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Chapter Seven.
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Things begin to look Brighter—The Guide’s Story.
It was bright day when our travellers awoke, but only a dim light penetrated1 into their dungeon-like dormitory, for, besides being very small, the three windows, or loop-holes, had been so filled up with snow as to shut out much of the light that would naturally have entered.
That the gale2 still raged outside was evident enough to the sense of hearing, and sometimes the gusts3 were so sudden and strong that the little building trembled, stout4 though it was. Indeed, Lawrence at first thought they must be experiencing the shocks of an earthquake, a mistake not unnatural5 in one who, besides having had but little experience in regard to such catastrophes6, knew well that he was at the time almost in the centre of a region celebrated7 for earthquakes.
It was with mingled8 feelings of interest, anxiety, and solemnity that he surveyed the scene outside through a hole in the door. It seemed as if an Arctic winter had suddenly descended9 on them. Snow completely covered hill and gorge10 as far as the vision could range but they could not see far, for at every fresh burst of the furious wind the restless wreaths were gathered up and whirled madly to the sky, or swept wildly down the valleys, or dashed with fury against black precipices11 and
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precipices
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n.悬崖,峭壁( precipice的名词复数 ) | |
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prospect
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vigour
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enjoyment
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countenance
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亲切地,招待周到地,善于款待地 | |
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jaguar
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diverging
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eastward
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bland
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effusive
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adj.热情洋溢的;感情(过多)流露的 | |
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pointed
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proceeding
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strictly
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apparently
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inaccessible
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rugged
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diversified
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adj.多样化的,多种经营的v.使多样化,多样化( diversify的过去式和过去分词 );进入新的商业领域 | |
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rivulet
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n.小溪,小河 | |
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shrubs
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grandeur
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solitude
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cultivation
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myriads
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indirectly
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wilderness
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n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠 | |
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doomed
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doom
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hesitation
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kindle
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