第六章 有生命的词汇 （续7）

121. He has been flirting with the idea of going to Moscow.

他一直有去莫斯科的遐想。

122. flecks of colour on a bird’s breast. 一只鸟胸部之彩色斑点。

123. flecks of sunlight on the ground under a tree. 树荫下的点点阳光。

124. a sky flecked with clouds. 布满点点云朵的天空(使有斑点；饰以斑点)

125. Fellow founder and former Air Force engineer Ben Adams, who hatched the idea

three years ago as he lugged a generator through the Nevada desert to hook up a

communications system, is negotiating this month with U. S and Australia forces to

market solar wi-fi in Iraq.

另一位合伙创办人本.亚当斯又是一位前空军工程师，

3 年前他为了连接一个通讯系统费劲地拖了一台发电机穿过内华达沙漠，于是

产生了这个想法。

126. The firm markets many types of goods. 这家公司在市场上销售多种商品。

127. The new foodie mecca, Spain draws culinary（烹饪的） pilgrims the way France

did a generation ago.

作为新一代美食圣地，西班牙就像几十年前的法国一样，吸引着美食家前来朝拜。

128. A policeman waved me out of the snake of traffic and flagged me to stop.

(John Steinbeck: Travels with Charley)

一位警察招手要我从长蛇阵般的车流中出来，并招呼我停下。

129.An unrealistic goal that invites failure. 不现实的目标只会导致失败。

130. If you were a famous person ( pop singer; movie star, or football star) how would

you react to the public who at one moment would crown you with honour and fame,

but at the next moment, throw you into obscurity.

如果你是一位名人（流行歌手；电影明星；足球明星），你会如何对待那些一时间

把你捧上天，一会儿又把你抛之脑后的公众。

词 汇 积 累

1. hip n 臀部

Put your hand on your hip. 叉腰。

2. history n 历史；历史记录

a. Now histories have their history. 历史已成为过去。

b. people with bad history or something like that. 有不良记录的人。

c. The building has a lot of history. 这座建筑有一定的历史了。

d. old style history. 老生常谈的历史。

e. The rest is history. 剩下的不用说了。

f. That event is history. 以成为历史。

g. History also suggests to us that… 历史告诉我们…。

h. He made history. 名噪一时。

3. hold n 控制；保留

Battle history has an enduring, eternal hold on our imagination.

战争史在我们的脑海中有深远的印迹。

4. holder n 持有人；所有人

place holder. 填充物；支持物。

5. hole n 洞，孔；洞穴

a . Because there are always holes in any claim like this.

因为任何这样的声明都会有漏洞。

b. the little hole in the system. 体制的小漏洞。

c. a leaky system. 有漏洞的体制。