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VOA慢速英语:The Ambitious Guest by Nathaniel Hawthorne

2015-06-12来源:VOA

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词汇讲解：

1. knock vi.猛烈敲击;与某物相撞
例句：Except for the persons she had gone to knock up, everyone was present.
除了她刚才去敲门叫唤的那些人之外，其余的人都来了。

2. decide vt.决定;决心
例句：You have plenty of time to decide.
你有大量的时间做决定。

3. explain vt.讲解，解释
例句：He made up a story to explain why he was absent.
他编造了一个故事为他的缺席辩解。

4. protect vt.保护，保卫
例句：Game laws protect wild life.
狩猎法保护野生动物。

5. discover vt.发现; 碰见
例句：The fact is that he did not discover it.
事实是他没有发现它。