词汇
fascinate使着迷，吸引affectionate深情的，亲热的submissive顺从的，服从的feline猫的，猫科的independence独立，自主suspicious怀疑的，警惕的mysterious神秘的survive幸存，生还storey楼层paratrooper伞兵injure使受伤，伤害relax放松，松弛squirrel松鼠shortage短缺，不足💬 核心短语
never fail to总是；从未忘记As a result结果；因此a good deal of大量的is based on基于；以…为依据in common共同suffered from遭受；患📘 语法结构
the + 比较级, the + 比较级（越…越…）示例：It seems that the further cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves.定语从句（that 引导）示例：One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives.10
▾Lesson 10 · The loss of the Titanic
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📋 核心词汇
sail航行，起航colossal巨大的，庞大的liner班轮，邮轮voyage航行，航海iceberg冰山lookout瞭望员collision碰撞immense巨大的faint微弱的abandon放弃，抛弃plunge跳入，投入compartment隔间，舱室watertight水密的，不漏水的tragic悲剧的💬 核心短语
sailed for乘船驶往by modern standards按现代标准was regarded as被认为是just in time及时to his horror令他惊恐的是plunged into跳入；投入📘 语法结构
过去完成时的被动语态（had been done）示例：After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.so ... that（如此…以至于）示例：The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged.11
▾Lesson 11 · Not guilty
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📋 核心词汇
customs海关tolerant宽容的，容忍的declare申报，宣布guilty有罪的，内疚的hardened老练的，铁石心肠的smuggler走私者officious爱管闲事的dreadful可怕的，糟透的pounce猛扑，突然袭击sarcastically讽刺地perfume香水exempt被免除的duty税，关税unscrew拧开，旋开💬 核心短语
on the other hand另一方面Would you mind你介意…吗went through仔细检查；翻找with great care非常小心地pounced on猛扑向；一把抓住exempt from免除；豁免📘 语法结构
should have done（本该做而没做）示例：‘You should have declared that.被动语态（be made to do）示例：Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty.12
▾Lesson 12 · Life on a desert island
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📋 核心词汇
unrealistic不切实际的paradise天堂，乐园ripe成熟的wretched悲惨的，可怜的starve挨饿，饿死element成分，要素opportunity机会，时机coral珊瑚dinghy小艇，橡皮艇row划船spear（捕鱼的）鱼叉，鱼枪lobster龙虾tanker油轮genuinely真诚地，真正地💬 核心短语
a desert island荒岛starve to death饿死an element of truth一点真实性hardly any几乎没有plenty to eat充足的食物as one of them put it正如其中一人所说📘 语法结构
wish + 过去完成时（对过去的虚拟）示例：Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.have sth done（使役结构）示例：They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.13
▾Lesson 13 · It’s only me
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📋 核心词汇
costume化装服sheet床单storeroom储藏室metre电表pace步伐flee逃走upstairs楼上downstairs楼下fancy-dress化装的comfortable舒适的knock敲baker面包师bread面包footstep脚步声💬 核心短语
dress up as装扮成try it on试穿consisted only of由…组成come straight in直接进来failed to未能let out a cry大叫一声📘 语法结构
too ... to（太…而不能）示例：She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband.过去完成时（had done）示例：After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.14
▾Lesson 14 · A noble gangster
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📋 核心词汇
gangster歹徒，匪徒protection保护，保护费promptly迅速地，准时地crime罪行，犯罪remarkable非凡的，了不起的discovery发现band一队，一伙settle定居，安顿hire雇佣，租用prince君主，王子march行进，开进valiant英勇的notable著名的，杰出的funeral葬礼💬 核心短语
in return for作为…的回报put a man out of business使…破产large sums of money大笔金钱made a name for himself成名at war with与…交战In spite of尽管📘 语法结构
would rather ... than（宁愿…而不愿）示例：As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.have sth done（使役结构）示例：When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of ‘the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue’.15
▾Lesson 15 · Fifty pence worth of trouble
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📋 核心词汇
appreciate感激，喜欢thrifty节俭的rattle发出嘎嘎声exchange交换，兑换nephew侄子，外甥coin硬币bounce弹跳pavement人行道drain下水道，排水管sleeve袖子grease油脂，润滑脂brigade（消防）队upset难过的，心烦的reward奖励，报答💬 核心短语
pocket money零花钱go a long way经用；大有作用exchanged for换成manage to设法做到On his way to在去…的路上what is more而且；更重要的是📘 语法结构
条件状语从句（if 引导）示例：If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.被动语态（be + 过去分词）示例：The fire brigade was called and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.16
▾Lesson 16 · Mary had a little lamb
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📋 核心词汇
lamb小羊，羔羊possession财产，所有物tie拴，系fetch去取来thief小偷theft偷窃acquire获得，取得accuse指责，控告deny否认backyard后院ashamed羞愧的rashly轻率地，鲁莽地astonish使惊讶dye染色💬 核心短语
set out出发；动身found out发现；查明had better最好（做某事）ashamed of为……感到羞愧apologized to向……道歉tied to拴在……上📘 语法结构
