v rocks people's worlds

Ruby¹ was on another Martha Stewart spree, and the tantalizing² scent³ of freshly baked brownies wafted⁴ into Vanessa?s bedroom as she sorted through submissions⁵ forRancor , the Constance Billard student-run arts magazine of which she was editor-in-chief. Heat blasted from the steaming radiators⁶, and the sounds of ambulance sirens and car horns wailed⁷ through the two open windows. Vanessa?s bare wooden floor was scattered⁸ with the usualRancor submissions: twenty black-and-white photographs of clouds, feet, eyes, or the family dog; three short stories about learning to drive and feeling the tug⁹ of independence despite the writer?s appreciation¹⁰ for her parents and all they?d done for her; and seven poems discussing the meaning of friendship.  Boring. After the third short story, Vanessa retrieved¹¹ Ruby?s sugaring kit¹² from the bathroom. Sugaring was an extremely messy, all-natural, and ?virtually painless? way of removing the hair on your legs. You covered your legs with sticky brown goo, applied¹³ a strip of white cloth, and then ripped the strip of cloth away from your leg, taking the hair with it.  Painless?Yeah, right. Vanessa kicked her black leggings onto the floor, laid a black bath towel over her black-and-gray patchwork¹⁴ bedspread, and sat down on top of it. She basted¹⁵ her pale, stocky calves¹⁶ with the sugary stuff, feeling like a giant glazed¹⁷ donut. Usually she was extremely low-maintenance, but if Dan was going to be hanging out with supermodels and agents and fashion designers, she thought she should at least try to make an effort and do something about the hair on her legs. Besides, spring was just around the corner. She might even go crazy and try sporting a miniskirt. ?Fuck!? she yelped¹⁸, ripping off the first strip of gauze. Who?d come up with the idea that women were supposed to be all smooth and hairless like babies? What the hell was wrong with a little hair? Most men were covered with it. She ripped off another strip. ?Christ!? Okay, this was officially insane. Her skin was so raw and red she wouldn?t have been surprised to see blood gushing¹⁹ from the hair follicles. Her phone rang and she snatched it up and growled²⁰ into it, ?If this is you, Dan, I want you to know that I?m frigging ripping the hair off my body with my bare hands right now, and I?m doing it all for you, which is pretty fucking poetic²¹ if you ask me!? ?Hello? Vanessa Abrams? This is Ken²² Mogul, filmmaker. You sent me your New York film essay a few weeks ago. We met in the park on New Year?s Eve?? Vanessa sat up straight and adjusted the phone against her ear. Ken Mogul was only, like, one of the most famous alternative film directors ever. At Christmastime he?d happened upon a clip of Vanessa?s work on the Web and had been so impressed he?d flown all the way from California to look her up. The problem was, he?d found her at exactly midnight on New Year?s Eve, which had been exactly the same moment Dan had shown up to give her a big fat New Year?s Eve kiss. Needless to say, Vanessa had sort of blown Ken Mogul off, although she had made the effort to send him her New York film essay when it was finished. ?Yes, I remember,? she answered quickly, completely amazed that the director even wanted to speak to her again. ?What?s up?? ?Well, I hope you don?t mind, but I showed your film to Jedediah Angel, who?s a personal friend of mine, and he wants to use it as a backdrop for his Fashion Week show this weekend.? Vanessa wrapped the black bath towel around her legs. It was sort of embarrassing talking to Ken Mogul when she was practically naked and covered in sugary brown goo. ?Jeremiah what?? she asked. Ken always seemed to speak in Hollywoodese, and this time she had absolutely no clue what he was talking about. ?Jedediah Angel. He?s a fashion designer. His label is called Cult²³ of Humanity by Jedediah Angel? Very hot. Jed says you?re the next Bertolucci. Your film?s like the anti?La Dolce Vita. You really rocked his world.? Vanessa grinned. Why did people have to sound so cheesy just because they?d made it? She?d rocked his world? ?Great,? she replied, unsure of what to say. ?Is there anything you need me to do?? ?Just come to the show and enjoy. I?ll be there of course, and there are some people I want you to meet. You?re already a moviemaking goddess, babe. You totally rock.? ?Cool,? Vanessa replied, slightly appalled²⁴ that he?d actually told her she rocked not once buttwice . ?So what?s the designer?s name again?? ?Cult of Humanity by Jedediah Angel,? Ken repeated slowly. ?SixP.M. Friday at Highway 1. It?s a club in Chelsea.? ?I?ve heard of it.? It was the type of place Vanessa normally avoided like the plague. ?I guess I?ll see you there.? ?Fan-fucking-tastic!? Ken enthused. ?Ciao!? Vanessa hung up and rubbed at a glop of dried sugaring paste on her wrist. Then she picked up the phone and dialed Dan?s number without even looking at the keypad. ?Hello?? Jenny answered on the first ring. ?Hey Jennifer, it?s Vanessa.? Vanessa always called Jenny Jennifer because Jenny had asked her to. ?I?m not sure if Dan will talk to you. He wouldn?t talk tome , and he?s been locked in his room ever since he got home. It?s so gross?there?s cigarette smoke, like,pouring out from under the door.? Vanessa laughed and flopped²⁵ back on her black pillows. Everything in her room was black, except the walls, which were dark red. ?How do you know he?s not in there putting gel in his hair? That new haircut looks pretty high maintenance.? The two girls snickered. ?I?ll go see