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Sailing home. This novel was about an unbelievable but genuine adventure. Its author was a black businessman who was brought up in America. In 1956, he visited Africa, his birthplace. One day, when he was wandering on the pavement near the bay enjoying the sea scenes, he lost his money and passport that he kept in an envelope. He went to the embassy to seek help, but the ambassador with rude manners didn't permit his staff to help though he bowed to him. Staring at his impatient face, he understood that it was the fault of his skin color that accounted for their affection. So he decided to take a chance to sail on a small boat home. He met a large amount of difficulty but was never stopped. On the contrary, difficulty pushed him to go ahead harder. Three months later, he was spotted by a ship by accident. He was in rags indeed. A mate even screamed when bringing him a steak and pineapple dessert. Aboard, he earned his passage by working as a barber and got home finally. As for the name of his novel, he couldn't think of a better one than the phrase go ahead.The above is the content organized by QiCaiWang for the 40 English passages to master 3500 Gaokao words through immersive listening. We hope it can help you!
noun
1. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
e.g. he made a huge blot on his copybook
Synonym: blotsmearsmirchstain
2. a job in an organization
e.g. he occupied a post in the treasury
Synonym: positionpostberthofficebilletplacesituation
3. a business establishment for entertainment
e.g. night spot
4. a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
e.g. an eight-spot
5. a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area
used to focus attention of a stage performer
Synonym: spotlight
6. a small contrasting part of something
e.g. a bald spot
a leopard's spots
a patch of clouds
patches of thin ice
a fleck of red
Synonym: speckledapplepatchfleckmaculation
7. a blemish made by dirt
e.g. he had a smudge on his cheek
Synonym: smudgeblotdaubsmearsmirchslur
8. an outstanding characteristic
e.g. his acting was one of the high points of the movie
Synonym: point
9. a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
e.g. they changed his spot on the program
10. a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
11. a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
Synonym: pip
12. a point located with respect to surface features of some region
e.g. this is a nice place for a picnic
a bright spot on a planet
Synonym: topographic pointplace
13. a small piece or quantity of something
e.g. a spot of tea
a bit of paper
a bit of lint
I gave him a bit of my mind
Synonym: bit
14. a slight attack of illness
e.g. he has a touch of rheumatism
Synonym: touch
noun
1. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
Synonym: escapaderisky venturedangerous undertaking
noun
1. an effort that is inconvenient
e.g. I went to a lot of trouble
he won without any trouble
had difficulty walking
finished the test only with great difficulty
Synonym: trouble
2. the quality of being difficult
e.g. they agreed about the difficulty of the climb
Synonym: difficultness
3. a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
e.g. serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
4. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
e.g. grappling with financial difficulties
noun
1. a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work
2. an ambassador and his entourage collectively
adj
1. restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
e.g. impatient with the slower students
impatient of criticism
noun
1. the act of passing from one state or place to the next
Synonym: transition
2. a journey usually by ship
e.g. the outward passage took 10 days
Synonym: transit
3. the act of passing something to another person
Synonym: handing over
4. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
e.g. the passage of air from the lungs
the passing of flatus
Synonym: passing
5. the passing of a law by a legislative body
Synonym: enactment
6. a way through or along which someone or something may pass
7. a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
e.g. the nasal passages
Synonym: passageway
8. a section of text
particularly a section of medium length
9. a short section of a musical composition
Synonym: musical passage
10. the motion of one object relative to another
e.g. stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
Synonym: passing