Unit 23

UNIT 23 WORD LIST amid If something is amid something else, then it is in the middle of it. The bee was busily flying amid the flowers in the garden. backstage If something happens backstage, it occurs behind a theater's Stage. After the show, the director went backstage and thanked the actors. billionaire A billionaire is someone who has at least one billion dollars. The sale of his inventions made the inventor a billionaire. brute A brute is someone who behaves or looks like a violent animal. My older brother can act like a brute when he doesn't get his way. clumsy If someone is clumsy, then they are awkward in handling things. The businessman was clumsy and dropped his work files. collide To collide with something means to hit it while moving. The two cars collided with each other because their drivers were not careful. culprit A culprit is someone who has committed a crime or other bad deed. The police were still searching for the culprit from the robbery. evacuate To evacuate means to leave a place of danger to a place of safety. During the flood, many families were evacuated to higher ground. flammable If something is flammable, then it is able to catch on fire. Be careful with that blanket near the candle. It is extremely flammable. mob A mob is a large crowd of people that often wants to cause violence. The copier was destroyed by a mob of angry workers.

如果某物在另一物中间，那么它就在另一物的中间。 蜜蜂在花园里的花丛中忙碌地飞来飞去。 如果某件事发生在后台，它就发生在剧院的舞台后面。 演出结束后，导演到后台感谢演员们。 亿万富翁是指拥有至少10亿美元的人。 出售他的发明使这位发明家成为亿万富翁。 brute是指行为或看起来像暴力动物的人。 当我哥哥不能随心所欲时，他会表现得像个野蛮人。 如果某人很笨拙，那么他们在处理事情时很笨拙。 那个商人笨手笨脚，把工作文件弄丢了。 与某物碰撞意味着在移动时撞到它。 由于司机不小心，两辆车相撞了。 罪犯是指犯了罪或做了其他坏事的人。 警方仍在搜寻抢劫案的罪犯。 撤离是指离开危险的地方到安全的地方。 洪水期间，许多家庭被疏散到地势较高的地方。 易燃的如果某物是易燃的，那么它就会着火。 当心那块毯子靠近蜡烛。 它非常易燃。 暴民是指经常想要制造暴力的一大群人。 复印机被一群愤怒的工人毁坏了。

premature If something is premature, then it is done too early or before the proper time. Mark's celebration was premature because the ball hadn't fallen in the hole. resent To resent something means to have bad feelings about it. He resented the fact that he had never been able to play an instrument. satire A satire is a work of art that uses humor and irony to make fun of something. This book is a satire of what life was like in the army. scrutiny Scrutiny is the careful examination of something. A scientist should always practice scrutiny with their work. segregate To segregate something means to place it in a group apart from other things. In gym class, the children were segregated into two groups: boys and girls. subject To subject someone to something means to force them to do or experience it. The officers subjected everyone to a careful search before they left the plane. testify To testify means to give evidence as a witness. The judge listened while the victim testified about the robbery. tumult A tumult is a loud and confused noise made by a large crowd of people. She couldn't hear her friend over the tumult of the other excited guests. underestimate To underestimate something or someone means to think less of them than they really are. We lost the game because we underestimated the other team's skill. uproar Uproar is loud noise caused by people who are very angry or upset. The fans made a great uproar when their team lost the game.

如果某事是过早的，那么它做得太早或在适当的时间之前。 马克的庆祝为时过早，因为球还没有掉进洞里。 怨恨某事意味着对它有不好的感觉。 他对自己从来不会演奏一种乐器感到不满。 讽刺作品是一种艺术作品，用幽默和讽刺来取笑某事。 这本书是对军队生活的讽刺。 scrutiny是对某事的仔细检查。 科学家应该对自己的工作进行严格的审查。 隔离某物是指把它与其他事物分开放在一组中。 在体育课上，孩子们被分成两组：男孩和女孩。 subject To someone To something意为强迫某人做某事或经历某事。 官员们在每个人离开飞机前都对他们进行了仔细的搜查。 作证是指作为证人提供证据。 当受害人就抢劫案作证时，法官听着。 tumult指一大群人发出的嘈杂而混乱的声音。 在其他兴奋的客人的喧闹声中，她听不见她朋友的声音。 低估某事或某人的意思是低估他们的实际情况。 我们因为低估了对方的技术而输掉了比赛。 喧闹声是指人们非常生气或沮丧时发出的巨大噪音。 当他们的队输了比赛时，球迷们大闹起来。

The Brute and the Billionaire Hundreds of people had come to see a popular satire, but during the performance a fire started in the theater. The audience and actors evacuated the building. Luckily, no one was hurt, and the fire was soon put out. Immediately, the audience assembled into an angry mob and demanded to know what had happened. It was soon revealed that the fire had started backstage, and only two people were in the area at the time. One was the husband of the play's star actress, the billionaire Henry Rich. The other was the theater's janitor, Bill, a large and strong man who looked like a brute. The crowd segregated the two men and demanded to know who the culprit was. Most of the crowd thought that Bill was to blame. They felt that he had started the fire without ever subjecting him to any scrutiny. Bill resented this but said nothing. Luckily, the billionaire's wife testified in his defense." Your decision is premature," she told the crowd. "I fell down amid the tumult while everyone fled the fire. Bill rescued me and carried me out of the building. I think you underestimate his character. Besides, in order to be close enough to save me, he couldn't have been near the place where the fire began." The crowd then turned their eyes to the billionaire. "He did it!" they shouted. "Make him pay!" "Wait," the billionaire said over the uproar. "I admit that I started the fire but it was an accident. I was going backstage to see my wife and was clumsy. I collided with a lamp, and it fell to the floor. It fell into some flammable clothing, a fire started, and I fled." The mob was surprised. The man they blamed was innocent, and the billionaire was guilty. To pay for his error, the billionaire not only repaired the theater but had it remade to be better than before.

数百人前来观看一场流行的讽刺剧，但在演出期间，剧院里起火了。 观众和演员撤离了大楼。 幸运的是，没有人受伤，火很快就被扑灭了。 观众立即聚集成一群愤怒的暴徒，要求知道发生了什么事。 很快就发现大火是从后台开始的，当时只有两个人在那里。 其中一位是该剧女星、亿万富翁亨利·里奇的丈夫。 另一个是剧院的看门人比尔，一个高大强壮的人，看起来像个畜生。 人群把这两个人分开，要求知道谁是罪魁祸首。 大多数人认为比尔应该受到责备。 他们觉得他是在没有受到任何审查的情况下纵火的。 比尔对此很生气，但什么也没说。 幸运的是，这位亿万富翁的妻子为他作证。” 你们的决定还为时过早。” “我在一片混乱中倒下了，而每个人都在逃离大火。 比尔救了我，把我抱出了大楼。 我认为你低估了他的品格。 此外，为了离我近一点救我，他不可能在起火的地方附近。” 然后，人群把目光转向了这位亿万富翁。 “他做到了！” “让他付出代价！”“等等，”这位亿万富翁在一片哗然中说。 “我承认是我放的火，但那只是个意外。 我正要去后台看我妻子，笨手笨脚的。 我撞上了一盏灯，它掉到地上了。 它掉进了一些易燃的衣服里，着火了，我逃走了。” 暴民们很吃惊。他们指责的那个人是无辜的，而亿万富翁是有罪的。 为了弥补他的错误，这位亿万富翁不仅修复了剧院，而且把它重新改造得比以前更好。