Book III Unit 5 The Light at the End of the Channel

Unit 5 The Light at the End of the Chunnel

Language points

1. success, happiness, etc after a long period of difficulty or hardship历尽艰辛后的成功、幸福；苦尽甘来// tunnel n. underground passage地下通道: Moles dug tunnels under the lawn.鼹鼠在草地下打洞。// tunnel vision: inability to grasp wider implications井蛙之见

2. 英法海底隧道

3. lobby n. entrance-hall, anti-room 门厅，大厅: the lobby of a hotel, theater

4. stiff a. not easily bent, folded, moved, changed in shape坚硬的，僵直的: a sheet of stiff cardboard 一块硬纸板// a stiff drawer很紧的抽屉// have a stiff neck: painful and difficult to move // stiff-necked: obstinate and proud, persistent 顽固而傲慢的// stiffen vt. vi. (cause sth to) become stiff or stiffer使坚硬，僵硬: My back has stiffened (up) overnight. // He stiffened with terror at the horrific sight.吓呆了。

5. in government departments 公务员，文职人员 // civil government文官政府 // the civil service 政府文职部门，行政部门

6. complexion C. natural color and appearance of the skin of the face面色，脸色: a good/dark complexion面色好/黑 // a fair complexion 面色白

7. ruby n. red jewel 红宝石; a. deep red 深红色的: ruby lips

8. port U. strong sweet (usu. dark-red) wine made in Portugal 葡萄牙产波尔图葡萄酒

9. forebode vt. (formal) be a sign of warning of trouble预示(坏事): These black clouds forebode storm. /forebode disaster // foreboding (that)… U.C. feeling that trouble is coming (不好的)预感: // bode vt. vi. (fml) be a sign预示: This bodes us no good/bad promise for预示吉/凶: His idle habits bode ill for his future: suggests that his future career will be a failure. // foretell: tell beforehand, predict // forecast: say in advance what is likely to happen / forewarn / foresee / foresight U. 先见，远见/ forerunner n. sign of what is to follow先驱者，先兆: Swallows are forerunners of spring. / forefather: ancestors祖先

10. sauce n. relish, flavoring 沙司，调味品，酱: Tomato sauce (ketchup) goes with spaghetti.番茄酱伴意大利面条。/ white sauce: 奶油沙司，白酱汁/ What sauces n. alcoholic drink 烈性酒// saucer n. 茶托，茶杯碟// flying saucer: UFO // source: starting point of a river

11. shudder vi. C. shiver, shake violently, tremble with fear or disgust发抖，战栗: cold/horror// shudder at the sight of blood// A shudder of fear ran through/passed over her. // It gives me the shudders: terrifies me.

12. gull, seagull n. 海鸥

13. eyebrow n. 眉毛: to show disdain(轻蔑) or surprise // eyebrow pencil 眉笔 // eyelash n. 睫毛: wear false eyelashes

14. beet n. 甜菜

15. terminal a. of the last stage of a fatal disease (病)晚期的; of, taking place each term每学期的; of, forming the point or place at the end of末端的，终点的; n.

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