过去完成时的被动语态（had been + 过去分词）示例：The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.17
▾Lesson 17 · The longest suspension bridge in the world
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📋 核心词汇
suspension悬吊，悬挂harbour港口，港湾agreeable宜人的，令人愉快的immortal不朽的，流芳百世的span跨度，跨距tower塔，塔架cable缆索，电缆concrete混凝土platform平台，站台extend延伸，伸展estimate估计，估算capacity容量，容纳能力immensity巨大，庞大elegant优雅的，简洁的💬 核心短语
by no means绝不；一点也不named after以……命名in the midst of在……之中taken into account被考虑在内made of由……制成rise to a height of上升到……的高度📘 语法结构
so ... that 引导结果状语从句示例：The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer.被动语态（be + 过去分词）示例：The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island.18
▾Lesson 18 · Electric currents in modern art
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📋 核心词汇
sculpture雕塑，雕像mistaken错误的exhibit展品gallery美术馆，画廊suspend悬挂，悬吊gust一阵狂风magnetize使磁化repel排斥，击退sphere球体，球flicker闪烁，摇曳emit发出，散发spark火花，火星peculiar奇特的，古怪的prehistoric史前的💬 核心短语
take no interest in对……不感兴趣on display在展出used to习惯于in spite of尽管in response to对……作出反应on and off时断时续；一闪一灭📘 语法结构
not only ... but ... as well 结构示例：These peculiar forms not only seemed designed to shock people emotionally, but to give them electric shocks as well!19
▾Lesson 19 · A very dear cat
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📋 核心词汇
kidnapper绑架者considerable相当大的，可观的wealthy富有的orderly有规律的，有秩序的disappearance失踪，消失anonymous匿名的ransom赎金cardboard硬纸板punctually准时地astound使震惊instruct指示，命令withdraw提取，收回dear亲爱的；昂贵的flat公寓💬 核心短语
took considerable interest in对……产生极大兴趣failed to arrive未能到达in safe hands在可靠的人手中；安然无恙keep his word遵守诺言sure enough果然；果不其然dear to对……珍贵📘 语法结构
though 引导的让步状语从句示例：He looked very well, though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk.20
▾Lesson 20 · Pioneer pilots
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📋 核心词汇
pioneer先驱，拓荒者pilot飞行员prize奖金，奖品coast海岸engine发动机，引擎float漂浮overland陆上的model型号，模型race竞赛，比赛fail失败，失灵land着陆，降落channel海峡，频道exciting令人兴奋的local当地的，本地的💬 核心短语
took off起飞was forced to land被迫降落was picked up被救起give up放弃set off出发as if仿佛；好像📘 语法结构
过去完成进行时（had been doing）示例：Bleriot had been making planes since 1905 and this was his latest model.21
▾Lesson 21 · Daniel Mendoza
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📋 核心词汇
boxing拳击match比赛boxer拳击手bare赤裸的fist拳头prizefighter职业拳击手crude原始的colourful引人注目的figure人物glove手套fame名声quarrel争吵defeat击败champion冠军💬 核心短语
known as被称为rose to fame成名drew up制定turned against转而反对in debt负债fought with bare fists赤手空拳地搏斗📘 语法结构
It was not until ... that ... 强调结构示例：It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.22
▾Lesson 22 · By Heart
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📋 核心词汇
play戏剧part台词falter结巴aristocrat贵族gaoler狱卒performance演出insist坚持blank空白的sheet一张（纸）squint眯眼dim昏暗的sire陛下glasses眼镜curtain幕布💬 核心短语
on end连续地night after night一夜又一夜by heart凭记忆play a joke on开……的玩笑behind bars在铁窗后；在狱中Much to the aristocrat's amusement令贵族大为开心的是📘 语法结构
insist that + (should) do 虚拟语气示例：Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should be written out in full.23
▾Lesson 23 · One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poison
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📋 核心词汇
illogical不合逻辑的octopus章鱼delicacy美味repulsive令人反感的stomach胃abuse辱骂snail蜗牛luxury奢侈品associate与…联系起来despise蔑视appeal吸引impulse冲动dozen一打fancy喜欢💬 核心短语
on the other hand另一方面been brought up被抚养长大stick to坚持；固守associate snails with把蜗牛与……联系起来appealed to对……有吸引力To our dismay令我们沮丧的是📘 语法结构
if 引导的虚拟条件句（与现在事实相反）示例：If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.24
▾Lesson 24 · A Skeleton in the Cupboard
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📋 核心词汇
skeleton骷髅cupboard橱柜respectable体面的conceal隐藏vivid生动的dramatic戏剧性的heroine女主人公poison毒死fiction小说，虚构guestroom客房unpack打开（行李）medical医学的unsympathetic无动于衷的impression印象💬 核心短语
a skeleton in the cupboard家丑；不可外扬的秘密hair stands on end毛骨悚然proud of为……自豪Instead of而不是about to即将once upon a time从前📘 语法结构
as if 引导的虚拟语气示例：'Oh, that,' he said with a smile as if he were talking about an old friend.25
▾Lesson 25 · The Cutty Sark
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📋 核心词汇
