Tuesdays with Morrie hoist

本专辑为Miss美语发音 读英文原版书学单词系列的辅助音频 Following her instructions, I leaned over, locked my forearms under Morrie's armpits, and hooked him toward me, as if lifting a large log from underneath. Then I straightened up, hoisting him as I rose. Normally, when you lift someone, you expect their arms to straighten around your grip, but Morrie could not do this. He was mostly dead weight, and I felt his head bounce softly on my shoulder and his body sag against me like a big damp loaf. lock /lɑːk/ to make something become fixed: hoist /hɔɪst/ to raise, lift, or pull something up, especially using ropes dead weight /ˈdedweɪt/ something that is heavy and difficult to carry. sag /sæɡ/ to hang down or bend in the middle, especially because of the weight of something other words you may need to look up lean armpit hook log underneath grip bounce 目的： 熟悉单词 熟悉语流 熟悉阅读 同系列最近三篇： wilt roll your eyes vermicelli 点击阅读原文，查看本栏目介绍