08年6.19第29期托福英语学习：托福词汇29

　　 Lesson 29 A Bump in the Night 夜晚一击

　　 Words:

　　 bump n. 肿块；突起；v. 碰（伤），撞（破）；猛击；冲撞

　　 bunch n. 串，束；群；vi. 捆成一束；聚焦

　　 bundle n. 捆，束，包；vt. 捆

　　 burgeon vi. 迅速成长，发展

　　 burgeoning adj. 迅速成长的，发展的

　　 burglar n. 夜盗，窃贼

　　 burnish v. 磨光，使光滑，擦亮

　　 burrow n. 洞穴；vi. 挖地洞

　　 bush n. 矮树丛

　　 bust n. 半身（雕）像

　　 butter n. 奶油

　　 buzz n. 嗡嗡声

　　 buzzer n. 蜂鸣器

　　 bypass vt. 绕过，迂回；n. 旁道，旁路

　　 by-product n. 副产品；附带产生的结果

　　 cab n. 出租马车，出租汽车

　　 cabin n. 小屋，船舱

　　 cabinetmaker n. 家具师，细工木匠

　　 cadence n. (音乐、舞蹈动作步伐等的)节律，节拍，节奏；（说话时语调的）抑扬顿挫

　　 calamity n. 灾难，不幸事件

　　 I don’t care to live in a burgeoning city. When a city burgeons too rapidly, it creates two unfortunately by-products, crime and pollution.

That’s why I live in a cabin in the woods. It’s miles away from the nearest bypass. It’s the perfect place for a retired cabinetmaker. It’s relatively quiet except for the buzz of the bees and the occasional cadence of horses galloping in the distance. Nobody comes to visit me, although a mouse did burrow into my cabin once. You can’t even get a cab here. The isolation has left me with plenty of time for hobbies. I’ve ever had time to sculpt a bust of my father and to burnish it.

　　 I don’t need to travel very far. The furthest I need to go is through the trees and bushes to collect a bundle of firewood and a bunch of fruit. I do wish I had some animals. Perhaps a cow for milk and some chickens for eggs. It would be interesting to make butter with the milk.

　　 The woods are a relative safe place, so calamities are rare. The closest misfortune I came to was the time a burglar broke into my cabin and tried to steal some food. It was late at night. Fortunately, the buzzer of my homemade burglar alarm woke me up. I bumped him on the head with my broom and he went running out the door.

　　 I didn’t get a clear look at his face because of his black mask. Although I was angry, I didn’t call the police. You don’t bother the police with these kinds of things in the woods, especially if your burglar is just a raccoon.