L39-1: Nothing to worry about

The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from. Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed. Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away. It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties. He simply had no sense of danger at all. No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.

As we bumped over the dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders. The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine. Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.

任务配置：L0+L4

词音：boulder,across,swerved,perturb,ominously

词义：boulder  卵石，大圆石；perturbed  混乱的；pitted  有麻点的；有凹痕的；swerved  转弯；突然转向；bumped  碰撞；颠簸；ominously  不吉利地；scooped  掘；舀起

练习感悟：

pitted with holes和中文里的“密密麻麻”特别像，这篇故事很好笑，读着读着就笑出来了。

一句话，就是干。