●一词多义/熟词生义



1.「stroke」：常见的意思是“打、击、中风”等，在这里的意思是“轻抚”。

原句：He would pat and stroke her and say, “Well, old Pet, and how is your little Darkie?”



2.「still」：此处still做副词，但不是表示“仍然”，而是表示“静止不动地”。

原句：...he has to learn to wear...and stand still while people put them on him.



3.「drive」：此处drive做动词，不是“驾驶、推动”，而是表示一种“打、敲、拧、戳”的动作，在文中是指钉钉子。

原句：Next, he drove some nails through the shoe quite into my foot so that the shoe was firmly on.


●今日短语

live upon sth. 依靠……生活

well off 处境好的

stand still 一动不动

in time 迟早

think a great deal of 对……评价很高

be/get/become used to sth/doing sth 习惯于……

used to do sth 过去常常

not nearly 远非

feel like doing sth 想做某事

as soon as 只要，当，一……就……