century世纪vessel船match与…匹敌race竞赛era时代lead领先rudder舵reminder纪念物steer驾驶，掌舵equator赤道delay延误remarkable非凡的visit参观💬 核心短语
serves as作为；起……作用took the lead领先from side to side左右（摇晃）on board在船上called in at（途中）停靠；拜访There is no doubt that毫无疑问sailing ship帆船📘 语法结构
if 引导的虚拟条件句（与过去事实相反）示例：There is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she would have won the race easily.26
▾Lesson 26 · Wanted: a large biscuit tin
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📋 核心词汇
advertisement广告influence影响classify分类weakness弱点competition竞赛capture吸引，抓住manufacturer制造商boot（汽车）行李箱colossal巨大的ingredient配料crane起重机anticipate预料biscuit饼干pound磅💬 核心短语
pride ourselves on以……自豪get something for nothing不劳而获go wrong出错；出问题Before long不久made it possible for使……成为可能came along出现；走过来📘 语法结构
Much as ... 引导的让步状语从句示例：Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us.27
▾Lesson 27 · Nothing to sell and nothing to buy
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tramp流浪汉sell出售wisdom智慧measure衡量estimate估计grudge吝惜，不愿给goods商品beggar乞丐dignity尊严deliberately故意地anxiety忧虑possessions财产nature自然sacrifice牺牲💬 核心短语
In the light of根据；鉴于in terms of从……方面；以……衡量free from免于；没有with ease轻松地；容易地in the open在露天；在户外feel sorry for同情；可怜📘 语法结构
such that 引导的结果状语从句示例：The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop.28
▾Lesson 28 · Five pounds too dear
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wares货物deck甲板tempt诱惑bargain讨价还价diamond钻石marble弹子pen钢笔genuine真的inscribe刻写favour恩惠outrageous令人无法接受的shrug耸肩despair绝望💬 核心短语
loaded with装载着had no intention of无意；不打算went to great lengths to竭力；不遗余力get rid of摆脱；除掉as a special favour作为特别优惠No matter how无论怎样📘 语法结构
no sooner ... than 表示“一……就……”示例：I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.29
▾Lesson 29 · Funny or Not?
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humour幽默joke笑话amusing好笑的situation情境appeal吸引力fashion时尚tragic悲剧的distasteful令人反感的pester纠缠dread惧怕recovery康复plaster石膏miserable悲惨的slip滑倒💬 核心短语
depends on取决于bound up with与……紧密相连laugh at嘲笑based on以……为基础come into fashion流行起来took heart振作起来📘 语法结构
whether ... or not 引导主语从句示例：Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.30
▾Lesson 30 · The Death of a Ghost
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haunt闹鬼farmhand农场工人overnight一夜之间cowshed牛棚conscientious尽职的astonished惊讶的funeral葬礼reveal揭露oblige迫使desert开小差regiment团recluse隐士unaware未察觉的eldest最年长的💬 核心短语
woke up to find醒来发现stayed up all night彻夜未眠In time渐渐地none other than不是别人，正是in hiding躲藏着；隐蔽killed in action阵亡📘 语法结构
used to do 表示过去的习惯示例：He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley.31
▾Lesson 31 · A Lovable Eccentric
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eccentric怪人deliberately故意地disregard无视convention习俗extraordinary非凡的invariably总是shrewd精明的legendary传奇的snob势利小人umbrella雨伞bedraggled破旧的reprimand训斥counter柜台assistant店员💬 核心短语
set out to着手/打算（做某事）draw attention to引起……的注意add colour to为……增添色彩go on foot步行without a word一言不发paid no attention to不理会，不在意📘 语法结构
such ... that 结构（如此……以至于）示例：He wanted to buy a ￡300 watch for his wife, but he was in such a bedraggled condition that an assistant refused to serve him.It takes sb + 时间 + to do sth（做某事花费某人多长时间）示例：It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.过去完成时的被动语态（had been + 过去分词）示例：This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press, for though the pictures were supposed to be the work of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie.32
▾Lesson 32 · A Lost Ship
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salvage打捞operation行动failure失败mainland大陆instruct指示sunken沉没的cargo货物bullion金条tremendous极大的chest箱子seaman海员wreck残骸cruiser巡洋舰convoy护航队💬 核心短语
on its way home在回家的途中give up the search放弃搜寻try once more再试一次under the impression以为，有……的印象proved to be证明是，结果是piece together拼凑，综合📘 语法结构
must have + 过去分词（对过去情况的肯定推测）示例：From a heavy gun that was raised, the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser.过去完成时的被动语态（had been + 过去分词）示例：A radio message from the mainland had been received by the ship's captain instructing him to give up the search.33
▾Lesson 33 · A Day to Remember
