背诵为王 第 三 册 第 16 课

British¹ homes

　　British homes are usually smaller than american homes. But like americans,all people,young families and american people do not usually live together.
Many brats² love old houses and there are more expensive than morden ones.
They also love gardening³ and you will see gardens everywhere you go intowns,villages and out of country.
Some are very small with just one tree and a few⁵ flowers, others⁶ are innormal with plenty⁷ of flowers and a large of vagetables, trees to fed afamily. There are 19 million⁸ homes in Britain⁹, big homes and small homes,all the colleges¹⁰ and few high rise¹¹ building, houses and flats. Half offamilies in britain own⁴ their own homes. Million of these, owner¹² occupyhouses are the same with two or three bedrooms and bathroom stairs,a sittingroom,dinning rooms and kitchen downstairs¹³ and small garden at back and frontof the house. To pay¹⁴ for their house, home owners¹⁵ borrow¹⁶ money from abuilding society¹⁷ and pay back a little every month. One third of britishpopulation live in rented¹⁹ stays on the homes called counsel²⁰ houses. Many ofthese are flats. But some of house is each with small pieces of gardens.
Other people rent¹⁸ their homes or gardens from private²¹ owners.

1 British   

adj.英国的；大不列颠的；英国人的

参考例句：

• The British drink a great deal of tea.英国人饮大量的茶。
• The ship is in British waters.这条船行驶在英国的海域里。

2 brats   

n.调皮捣蛋的孩子( brat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I've been waiting to get my hands on you brats. 我等着干你们这些小毛头已经很久了。 来自电影对白
• The charming family had turned into a parcel of brats. 那个可爱的家庭一下子变成了一窝臭小子。 来自互联网

3 gardening   

n.造园，造园术，园艺

参考例句：

• Dad is always in a good humour for gardening.爸爸干园艺活时，心情总是很好。
• She's outdoors gardening every afternoon.她每天下午都在户外搞园艺。

4 own   

v.拥有，持有；adj.(属于)自己的，特有的

参考例句：

• I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
• Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。

5 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

6 others   

prep.(pl.)另外的人

参考例句：

• Learning from others is important.向别人学习很重要。
• She is always ready to help others.她总是乐于助人。

7 plenty   

adj.充足的，相当多的；n.充足，大量；pron.充分，够多

参考例句：

• We have plenty of time to finish the job.我们有充裕的时间完成这项工作。
• Plenty of people have come.来了很多人。

8 million   

num.百万，100万；n.无数，大众

参考例句：

• I've seen it a million times.我在书上看过无数遍了。
• What will you do if you had a million dollars?如果你有一百万美元，你会干什么？

9 Britain   

n.英国；不列颠(英格兰、威尔士和苏格兰)

参考例句：

• London is the capital city of Britain.伦敦是英国的首都。
• I was not in Britain at the time.当时我不在英国。

10 colleges   

n.大学( college的名词复数 )；（英国）学院；学会；（尤指必须交费的）中学

参考例句：

• four major colleges of surgery, viz. London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin 四所主要的外科学院，即伦敦、格拉斯哥、爱丁堡和都柏林
• Many colleges now have wired dormitories. 现在许多大学的学生宿舍已经联网。

11 rise   

v.(rose,risen)上升；升起；起床；起立

参考例句：

• The sun rises.太阳升起来。
• I always rise with the bell.我总是听到铃声就起床。

12 owner   

n.拥有者；所有者

参考例句：

• They decided to give it back to its owner.他们决定把它归还原主。
• Do you know the name of the owner?你知道主人的名字吗？

13 downstairs   

adj.楼下的；adv.在楼下；n.楼下

参考例句：

• He went downstairs to breakfast.他下楼去吃早饭了。
• I'll come downstairs in a minute.我马上下楼。

14 pay   

v.付钱；n.付钱；薪金

参考例句：

• How much did you pay?你付了多少钱？
• His pay is below the average.他的工资低于一般水平。

15 owners   

n.物主，所有人( owner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Home owners are being encouraged to insulate their homes to save energy. 当局鼓励房主给住房加隔热装置以节约能源。
• The stolen goods were all restored to their owners. 被偷窃的东西都归还给原主了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 borrow   

vt.借，借入，借用；vi.借

参考例句：

• Can I borrow two books at a time?我可以一次借两本书吗？
• You can borrow this dictionary from the library.你可以从图书馆借到这本字典。

17 society   

n.社会；社团

参考例句：

• He lived a hard life in the old society.他在旧社会日子过得很苦。
• How many people are there in your society?你们社团有多少人？

18 rent   

n.租金；vi.出租；vt.出租，租用

参考例句：

• I have rented a house and paid the rent.我已租了房子，并交了租金。
• He decided to rent the house.他决定租这房子。

19 rented   

adj.租用的，租金的v.租用( rent的过去式和过去分词 )；出租（房屋等）；租借（房屋、土地、机器等）；撕碎( rend的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• We rented an unfurnished apartment. 我们租了一套不带家具的公寓。
• Tenants are responsible for the upkeep of rented property. 承租人应负责维修租用的房产。

20 counsel   

n.忠告，劝告，律师，法律顾问；vt.劝告

参考例句：

• The judge asked counsel for the defence to explain.法官要求被告的辩护律师做出解释。
• He refused to listen to the old man's counsel.他拒不听从老人的忠告。

21 private   

adj.私人的，私有的，个人的

参考例句：

• She never spoke about her private life.她从未谈论她的私生活。
• He was being followed by a private detective.他正被私家侦探跟踪。