[00:01.79]Lesson 49
[00:03.58]rambling
[00:05.11]布局凌乱的，结构松散的
[00:06.64]She had a huge,rambling country house called'The Gables."
[00:09.42]她有一栋巨大的乡间别墅，布局凌乱，名叫“山墙庄园”
[00:12.20]Behind him stood his house,great,rambling and very new.
[00:15.48]他身后是他的新房子，宽敞而凌乱。
[00:18.76]This brilliant,rambling satires is written in a colloquiql style.
[00:21.89]这篇出色、结构松散的讽刺诗是用口语体写的。
[00:25.03]sentimentally
[00:26.61]感情上地，多情地
[00:28.19]She was sentimentally attached to this house,
[00:30.56]她对这栋房子的感情很深，
[00:32.94]for even though it was far too big for her needs,
[00:35.46]丈夫去世多年后仍执意住在里面。
[00:37.98]she persisted in living there long after her husband's death.
[00:41.01]其实她一个人根本不需要这么大的房子。
[00:44.04]Sentimentally,I would not blame her.
[00:46.42]从感情上来讲，我是不愿意责备她的。
[00:48.80]Ned was sentimentally attached to rainy season
[00:51.53]奈德对雨季很有感情，
[00:54.26]which reinded him of the place he had been brought up.
[00:56.99]因为这使他回忆起从小长大的地方。
[00:59.72]lavishly
[01:01.09]慷慨地，大方地
[01:02.46]Before she grew old,Aunt Harriet used to entertain lavishly.
[01:06.14]哈特丽姑妈年轻时，常常大摆筵席，招待宾客。
[01:09.83]Mr.Hart spent money lavishly.
[01:12.24]哈特先生花钱很大方。
[01:14.66]Bloom is a true emotional spendthrift who uses his feelings lavishly.
[01:18.28]布卢姆是个真正的滥情者。
[01:21.89]immaculate
[01:23.27]清洁的，无污点的
[01:24.64]No matter how many guests were present,the great house was always immaculate.
[01:28.22]不管有多少客人，房子里总是打扫的干干净净。
[01:31.79]His gym shoes were immaculate in spite of the rain.
[01:34.52]尽管下雨，他脚上那双运动鞋仍然干干净净。
[01:37.25]parquet
[01:38.63]镶木地板
[01:40.00]The parquet floors shone like mirrors,
[01:42.53]镶木地板光洁如镜，
[01:45.06]highly polished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets,
[01:48.15]擦得发亮的银器陈列在玻璃柜里。
[01:51.23]even my uncle's huge collection of books were kept miraculously free from dust.
[01:55.41]连姑夫的藏书也奇迹般地保存得一尘不染。
[01:59.59]He slipped as he tried to waltz on the parquet floor.
[02:02.37]他想在镶木地板上旋几个舞步，滑倒了。
[02:05.15]The paruet floor is infinitely preferable to carpets.
[02:07.93]木地板比地毯不知好多少倍。
[02:10.72]preside
[02:12.30]主持，指挥
[02:13.88]Aunt Harriet presided over an invisible army of servants
[02:17.00]哈丽特姑妈统率着一支看不见的用人大军
[02:20.12]that continuously scrubbed,cleaned,and polished.
[02:22.94]一天到晚地刷呀，洗呀，抹呀的。
[02:25.76]Who is going to preside at the meeting?
[02:28.14]谁主持会议？
[02:30.52]This man prresided over a company
[02:32.74]这个人主管着一个
[02:34.96]whose profit has been rising at a rate of 15% a year.
[02:38.08]年利润以15%的速度递增的公司。
[02:41.20]invisible
[02:42.64]看不见的，无形的
[02:44.08]The heat of the sun turns the sea water into invisible vapor.
[02:47.11]太阳热把海水变成了看不见的水气。
[02:50.14]He was in no danger whatever,but he imagined invisible threats.
[02:53.56]他什么危险都没有，但他自己想像出一大堆无形的威胁。