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experience经历control控制invariably总是reaction反应suppose假设catastrophe灾难tablecloth桌布scale规模suburb郊区collide相撞learner初学者panic惊慌windscreen挡风玻璃lorry卡车💬 核心短语
goes wrong出错，出问题get out of control失去控制keeping an eye on照看，留意got into a panic惊慌失措pulled up（车）停下led to导致，引起📘 语法结构
It takes sb + 时间 + to do sth（做某事花费某人多长时间）示例：It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again.as if 引导的虚拟语气（were）示例：As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.主语从句 + 表语从句（What ... is that ...）示例：What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment.34
▾Lesson 34 · A Happy Discovery
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antique古玩fascination魅力forbidding令人望而却步的pretentious做作的labyrinth迷宫rarity珍品dedicated专注的patience耐心knowledgeable知识渊博的dealer经销商cherish怀有masterpiece杰作miniature微型的conceal隐藏💬 核心短语
exert a peculiar fascination on对……产生特殊的魅力muster up courage鼓起勇气by chance偶然above all最重要的是picked up（偶然）买到，获得was about to正要做……📘 语法结构
过去完成时（had + 过去分词）示例：As he had never been there before, he found a great deal to interest him.被动语态（be + 过去分词）示例：The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place.as 引导的原因状语从句示例：As its composition and line reminded him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy it.35
▾Lesson 35 · Justice Was Done
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justice正义associate与…联系innocence无罪guilt罪行machinery机制arduous艰巨的eminent杰出的cease停止abstract抽象的punishment惩罚interference干预premises场地temptation诱惑chimney烟囱💬 核心短语
beyond doubt毫无疑问，无可置疑of its own accord自然而然地，自动地it serves him right他活该resist the temptation to抵制……的诱惑break into闯入（房屋）trapped in被困在……里📘 语法结构
however + 形容词/副词（让步状语从句）示例：Judges, however wise or eminent, are human and can make mistakes.被动语态（be + 过去分词）示例：Justice had been done even before the man was handed over to the police.must have + 过去分词（对过去的肯定推测）示例：When a thief was caught on the premises of a large jewellery store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right'.36
▾Lesson 36 · A Chance in a Million
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credulous轻信的novelist小说家coincidence巧合improbable不大可能的obscure默默无闻的presume假定plot密谋downfall垮台naive天真的conspire凑巧导致incredible难以置信的resemblance相似scorn轻蔑acquainted熟悉的💬 核心短语
a series of一连串，一系列bring about导致，引起commented on评论，谈论poured scorn on对……嗤之以鼻fully acquainted with对……十分了解Needless to say不用说，毫无疑问📘 语法结构
used to do（过去常常）示例：We are less credulous than we used to be.被动语态 + 完成时不定式（be thought to have done）示例：When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman, found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before.过去完成时的被动语态（had been + 过去分词）示例：Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all records of him had been destroyed.37
▾Lesson 37 · The Westhaven Express
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express快车punctual准时的unshakable不可动摇的faith信任cancel取消exceptionally例外地，异常地dislocate打乱blame责怪consult查阅odd奇怪的reflect细想mighty强大的dawdle磨蹭lodge提出（申诉）💬 核心短语
faith in对……的信任/信心likely to很可能take advantage of利用dawned on使……意识到heard of听说lodge a complaint提出投诉📘 语法结构
It is + 形容词 + to do sth（做某事是……的）示例：It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong.cannot help doing（不禁做某事）示例：When I boarded the train, I could not help noticing that a great many local people got on as well.Neither 引导的倒装句示例：Neither was I surprised when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line.38
▾Lesson 38 · The first calendar
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calendar历法historian历史学家unique独一无二的steadily不断地solely唯一地bewildering令人眼花缭乱的deduce推断scanty稀少的insignificant微不足道的advent出现，到来assumption假设engrave雕刻nomad游牧民correlate使相互关联💬 核心短语
rely solely on仅仅依靠as it were可以说，姑且这么说faced with面临shed interesting light on为……提供有趣的线索/阐明came into being产生，形成lived by靠……为生📘 语法结构
现在完成时（have/has + 过去分词）示例：They have found that it is connected with the passage of days and the phases of the moon.被动语态（be + 过去分词）示例：Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusks of mammoths.It seems that ...（看来……）示例：It seems that man was making a real effort to understand the seasons 20,000 years earlier than has been supposed.39
▾Lesson 39 · Nothing to worry about
