Recording: Lucky Houses Vocabulary Practice

click on 'Permalink' to listen. 5-5020104ap1 Download | Permalink to obstruct/obstructed to face/faced to escape/escaped to recall/recalled the layout the energy the path (to be) lean (to be) superstitious (to be) suitable to escape: to get away, to free oneself, 逃跑, 逃开, 逃走, escaparse, fugarse, сбегать, убегать to face: to look in the direction of, 面向, 朝向, 面朝, estar orientado al/de care a, стоя́ть лицо́м к the layout: the placement of things, organization, 布局, distribución, trazado, расположе́ние is lean: with very little fat, mostly muscle, 精瘦, 瘦削, delgado, то́щий, нежи́рный to obstruct: something blocking the way, 障碍物, 阻挡物, obstruir, загражда́ть, заслоня́ть the path: a narrow trail for walking or bicycling, 小路, 小径, sendero, senda, тропа́, тропи́нка to recall: to remember is suitable: correct, appropriate, 合适的, 适宜的, propiado, adecuado, подходя́щий, го́дный is superstitious: 迷 信 的 , supersticioso, суеверный 1. The teacher wrote something on the board. Then he turned around, ___ the class, and began to speak. 2. a. What did your grandfather look like? Was he bald, too? b. I don’t ___. I was only four when he passed away. 3. Jeans, mini-skirts, and bright clothes are not ___ attire (=clothing) for a funeral. 4. We live on a hill. The people who live in the house below us want to add another level to their house. We don’t want them to, because it will ___ our view of the Bay Bridge. 5. Meat with little or no fat is ___. Your body will be this way if you exercise a lot and you are careful about what you eat. 6. I’d like to change the ___ of this page. How about if we move this photo to the top, and then put the title right here? 7. Last night a prisoner ___ from the state penitentiary (penitentiary (监狱, prisión), but the police caught him early this morning. He was robbing a convenience store. 8. a. You scheduled your interview for Friday the 13th??? b. You’re the second person who has said that! It doesn’t matter to me. I’m not ___. a. I know, but… b. Oh, that’s all a bunch of bologna*! (=nonsense, ridiculous, silly, 胡说八道，谬论, tonterías, disparates)