练习材料：

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 yards 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!

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任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

stretch n.一大片平地或水

clump n.(树、灌木或其他植物的)丛，簇，群

bush n.灌木

bad-worse-worst (bad原级、比较级、最高级)

give way to 为......所代替

renew v.重复

fissure n.(尤指岩石或土地)裂缝 a deep crack,especially in earth or rock

pleading n.恳求

gear n.(汽车等的)档位

drive-drove-driven

astride prep.跨坐在......两边

zigzag n.之字形，Z字形

grinding adj.困难的

dashboard n.(汽车的)仪表盘

yard n.码

charge at 冲向

halt n.停

练习感悟：

Never leave the things until tomorrow you can do today.