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rough崎岖不平的boulder大石块perturbed不安的underestimate低估swerve突然转向scoop铲起hammer敲打ominously不祥地rip撕relief宽慰fissure裂缝pleading恳求gear排挡astride跨在💬 核心短语
littered with布满，散落着not in the least一点也不No matter what无论什么sooner or later迟早giving way to让位于，被……取代In response to响应，回应📘 语法结构
so ... that 结构（如此……以至于）示例：The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from.as ... as one can/possible（尽可能……）示例：No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.It was not that ...（并不是说……）示例：It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties.40
▾Lesson 40 · Who's who
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hoax骗局deception欺骗self-respecting自重的indulge沉溺于pneumatic气动的drill钻archway拱门remonstrate抗议ironically讽刺地permission许可grant准予accompany陪同victim受害者crude粗俗的💬 核心短语
specialize in专门研究，擅长put out扑灭（火）dressed up as装扮成take him seriously认真对待某人lost his temper发脾气under arrest被逮捕📘 语法结构
现在完成时的被动语态（has/have been + 过去分词）示例：It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else.间接引语 + if 引导的条件从句示例：As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously.where 引导的定语从句示例：The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on.41
▾Lesson 41 · Illusions of pastoral peace
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illusion幻想pastoral田园的rapture欣喜extol颂扬superior优越的cockcrow鸡啼twitter啁啾glint闪烁pasture牧场idyllic田园诗般的virtually几乎dubious可疑的acquaintance熟人exotic外来的💬 核心短语
appealed to对……有吸引力go into raptures欣喜若狂，欣喜万分extol the virtues of盛赞……的优点superior to优于，胜过do without没有……也行，将就make do with将就，凑合着用📘 语法结构
that 引导的同位语从句示例：Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life.Nor 引导的倒装句示例：Nor is the city without its moments of beauty.It 作形式主语 + why 引导的主语从句示例：It has always been a mystery to me why city dwellers, who appreciate all these things, obstinately pretend that they would prefer to live in the country.42
▾Lesson 42 · Modern cavemen
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pot-holing洞穴探险solitude孤独lure引诱rambler漫步者foresight预见foretell预言chasm深渊flaw裂缝distinguished杰出的descent下降wade涉水rubble碎石stalagmite石笋stalactite钟乳石💬 核心短语
come to be known逐渐为人所知rig up搭建，装配remains to be explored有待勘探/有待完成climbed down爬下edge their way along侧身挪动前行protect themselves from保护自己免受……📘 语法结构
被动语态（be + 过去分词）示例：This immense chasm has been formed by an underground stream which has tunnelled a course through a flaw in the rocks.虚拟条件句（省略 if 的倒装：had + 主语 + 过去分词）示例：The cave might never have been discovered had not the entrance been spotted by the distinguished French pot-holer, Berger.It is + 形容词 + to do sth（做某事是……的）示例：It is impossible to give a satisfactory explanation for a pot-holer's motives.43
▾Lesson 43 · Fully insured
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insure投保fete露天游乐会premium保险费salvage打捞admittedly公认地purchase购买annual一年一度的capsize倾覆shiver颤抖haul拖hawser缆索winch绞车agonizing令人痛苦的precariously危险地💬 核心短语
willing to愿意in the event of如果……发生，万一made a claim for提出索赔had little difficulty in finding做……几乎没什么困难put into operation使投入运行a standard practice一种惯例，常规做法📘 语法结构
the + 比较级 ..., the + 比较级 ...（越……越……）示例：Needless to say, the bigger the risk an insurance company takes, the higher the premium you will have to pay.虚拟语气（were + would 表示与现在事实相反）示例：If, however, you were holding an open air garden party or a fete it would be equally possible to insure yourself in the event of bad weather.过去完成时的被动语态（had been + 过去分词）示例：It had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair.44
▾Lesson 44 · Speed and comfort
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compartment车厢cramped狭窄的stuffy闷的monotonous单调的lull催眠snatch片段sleeper卧铺fumble摸索motorway高速公路spacious宽敞的seasick晕船的exhilarating令人兴奋的devise想出escapist逃避现实者💬 核心短语
take your mind off使……不去想lull you to sleep使某人入睡more often than not往往，多半By comparison相比之下stretch your legs伸展双腿，活动筋骨prevent you from reading阻止你阅读📘 语法结构
even if 引导的让步状语从句示例：Even if you travel in ideal weather, sea journeys take a long time.so ... that 结构（如此……以至于）示例：The journey is so smooth that there is nothing to prevent you from reading or sleeping.被动语态（be + 过去分词）示例：Aeroplanes have the reputation of being dangerous and even hardened travellers are intimidated by them.45
