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steeped in: thoroughly filled or familiar with 这个地方充满了神秘的色彩. The place is steeped in mystery. 这位律师非常精通法学. The lawyer is steeped in law. bring about: cause 科学家给我们的生活带来了很大的变化. Scientists have brought about great changes in our lives. P26 When the court adjourned, we found Daytons streets swarming with strangers. adjourn: to bring a meeting, trial, etc. to a stop, esp. for a particular period or until a later time 延期；休会，会议暂停 e.g. The meeting will be adjourned till next Wednesday. 会议暂停,下星期三继续举行。 swarm: n. a large number of insects v. move or emerge in a swarm Hawkers cried their wares on every corner. hawker: peddler; a person who travels from place to place selling things 沿街叫卖的小贩 ware: (usu. Pl.) goods The description takes readers back to the circus atmosphere. One shop announced: DARWIN IS RIGHT – INSIDE. (pun) A pun is a play on words, or rather a play on the form and meaning of words. It is not strictly a figure of speech, but because it relied heavily on metaphorical or figurative meanings of words for its effect, it if often included in lists of such figures. In a pun, the same word is used in different senses, or two words share the same pronunciation. --- “Darwin” can refer to the English naturalist or to the shop owner. While “right” can mean correct or directly. So when one pauses before the dash “Darwin is right”, the sign means Darwin is correct; when you read out the whole sentence in a breath, it means the shop owner is directly inside. The poor brute cowered in a corner with his hands over his eyes, ” a reporter noted, afraid it might be true. “ cower: crouch; huddle; shrink in fear --- The reporter wrote in a sympathetic way for the ape but the intention was to ridicule the foolishness of the fundamentalists. Even the ape shrank in fear when it realized that it might share the same ancestry with those irrational human beings. sulphurous: fiery; violently emotional yokel: (a contemptuous term) a person living in rural ar