Chapter52MudismudPart1:Vocabularypermanent [?p??m?n?nt] adj.永久的tint [t?nt] v.給…染色delicate [?del?k?t] adj.淡色的shade [?e?d] n.色度observant [?b?z??v?nt] adj.觀察力敏銳的greyish [?ɡre???] adj.淺灰色的dispel [d??spel] v.驅散，消除outlandish [a?t?l?nd??] adj.稀奇古怪的acquisition [??kw??z??n] n.獲得cosmetic [k?z?met?k] n.化妝品outrageous

[a?t?re?d??s] adj.無理的fanciful [?f?ns?fl] adj.想象出來的insoluble [?n?s?lj?bl] adj.不可溶解的Newwordsandexpressions

prompt

[pr?mpt] v.敦促，激勵exclusive [?k?sklu?s?v] adj.專售高檔商品的syllable [?s?l?bl] n.音節(jié)bewilderment [b??w?ld?m?nt] n.迷惑，糊涂freckle [?frekl] n.雀斑evidently [?ev?d?ntli] v.顯然低，明顯地weird [w??d] adj.奇異的，古怪的concoction [k?n?k?k?n] n.調(diào)制品intoxicate [?n?t?ks?ke?t] v.陶醉，得意忘形blank [bl??k] adj.無表情的，茫然的discreetly [d??skri?t] adv.謹慎地clutch [d??m?n??] v.抓住adorn [??d??n] v.裝飾

Mycousin,Harry,keepsalargecuriously-shapedbottleon________(permanently)displayinhisstudy.Despitethefact________thebottleistintedadelicateshadeofgreen,anobservantvisitorwouldsoonnoticethatitis________(fill)withwhatlookslikeathick,________(gray)substance.IfyouweretoaskHarrywhatwasinthebottle,hewouldtellyouthatitcontainedperfumedmud.Ifyou________(express)doubtorsurprise,hewouldimmediatelyinviteyoutosmellitandthentorubsomeintoyourskin.Thisbriefexperimentwoulddispelanyfurtherdoubtsyoumighthave.Thebottlereallydoescontainperfumedmud.HowHarrycameintothe________(possess)ofthisoutlandishstuffmakesaninterestingstory________heisfond________relating.Furthermore,theacquisitionofthisbottlecuredhim________abadhabithehadbeendevelopingforyears.permanentthatfilledgrayishexpressedpossessionthatofofpermanentdisplay一直擺著adelicateshadeofgreen淡綠色observantadj.細心的substancen.物質dispelv.消除占有outlandishadj.稀奇古怪的relating講給別人聽acquisitionn.獲得curedsb

of…治愈了…

1.

permanentadj.固定的apermanentjob固定工作Theyarenowlivingtogetheronapermanentbasis.他們現(xiàn)在決定長期同住。反義詞：temporary

adj.暫時的2.

dispelv.驅散，消除impulse

n.沖動im內(nèi)

+puls驅動；推

+e→沖動

Harryusedtoconsider________agreatjoketogointoexpensivecosmeticshopsandmakeoutrageousrequests________goods________donotexist.Hewouldinventfancifulnamesonthespot.On________(enter)ashop,hewouldaskforanewperfume________(call)'ScentedShadow'orfor'insolublebathcubes'.Ifashopassistanttoldhimshehadnotheardofit,hewouldpretendtobe________(considerable)putout.Helovedtobetoldthatoneofhisimaginaryproductswastemporarilyoutofstockandhewouldfaithfullypromisetocallagainatsomefuturedate,butofcourseheneverdid.HowHarrymanagedtokeepastraightfaceduringtheseperformancesisquitebeyondme.itforthatenteringcalledconsiderablyjoke開心的事cosmeticshops化妝品商店outrageousadj.荒唐的fancifuladj.想象出來的onthespot當場putout不安outofstock脫銷keepastraightface一本正經(jīng)3.

outrageousadj.駭人的veryshockingandunacceptable‘That'soutrageous!’heprotested.“簡直駭人聽聞！”他抗議說。

Harrydoesnotneedtobe________(prompt)toexplainhowheboughthispreciousbottleofmud.Oneday,hewenttoanexclusiveshopinLondonandaskedfor'Myrolite',theshopassistantlooked________(puzzle)andHarry________(repeat)theword,slowly________(stress)eachsyllable.Whenthewomanshookherheadinbewilderment,Harrywentontoexplainthat'myrolite'wasahard,amber-likesubstance________couldbeusedtoremovefreckles.Thisexplanationevidentlyconveyedsomethingtothewoman________searchedshelfaftershelf.Sheproducedallsortsofweirdconcoctions,butnoneofthemmet________Harry'srequirements.WhenHarryputonhisactofbeingmildlyannoyed,theassistantpromisedtoordersomeforhim.Intoxicatedbyhissuccess,Harrythenaskedforperfumedmud.promptedpuzzledrepeatedstressingwhichwhowithanexclusiveshop高級商店inbewilderment疑惑地ambern.琥珀producev.拿出concoctionsn.化妝品metwithsb'srequirements.達到某人的要求putonhisactof裝作intoxicatedadj.陶醉的Heexpectedtheassistant________lookathiminblankastonishment.However,itwashisturntobe________(surprise),forthewoman'seyesimmediatelylitupandshefetchedseveralbottleswhichsheplacedonthecounterforHarrytoinspect.Foronce,Harryhadtoadmitdefeat.Hepickedupwhatseemedtobethesmallestbottleanddiscreetlyaskedtheprice.Hewasgladtogetawaywithameretwentypoundsandhebeatahastyretreat,clutchingthepreciousbottleunderhisarm.Fromthenon,Harrydecidedthatthislittlegamehehadinventedmightprovetobee