WALL · E noticed that the courtyard was surrounded by hundreds of guest rooms. Passengers filled the giant courtyard, reclining in chairs that hovered just above the floor. WALL · E looked at their faces. Humans had changed over the centuries. They didn’t look like the photos in the old magazines and newspapers that littered Earth’s surface. These humans were very large and very soft. Their legs had turned flabby from lack of exercise, and their necks didn’t seem to exist at all.

courtyard

英 [ˈkɔːtjɑːd] 美 [ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd]

n. 庭院，院子

A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls. 庭院

They walked together through the arch and into the cobbled courtyard.

他們一起走過拱門，來到了鋪着鵝卵石的庭院。

recline

英 [rɪˈklaɪn] 美 [rɪˈklaɪn]

v. <正式>斜倚，靠；（座位）可後仰

第三人稱單數reclines

現在分詞reclining

If you recline on something, you sit or lie on it with the upper part of your body supported at an angle. 斜靠

She proceeded to recline on a chaise longue.

她開始斜靠在一個躺椅上。

hover

英 [ˈhɒvə(r)] 美 [ˈhʌvər]

v. 翺翔，盤旋；徘徊，守候；處于不穩定狀态；上下波動，左右搖擺；伏窩孵化

n. 翺翔，徘徊

To hover means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forward or backward. Many birds and insects can hover by moving their wings very quickly. (鳥、昆蟲等通過快速扇動翅膀在原地) 盤旋

Beautiful butterflies hovered above the wild flowers.

美麗的蝴蝶在野花上方盤旋。

flabby

英 [ˈflæbi] 美 [ˈflæbi]

adj. 松弛的；軟弱的；沒氣力的；優柔寡斷的

Flabby people are rather fat, with loose flesh over their bodies. 肥胖的; 肌肉松弛的

This exercise is great for getting rid of flabby arms.

這個練習對減除手臂的贅肉極為有效。

lack of

英 [læk ɒv] 美 [læk əv]

沒有，缺乏；不足，不夠

exist

英 [ɪɡˈzɪst] 美 [ɪɡˈzɪst]

v. 存在，實際上有；持續存在，生存

If something exists, it is present in the world as a real thing. 存在

He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist.

他認為如果他看不見某種東西，它就不存在。

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瓦力注意到幾百間客房圍繞着中庭。巨大的中庭裡滿是乘客，他們斜倚在緊靠地面懸浮的椅子上。瓦力看着他們的臉。幾個世紀以來人類已經發生了變化。他們看上去和被亂丢在地球表面的舊雜志和報紙上的照片不像。這些人類體型高大，曲線柔和。由于缺乏運動，他們雙腿肌肉松弛，脖子幾乎都看不見了。

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