情景会话口袋书人际篇292:划船(2)

 　　5. The old man is a practiced oar¹.

　　这个老人是个老练的划船手。

　　还能这样说：

　　The old man can go boating with a light hand.

　　The old man is extremely professional in rowing.

　　应用解析：

　　rest one's oars² 暂时歇一歇；

　　lie on one's oars 搁桨；吃老本；

　　toss oars 举桨致敬；

　　pull a lone³ oar 独自干；

　　put one's oar in 干预；管闲事

　　6. Fatigued⁵ with rowing, we must have a rest.

　　划船划得累了，我们一定要休息一会儿。

　　还能这样说：

　　We all row out, so we must take a break.

　　We are all tied out after rowing, so we must rest up a little.

　　应用解析：

　　suffer from fatigue⁴ 感到疲劳；

　　auditory fatigue 听觉疲乏；

　　fatiguing⁶ work 累人的工作

　　7. They veered⁷ the boat around and pulled for the shore.

　　他们将船掉过头来，用力向河岸划去。

　　还能这样说：

　　They brought the boat around and strained to row it to the shore.

　　They manoeuvred the boat round and pulled it toward the bank of the river.

　　应用解析：

　　pull sb. by his ear 扯某人的耳朵；

　　pull a knife on sb. 拔出刀子对准某人；

　　pull up with 追上，赶上；

　　pull in （车）进站；（船）靠岸

　　8. Some children were playing volleyball on the bank and some people rowing on the river.

　　孩子们在岸上打排球，有些人在河里划船。

　　还能这样说：

　　Some people rowed the boat on the river at the same time some children are playing volleyball.

　　I found some people boating in the lake and some children playing volleyball.

　　应用解析：

　　cross the river 渡河；死；

　　sell sb. down the river 陷害，出卖某人；

　　send up the river 关进监狱；

　　rivers of blood 血流成河

1 oar   

n.桨，橹，划手；v.划行

参考例句：

• The sailors oar slowly across the river.水手们慢慢地划过河去。
• The blade of the oar was bitten off by a shark.浆叶被一条鲨鱼咬掉了。

2 oars   

n.桨，橹( oar的名词复数 )；划手v.划（行）( oar的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。
• The sailors are bending to the oars. 水手们在拼命地划桨。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

4 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。

5 fatigued   

adj. 疲乏的

参考例句：

• The exercises fatigued her. 操练使她感到很疲乏。
• The President smiled, with fatigued tolerance for a minor person's naivety. 总统笑了笑，疲惫地表现出对一个下级人员的天真想法的宽容。

6 fatiguing   

a.使人劳累的

参考例句：

• He was fatiguing himself with his writing, no doubt. 想必他是拼命写作，写得精疲力尽了。
• Machines are much less fatiguing to your hands, arms, and back. 使用机器时，手、膊和后背不会感到太累。

7 veered   

v.（尤指交通工具）改变方向或路线( veer的过去式和过去分词 )；（指谈话内容、人的行为或观点）突然改变；（指风） （在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向）逐渐转向；风向顺时针转

参考例句：

• The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road. 公共汽车突然驶入了逆行道。
• The truck veered off the road and crashed into a tree. 卡车突然驶离公路撞上了一棵树。 来自《简明英汉词典》