现代大学英语精读4 Lesson 9.pptVIP

Reference: /movie/2000070300486.html (Download the film the Most Dangerous Game) 8. muck Examples: When the farmers spread muck on their fields you can smell it for miles. You’re treading muck into the carpet with your dirty shoes. The immigrants were treated like muck. To be continued on the next page. n. animal excrement, esp. used as fertilizers to make plants grow well or dirt or waste matter a. mucky Example: The child’s feet were mucky and covered with cuts. Idiomatic Expressions: muck about/around: to behave in a silly way or to treat a person in a careless way To be continued on the next page. I’m fed up with them mucking me about and canceling our arrangements. muck in: to share the work that needs to be done All my friends mucked in and helped when I moved house. muck up: to spoil something completely; to do something badly I wanted to make a good impression at the interview but I mucked it up. I mucked up the whole exam! 9. mutter v. to speak quietly and in a low voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are anxious or complaining about something Examples: He was pacing back and forth muttering (away) to himself. He muttered something under his breath to the person next to him, but I only heard the word “unexpected”. To be continued on the next page. n. mutter [C] n. mutterings Examples: There were mutters that other developments might receive more of the money available. There are mutterings of discontent among the staff. 10. ooze Example: Millions of years ago, our ancestors climbed out of the primeval ooze onto dry land. n. a thick brown liquid that is found at the bottom of a river or lake and a mixture of earth and water To be continued on the next page. v. ooze: to flow slowly out of something through a small opening Examples: Blood was still oozing from the cut on his wrist. He felt slightly ill as he looked at the grease oozing from his dinn