Unit 2 New words
1 (1) amphitheatre an unroofed theater with rising tiers of seats around an open space
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 (1) packed crowded with people
3 (1) swelter be uncomfortably warm; suffer from the heart酷热；热昏；中暑
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 (1) rambler person who walks from place to place for enjoyment漫步者；漫游人
5 （1）critic person skilled in forming and expressing judgments about the good and bad qualities of sth. Esp. art, music, etc．批评家；评论家
6
 (1) sprinkle scatter in drops or small grains; scatter liquid, small bits, etc., on or among small bits，etc．，On or among洒；撒；喷淋
7 (1) surge move forward；roll on，in or like waves (波浪般或在浪中) 滚流；起伏；汹涌澎湃
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 (1) baptism Christian religious ceremony in which a person is touched or covered with water to make him pure and show that he has been accepted as a member of the Church浸礼；洗礼
9 (1) baptismal of baptism洗礼的
10 (2) crunch crush noisily with teeth; make or produce a crushing sound; rush up to … in a noisy way 嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼
11 (2) ghoul spirit that (in the stories told in Eastern countries) takes dead bodies from the grave and eat them (东方故事中)食尸鬼
12 (2) guillotine machine used in France for cutting off the heads of those thought guilty of great crimes，which works by means of a heavy blade sliding down between 2 posts (法国处决犯人用的)断头台
13 (2) stand support, be in favor of; endure, remain intact, tolerate, withstand, suffer 喜爱；容忍
14 (2) stuff nonsense, stuff and nonsense, rubbish, foolishness, trash 垃圾；无聊的东西
15 (3) pilgrim person who travels (esp．a long way) to a holy place as an act of religious love and respect朝拜圣地者；香客
16 (3) pilgrimage journey made by a pilgrim朝圣
17 (4) adulation the giving of too much praise or respect, esp. to win favor; praise more than necessary or deserved (to win favor) 谄媚；奉承
18 (4) worship adoration, veneration 尊敬；崇拜
19 (4) reverence great respect and admiration mixed with love尊敬；崇敬
20 (4) clown performer, esp. in the circus, who dresses funnily and tries to make people laugh by his jokes, tricks, or action; comedian, jester小丑；丑角／person who continually tells jokes or acts stupidly行动似小丑的人；粗鲁、笨拙的人
21 (4) fantasy fancy, imagination 想象
22 (5) idle trifling, trivial, valueless, vain, useless, pointless, aimless, good-for-nothing, unimportant 无用的，无价值的；空闲的
23 (5) clash an example of opposition or disagreement 抵触；冲突；不合
24 (6) force a person or a thing that has a strong enough influence to cause wide-spread changes in a way of living; or having uncontrollable power over living things 力量；势力
25 (6) embody include, incorporate, collect, contain, bring together; express 饱含，包括；表现
26 (6) frown to show disapproval of, displeasure at 皱眉头，不赞成
27 (6) editorialize express an opinion in the form of an editorial发表社论
28 (6) ban order with authority that sth. Must not be done, said, etc. 下令禁止；查禁
29 (7) fallout the dangerous (radioactive) dust that is left floating in and descending through
the air after an atomic (or nuclear) explosion 原子(或核)爆炸后漂浮于空中或落下的放射性尘埃
30 (7) piety devotion, loyalty, reverence, respect, devoutness, piousness, religiousness虔敬；虔诚
31 (7) bewilderment puzzlement, 迷惑，慌张
32 (8) piety devotion, loyalty 虔诚，忠心
33 (8) arrogant aggressive, self-important, self-assuming, pompous, lordly, vain, overbearing, haughty, presumptuous, pretentious; proud and self-important in a rude way that shows no respect for other people傲慢的；白大的
34 (8) radical extreme, severe, immoderate, drastic, rash 激进的，偏激的
35 (9) lyric words of a song; poems 歌词；抒情诗
36 (9) celebrate praise, extol, exalt, applaud, cheer, venerate 歌颂；称赞
37 (10) mirror reflect, show, manifest, image 反映，映出
38 (11) poll survey of public opinion by putting questions to a representative selection of persons, public opinion poll, public survey, census, nose count 民意测验
39 (12) reward prize, compensation, award, premium, bonus 酬劳，奖赏
40 (12) conceived of think of, imagine, consider, envision, envisage 以为，想象