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**Antigua**：**安提瓜岛**是加勒比海诸岛之一，安提瓜和巴布达的一部分。岛上居民约有6万8千人，其中2万4千人居住在首都圣约翰。岛的面积为108平方哩，地势平坦，仅在西南方有座海拔402米的丘陵。

**madras**：**Madras** is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and tartan design, used primarily for summer clothing such as pants, shorts, dresses, and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former name of the city of Chennai in south India.

## Vocabulary

* single sb/sth out (for sth/as sb/sth) ：to choose sb/sth from a group for special attention 单独挑出

例句：She was singled out for criticism. 把她单挑出来进行批评。

* spectacle：a sight or view that is very impressive to look at 壮观的景象

例句：The sunset was a stunning spectacle. 夕阳西斜，异常壮观。

* fixture： a thing such as a bath/ **bathtub** or a toilet that is fixed in a house and that you do not take with you when you move house 固定设施（如房屋内安装的浴缸或抽水马桶）

引申：He has stayed with us so long he seems to have become **a permanent fixture** . 他在我们这里待了很久，好像成了我们的固定成员。

* fantasy：a product of your imagination 想象产物；幻想作品

例句：Her books are usually escapist fantasies. 她的书通常是逃避现实的幻想作品。

* bout：~ (of sth/of doing sth) a short period of great activity; a short period during which there is a lot of a particular thing, usually sth unpleasant 一阵；一场；（尤指坏事的）一通，一次

例句：This bout of self-pity was getting me nowhere.

* undergarments：内衣
* madras：a strong fine cotton or silk fabric, usually with a woven stripe 马德拉斯布; 编有花纹的结实优质棉布或丝布
* overcast：covered with clouds; dull 阴天的；多云的；阴暗的

例句：Today it will be dull and overcast. 今天天气将阴伴多云。

* patch：a small area of sth, especially one which is different from the area around it 色斑；斑点；（与周围不同的）小块，小片

例句：There was a small patch of blue in the grey clouds. 乌云中透着一小块蓝天。

* outgrow：to grow too big to be able to wear or fit into sth 长得穿不下（衣服）；增长得容不进（某地）

例句：She's already outgrown her school uniform. 她已经长得连校服都不能穿了。

* mullet：a sea fish that is used for food. The two main types are **red mullet** and **grey mullet** . 鲻鱼；鲱鲤
* enclose：( especially of a wall, fence, etc. 尤指墙、篱笆等 ) to surround sth 围住

例句：She felt his arms enclose her. 她感到他搂住了她。

* a millstone around your neck：a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of 难以摆脱的沉重负担

例句：For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone. 对今天的政治家而言，该条约正成为一大包袱。

* lullaby：a soft gentle song sung to make a child go to sleep 摇篮曲；催眠曲
* flannel：a type of soft light cloth, containing cotton or wool, used for making clothes 法兰绒

* linger：to stay somewhere for longer because you do not want to leave; to spend a long time doing sth 流连；逗留；徘徊；花很长时间做（某事）；磨蹭

例句：She lingered for a few minutes to talk to Nick. 她多待了几分钟，想跟尼克谈一谈。

* quilted：made of two layers of cloth with soft material between them, held in place by lines of **stitches** 絮棉的；加衬芯的
* pious：having or showing a deep respect for God and religion 虔诚的；虔敬的

例句：He was brought up by pious female relatives.

* vanity case：a small bag or case with a mirror in it, used for carrying make-up 小化妆包；小梳妆盒

* calypso：a Caribbean song about a subject of current interest; this type of music 卡利普索民歌（以时事为主题，流行于加勒比海地区）；卡利普索音乐
* farce：a funny play for the theatre based on ridiculous and unlikely situations and events; this type of writing or performance 滑稽戏（剧本）；闹剧（剧本）；笑剧（剧本）

例：a bedroom farce *(= a funny play about sex)* 床上笑剧

* streak：~ sth (with sth)to mark or cover sth with ***streaks*** 在…上画条纹（或留下条痕）；使布满条纹（或条痕）

例句：Tears streaked her face. 她脸上是道道泪痕。

* in unison：if people or organizations are working **in unison** , they are working together, because they agree with each other 一致行动；协调地

例句：Every morning the kids say the Pledge of Allegiance in unison.

* bobble：to move along the ground with small **bounces** 弹跳着向前移动

例句：The ball somehow bobbled into the net. 球不知怎么在地上弹了几下钻入网窝。

* clcuk：When a hen clucks, it makes short, low noises. (母鸡)发出咯咯叫