高英上册Lesson 1.pptVIP

sombre: 1. gloomy, dismal, solemn, very serious; sad a sombre mood/ atmosphere/voice/face. His sombre expression bespeaks the bad news. 2. (color) dark without any bright colors a sombre grey suit …a cavern of a room A room that is like a cavern Who is to blame but her tyrant of a father.He had to work in the hell of a fertilizer factory.She lives in a palace of a house / a match-box of a house.Before him stood a little shrimp of a fellow. Crush crush: to press with great power so as to break, destroy, the natural shape into powder, to break by pounding or grinding Several people were crushed to death as they tried to escape from the burning theatre.The machine crushes wheat grain to make flour.The sugar cane is taken to the factory where the juice is crushed out.The army quickly crushed the uprising. Extract extract: to pull or take out, often with difficultyto extract one tooth / a bullet from a woundThe policemen extracted secret information from a criminal. She extracted passages for the students to translate. 她选了些短文让学生翻译. ramshackle ramshackle: of a building or vehicle, badly made or needing repair, shaky, unsteady, likely to go to pieces, as from age or neglect, carelessly or loosely constructed. a ramshackle house a ramshackle bike, which produces a sound at every part except the bell. apparatus apparatus: a set of machines, instruments, tools, etc. that work together for a particular purpose；an integrated assembly of tools, instrument, etc., used for a specific purpose. This apparatus consists essentially of a flow meter, a pressure gauge. 这个装置有一个必不可少的流量计，一个压力表。 tower (above，over) tower (above，over): to be very tall, esp. in relation to the height of the surroundings.The mountain towers into the sky.The Statue of Liberty towers above the harbor of New York.He towers above his contemporaries. (to be much better than others in ability, quality, fame, etc:) She towers over other dancers of her generation. Dwarf dwarf: to cause to a