重点词汇词组：

The Weasley twins and Lee Jordan1 were tickling2 the tentacles of a giant squid3, which was basking in the warm shallows4.

长难句分析

解：1主语+2谓语+3宾语+4定语从句

析：“which was basking in the warm shallows”是非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词a giant squid，关系代词which在从句中作主语。该句使用了“过去进行时”，表示过去某一时刻正在进行的动作或过去某一阶段一直在进行的动作，其结构是“was/were+v.-ing”。

1.come out 公布，揭晓

例：The exam results come out in August.

考试成绩8月份揭晓。

常见搭配：

①come across 表达得清楚明白，被理解

例：What comes across in his later poetry is a great sense of sadness.

他后期的诗歌表露的是强烈的悲伤情绪。

②come by sth. 得到；弄到

例：Cheap organic food is still difficult to come by.

便宜的有机食品仍然很难买到。

相关俚语：come from behind 成功实现逆转，后来居上

例：England came from behind to beat Scotland 2–1.

英格兰队成功实现逆转，以2比1战胜了苏格兰队。

2.put down 放下；卸下

例：I put my bags down while we spoke.

我们说话时我放下了我的包。

常见搭配：

①put sth. at sth. 推测，估计

例：The value of the painting has been put at $1 million.

这幅画估价为100万美元。

②put sb. off 拒绝（某人）；阻止（某人）

例：He keeps asking me out, and I keep putting him off.

他不停地约我出去，我一直拒绝他。

相关俚语：put your back into sth. 耗费很大体力做……

例：You could dig this plot in an afternoon if you really put your back into it.

如果你卖力干的话，一下午就能刨完这块地。

3.go through 练习；排练；仔细琢磨

例：Why don't we go through the whole demonstration once more?

我们把整个示范再做一遍，好吗？

常见搭配：

①go about sth. 着手做；开始做

例：How can we go about solving this problem?

我们怎么着手来解决这个问题呢？

②go out to sb. 同情（某人）

例：Our deepest sympathies go out to her husband and children.

我们向她的丈夫和孩子表示深切地同情。

4.stretch out 舒展四肢躺下

例：I just want to get home and stretch out on the sofa.

我只想回家摊开四肢舒舒服服地躺在沙发上。

相关俚语：

①stretch the truth 夸大事实，言过其实

例：He was accused of stretching the truth about how much he had helped in the project.

他被指责夸大了自己在整个项目中的作用。

②stretch your legs 散散步，活动一下腿脚

例：The car journey took three hours, including a couple of stops to stretch our legs.

开车行程3个小时，包括几次停车活动腿脚所花的时间。

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