e.g. The slap delivered to my face smarted 在我脸上的这一巴掌开始剧烈地疼痛。 No creature smarts so little as a fool (Alexander Pope 傻瓜是受到精神上折磨最少的”(亚历山大·波普) ll. spree: a short period of time doing sth. you enjoy狂欢,纵乐 e.g. He's out 他到外面潇洒去了。 12. thread bare: wore out; in bad condition破旧的;陈腐的 e. g. thread bare rugs衣衫褴褛 thread bare excuses陈腐的借口 Lottie had a bank account that had never grown lean. (paral) lean adj. small in amount or quality e.g. lean years荒年 a lean bud get不宽裕的预算 Lottie always had quite a lot of money deposited in the bank 2. Bess had the clothes on her back, and the rest of her worldly po old suitcase (paral) worldly"means of or related to the material world, here "worldly possessions means all the things bess had All that Bess had to her name was the clothes she was wearing and an old suitcase that contained all the other things she owned 3. run errands for sb. (para3): to go somewhere for sb. to do sth(e.g. take a message, buy sth, to deliver goods, etc. 4. She never touched a penny of her money, though her childs mouth watered for ice cream and cand water(v)(esp. of the eyes and mouth) to form or let out water or watery liquid, esp tears or saliva(口水) e.g. At the sight of the roast duck, my mouth watered Whenever I pass that factory, my eyes water She never spent a penny of what she had earned on ice cream and candy, though as a child, she wanted very much to have them 5. When the dimes began to add up to dollars, she lost her taste for sweets. ( para4) add up to: to amount to; to make a total amount of When her savings grew considerably, she was too old to want candy any more 6. variety store (para5): a retail store that carries a large variety of usually inexpensive merchandise 7. She decided to keep her money for clothes. When she entered high school, she would wear a wardrobe that no one else would be able to match. (para5) ach:(v) to be as good, Interesting, successfu,etc.as比得上 She decided to keep her money to buy clothes when she started high school. Then no other girls in her school would have more and better clothes to wear than she d id 8. put one's mind to sth /set one's mind on sth. (para ): to concentrate on sth. or to be determined to achieve sth e.g. I'm sure you can do anything if you set your mind on it4 e.g. The slap delivered to my face smarted. 在我脸上的这一巴掌开始剧烈地疼痛。 “No creature smarts so little as a fool”(Alexander Pope) “傻瓜是受到精神上折磨最少的”(亚历山大·波普) 11. spree: a short period of time doing sth. you enjoy 狂欢; 纵乐 e.g. He’s out on a spree. 他到外面潇洒去了。 12. threadbare: wore out; in bad condition 破旧的；陈腐的 e.g. threadbare rugs 衣衫褴褛 threadbare excuses 陈腐的借口 II Text 1. Lottie had a bank account that had never grown lean. (para1) lean adj. small in amount or quality e.g. lean years 荒年 a lean budget 不宽裕的预算 Lottie always had quite a lot of money deposited in the bank. 2. Bess had the clothes on her back, and the rest of her worldly possessions in an old suitcase. (para1) “worldly” means of or related to the material world, here “worldly possessions” means all the things Bess had All that Bess had to her name was the clothes she was wearing and an old suitcase that contained all the other things she owned. 3. run errands for sb. (para3): to go somewhere for sb. to do sth. (e.g. take a message, buy sth., to deliver goods, etc.) 4. She never touched a penny of her money, though her child’s mouth watered for ice cream and candy. water (v.) (esp. of the eyes and mouth) to form or let out water or watery liquid, esp. tears or saliva（口水） e.g. At the sight of the roast duck, my mouth watered. Whenever I pass that factory, my eyes water. She never spent a penny of what she had earned on ice cream and candy, though as a child, she wanted very much to have them. 5. When the dimes began to add up to dollars, she lost her taste for sweets. (para4) add up to: to amount to; to make a total amount of When her savings grew considerably, she was too old to want candy any more. 6. variety store (para5): a retail store that carries a large variety of usually inexpensive merchandise 7. She decided to keep her money for clothes. When she entered high school, she would wear a wardrobe that no one else would be able to match. (para5) match: (v.) to be as good, interesting, successful, etc. as 比得上 She decided to keep her money to buy clothes when she started high school. Then no other girls in her school would have more and better clothes to wear than she did. 8. put one’s mind to sth./ set one’s mind on sth. (para6): to concentrate on sth. or to be determined to achieve sth. e.g. I’m sure you can do anything if you set your mind on it