"they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"
"they built small mounds to hide behind"
1.小山;山冈;山丘
Ahill is an area of land that is higher than the land that surrounds it.
e.g. We trudged up thehill to the stadium.
我们费力地爬到山上的体育场。
e.g. ...Maplehill.
梅普尔山
2.人老珠黄;在走下坡路;在衰退中;过气
If you say that someone isover the hill, you are saying rudely that they are old and no longer fit, attractive, or capable of doing useful work.
e.g. He doesn't take kindly to suggestions that he is over thehill.
他不爱听别人说他风光不再。
1. 小山:然后让学生根据单词设想这样一种情景:小山(hill)中有一座装满(fill)药丸(pill)的面粉厂(mill),直到(till)将要(will)杀死(kill)病(ill)人时才被发现. 教师还可引导学生设想更多的与这些词有关的情景,以进一步巩固记忆这一词块.
2. 岗:游行本来计画从奥林匹克大街和百老汇大街的交口处开始,可是由於参加游行的群众过多,百老汇大街已经无法容纳潮水般的人流,结果人们不得不分别从南北两个方向沿著百老汇大街、山岗(hill)大街和春天(Spring)大街同时向市政府挺进.