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--强调使用体力，而不是技能，在户外工作。
workman
n.技工，工匠
--具有某种工艺技能的熟练工人
worker
n.工人（泛指）
--具有更高水平的工人
--white-collar worker
白领职员（指非体力劳动者）
--blue-collar worker
蓝领工人（指体力劳动者）
--a factory worker
工厂工人/farm worker 雇农，农业工人
farmhand
(n.农业工人，农场工人)=farm labourers=farm worker
overnight
adv.一夜期间
hay
n.干草
corn
n.谷物
--corn
n.[英]谷物，五谷，小麦，[美、加、澳]玉米 [苏、爱]燕麦
moonlight
n.月光
conscientious
adj.认真的
conscientious
adj.尽责的，凭良心的，谨慎的
--a conscientious
teacher
--a conscientious
worker
conscious
adj.有意识的，神志清醒的
--He is hurt but still
conscious.
conscious
adj.了解的，察觉的
--She was not conscious of
his presence in the room.她不晓得他在这房间。
--I was conscious of
persence.我知道她在场。
suspect
v.怀疑
suspect
vt.怀疑，猜疑，疑心
--I suspected her
motives.我怀疑她的动机。
suspect sb to
be
--suspect him to be ill
猜想他病了
--I suspect him to be a
spy.
suspect sb of
doing
--I suspect him of stealing
the car.
--suspect sb. of giving
false information 怀疑某人提供假
--suspect sb. of a
crime
suspect that
--I suspect that his
girlfriend hide her true feelings.
--We suspect they will be a
little late.
suspicion
n.猜疑，怀疑
--Cats are suspicious of
human beings.
suspect
表示一种肯定的语义，doubt 表示一种否定的语义
doubt
vt.怀疑，不信，拿不准（用that,往往表示非常怀疑）
--I doubt the truth of
it.
--I doubt that he will
come.
--I doubt whether he is at
home.
--I do not doubt(but)that
he can recite it.
--Can you doubt that he
will win?
--I doubt what he
said.
doubtful
adj.怀疑的;不信任的
--It is doubtful that he
will come.
doubtable
adj.可疑的，令人怀疑的
desert
v.(军队中)开小差
--The soldier deserted his
army.
desert
vt.vi.遗弃，抛弃，舍弃（=abandon
vt.放弃，遗弃）
违背法律、道义、责任、信仰
--desert the army,desert
school,desert his duty,desert his family
abandon
vt.抛弃，舍弃，离弃（被迫放弃所喜爱的或所负责的东西）
--He had to abandon his
favorite research because of the war.
--abandon one's home
离弃
--He abandoned his wife and
went away with all their money.
forsake
vt.(-sook,-saken)舍弃，放弃，背弃，和...脱离关系
--He forsook his
family.
--He has forsaken his wife
and children.
革除（旧风习等），抛弃（坏习惯）
--You must forsake your bad
habits.
discard
vt.放弃，丢弃，抛弃 （=give up as useless）
--Everyday we discard a
large amount of rubbish.
regiment
n.(军队)团
action
n.战斗
recluse
n.隐士
give up
放弃，抛弃，认输
labour
n.劳动，劳力，劳工 v.劳动，苦干
cowshed
n.牛棚，牛舍
oblige
vt.迫使，责成
For years, villagers
believed that Endley Farm was haunted.
haunt
vt.闹鬼
--It is said that the
public house was haunted.
haunt
vt.常去，常到（某地）=visit somewhere every often
--He haunted this
cinema.
The farm was owned by
two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox.
own=possess
They employed a few
farmhands, but no one was willing to work there
long.
be willing to do =be ready
to do
Every time a worker gave up
his job, he told the same story.
every time=whenever
引导时间状语从句
--Every time I listen to
his advice, I get into trouble.
=Whenever I listen to his
advice, I get into trouble.
Farm labourers said that
they always woke up to find that work had been done
overnight.
wake up to find that
醒过来时，结果发现...
--He woke up to find that
he was surrounded bya large crowd of people.
