VOA慢速英语:Children’s Story: ‘Pecos Bill’

词汇讲解：

1. exaggerated adj. 夸大的,言过其实的,夸张的
例句：The matter is much exaggerated.
这件事被大肆夸大了。

2. gather v. (使)聚集; 集合
例句：The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.
老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。

3. chase vt. 追捕, 追逐
例句：My dog likes chasing rabbits.
我的狗喜欢追兔子。

4. realize vt. 了解; 认识到; 理解; 领会; 意识到
例句：They realized the situation to be against them.
他们意识到形势对他们不利。

5. surrender v. 投降
例句：In the end they were forced to surrender.
最后他们被迫投降了。

6. wrap vt. 包, 裹; 卷
例句：You'd better wrap it with a piece of clean cloth.
你最好用一块干净的布把它包起来。

7. shaky adj. 摇晃的,发抖的,颤抖的
例句：Her voice was low and shaky with emotion.
她的声音低沉，因激动而有些颤抖。

8. calm v. (使)平静; (使)镇定
例句：They did what they could to calm her.
他们尽力使她平静下来。

9. squeeze v. 挤, 榨, 捏
例句：We squeezed the juice from an orange.
我们从橙子中挤出汁来。

10. beg v. 请求, 恳求
例句：They begged a lift in our car.
他们请求搭我们的车。