11.And with their tongue swollen and their cheeks sunken，they were half crazy……
Half：used before an adjective describing an extreme quality，as a way of
emphasizing and exaggerating sth.用于表示極端狀況的形容詞前，強調并夸大某種情況，有點兒
eg：After a hard day's work，the poor girl was half dead with tiredness.
一天艱苦勞動之后，那個可憐的女孩都要累死了。
eg：Give me something to eat.I'm half starved. 快給我點東西吃，我都要餓死了
eg：When she returned home she found the door half open. 回到家她發(fā)現門半開著。
12.The way I judge it we must be some two hundred miles
The way I judge it：樣子，方式
eg：I like the way she smiles.我喜歡她笑的樣子。
eg：I don't like the way he speaks to his boss 我不喜歡他對上司說話的樣子
13.Now that.the storms were over，the Atlantic swells were long and easy，and the morning sun was hot-so hot it scorched your skin.
Now that：既然，由于
eg：Now that you want to know the truth，I'll tell you about it.既然你想知道真相，那我就告訴你。
14.My own tongue was thick enough to stop my throat
stop：突然的；堵住，堵死
eg：Let's stop the hole with some rags. 用破布把那個洞堵上吧。
15.I'd have given the rest of my life for a single gulp of water.
I'd have given此句省略了虛擬條件句if I could allow myself to do so要是我能讓自己這么做的話
16.As long as we could look forward to getting a drink later，there was something to live for.
look forward to：期待，期盼
eg：Children are looking forward to the coming of holidays 孩子們在期盼著假日的到來
17.If I'd given in to the curses we'd have emptied the last canteen days ago.
give in to： 屈服于……
The authorities have shown no signs of giving in to the hijackers'demands
沒有跡象表明*要答應劫機者的要求
Parents should not often give in to their children's demands.當對子女的要求言聽計從
Liu Hu-lan would rather die than give in.劉胡蘭寧死不屈。
18.in fact，he'd slept through most of the night——and Ienvied him
envy sb.sth：因……羨慕或嫉妒某人
eg：I envy Xiao Li his large vocabulary. 我羨慕小李詞匯量那么大
eg：We envy the old man his good health. 我們都羨慕那位老人身體好
19.We'll ration the rest of the water tonight
ration：定量供應，配給，分發(fā)
eg：Owing to the energy crisis，the city authorities decided to ration oil.
源危機迫使市政*決定限量使用汽油。
eg：young people today can hardly imagine why food had to be rationed in those days.
今天的年輕人難以想像那時糧食為什么要定量供應
20.Couldn't he understand that if we waited until night the few drops wouldn't be sweated out of us so fast？
Couldn't 這是個否定疑問句，表示責備
eg：Can't you stop making noises？ 難道你不能停止吵鬧嗎？
eg：Couldn't you ask about it yourself？ 你難道自己就不會問一下嗎？
Half：used before an adjective describing an extreme quality，as a way of
emphasizing and exaggerating sth.用于表示極端狀況的形容詞前，強調并夸大某種情況，有點兒
eg：After a hard day's work，the poor girl was half dead with tiredness.
一天艱苦勞動之后，那個可憐的女孩都要累死了。
eg：Give me something to eat.I'm half starved. 快給我點東西吃，我都要餓死了
eg：When she returned home she found the door half open. 回到家她發(fā)現門半開著。
12.The way I judge it we must be some two hundred miles
The way I judge it：樣子，方式
eg：I like the way she smiles.我喜歡她笑的樣子。
eg：I don't like the way he speaks to his boss 我不喜歡他對上司說話的樣子
13.Now that.the storms were over，the Atlantic swells were long and easy，and the morning sun was hot-so hot it scorched your skin.
Now that：既然，由于
eg：Now that you want to know the truth，I'll tell you about it.既然你想知道真相，那我就告訴你。
14.My own tongue was thick enough to stop my throat
stop：突然的；堵住，堵死
eg：Let's stop the hole with some rags. 用破布把那個洞堵上吧。
15.I'd have given the rest of my life for a single gulp of water.
I'd have given此句省略了虛擬條件句if I could allow myself to do so要是我能讓自己這么做的話
16.As long as we could look forward to getting a drink later，there was something to live for.
look forward to：期待，期盼
eg：Children are looking forward to the coming of holidays 孩子們在期盼著假日的到來
17.If I'd given in to the curses we'd have emptied the last canteen days ago.
give in to： 屈服于……
The authorities have shown no signs of giving in to the hijackers'demands
沒有跡象表明*要答應劫機者的要求
Parents should not often give in to their children's demands.當對子女的要求言聽計從
Liu Hu-lan would rather die than give in.劉胡蘭寧死不屈。
18.in fact，he'd slept through most of the night——and Ienvied him
envy sb.sth：因……羨慕或嫉妒某人
eg：I envy Xiao Li his large vocabulary. 我羨慕小李詞匯量那么大
eg：We envy the old man his good health. 我們都羨慕那位老人身體好
19.We'll ration the rest of the water tonight
ration：定量供應，配給，分發(fā)
eg：Owing to the energy crisis，the city authorities decided to ration oil.
源危機迫使市政*決定限量使用汽油。
eg：young people today can hardly imagine why food had to be rationed in those days.
今天的年輕人難以想像那時糧食為什么要定量供應
20.Couldn't he understand that if we waited until night the few drops wouldn't be sweated out of us so fast？
Couldn't 這是個否定疑問句，表示責備
eg：Can't you stop making noises？ 難道你不能停止吵鬧嗎？
eg：Couldn't you ask about it yourself？ 你難道自己就不會問一下嗎？