--He hurried to the post
office only to find that it
was shut.(表示遗憾的结果用only)
Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been
cleaned. A farm worker, who stayed up all night,
claimed to have seen a figurecutting corn in the
moonlight.
claimed to do
--He claimed to have seen the
puma.
--Seamen claimed to have seen
monsters.
see sb doing sth
看见某人正在做某事
who 引导非限定定语从句
--These young people, who love the peace
of the montains, always receive a warm welcome at Saint Bernard
Monastery.
stay up
不睡觉，留在原地，原地不动（=not to go to bed）
=sit up
坐起，端坐，熬夜
--The boy sat up to see the
film.
wait up for
等候着不睡
--Don't wait up for me. I will be home
very late.
burn the midnight oil开夜车
--I have to burn the midnight oil to
tonight to complete work.
In time, it became an accepted fact
that the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most
of their work for them.
in time
最后，终于
It became an accepted fact that
...
that
引导同位语从句，补充说明fact.
--It becomes an accepted fact that the
puma is still at large.
=Everybody had already accepted the fact
that the puma is still at large.
No one suspected that there might be
someone else on the farm who had never been seen.
someone else who had never been
seen.
This was indeed the
case.
A short time ago, villaters were
astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had
died.
be astonished=be surprised
类似的词：amaze, astound
be astonished to do sth
(可代替do的词：see, learn,hear, find, know, discover)
--I am not suprised to see he is still as
fat as before.
Everyone went to the funeral, for the
'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was
supposed to have died as a young man.
for (=as
)引导原因状语从句，对主句补充说明。
none other than=no other than
不是别的，正是...（强调人）
--The man who spoke to her was none other
than her husband.
和她说话的不是别人正是她丈夫。
--It was no other than my old
friend.
nothing else than
只不过，仅仅（强调事物）
--His failure was due to nothing else
than his own careless.
他的失败不因为其它原因，仅仅因为他的粗心。
a third brother 又一位兄弟
was supposed=was thought
--He was supposed to have died twenty
years ago.
After the funeral, Joe and Bob
revealed a secred which they had kept for over fifty
years.
keep secret 保密（=keep sth to
oneself）
reveal secret
揭露秘密（=make known）
--The press reveal the
scandal.(n.丑事，丑闻)（the press 新闻界）
--He kept secret for a long time.=He kept
it to himself for a long time.
Eric had been the eldest son of the
famil, very much older than his two brothers.
very much中的much
用来加强语气
He had
been obliged to join the army
during the Second World War.
be obliged to do =be force to do
被迫做某事
feel obliged to do
有义务做某事
As he hated army life, he decided to
desert his regiment.
When he learnt that he
would be sent abroad, he returned to the farm and his father hid
him until the end of the war.
Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in
hiding after the war as well.
fearing the authorities
现在分词做原因状语从句
concealment
n.隐藏，隐蔽，隐蔽处
in hiding(躲藏着的)=remain in
concealment(隐藏着，躲着)
--He remained in hiding at
home.
His father told everybody that Eric had
been killed in action.
The only other people who knew the secret
were Joe and Bob.
The only other people who knew the secret
仅知道这个秘密的人
The only other people who finised the
work 仅完成这项工作的人
They did not even tell their
wives.
When their father died, they thought it
their duty to keep Eric in hiding.
They thought it their duty to (it
是形式宾语)
--I thought it very difficult to pass the
examination.
--We all think it our duty to support our
parents.
动词+宾语（形式宾语it）+宾补（名词、形容词）+to
do
All there years , Eric had lived as a
recluse. He used to sleep during the day and workat night, quite
unaware of fact that he had become the ghost of
Endley.
quite unaware of
形容词短语作状语
that 引导同位语
unaware
adj.不知道的，没有觉察的（of,that）
--be unaware of the danger
没有觉察到危险
--He was unaware that I was present.
他不知道我在场
aware
When he died, however, his brothers found
it impossible to keep the secret any longer.
penalty=punishment
desertion
outbreak
army life=life in the army
with time
at the time
on time
at times
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