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今天我们一起阅读《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》第3章第1-2段。

原文

They were Indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank—the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.

The first question of course was, how to get dry again: they had a consultation about this, and after a few minutes it seemed quite natural to Alice to find herself talking familiarly with them, as if she had known them all her life. Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would only say, "I am older than you, and must know better"; and this Alice would not allow without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said.

单词

1. assemble: to gather into a group; collect;

2. draggle: to make wet and dirty by dragging in mud or water;

3. cling: to be or stay near;

4. drip: to fall in or as in drops;

5. cross: going counter; contrary; opposed;

6. sulky: showing resentment or dissatisfaction;

7. allow: to acknowledge or concede (a point, claim, etc.)

（单词的英语解释均引用自柯林斯词典）