2008年11月11日火曜日

NARNIA

I will read the sequel to a story last time.

Take with you the swiftest of your wolves and go at once to the house of the Beavers.

Word/ swift
Definition/ happening or done quickly and immediately; doing something quickly
Example/ swift action, a swift decision

Word / wolve
Definition / pl. of wolf
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It would have been a dreadful thing for the Beavers and the children if the night had remined fine, for the wolves would then have been able to follow their trail.

Word/ dreadful
Definition/ very bad or unpleasant
Example/ It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.

Word/ trail
Definition/ a long line or series of marks that is left by somebody/ something
Example / The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it.
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But now that the snow had begun again the scent was cold and even the footprints were covered up.

Word/ scent
Definition/ the pleasant smell that something has
Example/ The air was filled with the scent of wild flowers.

Word/ footprint
Definition/ a mark left on a surface by a person's foot or shoe or by an animal's foot
Example/ muddy footprints on the kitchen floor
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Meanwhile the dwarf whipped up the reindeer, and the Witch and Edmund drove out under the
archway and on and away into the darkness and the cold.

Word/ dwarf
Definition/ (in stories) a creature like a small man, who has magic powers and who is usually
described as living and working under the ground, especially working with metal.

Word/ archway
Definition/ a passage or an entrance with an arch way over it
Example/ We went through a stone archway into the courtyard.

I had read about 870 words today.

4 件のコメント:

Jotter Scalems さんのコメント...

All the words seem perfect. :)
I try to read a Japanese book too, maybe some day soon, I will start a blog of my own for Japanese.
Keep up the good work.

Kirk Masden さんのコメント...

I agree with what Jotter wrote about the words. I would also say that you should strive to read more than a 1000 words in a week if you want to make good progress.

Tomomi Pe Onitsuka さんのコメント...

Jotter
Thank you for saying so! :)
I actuary still haven't read your blog which you had gave me it on the other day.... Sorry about that.
So I will def check it out sometime soon and will put my blog on your blog too! :D

Professor Masden
Okay. I will try it.I should do it because want to improve my English skill a lot more!

Kirk Masden さんのコメント...

Great!