最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit8-Part2

 

[00:00.00]His first writing assignment 

[00:02.29]revealed the fact that 

[00:04.15]he liked me and that 

[00:05.24]he hoped we could be friends, 

[00:06.77]"very good friends".

[00:08.64] At that time neither of us 

[00:11.15]suspected just how true 

[00:13.12]that prophecy would eventually become. 

[00:15.52]Inwardly, I just laughed. 

[00:18.26]This was the first of several laughs 

[00:21.54]that showed how little I understood. 

[00:24.28]His presence permeated¹

[00:26.14] my classroom and my world.

[00:28.11]About a month later our lives 

[00:32.92]began to intertwine and 

[00:34.89]the delicately woven pattern 

[00:36.86]of our lives began to become 

[00:39.16]more intricate in the coming year. 

[00:41.67]Relationships occur on many levels. 

[00:44.84]Layer upon layer must separate 

[00:48.57]in order for us to 

[00:49.77]speak of inner feelings. 

[00:51.52]It is up to the individual 

[00:53.49]to analyze² the variety 

[00:55.57]of feelings at each level.

[00:57.86]As time passed, we shared 

[01:01.37]our viewpoints and feelings 

[01:03.22]through conversation while chatting 

[01:05.08]over tea and coffee, 

[01:06.40]arousing the emotion

[01:07.71]deep in our hearts.

[01:09.79]One day flowed smoothly³ into another. 

[01:13.07]Familiar experiences for me proved to 

[01:16.35]be exciting and stimulating⁴ for him.

[01:19.09]Western festival celebrations like Halloween, 

[01:22.70]Christmas and Valentine’s Day 

[01:26.09]provided an avenue to celebrate together, 

[01:28.39]to share warmth and good times. 

[01:30.25]Traveling to new places introduced me 

[01:34.97]to an enticing⁵ new world.

[01:37.27]Every day there was laughter 

[01:40.44]and underlying⁶ cares that 

[01:42.74]carried both of us along 

[01:45.03]to some degree of happiness. 

[01:45.15]We learned together English and 

[01:48.10]learned about life that year. 

[01:50.40]Strangely the gap in our ages 

[01:53.25]did not create any 

[01:54.89]barrier for our friendship, 

[01:56.42]he young and vital, 

[01:58.28]and I was feeling young again.

1 permeated   

弥漫( permeate的过去式和过去分词 )； 遍布； 渗入； 渗透

参考例句：

• The smell of leather permeated the room. 屋子里弥漫着皮革的气味。
• His public speeches were permeated with hatred of injustice. 在他对民众的演说里，充满了对不公正的愤慨。

2 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

3 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

4 stimulating   

adj.有启发性的，能激发人思考的

参考例句：

• shower gel containing plant extracts that have a stimulating effect on the skin 含有对皮肤有益的植物精华的沐浴凝胶
• This is a drug for stimulating nerves. 这是一种兴奋剂。

5 enticing   

adj.迷人的；诱人的

参考例句：

• The offer was too enticing to refuse. 这提议太有诱惑力，使人难以拒绝。
• Her neck was short but rounded and her arms plump and enticing. 她的脖子短，但浑圆可爱；两臂丰腴，也很动人。

6 underlying   

adj.在下面的，含蓄的，潜在的

参考例句：

• The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
• This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。