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yearn：渴望，渴念 yearn for sth. Our nation mourns for the victims, it yearns for peace and it thirsts for answers. 纪念19个被害人时说的。 row：除了有一排一排的意思，还有划船的意思，但CNN中讲到澳大利亚水灾的时候，记者和一个人划船到他家。We rowed with Adam Beswick to his home rail：n 横杆，（楼梯等的）栏杆，扶手。 泰坦尼克号Jake和Rose在船的最前端是，jake说get on the rail. pole post pillow Beswicks house is on a small hill and on stilts, but he believes it will be swamped. Stilt ：高跷 have you tried walking on stilts? Tilt ：斜，倾斜；使倾斜 （建筑物于地面或水面上的）支柱 像中国有些少数民族的吊脚楼下面的支柱。 horrendous horrible horrifying terrifying ice rink 溜冰场 deleterious = detrimental relent:（give in, as to influence or pressure）vi vt And I will not relent in calling on States and non-State parties to prevent these terrible crimes Relentless：无情的，残酷的。 创世纪里面讲到一个genocide的时候用到了 relentless一词。 it was my alma mater: 母校（固定词组） mater单独读时读，但是在短语中和matter的发音一样 pleasantry: 寒暄话，客套话 civility sidewalk：人行道。 Sewage： (waste matter,esp, excrement, conveyed in sewers) demolish：(pull down,tear down) 拆毁 the church has been threatened with demolition for year. 面临被拆的威胁 Figuratively =refute she demolished his argument in one sentence. vigil：(keeping awake during the time usually given to sleep,esp,to keep watch or pray) All night she kept vigil over the sick child. Emotions were very raw at an evening vigil . But in a city like Atlanta, whose average snowfall is two inches a year,...... 如果是降雨量则可以用rainfall . In fact, it caused states of emergency in Georgia. Treacherous traffic conditions, power outages. （能源等的）断供期。 注意发音。 菠萝 pineapple Come to terms with sth：学会接受（困难或令人不快的事情）。 He finally came to terms with his father`s death. （终于可以来到这一条了，暗示已经接受了） The farmers found this barge and have started using it to ferry pineapples past the flooded roads cargo：货物 cargo ship：货物轮船 ferry：渡船，渡轮（过黄浦江要乘坐的那种）；vt就是指用ferry来摆渡的那种。 ferris wheel ：摩天轮 Contravention 和contraband有联系，词根 contra Oasis：沙漠绿洲；（混乱、动乱中的）安全地方；平静的时期。 Abyss：深渊 grid:(grasp tightly;take a firm hold of)