in one breath:片刻, 转眼间: He finished water in one breath. 他一口气把水喝完了.
hold one's breath:屏住呼吸
bad breath:口臭 : You have a bad breath. 你有口臭.
★contents n. (常用复数)内有的物品(具体的东西)
content:内容(抽象) : content of the text 文章的内容
包里的书: contents of the bag
more contents! (口语) 在吃饭时要求再加些饭菜时可以这样说.
★mend v. 修理
【Text】
Lesson 44 Through the forest 穿过森林
First listen and then answer the question. 听录音, 然后回答以下问题.
How did Mrs. Sterling get her bag back?
Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men. They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees. Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run. When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away. 'The strap needs mending,' said Mrs. Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'