the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine.
食物是当地的干酪和通常存放了一年之久的面包，人们就着劣酒吞下这种食物。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 3 Matterhorn man
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 简单地，朴素地;（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地；朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。
近义：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反义：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
adj. 地方的;当地的，本地的;局部的;褊狭的;
n. 慢车;本地居民（律师、教士、医生）;住处附近的当地酒店;本地新闻;
💡 loc地方+al形容词后缀 → 地方的，局部的
"We put an ad in the local paper."
我们在当地报纸上登了一则广告。
近义：neighboring, regional, regionalist, regionalistic, sectional, territorial
反义：overall, total, world, universal, comprehensive, global
n. 食物，食品;粮食;养料;资料;
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
从食物中吸取钙需靠维生素D的帮助。
近义：meal, mess, nourishment, nutrient, nutriment, nutrition
n. 面包;食物;营养，营养物;生计;
vt. 在…上撒面包屑;
💡 不热的”（谐音） 面包不好吃 不(b)读(read)就不给 面包
"a rather bland diet of soup, fish and bread"
一个淡而无味的汤、鱼加面包的食谱
近义：money, readies, brass, lolly, tender, cash
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes