第5课

long-standing, age-old

written language

to put down in writing

shape

to describe, to depict

to praise, to extol

poem

ordinary people, civilians

to be full of

to feel grateful

thus, consequently

to emerge, to arise

legend

kind-hearted

to save, to rescue

to faint, to pass out

dragon

to treat, to cure

jade

pot, kettle

to rob, to snatch

to bury

to hide

nowadays, present

to be distributed (over an area)

natural

graceful, beautiful

unique, distinctive

to reflect, to mirror

pearl

to form, to take shape

prep. from, out of

vast, extensive

rock

hundred million

limestone

area, region

surface

angle, degree of angle

oblique, slanting

to become

igneous rock

to meet, to come across

to block, to get in the way of

terrain, topography

to rush, to dash

Spring City (Ji'nan)