暑假乐趣：海滩玩耍与阅读体验

名词海滩，海滨; 岸上的沙子和卵石

及物动词将…拖上岸; 将滑艇拖到小屋前面的岸边

1. 海滩；海滨
A beach is an area of sand or stones beside the sea.

e.g. ...a beautiful sandy beach...
美丽的沙滩
e.g. I just want to lie on the beach in the sun.
我只想躺在海滩上晒晒太阳。

2. 把（船）拖上岸；（船等）搁浅
If something such as a boat beaches, or if it is beached, it is pulled or forced out of the water and onto land.

e.g. We beached the canoe, running it right up the bank...
我们把独木舟径直划到岸边，并拖上岸。
e.g. The boat beached on a mud flat...
船搁浅在一片淤泥滩上。

名词乐趣; 娱乐活动; 嬉戏，嬉闹; 有趣的事

形容词开心的; 使人愉快的

不及物动词嬉闹; 开玩笑

1. 趣事;乐趣
You refer to an activity or situation as fun if you think it is pleasant and enjoyable and it causes you to feel happy.

e.g. This year promises to be terrifically good fun...
今年一定会非常有意思。
e.g. It was such a success and we had so much fun doing it...
它大获成功，而我们也从中得到了很多乐趣。

2. 有趣的人;好玩的人
If you say that someone is fun, you mean that you enjoy being with them because they say and do interesting or amusing things.

e.g. Liz was wonderful fun to be with.
莉兹是个非常有趣的伙伴。

3. 令人愉快的;让人开心的;有趣的
If you describe something as a fun thing, you mean that you think it is enjoyable. If you describe someone as a fun person, you mean that you enjoy being with them.

e.g. It was a fun evening...
那个晚上令人愉快。
e.g. What a fun person he is!
他多么有趣啊！

4. 荒唐可笑的人;引人嘲笑的人
Someone who is a figure of fun is considered ridiculous, so that people laugh at them or make jokes about them.

5. 为了好玩
If you do something for fun or for the fun of it, you do it in order to enjoy yourself rather than because it is important or necessary.

e.g. I took my M. A. just for fun really...
我拿文科硕士学位其实就是觉得好玩儿。
e.g. He had just come for the fun of it.
他来只是为了好玩。

6. (尤指不负责任的)玩笑，嬉闹，恶作剧
You can refer to playful behaviour as fun and games, especially if you disapprove of it because you think it is irresponsible.

e.g. Police suspected that the boys, whose fun and games hurt a lot of people, were on drugs.
警察怀疑这些经常胡为瞎闹令不少人受害的男孩子在吸毒。

7. 开玩笑地;闹着玩地
If you do something in fun, you do it as a joke or for amusement, without intending to cause any harm.

e.g. Don't say such things, even in fun.
不要说这些话，就算是开玩笑也不行。

8. 取笑;戏弄;拿…开玩笑
If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.

e.g. Don't make fun of me...
不要取笑我。
e.g. She poked fun at people's shortcomings.
她拿别人的缺点开玩笑。

名词阅读; 读数; 宣读; 读物

动词读( read的现在分词); 看懂; 理解; 显示，标明

1. 阅读；读书
Reading is the activity of reading books.

e.g. I have always loved reading.
我一直喜欢读书。
e.g. ...young people who find reading and writing difficult.
觉得阅读和写作很难的年轻人

2. 读书会;朗诵会
A reading is an event at which poetry or extracts from books are read to an audience.

e.g. This year's event consisted of readings, lectures and workshops.
今年的活动包括读书会、讲座和研讨会。
e.g. ...a poetry reading.
诗歌朗诵会

3. 理解方法;解读方法
Your reading of a word, text, or situation is the way in which you understand or interpret it.

e.g. My reading of her character makes me feel that she was too responsible a person to do those things...
照我对她的性格的了解来看，她是个特别负责任的人，不会做出那些事情的。
e.g. Local public housing authorities disagree with this reading of the law.
当地的公共住房管理当局不同意对该法律的这种解读。

4. （测量仪器上的）读数，计量
The reading on a measuring device is the figure or measurement that it shows.

e.g. Once you have recorded the reading, shake the thermometer down to below 36 degrees...
一旦完成计数，把温度计标数甩到36度以下。
e.g. The gauge must be giving a faulty reading.
量表的显示肯定有误。

5. （英国议会或美国国会讨论一项新法案以获通过的三步立法程序之一）议案宣读
In the British Parliament or the US Congress, a reading is one of the three stages of introducing and discussing a new bill before it can be passed as law.

e.g. The bill is expected to pass its second reading with a comfortable majority.
预计这项法案将以绝大多数赞成而通过议会第二次宣读。

6. 读起来感觉…
If you say that a book or an article makes interesting reading or makes for interesting reading, you mean that it is interesting to read.

e.g. The list of drinks, a dozen pages long, makes fascinating reading...
酒水单一共有十几页长，读起来很有趣。
e.g. The report, called 'Child Poverty and Deprivation in the UK', makes for depressing reading.
题为“英国儿童的贫困状况”的报告让人读起来心情沉重。