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NO WONDER WE CALLED IT Endeavor Island. For two weeks we toiled1 at building a hut. Maud insisted on helping3, and I could have wept over her bruised4 and bleeding hands. And still, I was proud of her because of it. There was something heroic about this gently bred woman enduring our terrible hardship and with her pittance5 of strength bending to the tasks of a peasant woman. She gathered many of the stones that I built into the walls of the hut; also, she turned a deaf ear to my entreaties6 when I begged her to desist. She compromised, however, by taking upon herself the lighter7 labors8 of cooking and of gathering9 driftwood and moss10 for our winter's supply.
The hut's walls rose without difficulty, and everything went smoothly11 until the problem of the roof confronted me. Of what use the four walls without a roof? And of what could a roof be made? There were the spare oars13, very true. They would serve as roof-beams; but with what was I to cover them? Moss would never do. Tundra15 grass was impracticable. We needed the sail for the boat, and the tarpaulin16 had begun to leak.
'Winters used walrus-skins on his hut,' I said.
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长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 ); 艰难缓慢地移动,跋涉 | |
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n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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n.微薄的薪水,少量 | |
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moss
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n.苔,藓,地衣 | |
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cove
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n.小海湾,小峡谷 | |
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tundra
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n.涂油防水布,防水衣,防水帽 | |
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ammunition
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exhausted
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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banking
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n.银行业,银行学,金融业 | |
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brutal
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bellowing
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reassure
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v.使放心,使消除疑虑 | |
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thatch
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vt.用茅草覆盖…的顶部;n.茅草(屋) | |
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prospect
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n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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v.吼叫,怒骂,纠缠,混乱;n.混乱,缠结,咆哮 | |
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crunched
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v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的过去式和过去分词 );嘎吱作响;(快速大量地)处理信息;数字捣弄 | |
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astounded
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tack
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n.大头钉;假缝,粗缝 | |
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scramble
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herds
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herding
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strictly
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monstrous
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determinedly
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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trepidation
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hostility
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ad.安心,可靠 | |
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equanimity
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chattered
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(人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤 | |
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miserable
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reassured
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burgeoning
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ancestry
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prodding
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savagery
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