时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇


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[00:00.00]With the death of his mother

[00:02.51]in 1919, William inherited the beloved

[00:05.80]quartermillionacre ranch 1.

[00:08.75]At first, he planned to

[00:11.16]build a modest ranch house

[00:12.80]on his favorite campsite

[00:14.22]but as he became more involved

[00:16.63]in the project, his vision

[00:18.82]of a monument to display

[00:20.79]his collections gained momentum 2.

[00:23.74]Working closely with family architect,

[00:26.92]Julia Morgan, William created

[00:30.19]a glorious and extraordinary castle

[00:33.26]like structure, blending Spanish, European,

[00:36.32] and Californian architectural styles.

[00:40.26] Huge warehouses 3 were built

[00:42.67]in San Simeon to store

[00:45.07]the shiploads of splendid antiques,

[00:47.26]including entire carved ceilings

[00:50.11]and walls hung with enormous tapestries 4.

[00:53.61] They could be installed

[00:57.11]in the completed rooms.

[00:59.19]Landscaping integrated exotic plants,

[01:02.58]hedges, and trees with native flora 5.

[01:05.75] As William was in his 60’s,

[01:09.69]he had the insight

[01:11.33]to know he couldn’t  wait

[01:13.08]for them to grow,

[01:14.39]but he was optimistic.

[01:16.14] He ordered tons of fertile topsoil

[01:18.56] to cover the grounds 

[01:20.08]to a depth of five feet

[01:21.50]and fullgrown specimens 6

[01:23.58]of the plants were trucked

[01:25.67]up the mountain for planting.

[01:27.52]With thousands of acres

[01:30.37]of land covered with grassland 7,

[01:32.12]trees, natural ponds, and

[01:35.08]manmade reservoirs available for use,

[01:37.37] William stocked the estate

[01:39.34]with herds 8 of rare oxen and deer,

[01:41.63]and flocks of sheep and lambs.

[01:44.15]These animals flourished

[01:47.22]as they were allowed to wander freely.

[01:50.06]Larger, more dangerous beasts,

[01:52.80] including tigers, ostriches 9, buffalo 10,

[01:56.51]yaks, emus, kangaroos, llamas,zebras

[02:02.20]and giraffes were enclosed

[02:04.94]in the largest private zoo in the world



1 ranch
n.大牧场,大农场
  • He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
  • The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
2 momentum
n.动力,冲力,势头;动量
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
3 warehouses
仓库,货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )
  • The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
  • Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。
4 tapestries
n.挂毯( tapestry的名词复数 );绣帷,织锦v.用挂毯(或绣帷)装饰( tapestry的第三人称单数 )
  • The wall of the banqueting hall were hung with tapestries. 宴会厅的墙上挂有壁毯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The rooms were hung with tapestries. 房间里都装饰着挂毯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 flora
n.(某一地区的)植物群
  • The subtropical island has a remarkably rich native flora.这个亚热带岛屿有相当丰富的乡土植物种类。
  • All flora need water and light.一切草木都需要水和阳光。
6 specimens
n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人
  • Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
  • The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 grassland
n.牧场,草地,草原
  • There is a reach of grassland in the distance.远处是连绵一片的草原。
  • The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原。
8 herds
兽群( herd的名词复数 ); 牧群; 人群; 群众
  • Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
  • There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
9 ostriches
n.鸵鸟( ostrich的名词复数 );逃避现实的人,不愿正视现实者
  • They are the silliest lot of old ostriches I ever heard of. 他们真是我闻所未闻的一群最傻的老鸵鸟。 来自辞典例句
  • How ostriches could bear to run so hard in this heat I never succeed in understanding. 驼鸟在这样干燥炎热的地带为什么能疾速长跑,我永远也理解不了。 来自辞典例句
10 buffalo
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
  • Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
  • The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
学英语单词
Agenesomy
agent passive
ammonium aluminium sulfate
ancient society
artificial form quotient
bacidia impura
Ben More Coigach
bi-planes
BSOD
bulk out
cantareroes
carbaurine
central cord syndrome
cheilea hipponiciformis
cherry peppers
Cinnamomum japonicum Sieb.
concurrently sentence
decentralized company
depth ice
dis concerting
downward movement
early winter cresses
eha
elliptically polarized
emasculatingly
epivaginal connective tissue
equal environment assumption
espectaculo
European Currency Unity
frequency-to-number converter
gas vacuole
genital ridge
go back to sleep
granville road
hamamelitess
hebetates
IM spam
imaginary quadric hypersurface
integrated environmental control
involucelate
iodine pentabromide
ishai
Istebna
keying click
language points
lenamycin
limonia (dicranomyia) ebriola
linear energy transfer (let)
Lycra
lymph node section
malappropriation
marine pollution of pesticide
material index
maugis
methyl nonyl ketone
miscreators
mishka
monochrome receiver set
N.M.A.
nivolumab
noncoital
nonindustry
oil spray
optional member
oralises
orthonol
Pa Galu, I.
passalacqua
peg adjustment
photoelectric system
polemicists
protection against venereal disease
pubic ostitis syndrome
push lever
radiation shield
Santa Catarina, I.de
sealing oil system
second curve of turnout
segregated reactor
Seybouse, Oued
slag basic
soft sleeper
spiegls
sr (sscop release)
standard molar heat of combustion
stone model
strip reeling
sulphite pulp
tax-base
ternately
to scrimp and save
toolroom microscope
U. C. C.
universal buffer
upper-level weather chart
vaginal rugae
Van Dyke, Henry
witchaff
word problem
y'ere
ykk