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1、2. words appealing to senses: light & heat, sound & movement, and smell & colour.3 nouns, adjectives and even adverbs used as verbs: thread, round, narrow, price, live, tower and dwarf.4. words imitating sounds: onomatopoeia.5. stressful and impressive sentence structures:the one I am thinking of pa

2、rticularlyone of the peculiarities one of the most picturesque and impressive parts the most unforgettable thing in the bazaar,Detailed Study of the Text1. Middle East: Southeast Asia and Northeast Africa, including the Near East and Iran and Afghanistan.Near Ease: the Arabian Peninsula （ Saudi Arab

3、ia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrein, and Kuwait）, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt and Sudan.1. Middle East: the Arabian Peninsula （ Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrein, and Kuwait）, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine,

4、Egypt and Sudan.Far East: China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and East Siberia2. particular: special, single and different from others. When sth. is particular, we mean it is the single or an example of the whole under consideration. the term is clearly opposed to general and that it is a close synonym of

5、 single.Particular is also often used in the sense of special.I have sth. very particular （special） to say to Mr. Clinton.She always took particular （special） notice of me.On this particular （single） day we had to be at school early.I dont like this particular （single） hat, but the others are quite

6、nice.3. Gothic-arched: a type of architecture （see. ALD, church picture）Goth: one of the German tribesArch: a curved top sometimes with a central point resting on 2 supports as above a door.aged: a. d dMy son is aged 10.When he was aged 6, he went to school.a middle aged coupleb. d id ancientHe is a

7、ged; her aged grandfathermedicare for the sick & aged4. glare: shining intensely, harshly, uncomfortably, and too strong; in a way unpleasant to the eyes5. cavern: a large deep cave （hollow place in the side of a cliff or hill, or underground）, closed roofed place. Here in the text we can see that i

8、t is a long, narrow, dark street or workshops and stores with some sort of roof over them.6. losing itself in the shadowy distance: in the farthest distance everything becomes obscure, unclear, or only dimly visible in the dark surroundings.lose: come to be withoutshadow: greater darkness where dire

9、ct light, esp. sunlight, is blocked by sth.; a dark shapeshadowy: hard to see or know about clearly, not distinct, dimHere shadowy suggests the changing of having and not having light, the shifting of lightness and darkness. There may be some spots of brightness in the dark.7. harmonious:harmony: mu

10、sical notes combined together in a pleasant sounding waytinkle: to make light metallic soundcf:jingle: light tinkling soundThe rain tinkled on the metal roof.She laughed heartily, a sound as cool as ice tinkling in the glass.to tinkle coins together8. throng: large crowd of people or things, a crowd

11、 of people busy doing sth. searching up and down, engaging in some kind of activity crowd: general term, large number of people together, but without order or organization.Crowd basically implies a close gathering and pressing together.The boulevard was crammed with gay, laughing crowds.Throng varie

12、s so little in meaning from crowd that the two words are often used interchangeably without loss. Throng sometimes carries the stronger implication of movement and of pushing and the weaker implication of density.Throngs circulating through the streets.The pre-Xmas sale attracted a throng of shopper

13、s.9. thread: make ones way carefully, implies zigzag, roundaboutsThe river threads between the mountains.10. roadway:a. central part used by wheeled traffic, the middle part of a road where vehicles driveb. a strip of land over which a road passes11. narrow:In the bright sunlight she had to narrow h

14、er eyes.The river narrows at this point.They narrowed the search for the missing boy down to five streets near the school.She looked far into the shadowy distance, her eyes narrowed, a hand on the eyebrows to prevent the glare.The aircraft carrier was too big to pass through the narrows （narrow pass

15、age between two large stretches of water）.12. stall: BrE. a table or small open-fronted shop in a public place, sth. not permanent, often can be put together and taken away, on which wares are set up for sale.13. din: specific word of noise, loud, confused, continuous noise, low roar which can not b

16、e distinguished exactly until you get close, often suggests unpleasant. disordered mixture of confusing and disturbing sounds, stress prolonged, deafening, ear-splitting metallic soundsThe children were making so much din that I could not make myself heard.They kicked up such a din at the party.The

17、din stopped when the curtain was raised.the din of the cheerful crowd14. wares （always-pl.） articles offered for sale, usu. not in a shop. The word gives the impression of traditional commodity, items, goods, more likely to be sold in free-markets.to advertise / hawk / peddle ones waresGoods: articl

18、es for sale, possessions that can be moved or carried by train, road; not house, land,There is a variety of goods in the shops.goods train / freight train, canned goods, half-finished goods, clearance goods, textile goods, high-quality goodsware: （lit.） articles for sale, usu. not in a shopThe silve

19、rsmith showed us his wares.The baker travelled round the town selling his wares.kitchenware, tableware, hardware, softwareearthenware, tinware, ironware, silverwarecommodity: an article of trade or commerce, esp. a farm or mineral productWheat is a valuable commodity.Wine is one of the many commodit

20、ies that France sells abroad.a commodity fairmerchandise: （U.） things for sale, a general term for all the specific goods or wares.The store has the best merchandise in town.We call these goods merchandise.15. would-be: likely, possible, which one wishes to be but is nota would-be musician / footbal

21、l player16. purchase （fml. or tech.） to buyYou buy some eggs, but purchase a house.17. bargain: to talk about the condition of a sale, agreement, or contract18. dizzy: feeling as if everything were turning round , mentally confusedIf you suffer from anaemia, you often feel dizzy.Every night, when my

22、 head touches the pillows, I felt a wave of dizziness.The two-day journey on the bus makes me dizzy.19. penetrate: to enter, pass, cut, or force a way into or through. The word suggests force, a compelling power to make entrance and also resistance in the medium.The bullet can penetrate a wall.The s

23、cud missile can penetrate a concrete works of 1 metre thick.Rainwater has penetrated through the roof of my house.20. fade: to lose strength, colour, freshness, etc.fade away: go slowly out of hearing, gradually disappearingThe farther you push / force your way into the bazaar, the lower and softer

24、the noise becomes until finally it disappears. Then you arrive at the cloth market where the sound is hardly audible.Colour cloth often fades when it is washed.The light faded as the sun went down.The sound of the footsteps faded away.The noise of the airplane faded away.21. mute:adj.a. silent, with

25、out speechThe boy has been mute since birth.b. not pronounced:The word debt contains a mute letter.noun:a. a person who cannot speakThe boy was born a deaf mute.（ has healthy speech organs but never has heard speech sounds, can be trained to speak）cf: He is deaf and dumb （unable to speak）.b. an obje

26、ct that makes a musical instrument give softer sound when placed against the strings or in the stream of airverb: to reduce the sound of, to make a sound softer than usualto mute a musical instrumentHere in the text the word muted is used to suggest the compelling circumstances, forcing you to lower

27、 your sound.22. beaten: （of a path, track, etc.） that is given shape by the feet of those who pass along it, suggesting ancientness, timelessness. The path becomes flat due to the treading of countless people through thousands of years.We followed a well-beaten path through the forest.23. deaden: to

28、 cause to lose strength, force, feeling, and brightnessto deaden the painTwo of these pills will deaden the ache.24. measured: steady, careful, slow, suggesting lack of speed, paying attention to what to say25. overwhelm: overcome, control completely and usu. suddenlyThe enemy were overwhelmed by superior forces.Sorrow overwhelmed the family.She was overwhelmed with griefThey won an overwhelming victory / majority.26. sepul