the way to rainy mountain 词汇

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

Para1 It is an old landmark.any prominent or well-known feature of a particular landscape, such as a tree, a hill or a building serving to identify a particular locality

(synonym) turning point , watershed(分水岭; 分水线2. 转折点3. 流域) 1. 界标 2. 目标,明显的标志 3. 里程碑 4. 有历史意义的建筑物(或遗址) Is there any landmark there? 那有什么标志吗？ Leaving her first job was a watershed in her life.

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

Winter---blizzards 暴风雪 Spring---tornadic winds龙卷风 Summer---an anvil’s edge铁砧边缘一样热和硬 Grass---brittle,brown 又脆又黄 cracks裂开的声音

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

easily broken and cracked because it is hard and inflexible.

The grass turns brittle and brown. (para 1) There are green belts along the rivers and creeks, …willow and witch hazel. (para 1) Great green-and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in tall grass… (para 1) Alliteration (头韵法): the repetition of an initial sound, usually of a consonant in two or more words of a phrase, a line of poetry, etc. brittle and brown, willow and witch hazel, great green-and-yellow grasshoppers

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

Foliage:植物的叶子(总称);叶子及梗和枝eg: Most trees lose their foliage in winter. 大多数树木在冬天落叶。

Whithe :to twist and turn the body as in agnoy. (因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚eg: He was writhing on the ground in agony. 他痛苦地在地上打滚。

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

All things in the plain are isolate; there is no confusion of objects in the eye.(para.1)

平原上的一切都是疏离开来的， 所见之物不会混杂在一起让人看不清楚。

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

The word eye is used in the singular not to mean the concrete organ of sight, but man’s power of seeing or observing. Some other idioms with the word eye in the singular form:To have your eye on something To have noticed something

Not to see eye to eyeTo have a good eye for something

To disagree with someoneTo be good at noticing and recognizing what is attractive, valuable In my opinion

To my eye

More than meets the eye

More complicated than it seems to be at first

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

para3 But warfare for the Kiowas was preeminently a matter of disposition rather than of survival.出于本性 a particular type of character which makes someone more likely to behave or react in a certain way; temperament;an inclination, tendencymuch more importantly

Warfare was important for the Kiowas more because of their militant tendency than because of their need for survival. The Kiowas often fought just because they were good warriors, because they fought out of habit, character, nature not because they needed extra lands or material gains for the sake of surviving and thriving.

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

a matter of disposition指人的主要爱好或思想、精神方面的重要习性、气质。也可指短暂的情绪

。

He has a cheerful disposition

He has made a good disposition of his property They showed a disposition to sign the contract

She ha

s a calm and introverted disposition

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

grim: 冷酷的，无情的eg: His expression was grim when he told them that whey had lost their jobs. 当他告诉他们说他们已经被解雇时，他的表情十分 冷酷。讨厌的，糟糕的

eg: I’ve had a grim day. 我渡过了不愉快的一天。

Unrelenting:持续不断的，不松懈的，不屈不饶的eg: He was unrelenting in his pursuit of legal mandate. 他坚决要求得到合法的托管权。

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

to save or free a person from sth.

My grandmother was spared the humiliation of those high gray walls by eight or ten years.免除，省去

---- Luckily, my grandmother did not suffer the humiliation of being put into a closure for holding animals, for she was born eight or ten years after the event. The Kiowas were humiliated because they were treated like animals.

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

but she must have know from birth the affliction of defeat, the dark brooding of old warriors.to keep think about something in a distressed or troubled way. 郁闷的，沉思的 ----- From her early childhood, she must have heard what had happened from her parents and grandparents. Therefore she must have known the great pain and distress brought by defeat, and she must have seen how they had kept thinking about their defeat in a gloomy and hopeless way.

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

para4 It was a long journey to the dawn. 2 meanings: daybreak and the beginning of something.The sun The new era of their history

They moved toward the east, where the sun rises, and also toward the beginning of a new plains culture, which led to the great moment (golden age) in their history.

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

They acquired horses, and their ancient nomadic spirit was suddenly free of the ground.

With horses, they suddenly became horsemen galloping on horseback instead of nomads (游牧部落 人) walking on foot all the time as before. Their ancient nomadic spirit was liberated from the ground.

高级英语the way to rainy mountain 词汇讲解

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