23 night of the hunt ball

Lesson-23 Night of the hunt ball Name:周思雨class:11 number:26

Little dog

Sitting up begging in front of the biscuit stall

Trotted away when the stallholder come around and stretched out a hand Without hesitation he sat up again in the begging position ,rock-steady ,paws dangling ,head pointed expectantly

Speak to the little dog

Eyes gazed at me from an attractive little face

Tail waved in response to my words

The market crowd till he was lost to sight

Memory stayed

Disturbing image of the little brown creature wondering in a strange world sitting up asking for help in the only way he know

Found the dog

Drew to the police station

This hunt ball meant a lot to my boss

Kennels at a bottom of yard behind the station

The right eye had been violently dislodged from its socked

Looked back at me trustingly from one soft brown eye

Stretch red the dog through to the sitting room on a blanket and laid him on the rag before the brightly burning coals

Happier sight now

One eye was closed by the protecting stitches

Hind leg projected in its white cast

The dog was tidy, clean up, and cared for

Voice distant quality

Greeted me with undisguised joy

The policeman

Name p .c. Phelps

The dog looked down at the children

Eagerly the little girls put their arms around their new pet, and as they lifted the tail wagged furiously and the wide mouth panted in delight

Perfect with the two girls

Vocabulary

Biscuit; noun a small dry care for one person usually sweet 饼干eg;he was sitting up beginning in front of the biscuit stall

Expectantly; adv hoping for sth especially sth good and exciting 期望地eg;

she looked at him expectantly

Amble; verb to walk a slow relaxed speed 缓行，漫步e.g.; we ambled down the beach

Sprung; noun filled with metal springs 装有弹簧的e.g.; the dog run from the sprung kennels

Stallholder; noun a person who sells things from a stall in a market etc 摊贩，

货摊主

E.g. ;the stallholder threw a biscuit to the dog

Position; noun the way in which sb is sitting or standing or the way in which sth is arranged姿势E.g.; my arms were aching so I shifted my position

slightly

Munch; verb sth to eat steadily and often noising ,especially sth crisp 用力咀嚼

E.g.; she munched an apple

Inch; noun a unit for measuring length 英寸e.g.; she’s a few taller than me Stray; verb to move away from the place where you should be without intending to瞟向e.g.; her ayes kept stray over to the clock on the wall Beat; noun to be too difficult for sb 使困惑，使吃惊e.g.; What’s beats me is how it was done so quickly

plight; verb a difficult and sad situation 苦难

E.g.; the African elephant is in a desperate plight

Nip; verb to give sb/sth a quick painful bite or pinch 咬住e.g.; He winced as the dog nipped his ankle

obscenity; noun bad language or behave 下流行为

e.g.; the editor are being prosecuted obscenity

creature; noun a living thing ,real or imaginary ,that can move around ,such as an animal生物，动物e.g.; all the creature are living a common earth regal; adj typical or king or queen ,and therefore impressive 豪华的

e.g.; she dismissed him with a regal gesture

umpteen dot very many 大量，很多e.g.; I’ve told this story umpteen times euthanasia; noun the practice of killing without pain a person who is suffering from a disease that cannot be cured 安乐死

e.g.; they argued in favor of legalizing voluntary euthanasia swelling; noun the condition of being langer or rounder than normal 肿胀

e.g.; the fall left her with a painful swelling above her eye

swish; verb to move quickly through the air in a way that makes a soft sound 刷刷地挥动e.g.; the pony’s tail swished

foreboding; noun a strong feeling that sth unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen 预感e.g.; she has a sense of foreboding that the news

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