背1遍就想上考场大学英语考研单词 576
[00:01]carve
[00:02]Once in office, Jefferson extended slavery with the
[00:05]Louisiana Purchase in 1803; the new land was carved into
[00:10]13 states, including three slave states.
[00:14]starve
[00:15]An artist's rendering of a T. rex suffering from a
[00:18]trichomonosis-like disease, a parasitic infection caused
[00:23]by a protozoan, a single-celled organism that infects the
[00:27]mouth and throat and may have caused the animal to
[00:30]starve to death.
[00:32]nerve
[00:33]We live in a society in which the medical and social
[00:36]use of substances (drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet
[00:41]a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going
[00:45]in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves.
[00:49]curve
[00:51]Downstairs, the circular dining room has a grand feel
[00:54]with a huge wooden dining table, while the lounge above
[00:57]has wide leather sofas that follow the curve of the room
[01:02]and proved perfect for a post-walk sprawl.
[01:07]casual
[01:08]Things once learned subconsciously through the
[01:11]casual communications of the extended family must be
[01:14]consciously learned.
[01:17]visual
[01:18]IQ tests ask you to complete verbal and visual
[01:21]analogies, to envision paper after it has been folded and
[01:26]cut, and to deduce numerical sequences, among other
[01:30]similar tasks.
[01:32]bacon
[01:34]And if people are really annoyed about bacon being
[01:36]dropped from a menu, they can always take their business
[01:39]to one of France's many other fast-food outlets
