08年9.15-21TOEFL托福英語學習：托福詞彙1－愛薇塔樂學英文

08年9.15-21TOEFL托福英語學習：托福詞彙1

Lesson 1 Can We Glide Now? 我們能滑行嗎？

　　Words:

　　gigantic adj. 巨大的

　　gilding n. 貼金箔，鍍金

　　girder n. 大樑（鋼架結構）

　　girdle n. 腰帶，圍繞物

　　gust n. 要旨考試大(www．Examda。com)

　　glacial adj. 冰的，冰河的

　　glaciated adj. 凍結成冰的

　　glacier n. 冰河

　　glamorous adj. 迷人的，富有魅力的

　　glamour n. 魅力，魔力，迷人的力量

　　glare n. 炫目的光

　　glaring adj. 耀眼的，刺目的

　　glassware n. 玻璃製品來源：考試大

　　glaze vt. 上釉，使表面光華

　　gleam n. 亮光，閃光

　　glean v. 點滴收集；拾

　　gleeful adj. 極高興的，興奮的

　　glide vi. 滑動，滑行

　　glimpse n. 一瞥，一看；vt. 瞥見

　　global adj. 全球性的

　　Alice and Bessie found themselves climbing the highest glaciated peak in Italy. The sunreflected off the snow, creating an awful

　　glare. It made Bessie dizzy. Gasping for air, Bessie asked, “When are we ever going to reachthe top of this gigantic mountain?

　　The glaring light is making me sick.”

　　“I don’t know,” Alice said. “But I can see glacial ice. It must near the top.”

　　Bessie was becoming delirious. “With all this talk about global warning, how can there be somuch ice left? Please tell me again, what is so glamorous about climbing to the top of a glacier?”

　　“There’s no glamour involved,” said Alice. “It’s just a personal challenge. With the informationwe glean from this difficult experience, maybe we can write a book, Anyway, don’t you want toglimpse the heavens? Listen, when you start to feel weak, just tell yourself, ‘I’m as strong as agirder’. It also helps to take your mind off the climbing. Let’s talk about girdles.”

　　“I get the gist of what you’re saying,” said Bessie. “I want a girdle with gilding. What do youthink about that?”

　　“It makes about as much sense as a ceramic girdle with glaze on it,” replied Alice. “Let’s talkabout glassware.”

　　“I like the gleam of crystal glassware,” said Bessie.來源：考試大

　　All of a sudden, Alice had a gleeful look in her eye. “We’ve reached the top! Aren’t yourelieved?”

　　“Yes, I am,” said Bessie. She glanced around the top, still wondering why she bothered toclimb so far. She also began to dread the long walk down the mountain. She turned to Alice andsmiled. “Do you think we can glide down this glacier?”

愛麗絲和貝西發現自己在攀登義大利最高的冰峰。太陽光從雪面上反射回來，形成可怕的炫目的強光。它使貝西頭暈眼花。貝西喘著氣，問道：“我們什麼時候能到達這座大山的山頂？耀眼的光讓我不舒服。”

　　“我不知道，”愛麗絲答道。“但是我看到了冰河的冰。這說明我們接近山頂了。”

　　貝西開始胡言亂語了。“都說全球變暖，怎麼還剩那麼多的冰？請在告訴我一遍，爬到冰河的頂部都有什麼吸引人的？”

　　“沒有什麼迷人的力量，”愛麗絲說，“這只是對個人的挑戰。有了從這次艱苦的經歷中收集到的資料，也許我們可以寫一本書。無論如何，難道你不想看一眼天空嗎？聽著，當你開始覺得虛弱的時候，就對自己說：‘我像鋼樑一樣強壯’。它也能幫助你不去想登山這件事。讓我們談談腰帶吧。”