一。①porter[ˈpɔːrtər] n. 门房
The porter carries customers' suitcases.
门房搬着客人们的行李箱。
②thrilled[θrɪld] adj. 极为激动的
He's thrilled to see the rockets.
看到火箭他很激动。
③quarter[ˈkwɔːrtər] n. 二十五美分
I only have a quarter in my wallet.
我的钱包里只有二十五美分。
④faith[feɪθ] n. 信任
He has deep faith in the robot cat.
他对机器猫有深深的信任。
⑤inevitable[ɪnˈevɪtəbl] adj. 不可避免的
Aging process is inevitable.
衰老过程是不可避免的。
⑥upend[ʌpˈend] v. 颠覆
This blue car is totally upended.
这辆蓝色的轿车完全翻转过去了。
二。⑴①get to somewhere去哪儿
Where did you get to last night?你昨晚去哪儿了？
②get to sb让某人生气/让某人心烦
I know he's annoying,but you shouldn't let him get to you.我知道他很讨厌，但是你犯不着跟他这种人生气。
⑵even then尽管如此
I gave Jim very clear instructions,but even then he managed to make a mess of it.我非常清楚地告诉了Jim怎么做，但尽管如此，他还是把事情弄得一团糟。
⑶work overnight通宵加班
⑷take one's shift请人代班
Jack,no one is going to take your shift.Jack没有人会替你班的。
do/work the night shift
be on the night shift
Are you on the night shift or the day shift？你上的是夜班还是白班？
三.①take a canoe ride乘坐独木舟
②different skin tones不同肤色
③a taboo subject禁忌的话题
④indigenous people土著居民
⑤primitive society原始社会
口语：
①形容某件事很简单，别再用so easy，试试：
(There's) nothing to it.
②have a blast开心到炸
I had a blast.我玩的非常爽。
语气比have a good time/have fun更强烈。
③As pretty as those shells are,we just wanna leave them be.虽然那些贝壳那么美，但我们还是别碰它们。
想表达虽然，除了although，不妨用用as…as.
④What sort of etiquette would you recomnend…?初到某地，向知情人士打探风俗人情。
What sort of etiquette would you recomnend for someone who's new to the island?对于刚来到岛上的人，你有什么礼仪方面的建议？
⑤How can I tell the difference between them just by looking at them?如果只看外表的话，怎么才能区分出他们的不同呐？
tell the difference between 区分两者之间的不同
⑥询问别人接下来的安排：
What's the first thing we've got going on today?我们今天先去做什么呐？
⑦ leave sth as it is 不要动xx
You want to leave nature as it is here in Hawaii。不要去破坏夏威夷的自然环境。
⑧go check it out去瞧瞧
Maybe we should go check it out.要不过去瞧瞧吧。
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