Vocabulary for Entensive Reading Unit 3

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Vocabulary for Extensive Reading 1 by李文吉
Note: Memorize these words so as to have a better result in our final exam.
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Vocabulary of Unit 3(原Unit 6)
1. playwright: one who writes plays; a dramatist 剧作家
2. poet: a writer of poems 诗人
3. ambition: something that you want to do or achieve very much 抱负,雄心, 想实现的目的或目标
4. try one’s fortune: try one's luck, test one's chances碰运气
5. countryman: a man from your own country同胞(乡),乡下人
6. narrator: the person who tells the story in a book or a play讲述者,叙述者
7. orchard/’ɔ: tʃəd/: an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees 果园
8. enraged: angry
9. diligent: hard-working, industrious
10. explore: to search into or travel in for the purpose of discovery 勘探
11. gloomy: showing or filled with gloom; sad, depressing 忧郁的,悲伤的
12. pleased: happy
13. King Solomon: 所罗门 (?-932BC, 以色列国王, 在位期间, 发展贸易, 以武力维持其统治, 使犹太达到
鼎盛, 以智慧著称), 聪明人king of Israel, son of King David, builder of the temple in Jerusalem
14. Puritan: A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict
religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England 清教徒
兴起于16和17世纪的英国新教徒一派的成员,主张严格的宗教原则和英国教堂的仪式及教义的从简
15. monotonous: boring; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety 单调重复的或毫无变化的
16. insignificant: not significant; unimportant; lacking in importance; trivial
17. costume: a style of dress worn in a play戏装
18. property: an article, except costumes and scenery, that appears on the stage or on screen during a dramatic
performance 道具; 除了化妆品和布景,在戏剧表演中出现在舞台或屏幕上的物件
19. versatile: capable of doing many things competently 多才多艺的
20. rehearsal: the act of practicing in preparation for a public performance 排练
21. at (one's) wits' end: At the limit of one's mental resources; utterly at a loss 智穷计尽;全然不知所措
22. eminent: outstanding
23. monsieur /mə’sjə:/: 先生,绅士used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr.';