綜合英語(yǔ)第五冊(cè)4-6段

1、3 My mother had roasted two chickens and cut them into dainty bite-size pieces. She packed slices of brown bread and butter, and green pepper and carrot sticks. There were little violently yellow iced cakes with scalloped edges called “marigolds,” that came from Cushmans Bakery. There was a spice bu

2、n and rock- cakes from Newtons, the West Indian bakery across Lenox Avenue from St. Marks school, and iced tea in a wrapped mayonnaise jar. There were sweet peaches for us and dill pickles for my father, and peaches with the fuzz still on them, individually wrapped to keep them from bruising. And, f

3、or neatness, there were piles of napkins and a little tin box with a washcloth dampened with rosewater and glycerine for wiping sticky mouths.,dainty denti: adj. (of things) small and pretty (of people) neat and delicate in build or movement fastidious esp. about food. （嬌美的）(1) The bowls are all mad

4、e of dainty porcelain.(2) She is a dainty girl, but she is very capable.(3) Mrs. Smith is very dainty about food.,scallop sklp】vt. decorate with a row of curves forming an edge or pattern on pastry（油酥面點(diǎn)，各式烘烤糕點(diǎn)）, etc.e.g.:(1) They decorated the cake with scalloped edges.(2) His parents had scalloped

5、his birthday cake.,marigold n. any of various types of a garden plant with orange or yellow flowers(金盞花；金盞菊；萬(wàn)壽菊) e.g.:(1) The garden is very beautiful with so many marigolds in full bloom.(2) His birthday cake was scalloped with marigolds.,rock-cake n.a small currant cake with a hard rough crust 巖皮餅

6、(一種表面粗硬的小甜餅) mayonnaise jar 【menez】a container used to hold thick creamy sauce made of egg-yolks, oil and vinegar, used esp. on cold foods such as salads; dish made with this.(蛋黃醬)e.g.: Eggnog is made with mayonnaise and hard-boiled eggs.,dill dil n. a herb with scented leaves and seeds used for fla

7、voring pickles(蒔蘿，小茴香),fuzz fz n. 1 fluff; fluffy or frizzled hair; 2 short, fine hair that sticks up，coat.e.g(1) A peach skin is covered with fuzz.(2) His chest is covered with fuzz.,bruise bru:zn. an injury caused by a blow or knock to the body or to a fruit, discoloring the skin but not breaking

8、it e.g.:(1)He was covered in bruises after falling off his bicycle.(2)The young man had a few cuts and bruises but nothing serious.v. cause a bruise or bruises on sth.; show the effect of a blow or knock e.g.: (1) He fell and bruised his legs. (2) Her face was badly bruised in the crash. (3) Peaches

9、 bruise easily.,tin tin a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion,rosewater have the flavour of the perfume of rose 玫瑰香水味,glycerine 【glsri:n】 n. a thick sweet colorless liquid made from fats and oils used in medicines, toilet products and explosives(甘油；丙三醇),5 I wanted to eat in the

10、 dinning car because I had read all about them, but my mother reminded me of umpteenth time that dinning car food always cost too much money and besides, you never could tell whose hands had been playing all over that food, nor where those same hands had been just before. My mother never mentioned t

11、hat Black people were not allowed into dining cars headed south in 1947. As usual, whatever my mother did not like and could not change, she ignored. Perhaps it would go away, deprived of her attention.,umpteen. mpti:n(infml) numerous, too many to counte.g.: (1) Umpteen of them left. (2) She had ump

12、teen reasons for being late.for the umpteenth time for numerous times; for countless times,e.g.:(1) For the umpteenth time, I tell you I dont know. (2) The thief stole mobile phones for the umpteenth time.,6 I learned latter that Phylliss high school senior class trip had been to Washington, but the

13、 nuns had given her back her deposit in private, explaining to her that the class, all of whom were white, except Phyllis, would be staying in a hotel where Phyllis “would not be happy,” meaning, Daddy explained to her, also in private, that they did not rent rooms to Negroes. “We still take among-y

14、ou to Washington, ourselves,” my father had avowed, “and not just for an overnight in some measly fleabag hotel.”,avow,to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true ;admit openly and bluntly The senator was forced to avow openly that he had received some money from that company. 那個(gè)參議員被迫承認(rèn)曾經(jīng)收過(guò)那家

15、公司的一些錢(qián)。,overnight adv. suddenly or very quicklye.g.(1)He stayed overnight at a friends house.(2) She became a celebrity overnight.(3) They had an overnight stop in Rome.(4) It was an overnight success. measly mi:zli adj. ridiculously small in size, amount and valuee.g.(1) He gave us measly little portions of the cake. (2) What a measly birthday present,fleabag fli:,bg n. 1 a dirty or unpleasant person or animal a cheap and dirty hotel Eg: I hate the old lady next doorshe is a real fleabag . We had to make do with the fleabag motel for the night.,and not just for an overnight in some m