ACT真题2008年12月阅读理解单词超精细整理摘要.docVIP

OG ACT真题2008年12月 阅读单词整理 超细致 Prose fiction Dirt n. 污垢，泥土；灰尘，尘土；下流话 They all sit on the dirt in the dappled shade of a tree. 他们都坐在斑驳的树荫下的地上 Roar v. 怒吼 During the playing of the national anthem the crowd roared and whistled. 奏国歌时，人群又吼又吹口哨。 Grasshopper n. 蚱蜢；[植保] 蝗虫； One day a grasshopper came upon an ant at work in a garden. 一天， 蚱蜢碰到了一只正在花园里干活的蚂蚁。 flash-back n. 倒叙（电影中瞬间闪现过去的场面）；（小说的）插叙 It was hot, though, like a flash-back to July. Barn n. 谷仓；畜棚；车库 The barn was heaped with grain. 谷仓里堆满了粮食 Cucumber n. 黄瓜；胡瓜 I washed some cucumbers while i was waiting. Alligator n. 短吻鳄（产于美国及中国） I used to play them in my hand and poured off the water into the kettle on the stove. Ranch n. 大农场；大牧场 That voice touches us here, and all the ranches spread out over the prairies between Rockies and the Mississippi. Rancher n. 大农场经营者；大农场工人 It was built by Juana Briones, a pioneering woman who was a rancher, traditional healer and entrepreneur. 跟读 建造者胡安娜·布里奥尼斯是一位颇有开拓性精神的女性，她当时既是大农场主，又是传统疗法医生和企业家。 Prairie n. 大草原；牧场 To assemble a prairie takes time -- even if you have all the pieces. 整合一个大草原需要时间——哪怕你手中已掌握了所有分块。 the Rockies n. 落基山脉 It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. The Rockies. 这是我们盼望已久的一刻：落基山出现了。 The Mississippi 密西西比河 The Mississippi River may be mightier than anyone ever imagined. 密西西比河可能比任何人想象的还要强大。 Grim adj. 冷酷的；糟糕的；残忍的 They sound like grim words without any comfort to them, but they have a kind of strength all their own. Bandanna n. 扎染印花大手帕（等于bandana） She stood there untying her bandanna and i watched her as though i didn’t know her face better than my own. Brow n. 眉，眉毛；额；表情 Mom’s is a quiet dark brows and eyes and a wide mouth. Click off 按掉 Dad clicked off the radio and came out to the kitchen. Apron 围裙 I took off my apron and was running across to the barn for the pickup before Dad had taken his hat from behind the door. Pickup n. 收集，整理 Next month the amount of material recycled should further increase, since charg