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a scar on his cheek脸上的伤疤

Will the operation leave a scar?手术会不会留下疤痕？

7.howl / haʊl / vt. 嚎叫；呼号；咆哮

The crowd howled its displeasure.群众不满地怒吼着。

The wind howled all night, but I slept a little. 风整夜怒号着，但我还是睡了一会儿。

8.merciful /ˈmɜ:sɪfl/ adj. 仁慈的；宽大的；宽容的

9.at the crack of dawn 黎明；大清早

At the crack of dawn they climbed up a vertical cliff from the beach to my cave and entered it while I was out.在破晓时分，趁我外出时他们从海边爬上一处陡峭的悬崖进入我的洞穴。（P32）

We have to get up at the crack of dawn. 我们必须一大清早就起床。

I was up at the crack of dawn to get the plane. 为了乘飞机,我破晓时就起身了。

10.quick as a flash 立刻；马上；一刹那

Quick as a flash they made themselves at home.一会儿功夫，他们就变得无拘无束了。（P32）Liu xiang runs as quick as a flash.刘翔跑得快如闪电。

As soon as we finished our drink, we got out of there quick as a flash. 我们一喝完酒，就迅速地逃离现场。

11.hatch /hætʃ/ vt. 孵化；出壳

The female must find a warm place to hatch her eggs.母的必须找个温暖的地方孵蛋。

12.whistle / ˈwɪsl/ n. 口哨；哨子

13.heel /hiːl/ n. 脚后跟；踵

Then l knocked one of the sailors with the heel of my foot.这时我的脚后跟踢到了一名水手。（P32）

14.a wolf in sheep’s clothing 披着羊皮的狼；伪装友好的敌人

Only then did Odysseus approach me in a friendly manner, although he behaved more like a wolf in sheep's clothing. 直到那时，奥德修斯才以一种友好的方式接近我，尽管他的行为更像一只披着羊皮的狼。（P32）

15.pint /paɪnt/ n. 品脱（=0.5夸脱；英制液量0.568升；美制液量0.473升）

First, he offered me a pint of strong drink which made me dead to the world. 首先，他给了我一品脱的烈性饮料，这让我完全失去知觉。（P32）

16.dead to the world 熟睡的；完全失去知觉的

He was tired after the day's work, and was soon dead to the world. 他一天干下来十分劳累, 很快就熟睡了。

He was badly injured in the accident and still dead to the world now.

他在事故中受了重伤,到现在仍不省人事。

17.socket /ˈsɒkɪt/ n. 孔；洞；眼窝

Then, as l lay sleeping, his men took a sharpened stick and poked it into the socket of my eye to blind me. 然后，当我睡着的时候，他的士兵拿起一根锋利的棍子，戳进我的眼眶，把我弄瞎了。（P32）

18.stagger['stægə] vi. 蹒跚；摇晃；踉跄

Finally as I staggered around in agony, each man hid under the belly of a sheep and escaped out of the cave. 最后，当我愤怒地四处跌跌撞撞时，那些士兵都躲在绵羊的肚子底下，从洞里逃出来。（P32）

19.agony/ ˈægəni / n. 极度的痛苦

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