胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇109

Grasshopper¹ learns physics

蚱蜢学物理

Celia was a bright student except when it came to physics. She was better at drawing graphs. She was skilled at graphics³ because she was majoring in graphic² design. Her classmates named her “grasshopper” because she loved to wear green. She hated greasy⁴ good. The grease made her feel ill. She loved to play tennis. She even owned a racquet made out of graphite.

Celia’s best friend was julia. Julia was born on grazing land in the north. When she wasn’t watching the cows graze, she was reading physics books. Since physicas was julia’s favorite subject, she enjoyed providing gratuitous⁵ assistance to celia.

“I’d be grateful if you would explain gravity to me again.” Said celia.

“no problem,” julie replied. “ gravitation is the force of attraction between any two objects. It is sometimes referred to as gravitational force. An enormous object, like the earth, generates a gravitational field, this field causes a downward pull on all objects near its surface. This downward gravitational pull is called ‘gravity’. the force of gravity on an object is commonly referred to as its ‘weight’. Planetary motion is also a result of gravitation. It’s the gravitational attraction between the sun and the planets that sustains the planets in elliptical orbits around the sun.”

“thanks,” said celia, “I fell much better.” With a quick smila, celia handed a small box to julia. “I am giving you this small present to show you my gratitude⁶,” celia said.

“there’s no need,” julia said. “it gratifies me just to help you.”

Celia put it into julia’s hands. “here. Grasp it.” Celia said, “it’s just something small so that you’ll never forget me.”

Julis opened the gift . it was a ceramic⁷ grasshopper holding a globe. She smiled and said, “thanks, grasshopper, it’s perfect!”

西莉亚是一个聪明的学生，但是碰到物理除外。她更善于画图表。她精于制图法。因为她的专业是绘画设计。她的同学们叫她“蚱蜢”。因为她喜欢穿绿衣服。她讨厌油腻的食物。油脂让她感觉不舒服。她喜欢打网球。她甚至有一个石墨做的球拍。

西莉亚最好的朋友是朱丽亚。朱丽亚出生在北方的牧场上。她不看奶牛吃草的时候就看物理书。因为物理是朱丽亚最喜欢的课，她喜欢为西莉亚提供义务辅导。

“如果你再给我解释一下重力，我会很感激的。”西莉亚说。

“没问题，”朱丽亚答道。“引力是任何两个物体之间相互吸引的力量。它有时候称作地心引力。一个巨大的物体，如地球，产生重力场。这个场对所有它表面附近的物体都产生一个向下的力。这个向下的地心引力叫做‘重力’。 一个物体的重力通常被称为‘重量’。行星的运动也是引力的结果。那是太阳和行星之间的万有引力。维持着众行星围绕在太阳周围的椭圆轨道上。”

“谢谢。”西莉亚说。“我觉得明白多了。”西莉亚笑了一下，把一个小盒子递给朱丽亚。“我送你这个小礼物，向你表示感谢。”西莉亚说。

“不用，”朱丽亚说。“能帮助你，我就很高兴了。“

西莉亚把它放在朱丽亚手里。“给，拿着，“西莉亚说。”只是一样小东西，为了你永远不会忘了我。“

朱丽亚打开了礼物，是一个陶瓷的蚱蜢举着一个地球。她笑了，说“谢谢，蚱蜢，太棒了！"

Graph n.图表

Graphic adj.绘画似的， 图解的，生动的

Graphics n.制图法， 制图学

Graphite n.石墨

Grasp vt.抓住， 抓紧 n.掌握，领会

Grasshopper n.蚱蜢， 蚂蚱

Grateful adj. 感激的，感谢的

Gratify v.使高兴，使满足

Gratitude n.感谢，感激

Gratuitous adj. 1、免费的 2、不需要的

Gravitation n.引力，重力

Gravitational adj.地心吸力的，重力的

Gravitational field 重力场

Gravitationalforce 地心引力

Gravitational pull 地心引力

Gravity n.地心引力

Graze vi.（牲畜）吃草，放牧

Grazingland 特场 ，草场

Grease n.油脂

Greasy adj.多脂的，油脂的

1 grasshopper   

n.蚱蜢，蝗虫，蚂蚱

参考例句：

• He thought he had made an end of the little grasshopper.他以为把那个小蚱蜢干掉了。
• The grasshopper could not find anything to eat.蚱蜢找不到任何吃的东西。

2 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

3 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。

4 greasy   

adj. 多脂的，油脂的

参考例句：

• He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
• You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

5 gratuitous   

adj.无偿的，免费的；无缘无故的，不必要的

参考例句：

• His criticism is quite gratuitous.他的批评完全没有根据。
• There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。

6 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

7 ceramic   

n.制陶业，陶器，陶瓷工艺

参考例句：

• The order for ceramic tiles has been booked in.瓷砖的订单已登记下来了。
• Some ceramic works of art are shown in this exhibition.这次展览会上展出了一些陶瓷艺术品。