MP3 audio reading with synchronized English text helps you master 3500 words efficiently through immersive learning. Each short story is close to exam scenarios, with clear pronunciation and key vocabulary explanations, allowing you to improve listening, consolidate vocabulary, and enhance your language sense through repeated listening. Stick to one story a day, and you will easily conquer English listening exams! Start now, let your ears 'remember' words, and make English learning more natural! Here is today’s story from the 40 English short stories for mastering 3500 words in immersive listening. Keep accumulating, and make your English closer to real life!
A wooden vase from the Ming dynasty at the entrance of the reception hall amazed everyone. The artist designed it in a rare style and selected valuable jewels to decorate it. People thought highly of its fancy honey color and the beautiful paintings on it.The above is sorted out by Qicaiwang to help you with the 40 English short stories for mastering 3500 words in immersive listening. Hope it helps you!
adj
1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
e.g. a barbarous crime
brutal beatings
cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
a savage slap
vicious kicks
Synonym: barbarousbrutalfellroughshodsavagevicious
verb
1. provide with decoration
e.g. dress the windows
Synonym: dress
2. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
e.g. Decorate the room for the party
beautify yourself for the special day
Synonym: adorngraceornamentembellishbeautify
3. award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to
e.g. He was decorated for his services in the military
4. be beautiful to look at
e.g. Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
Synonym: deckadorngraceembellishbeautify
noun
1. the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
Synonym: investigating
2. an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
e.g. there was a congressional probe into the scandal
Synonym: probe
adj
1. filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
e.g. an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation
I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral
astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing
stood in stunned silence
stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses
Synonym: astoniedastonishedastoundedstunned
adj
1. showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
e.g. the manufacturer provided an exploded view of the apparatus