o go no farther, and bidding them a hasty goodbye, Tess bent her steps up the hill.

因此，苔丝的母亲和孩子们决定不再往前走了，苔丝在匆忙中向他们道别以后，就弯腰向山坡上走去。（《苔丝》第七章）

19【sermon】

N./V.布道，训诫，启示

a)Cardinal（基本的，主教） Murphy will deliver the sermon on Sunday.

墨菲红衣主教将在周日布道。

b)A good sermon should be like a woman’s skirt: short enough to rouse the interest, but long enough to cover the essentials.

好的布道应像女人的裙子…（后面不翻译了，这个低俗生动而小聪明的比方我初中就听过了，挺有意思的，或许《十日谈》的一些内容百年后也不过时）

20【creek】

N.小溪，狭窄道路

a)What was you doing down by the creek all by yourself?

你自己跑到小溪边做什么？

b)I was built to be a mountain, not a creek rising to the high peaks with the small valleys at my feet.

我生来就是高山而非溪流，我欲于群峰之巅，俯视平庸的沟壑。（华坪女高校训）

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01【pop-up advertising windows】

弹出式的网络广告

[例句]

We have plenty of ways to disable pop-up advertising windows, but we cannot really screen TV advertisements out of lives.

我们有很多办法可以关掉弹出式的网络广告，但是却没办法躲开电视广告。

02【the advertising slot】

电视上的广告时段。

[例句]

The TV advertising slots for a major sports event may be sold for up to ?100 million.

电视转播重要体育赛事时的广告位价值可达一亿英镑。

03【be intensively advertised】

得到密集的广告宣传。

[例句]

The new product is being intensively advertised on TV.

这款新产品在电视上进行着密集的广告攻势。

04【spoil one’s enjoyment】

很扫兴

[例句]

TV advertising interrupts exciting programmes and spoils our enjoyment.

电视广告纵是把精彩的节目打断，影响我们的兴致。

05【well-worn themes】

用滥的题材

[例句]

Today may TV programmes pursue well-worn themes that are common to all cultures, such as romance and crime.

如今，许多电视节目都追求一种各种文化都容易接受的大众化主题，比如浪漫题材或犯罪题材。

06【hackneyed subjects】

陈腐的题材

[例句]

These hackneyed subjects are no longer wanted by the editors--unless the theme is given a decidedly new twist.

这种陈腐的题材已经不再为编辑们所青睐了——除