▾Lesson 45 · The power of the press
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democratic民主的restrict限制condemn谴责abuse滥用contention论点sacred神圣的untold无数的exert施加illustrate说明inhabitant居民perpetual不断的pressing紧迫的quintuplets五胞胎radically彻底地💬 核心短语
Acting on按照……行事bring about带来，导致fame and fortune名利struggle against与……作斗争faced with面临paying the price for为……付出代价📘 语法结构
such ... that 结构（如此……以至于）示例：Newspapers exert such tremendous influence that they can not only bring about major changes to the lives of ordinary people but can even overthrow a government.虚拟语气（If + had done ..., ... would have done，与过去事实相反）示例：If they had only had one more child, the fact would have passed unnoticed.be to do（表示按计划/注定要发生）示例：The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by a new $500,000 home.46
▾Lesson 46 · Do it yourself
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passion热情plead推说ignorance无知publication出版物newlywed新婚者gaily欢快地embark开始enthusiast热衷者craze狂热novice新手assemble装配handyman手巧的人delusion错觉dismantle拆卸💬 核心短语
plead ignorance of声称对……一无所知embark on着手，开始（做某事）go so far as to甚至做到……的地步cater for迎合，满足……的需要put things right把事情弄好，修复got round to（终于）抽时间做某事📘 语法结构
so + 形容词 + be + 主语 的倒装（so … that 结果状语从句）示例：So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labour.be supposed to be（被认为是，应该是）示例：Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbers and mechanics.47
▾Lesson 47 · Too high a price?
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pollution污染overpopulated人口过多的rubbish垃圾dump倾倒overwhelm压倒pesticide杀虫剂fertilizer化肥vegetarian素食者insidious阴险的irritation烦躁incessantly连续不断地snore打鼾offender冒犯者staggering惊人的💬 核心短语
the price we pay for为……付出的代价deal with处理，对付going off（警报等）响起a source of……的来源object to反对turned out to be结果是，原来是📘 语法结构
被动语态 it was revealed that …（据揭示……）示例：It was revealed that 20% of men in their mid-thirties snore.whatever 引导的让步状语从句示例：Whatever the source of noise, one thing is certain: silence, it seems, has become a golden memory.48
▾Lesson 48 · The silent village
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inaccessible难接近的hospitable好客的hostile不友善的vicinity附近fresco壁画departure离开dense茂密的abruptly突然地tramp跋涉moor停泊ferry渡运reluctant不情愿的straggling散乱的dilapidated破旧的💬 核心短语
inaccessible to对……来说无法到达，望而却步in the vicinity在附近descended on涌入，突然造访shy of对……羞怯，不愿接近came to life活跃起来，恢复生气made our way前进，前往📘 语法结构
现在分词短语作状语示例：Taking a path which led out of the town, we crossed a few fields until we came to a dense wood.过去分词作宾语补足语（see sth done）示例：Suddenly my wife spotted a boat moored to the bank.独立主格结构（名词/代词 + 分词）示例：The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goat on a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby.49
▾Lesson 49 · The ideal servant
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rambling杂乱无章的sentimentally感情上lavishly慷慨地immaculate一尘不染的parquet镶木地板cabinet橱柜miraculously奇迹般地preside主持invisible看不见的scrub擦洗fickleness反复无常unrelenting不屈不挠的disillusion使幻想破灭industrious勤劳的💬 核心短语
air her views on就……发表意见attached to对……有感情，依恋persisted in坚持（做某事）presided over掌管，主持put in charge of委派某人负责came to the conclusion that得出结论📘 语法结构
虚拟语气（if + were，主句 would + 动词原形，与现在事实相反）示例：If she were alive today she would not be able to air her views on her favourite topic of conversation: domestic servants.not only 置于句首引起的部分倒装示例：Not only was the meal well below the usual standard, but Bessie seemed unable to walk steadily.so + 副词 + that 引导的结果状语从句示例：During that time she so gained my aunt’s confidence, that she was put in charge of the domestic staff.50
▾Lesson 50 · New Year resolutions
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resolution决心mentally内心里compile汇编，编写formidable令人生畏的recur再发生，重现monotonous单调的resolve决心attainment达到inveterate根深蒂固的frustration挫折ambitious雄心勃勃的pitfall陷阱assiduously兢兢业业地self-discipline自我约束💬 核心短语
year in year out年复一年beyond attainment无法达到，力所不及results from由……造成，产生于slip back into（不知不觉地）滑回，故态复萌fended off挡开，避开dozing off打瞌睡，打盹📘 语法结构
强调句型 It is/was … that …示例：It was this that betrayed me.形容词短语作状语示例：Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself.现在分词短语作状语示例：Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book.51
