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Our neighbour,the river 河流，我们的邻居

The river which forms the eastern boundary of our farm has always played an important part in our lives. Without it we could not make a living. There is only enough spring water to supply the needs of the house, so we have to pump from the river for farm use. We tell the river all our secrets. We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees, that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.

形成我们农场东部边界的一条河流一直在我们生活中发挥着重要作用。要是没有这条河，我们就无法生存下去。泉水只能满足家庭生活用水，因此我们必须从河里抽水以用于农业生产。我们向那条河倾诉我们的秘密。我们本能地懂得，就像养蜂人和他的蜜蜂那样，要是我们不把生活中的重大的事件告诉那条河，就可能大祸临头。

New words and expressions 生词与短语

boundary

n. 界线;边界

pump

v. 用泵抽

overtake

v. 突然降临

backwater

n. 回水河汊

predecessor

n. 前任，前辈

meadow

n. 草地，草场

crown

v. 给……戴花环

holly

n. 一种冬青植物

wreath

n. 花环

occurrence

n. 偶发事件

proportion

n. 部分

site

v. 使位于

spell

v. 招致，带来

stall

n. 牲口棚

attic

n. 顶楼

sweeping

adj. 范围广大的

critical

adj. 危急的

juncture

n. 时刻，关头

raft

n. 木筏

unduly

adv. 过度地

foundations

n. 地基

stoutly

adv. 牢固地，粗壮的

submerge

v. 浸没

grapple

v. 抓住

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