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Today is a perfect day for a spring outing with my parents. The sun is shining. The flowers are blooming. And the air is fresh.That's all for this beginner English reading practice text collected by Qicai's editor Xiao Wu. We hope you gain something from listening!
noun
1. bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
e.g. he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep
Synonym: cover
2. a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
3. anything that covers
e.g. there was a blanket of snow
Synonym: mantle
adj
1. greatly pleasing or entertaining
e.g. a delightful surprise
the comedy was delightful
a delicious joke
Synonym: delightful
2. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
Synonym: delectablelusciouspleasant-tastingscrumptioustoothsomeyummy
adj
1. filled with shade
e.g. the shady side of the street
the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
cool umbrageous woodlands
Synonym: shadowedshadowyumbrageous
2. not as expected
e.g. there was something fishy about the accident
up to some funny business
some definitely queer goings-on
a shady deal
her motives were suspect
suspicious behavior
Synonym: fishyfunnysuspectsuspicious
3. of questionable taste or morality
e.g. a louche nightclub
a louche painting
Synonym: louche
4. (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
e.g. a shady operation
Synonym: fly-by-night
noun
1. the organic process of bearing flowers
e.g. you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed
Synonym: bloom
noun
1. the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it
e.g. the shining of shoes provided a meager living
every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing
Synonym: polishing