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CHAPTER XVIII
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Toward noon old Jotham Blue came in from a cornfield where he had been turning the earth between the rows. Although sixty-five and with snowy hair and beard he looked to be vigorous, and good to live until ninety or a hundred. His eyes were blue and keen, his color rosy1. He had great broad shoulders set upon a spare waist, for he had been a handsome figure of a man in his youth.
"How do you do, Mr. Witla," he inquired with easy grace as he strolled up, the yellow mud of the fields on his boots. He had pulled a big jackknife out of his pocket and begun whittling2 a fine twig3 he had picked up. "I'm glad to see you. My daughter, Angela, has been telling me one thing and another about you."
He smiled as he looked at Eugene. Angela, who was sitting beside him, rose and strolled toward the house.
"I'm glad to see you," said Eugene. "I like your country around here. It looks prosperous."
"It is prosperous," said the old patriarch, drawing up a chair which stood at the foot of a tree and seating himself. Eugene sank back into the hammock.
"It's a soil that's rich in lime and carbon and sodium—the things which make plant life grow. We need very little fertilizer here—very little. The principal thing is to keep the ground thoroughly4 cultivated and to keep out the bugs5 and weeds."
He cut at his stick meditatively6. Eugene noted7 the chemical and physical knowledge relative to farming. It pleased him to find brain coupled with crop cultivation8.
"I noticed some splendid fields of wheat as I came over," he observed.
"Yes, wheat does well here," Blue went on, "when the weather is moderately favorable. Corn does well. We have a splendid apple crop and grapes are generally successful in this state. I have always thought that Wisconsin had a little the best of the other valley states, for we are blessed with a moderate climate, plenty of streams and rivers and a fine, broken landscape. There are good mines up north and lots of
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adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的 | |
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v.切,削(木头),使逐渐变小( whittle的现在分词 ) | |
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twig
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n.小树枝,嫩枝;v.理解 | |
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thoroughly
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adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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adj.疯狂的,发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 );病菌;虫子;[计算机](制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的)错误 | |
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noted
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cultivation
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lumber
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吸引,引诱(lure的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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simplicity
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hearty
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sanguine
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temperament
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sobriquet
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cosy
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puritanical
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adj.极端拘谨的;道德严格的 | |
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modifications
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complexion
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prospects
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ruggedly
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n.戒律;格言 | |
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subtlety
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itinerant
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pitcherful
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solidarity
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testimony
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n.证词;见证,证明 | |
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caressing
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ad.坚持地;固执地 | |
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precisely
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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morbid
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anticipation
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n.预期,预料,期望 | |
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(使)发出丁当声,(使)发铃铃声( tinkle的过去式和过去分词 ); 叮当响着发出,铃铃响着报出 | |
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foretelling
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v.预言,预示( foretell的现在分词 ) | |
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ecstasy
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n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷 | |
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anticipatory
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v.嘟哝;作呼噜声;n.呼噜声,嘟哝 | |
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adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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v.引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的 | |
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contemplating
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深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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adj.男性的;有男性生殖力的;有男子气概的;强有力的 | |
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怀念地,思慕地,同情地; 渴 | |
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stunned
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鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的现在分词 ) | |
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v.(鸭子)发出嘎嘎声( quack的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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