简单慢速英语阅读：A Seaside Painting

　　It's a painting of a seaside. The main colors are blue, white, and brown. The sky is light blue. A white cloud covers half the light blue sky. Two white birds fly through the air. The bottom half of the painting is white sand and brown shrubs¹. At the bottom right you can see part of the ocean. The ocean is dark blue with small white waves. A boat is sailing by. The boat has four big, white sails. It has a wooden hull². An old wooden house sits on the white sand. No smoke comes from the brick chimney. The roof sags³ in the middle. The house has a front porch. Five wooden posts support the porch. A clothesline is behind the house. Clothes are hanging on the line. But there are no people anywhere. Maybe they are inside the house. Maybe they are walking along the beach.

1 shrubs   

灌木( shrub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
• These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots. 这些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出开花的新枝。

2 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。

3 sags   

向下凹或中间下陷( sag的第三人称单数 )； 松弛或不整齐地悬着

参考例句：

• The bed sags in the middle, and is uncomfortable. 床的中间往下塌，很不舒服。
• He sags his pants; doo rags and a stockin cap. 他穿着松弛的裤子。抹布一样的帽子。