VOA慢速英语:Colorful Dinosaur Discovered in China

例句：They equipped themselves with a pair of sharp axes and set off for the forest.
      他们带上两把利斧便朝森林走去。

2.harden vt.vi.(使)变硬; (使)坚固; (使)硬化

例句：The snow hardened until ice was formed.
      雪成冰后变硬了。

3.glide vt.vi.滑行；滑动；掠过

例句：The years glided past.
      年复一年, 时光悄然流逝。

      The stately swan glides gracefully on the pond.
      美丽的天鹅在池中优雅地游动。

4.immune a.有免疫的力,免除的,不受影响的，豁免的

例句：I am immune from the disease, for I had it once.
      我对这病有免疫力, 因为我已得过一次了。

5.blossom vi.(植物)开花

例句：In March the peach blossomed.
       三月桃花开。

      The fruit trees have blossomed out beautifully.
      果树开出美丽的花。

引申意：发展, 长成

例句：New industries can blossom overnight if we find an outlet for their products.
       如果我们为新兴产业的产品找到销路, 它们短期内就会成长起来。

6.supposedly adv.据认为,据推测;据称;一般相信,一般看来

例句：supposedly universal standards
      据称通用的标准

      the speculative nature of the supposedly factual information conveyed through the media
      经由媒体传播，据信符合事实的信息中的推断成分

7.chop vt.vi.砍, 伐, 劈, 切碎, 剁碎

例句：I chopped a branch off the tree.
      我从树上砍下一根树枝。

      He chopped me some wood.
      他给我劈了一些柴。