L39-2: Nothing to worry about
What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure. In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped. Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car. We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty years and was two feet wide and four feet deep. Even this had no effect. Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zigzag course. Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again. Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away. Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across. Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding half. A yellow light on the dashboard flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine!
stretch?/stret?/ 一大片
relief??/r??li?f/ n.? 救濟(jì);解脫;寬慰;輕松? ? ?what a relief? 可松了口氣珊楼，真叫人寬慰
obstacle/?ɑ?bst?kl/? 障礙,絆腳石
clump?/kl?mp/ ?叢异袄、簇
giving way to a stretch of plain? 出現(xiàn)了一片平原
fissure?/?f???r/ 深縫、裂縫
renew?/r??nu?/ 重復(fù)
pleading? /?pli?d??/ 懇求
extend?/?k?stend/?延伸;延長(zhǎng);擴(kuò)展;
gear? /ɡ?r/?汽車排擋
astride? /??stra?d/ 騎卑硫、跨
crack? /kr?k/ 縫隙
zigzag?/?z?ɡz?ɡ/ 之字形，曲折前行
course?所經(jīng)之路蚕断，道路欢伏，航線;
shallow?/???lo?/ 淺淺的、膚淺的
charge?/t?ɑ?rd?/ 突然猛沖? ? ? ?charge at? 沖向
grind?/ɡra?nd/ 磨擦亿乳，磨碎;碾碎;把…磨成粉;
halt? /h??lt/?暫停硝拧，停止，終止? ? ? ? ? come to a grinding halt? 戛然而止葛假、終止障陶、停下來(lái)
dashboard? /?d??b??rd/ 儀表盤
今天的文章讀起來(lái)有種很舒服的感覺(jué)。這類講故事的文章適合我聊训。
