4. hammock　 n.吊床

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3. nerve　 n.神经

2. needle　 n.编织针

1. knitting　 n.编织

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　　 No longer the hobby of adults alone, knitting is now considered cool for all ages. Now, let’s look at the story of Xander Pickard in Berthoud.

　　 Xander is an eight-year-old boy who is on a task to break the world record for finger knitting, a type of knitting done without needles. The last count of Xander’s knitting string was 188 meters, though it is much longer now.

　　 Knitting has created interest among Xander’s classmates in Berthoud. "Max, Jakob, Annika, Rheanna and Josh have helped Xander add to the going-for-the-world-record knitting,"said the teacher. So many different people have contributed to the task, and it is colorful. "It looks like a giant beautiful butterfly. The girls at school help him by knitting in colors."

　　 Xander’s interest in knitting originated not only from his mother’s influence, but from Lisa Bauer, who teaches knitting at Berthoud Library. Bauer’s love of knitting began as a child, and became stronger and stronger. As a former schoolteacher, Bauer has done research on the benefits of introducing children to knitting. "Knitting makes talkative children quiet, and helps them pay attention to what they are doing. It offers children pleasure in the course, and when they finally finish a piece of knitting, they get excited and are satisfied."Bauer said, "Using both hands makes children smarter, by stimulating a lot of different nerve centers in the brain."

　　 To pass time while riding in the car, watching TV, or listening to the radio at home, Xander often knits. While not working on breaking world records, Xander enjoys knitting, lying in a hammock between two branches of his home’s apple tree. It provides a perfect place for finger knitting!

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3. shriek /Fri:k/ n.尖叫

2. the Nationalist民族党人

1. the Republic共和党

2. 动名词的复合结构名词所有格或物主代词后加动名词,即构成动名词复合结构,而名词所有格或物主代词是动名词的逻辑主语。当动名词短语作宾语,放在动词或介词之后时,名词所有格或物主代词还分别可用名词普通格或人称代词宾格代替。动名词复合结构在句中多作主语或宾语。如:

His l Mike’s returning me the money in time pleased me.

I don’t remember my mother’s complaining.

Do you mind my l me opening the window?

We can’t finish our work without John’s l John helping us.

[点击名题]It is difficult to imagine his _______ the decision without any consideration. (2005 陕西)

A. to accept　　　 B. accept　　　 C. accepting　　　 D. accepted

[点拨]C。本题考查imagine后接动名词的复合结构作宾语的用法。imagine是接动名词作宾语的动词,所以应选C,其中his为动名词的逻辑主语,口语中还可用him代替his。

[点击名题]It’s necessary to be prepared for a job interview. _______ the answers ready will be of great help. (2005 北京)

A. To have had　　　 B. Having had　　　 C. Have　　　 D. Having

[点拨]D。本题考查动名词作主语。根据结构判断,第二句缺少主语,应用动名词短语having the answers ready作主语。

[点击名题]When asked by the police, he said that he remembered _______ at the party, but not _______. (2005 北京)

A. to arrive; leaving　　　　　　 B. to arrive; to leave

C. arriving; leaving　　　　　　 D. arriving; to leave

[点拨]C。本题考查动名词作宾语。句意为"当被警方问到时,他说他记得去了那个聚会,但不记得离开了"。题中两个动作都是已经完成的动作,故选C。

[ 影音留声 ]　 For When The Bell Tolls 　

下面选取的就是炸掉铁桥之前,Robert和Maria之间的一段对话。

　　 Maria:Can’t I go with you? Hmm? El Sordo will get us horses. I know we can’t escape without them, but he’ll get us horses. I know it.

　　 Robert:You’ve got to understand, Maria, I’m in this war to the finish. I can’t have anything serious in my life. A man doing what I’m doing never knows what’s going to happen.

　　 Maria:Whatever happens to you will happen to me.

　　 Robert:Haven’t you any people in the Republic?

　　 Maria:No.

　　 Robert:No relatives at all? You must have people somewhere.

　　 Maria:My father and my mother ... I saw them killed. My father was the mayor of our town and a Republican. When the Nationalists took the town, they lined up all the Republicans against the wall. My father cried out very loudly, "Long live the Republic!"Then they shot him. But my mother was not a Republican. She had no politics, but she loved my father and she couldn’t say that. So she just looked at my father who lay there on his face at her feet ...And she said, "Long live my husband who was the mayor of this town."She said it very loud, like a shriek, and then they shot and she fell and I wanted to go to her, but we were all tied. We were tied by the wrists in a long line of girls and women. And I wanted to be shot too, and I was going to say, "Long live the Republic and my mother and my father ..."But instead there was no more shooting.

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