Lesson 44

第44课

lumber

n.木材

The forest provides lumber, habitat and freshwater and it sequesters vast amounts of carbon.

森林可以提供木材、动物栖息地和淡水，还能储备大量的碳。

owl

n.猫头鹰

Most owls hunt at night and live on small animals.

大多数猫头鹰夜间猎食，并以小动物为食。

pot

n.瓶，壶

He brewed a pot of tea for us.

他为我们泡了一壶茶。

spot

n.地点

They are building their house at a beautiful spot.

他们在一个优美的地点建造他们的房子。

volume

n.容积

When egg whites are beaten they can rise to seven or eight times their original volume.

打过的蛋清，体积可以涨到原来的七八倍。

conscience

n.是非之心，良心

Jean's got no conscience; she’s stealing anything from anybody.

简没有是非之心，她会从任何人身上偷走任何东西

inhabit

v.居住

Actually, don’t. And by ‘world’, I mean the physical world we inhabit, not the self-created one inside our head.

说到“世界”，我指的是我们居住的有形世界，并非那个在我们头脑中自我想象的世界。

spare

adj.空暇的

Reading engages his spare time.

阅读占用了他的空闲时间。

courage

n.勇气

Courage is the ability to control fear, not the absence of fear.

勇气是指克制恐惧的能力，而非全然无惧。

Paragraph

n.（文章的）段，节

A new paragraph always begins on a new line.

新的一段总是换行开始。

clear，clair

置于词根前表示“清楚，明白”

clairaudient

有超人听力的(clair+audient 有超人听力的）

clairvoyance

透视；洞察力(clair+voyance 透视；洞察力）

clearance

清算；清除(clear+ance 清算；清除）