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Lesson Nine Appetite By Laurie Lee Keenness: [＇ki: nis] Appetite is the keenness of living. (being eager to live) keen [ki: n] adj. someone who is keen is very interested in sth or is eager to do it热中的，渴望的，热切的 be keen on sth/ sb: Daniel’s very keen on tennis. keen to do sth: She’s out of hospital and keen to get back to work. Longing: [＇l??i?] ①n. (singular, U) a strong feeling of wanting sth or someone渴望，盼望 e.g: an expression of heartfelt longing.殷切期待的表情 a longing for peace ②adj. (only before noun) wanting something very much渴望的，盼望的 a longing glance渴望的一瞥 Treat: It means giving a child money to go to the shop to buy something (treating a child to sth in the shop) Orgy: [＇?: d?i] n. a wild party with a lot of eating, drinking, and sexual activity(纵欲的)狂欢宴会，纵酒宴乐 In this article, an “orgy” is larger than a “treat”. It means the child is given money to buy lots of things) an orgy of: a short time spent doing too much of an activity in a way that is not sensible or controlled（短时间内）无节制的（活动） e.g: an orgy of shopping adj. orgiastic: 无节制的，狂欢的，纵欲的 Pitch: [pit?]① (singular, U) the strength of your feelings or opinions about sth（感情，意见的）程度，强度 E.g: Disagreement reached such a pitch that we thought a fight would break out. 分歧达到如此程度，以致于我们认为会爆发一场打斗。 The greatest pitch of happiness was not in actually eating a toffee but in gazing at it beforehand. 幸福的最大程度不是去吃一颗太妃糖而是在吃之前盯着它看的那种渴望的心情。 ②v.(a.) to throw sth with a lot of force, often aiming carefully （投，扔，抛，掷） Pitch sth over/ into/ through etc e.g: Fran screwed up the letter and pitched it into the fire. 弗兰把信纸揉成一团，扔进火中。 (b) to fall suddenly and heavily in a particular direction, or to make someone or something fall in this way (使)突然重重地跌倒 E.g: pitch forward/ backward/ over etc: Jim pitched forward as the train jerked to a halt. 6. toffee: [＇t?fi] 太妃糖 e.g: can’t do sth for toffee: (BrE, informal): to be very bad at doing sth 根本干不了某事，完全无法胜任某事 He can’t sing for toffee. Im