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Story 1 -- Chapter 7.
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So rapidly did the final catastrophe1 take place that it was difficult for the rescued party at first to credit the evidence of their senses. On the spot where the Lapwing had been beating her sides against the cruel walls of the cavern2, and where so many hearts had been throbbing3 wildly between hope and fear, no living creature remained; nothing but a few feet of the shattered masts appearing now and then above the surging waves was left to tell of the terrible tragedy that had been enacted5 there.
For upwards6 of an hour the party in the boat hovered7 about the place, not so much with the hope of rescuing any of their shipmates as on account of the difficulty of tearing themselves away from the fatal spot. Perhaps the natural tendency of man to hope against hope had something to do with it. Then they passed silently out of the cavern and rowed slowly along the base of the tremendous cliffs.
At length the feeling of self-preservation began to assert itself, and Bob Massey was the first to break silence with the question—
“Does any one know if there’s anything to eat aboard?”
Bob Massey pulled in his oar8, and, without remark, began to search the boat. It was found that all the food they had brought away consisted of nine tins of preserved meat and three pieces of pork, a supply which would not go far among ten persons.
The ten survivors10 were Dr Hayward and his wife; Massey and Nellie; Joe
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catastrophe
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n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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cavern
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n.洞穴,大山洞 | |
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throbbing
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a. 跳动的,悸动的 | |
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bin
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n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件 | |
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制定(法律),通过(法案)( enact的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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hovered
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鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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n.操舵装置 | |
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survivors
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slag
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挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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helping
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lugubrious
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growled
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savage
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steadily
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plight
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drenched
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v.使成为必要,需要 | |
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subside
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fortitude
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exclamation
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rummage
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locker
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tarpaulin
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overhauled
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chattered
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deranged
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wrecked
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abrupt
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disappearance
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funereal
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confidential
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testimony
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vigour
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(=vigor)n.智力,体力,精力 | |
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thoroughly
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prone
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garrulous
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professed
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公开声称的,伪称的,已立誓信教的 | |
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submission
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obstinate
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drawn
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morsel
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n.一口,一点点 | |
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ribs
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anecdote
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n.轶事,趣闻,短故事 | |
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palatable
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adj.可口的,美味的;惬意的 | |
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squint
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v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的 | |
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thigh
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corroborated
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gratitude
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robust
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inured
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sleet
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