if I can get him. Hold on.? ?What?s up?? Dan picked up the phone a minute or two later. He sounded distracted. ?Jenny said it was an emergency.? Vanessa lifted her leg in the air and tugged²⁶ at another sugaring strip. It appeared to be glued permanently²⁷ to her skin. Talk about emergencies! ?I thought you?d want to know that Ken Mogul just called. He said some designer named Jedediah Angel who has this fashion label called Culture of Humanitarianism²⁸ or something is using my film essay as a backdrop for his fashion show on Friday night. Ken said I really ?rocked? Jedediah Angel?s world.? She snorted. ?Isn?t that hilarious²⁹?? ?That?sfantastic ,? Dan responded earnestly. ?Seriously. Congratulations.? Fantastic? Since when did Daniel Humphrey use words likefantastic ? Vanessa didn?t know what to say. Dan hadn?t caught the sarcasm³⁰ in her voice at all. As if she?d only called him to gloat about her success. ?Okay,? she said evenly. ?I just thought you?d want to know. I?ll let you get back to work now.? She thought of cracking a joke about how one day when they were both rich and famous they could buy big-ass mansions³¹ next door to each other in Beverly Hills. But then she decided³² against it. Dan would probably think she was serious. ?Call me later if you feel like it, okay?? ?Okay,? Dan replied, obviously distracted by whatever new poem he was working on. After hanging up, Vanessa scooted off the bed. A corner of the black towel was now glued to the back of her left knee. She waddled³³ into the bathroom to try and shower off the sugaring crap. Maybe one day when she was disgustingly rich and famous she?d have her own personal waxing and sugaring staff, but for now she?d have to get rid of the rest of the hair on her legs the old-fashioned way?with a pink plastic Daisy shaver. ================================== ABC Amber³⁴ LIT Converter v2.02 ================================== Disclaimer: All the real names of places, people, and events have been altered or abbreviated³⁵ to protect the innocent. Namely, me.  hey people! The flavor-of-the-month club So what ever became of that fake-breasted fake blond pop princess with the permanently bare midriff whose songs werealways on the radio when you woke up in the morning and stayed in your headall day , driving youinsane . I?ll call her ?Sally? here, so as not to offend any of her adoring fans, but I?m sure you know who I?m talking about. I heard she had a nervous breakdown³⁶ and has been in rehab in Palm Springs ever since. She likes it so much there she?s buying a ranch³⁷ right next door, redoing it in shades of pink, and calling it Sallyland. If we?re lucky, she?ll stay there forever, only busting³⁸ out in her late sixties to do overproduced cabaret shows on the Vegas Strip to prove that she can still lip-sync with the best of them despite her advanced age and drug-addled mind. What about our favorite twenty-something actress who got into that bit of trouble with the law?something to do with carrying shopping bags full of items that didn?t exactly belong to her out of a well-known department store? She?s in rehab, too, but don?t worry?the film industry will find a way to bring her back. In fact, that?s what distinguishes the flavors of the month from the real stars. We kind ofwant to see her again. We want to know that there?s life after being busted³⁹. We want to see her rise to new heights, whereas we don?t much care what happens to Sally. At nineteen, she was already tired. The ins and outs of rehab Rehab and college are actually very similar as far as status is concerned. There are the select few, which are filled with celebrities⁴⁰ and the children of the very rich, and then there are the rest of them, which are filled with regular people. Getting into the best ones is highly competitive, but once you?re in, you?rein⁴¹ . So I wouldn?t worry about our darlingN . He may be in trouble, but his parents aren?t about to send him to the rehab equivalent of community college.  Your e-mail Q:? ? Dear GG, I?m an intern⁴² at Les Best Couture, and I heard Les sent a spy toS ?s school to check out what she looked like. He was kind of mad that she was hired without him even seeing her.  ?lilintern A:? ? Dear lil, I bet he?s not mad anymore though, right?
 ?GG Q:? ? dear gossip girl, how come you never mentionK andI anymore? It makes me wonder if maybe you are one of them.  ?eyespy A:? ? Dear eyespy, I?ll never tell, so wonder away!  ?GG  Sightings KandI ?there, I mentioned them?inBryant Park , freezing their butts⁴³ off in skimpyBlue Cult denim⁴⁴ miniskirts as they tried to get the interns⁴⁵ working the doors of theFashion Week tents to give them first- or second-row seats for Friday and Saturday?s runway shows instead of their usual ones toward the back.B rentingHow to Steal a Million , starringAudrey Hepburn , for the seventeenth time atBlockbuster on Seventy-second and Lex. I guess that?sone way of preparing for yourYale alum interview.N headed up the Merritt Parkway toward Connecticut in the back seat of his parents? blackMercedes SUV . On his way to rehab, maybe?V inBarneys , of all places, checking out a frayed⁴⁶ black hemp⁴⁷ driving coat with chain-mail seams and vintage hook-and-eye buttons byCulture of Humanity by Jedediah Angel . She looked tempted⁴⁸, but at that price she?d be better off ripping up her own clothes and fastening them together with paper clips. My problem isn?t getting into the first row?it?s which show to go to. Theyall want me! Sigh. Being popular can be seriously hard work. You know you love me.  gossip girl