▾Lesson 51 · Predicting the future
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notoriously众所周知地foresee预见mainframe主机primitive原始的humble微末的commonplace平常的diagnose诊断relieve减轻repetitive重复的clerical文书工作的multimedia多媒体user-friendly便于使用的accountant会计dismiss摒弃💬 核心短语
known as被称为taken over接管，取代pointed the way to指明……的方向as long ago as早在……dismissed the idea that摒弃……的观念capable of能够📘 语法结构
as … as 引导的同级比较示例：Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, for example, that by the end of the 20th century, computers would be as common in people’s homes as TV sets?nor 置于句首引起的部分倒装示例：Nor could he have foreseen how we could use the Internet to obtain information on every known subject, so we can read it on a screen in our homes and even print it as well if we want to.虚拟语气（if + were，主句 might + 动词原形）示例：If he, or someone like him, were alive today, he might be able to tell us what to expect in the next fifty years.52
▾Lesson 52 · Mud is mud
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📋 核心词汇
permanent永久的；长期不变的delicate柔和的；精致的observant敏锐的；善于观察的dispel驱散；消除outlandish稀奇古怪的acquisition获得；获得物outrageous荒唐的；骇人的fanciful异想天开的bewilderment困惑；迷惑discreetly谨慎地freckle雀斑mud泥perfume香水doubt怀疑💬 核心短语
on permanent display长期陈列came into the possession of获得，拥有cured him of治好某人的（毛病）keep a straight face不露笑容，板着脸admit defeat认输beat a hasty retreat匆匆撤退，溜走📘 语法结构
虚拟语气（if + were to do，主句 would + 动词原形）示例：If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle, he would tell you that it contained perfumed mud.how 引导的主语从句示例：How Harry came into the possession of this outlandish stuff makes an interesting story which he is fond of relating.on + 动名词（表示“一……就……”）示例：On entering a shop, he would ask for a new perfume called “Scented Shadow” or for “insoluble bath cubes”.53
▾Lesson 53 · In the public interest
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📋 核心词汇
Scandinavian斯堪的纳维亚的enlightened开明的high-handed专横的incompetent不称职的over-zealous过分热心的parliamentary议会的grievance抱怨；申诉ombudsman申诉专员；巡视官secretive遮遮掩掩的reprimand训斥ascertain查明prejudiced有偏见的accusation指责；控告prosecute起诉💬 核心短语
refer to him as把某人称作subject to受……支配，易受……影响open to对……开放act on his behalf代表某人行事in question涉事的，正被谈论的put an end to终止，结束📘 语法结构
so … that 引导的结果状语从句（含被动语态）示例：The system has worked so well, that it has been adopted in other countries too.suggest + that 从句用虚拟语气（should + 动词原形，should 可省略）示例：He may gently reprimand an official or even suggest to parliament that a law be altered.同位语从句（the fact that …）示例：The fact that the policeman was prejudiced against foreigners could not be recorded in the official files.54
▾Lesson 54 · Instinct or cleverness?
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📋 核心词汇
insect昆虫creature生物；动物contaminate污染devour吞食provocation挑衅；激怒dread恐惧wasp黄蜂moth飞蛾industrious勤劳的revulsion厌恶uncanny不可思议的aphides蚜虫（复数）luscious甘美的ingenuity足智多谋💬 核心短语
brought up to从小被教养要……do more harm than good弊大于利wage war on对……开战，向……发起攻击embarked on开始，着手（从事）get rid of摆脱，除去in bewilderment困惑地📘 语法结构
动名词短语作主语示例：Reading about them increases our understanding without dispelling our fears.no matter how 引导的让步状语从句示例：No matter how much we like honey, or how much we have read about the uncanny sense of direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being stung.现在分词短语作结果状语示例：I bound the base of the tree with sticky tape, making it impossible for the ants to reach the aphides.55
▾Lesson 55 · From the earth: Greetings
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📋 核心词汇
astronomy天文学galaxy星系；银河emit发出；散发solar太阳的evolve进化；演变orbit轨道particle微粒Jupiter木星analyse分析bacteria细菌oxygen氧；氧气cherish怀有；珍视endeavour努力realm领域；范围💬 核心短语
made it possible to使……成为可能depends on取决于，依赖于capable of能够blotting out遮住，遮挡in the first instance首先，起初in the realms of属于……的范畴📘 语法结构
the + 比较级，the + 比较级（越……越……）示例：A telescope would have to be as far away as the planet Jupiter to look for life in outer space, because the dust becomes thinner the further we travel towards the outer edges of our own solar system.强调句型 It is … that …示例：It is bacteria that have generated the oxygen we breathe on earth.虚拟语气（if + were able to，主句 would + 动词原形）示例：If we were able to discover lowly forms of life like bacteria on another planet, it would completely change our view of ourselves.56
