New Words：

lash [læʃ]
n.鞭子；鞭打；睫毛；讽刺
v.鞭打；抽打；猛击；狠打；捆绑

lash down 捆紧, 扎牢

Sample Sentences：

Huge waves lashed the shore.
The rain lashed at the windows.
Jane told the children to lash two poles together.
Several logs had been lashed together to make a raft.
During the storm everything on deck had to be lashed down.

raft [rɑ:ft] n. 筏；木排；救生艇
deck [dek] n. 甲板；舱面

New Words：

load [ləud]
v.承载；装载；装入；载入
n.负荷；负载；工作量；装载量；容纳量；承载量

Sample Sentences：

Be careful, that gun's loaded.
I'll show you how to load the software.
The truck was loaded with a ton of goods.
They are loading the bags of rice on to the lorry.
The three men seemed to have finished loading the truck.

New Words：

pole [pəul] n. 杆；柱；极点
crutch [krʌtʃ] n. 拐杖

Sample Sentences：

A red flag slowly goes up the pole.
We used a branch as a fishing pole.

He had to walk on crutches because he broke his leg.
After the accident Henry spent six months on crutches.

New Words：

starve [stɑrv] v. 饿死；(使)挨饿；缺乏…的；急需…的

starving ['stɑ:viŋ]
adj.饥饿的
v.动词starve的现在分词形式

Sample Sentences：

He died of starving oxygen.
Let's get something to eat. I'm starving.
She's starving herself to try to lose weight.
The new job doesn't pay as much but we won't starve!

New Words：

fantastic [fæn'tæstik] adj.极好的；美妙的；奇异的；难以置信的；幻想的

Sample Sentences：

‘You've got the job?’ ‘Fantastic!’
The weather was absolutely fantastic.
We watched a fantastic play yesterday evening.
My daughter likes to describe her fantastic dreams to me.