1 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

2 tantalizing   

adj.逗人的；惹弄人的；撩人的；煽情的v.逗弄，引诱，折磨( tantalize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• This was my first tantalizing glimpse of the islands. 这是我第一眼看见的这些岛屿的动人美景。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have only vague and tantalizing glimpses of his power. 我们只能隐隐约约地领略他的威力，的确有一种可望不可及的感觉。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史

3 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

4 wafted   

v.吹送，飘送，（使）浮动( waft的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The sound of their voices wafted across the lake. 他们的声音飘过湖面传到了另一边。
• A delicious smell of freshly baked bread wafted across the garden. 花园中飘过一股刚出炉面包的香味。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 submissions   

n.提交( submission的名词复数 )；屈从；归顺；向法官或陪审团提出的意见或论据

参考例句：

• The deadline for submissions to the competition will be Easter 1994. 递交参赛申请的截止时间为1994年的复活节。 来自辞典例句
• Section 556(d) allows the agency to substitute written submissions for oral direct testimony in rulemaking. 第五百五十六条第（四）款准允行政机关在规则制定中用书面提交材料替代口头的直接证言。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

6 radiators   

n.（暖气设备的）散热器( radiator的名词复数 )；汽车引擎的冷却器，散热器

参考例句：

• You can preset the radiators to come on when you need them to. 你可以预先调好暖气，使它在你需要的时候启动。
• Stars are radiators of vast power. 恒星是强大的发光体。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 wailed   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She wailed over her father's remains. 她对着父亲的遗体嚎啕大哭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The women of the town wailed over the war victims. 城里的妇女为战争的死难者们痛哭。 来自辞典例句

8 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

9 tug   

v.用力拖(或拉)；苦干；n.拖；苦干；拖船

参考例句：

• We need to tug the car round to the front.我们需要把那辆车拉到前面。
• The tug is towing three barges.那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。

10 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

11 retrieved   

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句

12 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。

13 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

14 patchwork   

n.混杂物；拼缝物

参考例句：

• That proposal is nothing else other than a patchwork.那个建议只是一个大杂烩而已。
• She patched new cloth to the old coat,so It'seemed mere patchwork. 她把新布初到那件旧上衣上，所以那件衣服看上去就象拼凑起来的东西。

15 basted   

v.打( baste的过去式和过去分词 )；粗缝；痛斥；（烤肉等时）往上抹[浇]油

参考例句：

• The turkey is basted to keep it from drying out. 烤火鸡时润以油脂以免烤干。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Meat is basted to keep it from drying out and to improve its flavour. 烤肉时润以脂油使不致烤焦并可增加香味。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 calves   

n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解

参考例句：

• a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
• The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 glazed   

adj.光滑的，像玻璃的；上过釉的；呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式)；上釉于，上光；（目光）变得呆滞无神

参考例句：

• eyes glazed with boredom 厌倦无神的眼睛
• His eyes glazed over at the sight of her. 看到她时，他的目光就变得呆滞。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 yelped   

v.发出短而尖的叫声( yelp的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelped in pain when the horse stepped on his foot. 马踩了他的脚痛得他喊叫起来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• A hound yelped briefly as a whip cracked. 鞭子一响，猎狗发出一阵嗥叫。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 gushing   

adj.迸出的；涌出的；喷出的；过分热情的v.喷，涌( gush的现在分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话