▾Lesson 56 · Our neighbour, the river
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boundary边界pump抽（水）；泵backwater回水湾boathouse船屋meadow草地；牧场wreath花环current水流overflow泛滥；溢出occurrence发生的事disaster灾难stall畜栏；厩attic阁楼juncture时刻；关头raft木筏💬 核心短语
played an important part in在……中起重要作用make a living谋生goes to extremes走极端spell disaster意味着灾难took turns in轮流（做某事）in the hope of怀着……的希望📘 语法结构
虚拟语气（without 引出的含蓄条件句）示例：Without it we could not make a living.in that 引导的原因状语从句示例：We are lucky in that only the lower fields, which make up a very small proportion of our farm, are affected by flooding, but other farms are less favourably sited, and flooding can sometimes spell disaster for their owners.虚拟语气（would have + 过去分词，even if + had + 过去分词）示例：We realized that they must have become unduly frightened by the rising flood, for their house, which had sound foundations, would have stood stoutly even if it had been almost submerged.57
▾Lesson 57 · Back in the old country
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objective目标；目的地alien陌生的tragic悲惨的emigrate移居国外grieve悲伤embed使扎根；深植mortally致命地comprehensive全面的；详尽的milestone里程碑territory地域；土地milometer里程表spire尖顶retrace折回；重走stumble跌跌撞撞地走；偶然闯入💬 核心短语
cool off冷却下来alien to对……来说陌生recover from从……中恢复absorbed in全神贯注于over and over again一遍又一遍stumbled into误入，无意间进入📘 语法结构
过去完成时（had + 过去分词表示“过去的过去”）示例：I was only five when my father had taken me abroad, and that was eighteen years ago.it was not that …（不是因为……）示例：It was not that I actually remembered anything at all.not … but …（不是……而是……）示例：The lake was not a natural one, but a man-made reservoir.58
▾Lesson 58 · A spot of bother
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negligence疏忽prudent谨慎的porter看门人；门房basement地下室composure镇定intruder闯入者lurk潜伏hinder妨碍chaos混乱inconceivable难以置信的veritable名副其实的hoard囤积discard丢弃ransack洗劫💬 核心短语
as clear as daylight显而易见，一清二楚forced an entry强行闯入set off出发，动身sorting out整理，挑出rang up打电话给a little spot of bother一点小麻烦📘 语法结构
it 作形式主语，that 引导真正的主语从句示例：It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence.现在分词短语作状语示例：They went through the rooms, being careful to touch nothing, as they did not want to hinder the police in their search for fingerprints.as though 引导的表语从句示例：She had lived in the flat for thirty years and was a veritable magpie at hoarding: and it seemed as though everything she possessed had been tossed out and turned over and over.59
▾Lesson 59 · Collecting
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📋 核心词汇
amass积累indiscriminate不加选择的clutter杂物accumulate积累sentiment情感thrifty节俭的requisite必需品mania癖好；狂热litter乱扔；弄乱leisure闲暇antique古董的verify核实specimen标本authority权威💬 核心短语
tend to倾向于，易于move house搬家in the belief that相信……，认为……in an attempt to试图（做某事），为了in connection with与……有关compare notes交换意见，交流看法📘 语法结构
who 引导的定语从句示例：Those who never have to move house become indiscriminate collectors of what can only be described as clutter.过去分词短语作后置定语（owned for a long time）示例：Things owned for a long time are full of associations with the past, perhaps with relatives who are dead, and so they gradually acquire a value beyond their true worth.动名词短语作主语示例：Collecting, by occupying spare time so constructively, makes a person contented, with no time for boredom.60
▾Lesson 60 · Too early and too late
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📋 核心词汇
punctuality准时；守时disregard忽视；不理会tolerance容忍intellectual知识分子abstruse深奥的reproach责备diversion改道；转移nuisance讨厌的人或事frustration懊恼；沮丧befall降临；发生于luggage行李timetable时刻表flourish夸张的动作microscopic极小的；微观的💬 核心短语
brought to a conclusion得出结论，了结in a state of chaos处于混乱状态cutting things fine把时间安排得过于紧迫keep an appointment赴约impressed upon her使某人牢记，向某人强调to her horror令某人惊恐的是📘 语法结构
without 引出的含蓄条件句（虚拟语气，含被动语态）示例：Without it, nothing could ever be brought to a conclusion; everything would be in a state of chaos.only + 状语置于句首引起的部分倒装示例：Only in a sparsely-populated rural community is it possible to disregard it.不定式作后置定语示例：The only thing to do was ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests.
60 课节1295 句沉浸式逐句练习