If we go downhill, we might find a stream, and if we follow the stream we should reach a farm, or a village or a bridge.
“如果我们走下山，我们可能会发现一条小溪，如果我们沿着小溪走，我们会到达一个农场或一个村庄或是一座桥。”
高三英语课文
Unit 23 The find of the century
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 村民;乡村，村庄;群落;
💡 vill=villa茅房，别墅+age场所，物品 →村庄
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近义：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反义：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
downhill
[,daʊn'hɪl]
adv. 向山下;如下坡一般;每况愈下;
adj. 向下的，下降的;倾斜的;[体]下降滑雪的;
n. 下坡路;滑降;
"Italy's champion downhill racer"
意大利的山坡速降滑雪冠军
近义：steeply, downgrade
v. 发现;找到;查明;发觉;
n. 发现物;被发现的人;
💡 翻的(谐音): 找东西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我们到处寻找,但仍没能找到.
近义：learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot
反义：ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass
n. 河流，小河，川，溪;潮流，趋势，倾向;（事件等的）连续，（财富等的）滚滚而来;流出，流注，一连串;
vt.& vi. 流，流动;
vi. 飘扬;招展;鱼贯而行;一个接一个地移动;
vt. 按能力分班（或分组）;按能力分班（或分组）;
"The puddles had coalesced into a small stream."
地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。
近义：inflow, issue, run, spring, well, debouch
vt.& vi. 跟随，接着;
vt. 继承;（按时间、顺序等）接着;从事;采用;
vi. 理解;发生兴趣;由此产生;跟着人（或物）去（或来）;
n. 追随，跟随;[台球]推球，跟球打法（使竿击的球在击中目的球后继续滚动的打法）;
💡 对称部份ollo
"We feared that an advance on the capital would soon follow."
我们担心接下来会马上向首都推进。
近义：pursue, succeed, chevy, chivvy, chivy, chase
反义：leave, neglect, quit, strand, desert, forsake