参考例句：

• blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血
• The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 growled   

v.（动物）发狺狺声， （雷）作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 )；低声咆哮着说

参考例句：

• \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道：“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》

21 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。

22 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

23 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。

24 appalled   

v.使惊骇，使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的；丧胆的

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

25 flopped   

v.（指书、戏剧等）彻底失败( flop的过去式和过去分词 )；（因疲惫而）猛然坐下；（笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地）移动或落下；砸锅

参考例句：

• Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair. 他筋疲力尽，一屁股坐到椅子上。
• It was a surprise to us when his play flopped. 他那出戏一败涂地，出乎我们的预料。 来自《简明英汉词典》

26 tugged   

v.用力拉，使劲拉，猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention. 她拽了拽他的袖子引起他的注意。
• A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角带一丝苦笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

27 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

28 humanitarianism   

n.博爱主义；人道主义；基督凡人论

参考例句：

• Humanitarianism is apt to be forgotten when the balloon goes up. 一旦战争爆发，人道主义往往就被抛到脑后了。 来自互联网
• We must heal the wounded, rescue the dying, practicing revolutionary humanitarianism. 我们要救死扶伤，实行革命的人道主义。 来自互联网

29 hilarious   

adj.充满笑声的，欢闹的；[反]depressed

参考例句：

• The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.在他们又拿来更多的酒之后，派对变得更加热闹起来。
• We stop laughing because the show was so hilarious.我们笑个不停，因为那个节目太搞笑了。

30 sarcasm   

n.讥讽，讽刺，嘲弄，反话 （adj.sarcastic）

参考例句：

• His sarcasm hurt her feelings.他的讽刺伤害了她的感情。
• She was given to using bitter sarcasm.她惯于用尖酸刻薄语言挖苦人。

31 mansions   

n.宅第，公馆，大厦( mansion的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Fifth Avenue was boarded up where the rich had deserted their mansions. 第五大道上的富翁们已经出去避暑，空出的宅第都已锁好了门窗，钉上了木板。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Oh, the mansions, the lights, the perfume, the loaded boudoirs and tables! 啊，那些高楼大厦、华灯、香水、藏金收银的闺房还有摆满山珍海味的餐桌！ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

32 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

33 waddled   

v.（像鸭子一样）摇摇摆摆地走( waddle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A family of ducks waddled along the river bank. 一群鸭子沿河岸摇摇摆摆地走。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The stout old man waddled across the road. 那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

34 amber   

n.琥珀；琥珀色；adj.琥珀制的

参考例句：

• Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗？
• This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。

35 abbreviated   

adj. 简短的，省略的 动词abbreviate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He abbreviated so much that it was hard to understand his article. 他的文章缩写词使用太多，令人费解。
• The United States of America is commonly abbreviated to U.S.A.. 美利坚合众国常被缩略为U.S.A.。

36 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

37 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• 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。

38 busting   

打破，打碎( bust的现在分词 )； 突击搜查（或搜捕）； （使）降级，降低军阶

参考例句：

• Jim and his wife were busting up again yesterday. 吉姆和他的妻子昨天又吵架了。
• He figured she was busting his chops, but it was all true. 他以为她在捉弄他，其实完全是真的。

39 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。

40 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

41 rein   

n.疆绳，统治，支配；vt.以僵绳控制，统治

参考例句：

• The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
• He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。

42 intern   

v.拘禁，软禁；n.实习生

参考例句：

• I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
• The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。

43 butts   

笑柄( butt的名词复数 )； （武器或工具的）粗大的一端； 屁股； 烟蒂

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。
• The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。

44 denim   

n.斜纹棉布；斜纹棉布裤，牛仔裤

参考例句：

• She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.她穿着一条淡蓝色的斜纹粗棉布短裤，一件白粗布工作服上衣。
• Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.丹尼斯穿了一条牛仔裤。

45 interns   

n.住院实习医生( intern的名词复数 )v.拘留，关押( intern的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Our interns also greet our guests when they arrive in our studios. 我们的实习生也会在嘉宾抵达演播室的时候向他们致以问候。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• The interns work alongside experienced civil engineers and receive training in the different work sectors. 实习生陪同有经验的国内工程师工作，接受不同工作部门的相关培训。 来自超越目标英语 第4册

46 frayed   

adj.磨损的v.（使布、绳等）磨损，磨破( fray的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His shirt was frayed. 他的衬衫穿破了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The argument frayed their nerves. 争辩使他们不快。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

47 hemp   

n.大麻；纤维

参考例句：

• The early Chinese built suspension bridges of hemp rope.古代的中国人建造过麻绳悬索桥。
• The blanket was woven from hemp and embroidered with wool.毯子是由亚麻编织，羊毛镶边的。

48 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。