现代大学英语精读3第4单元知识点归纳.docVIP

Unit 4 to wrench yourself away from: to twist and pull yourself away (or free) from wrench vt. To pull at the feelings or emotions of挫折使感情或情绪受折磨；distress压抑; afflict使痛苦 eg.: It wrenched her to watch them go. 看着他们离开，她很难受It wrenched her to say goodbye. patchwork of farms and woodland patchwork n.拼缝物, 拼缀物, 拼凑物woodland: a piece of land covered with trees森林地, 林地 In the deep woods that verged against our back fence, a network of paths led almost everywhere, and pheasants [鸟] 雉, 野鸡rocketed off into the dense laurels ahead as you walked. (p.2) to verge against: to be close to; to be at the edge or bord