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RevisionMaterialUnitOneSomeMeaningsofAuthenticLoveWordsandExpressions:authentic/genuine/real/trueinconsistency不一致smother窒息apossessiveclingtosb./sthputuproadblockstosth阻碍某事surrenderone’sidentity放弃某人的特性conformtosth转变成…gratifyone’sneeds满足某人需要,beresponsivetosth对…有责任entail需要entaildoingsth.haveimpactonsb对…有影响.stimulant激励detractfromsb./sth降低sharein分享makeacommitmenttosb对某人承诺.beopentoeachother相互敞开我们的心扉shedmasksandpretenses掉假面具,去掉伪装animpasse僵局doleout施舍ondemand需求withstingsattached不附加任何条件的sth.onone’spart/sth.onthepartofsb某人做某件事.cometotermswithsth面对,学会接受,达成协议beoverlydependentonsb./sth过分的依赖.beweddedtosb./sth捆绑于某物.cementsb./sth.toanother固定某物haveawantforsb./sth需要某人/物.bedependentonsb./sth依赖于.settleforsth勉强同意某事.identifywithsb感受到能理解他或他的想法empathizewithsb与某人有同样的感情peopleastheyareUnitTwoLifeintheFourthMillenniumWordsandExpressions:beinconceivable/unthinkabletosb对于某人来说是无法想象的.givewaytosth让步于.doawaywithsth不存在.vanish消失driveout取代unprecedented空前的,前所未有的explain…downtothelastquark将世间万物解释精确至夸克的层级virtualreality虚拟现实transform…beyondrecognition变得不能认识beunrecognizablyexotic/beexoticbeyondrecognition完全变得陌生motivatesb.todosth促使.bequeath遗传给inherit继承radicallyout-reproduce繁殖能力超过berepulsedbysth拒绝接受.geneticallymodifiedsoybeans转基因大豆consignsb.tothefateofdoingsth使某人在做(某事)上有着一样的命运.makesth.Obsolete使某事变得过时summerhillresquefreeschools登山避暑式的免费网络学校aplasticbrainsmile…可塑性大脑beconstitutionallyillateasewith在本质上对…感到极不适应asopposedto相对于sth.holdssb.responsiblefor…sb.isheldresponsiblefor…atoughslog艰苦的努力beincompatiblewithsth.hingeonsth思考某事throwoffsth产生某事.coercesb.intodoingsth.驾驭/强迫某人做某事foraslongas…meshwithsb./sth.适应于bealientosb.inaccordwithsth与…一致,适应于inroads入侵embrace包括sinkintodespairomniscient无所不知,无所不能的admittedly不可否认地ineluctable不可避免的humannatureaperennialsourceofenchantment/aperennialcallownessunravelindubitably明确无误地mergewithourcomputersgivesb.thecreeps/repulsesb./makesb.feelrepulsed/repelsb./makesb.repellentsth.berepellenttosb.turnsb.offontosth使某人对某物(不)感兴趣.UnitThreeHigh-TechFarming:IsItInhumane—andDangerousWordsandExpressions:Picturesque如画的mount(越来越多)connoisseur鉴赏家prizespringup(突然增多/出现)belittle/nothingshortof…几乎,接近于a.lobbyfor/againststh.游说支持/反对某事lobbysomebodytodosomethingthepushforanimalrights促进动物权利保护gain/gathermomentum正在得势,正在得到重视compensatefor…作为…的补偿besubjectsusceptiblevulnerableto易受…感染gambol欢跳雀跃嬉戏.cuttothecenterof切中extrapolate推断projecthumanbehavioralneedsontoanimals把人类的行为体现到动物身上alludeto暗指theknee-jerkadvocates自发鼓动者administerto分发,给,提供给…beresistantto对…具有抵抗力dwindleaway变得越来越少,甚至消失yieldto…屈于…的压力thenonprescriptionuseofantibiotics非处方使用抗生素followtheBritishaction执行与英国相同的政策,happeninasubtleway以一种微妙的方式进行着UnitFiveJapaneseandAmericanWorkers:TwoCastsofMindWordsandExpressions:twocastsofmind两种思维模式thestrongorientationtocollectivevalues强烈的集体价值倾向cooperatestyle公司模式determinetodosth决定.makeathoroughstudyof对…做全面研究combinethebestoftheEastandtheWest结合东西方最优秀的素质individualperformanceappraisaltiedtosalaryraises个人表现与加薪相结合acollectivesenseofresponsibility集体责任感workonapiece-ratesystem计件工作系统/onapieceworkbasisthebusinesscommunity业内团体novelapproachestoplanningasaconsequenceofsth由于某事的影响.theparentcompany总公怀individualworkincentives个人激励机制piecework计件工作beforward(Weareembarrassedtobesoforward实在不好意思)compensationsystem工资体制singleout单个的被选出amountto总计等于approachsb找到某人.comeupwithaworkimprovementidea提出改进工作的建议fitinwith适合makeagreatsuccessofsb使得某人取得很大的成功.encourageoneanothertobetterefforts相互鼓励以取得更好的工作效果accountability责任acommonplace常识untangle解开keeptrackof追踪,记录like-mindedpeople目的相同的人anelaboratedinformationsystem一个精确的信息系统fitintoanindustrialsetting与某个工业背景相吻合theunfeelingmachinery没有感情的机械,aggravate恶化加重,产生烦恼thefitbetweenourcultureandourtechnology文化与科技是否相适应clusterafterclusterofsth一簇一簇.dosth.bychance纯属巧合somethingthattakesmanyhandstobuild需要众人的努力才能完成某事thebottomline底线arableland耕地:landflatandsuitableforagricultureforfearthat:lest唯恐以免免得用于fearbeafraid之后等于thatwithrespectregardto关于subordinatesth.tosth.Else…屈从于…sth.takesprecedenceoversth凌驾于…之上.elseberepellentto…被…所排斥的beatwarwith相互争斗automatism机械行为论totalitarianism极权主义acatch圈套但这有个问题:Buttherewasacatchhold…incheck限制….UnitSevenTheOn-GoingTraveler:NormanLewisWordsandExpressions:bumpalongthebackroadsoftheworld颠簸着行走innoparticularorder特定顺序makeamockbullet-sprayinggesture做了一个模仿开火的动作bumpoff(杀掉这些人bumpedthislotoff)thislot这些人career猛冲serialize连载shootup猛冲relatesth.tosb向某人讲述某事.establishsb.asthedoyenofagroupofpeople在一群人中确立元老地位havenohesitationindoingsth毫不犹豫地去做某事,resilience乐观豁达pullthough使度过危机aninsatiablecuriosity永不满足的好奇心enjoythefashionablecachet享有时尚特征advancemoneytosb为某人提供资助.financeone’sdoingsth资助某人做某事.afastgrowingmainstayofone’sbusiness某人生意快速发展的支柱dosth.inpartnershipwithsb与某人一起做某事,伙同某人做某事.inanencounterwithsb遇到某人.rudimentary根本的未发展的,略懂的attheoutbreakof…在…爆发时barsb.fromdoingsth阻止/禁止某人做某事.eccentricity行为古怪的人(偏心古怪)beentitledtodosth有权力/有资格做某事.fallonsb落到指向,进攻.bearnogrudges(怨恨)againstsb.aboutsth在某事上对某人不存在怨恨dosth.inleaguewithsb与某人联盟/合伙做某事.reverberate回响,反响makewayfor为…开辟(资源)(ontheburningoftherainforesttomakewayforcattleranching焚烧热带雨林来开辟牧牛场)thedetrimentaleffect不利影响assistsb.withhisresearch协助他进行调查transcribe誊写hismarvelouslysupportivewife鼎力支持他的妻子nurtureaforeignplanttomaturity培育出一种外来植物使得成熟(使得适应某地气候)strideoutonesayssth.matter-of-factly如实地说inone’sunderstatedway以其不施夸张的方式SentencePatterns:
1.NormaninArmyuniforminthemiddleof1940stotingaTommygunguardingthebuildinginNapleswhereEisenhowerMontgomeryandDeGaulleareplanningtheclosingstrategyofthewarinEuropeandoneofhisfellowFieldSecurityofficersshowingthefirstsignofwar-wearymadnessbymakingamockbullet-sprayinggestureatthewindowwithhisgunexclaiming“Justthinkhowwecouldchangehistoryifwebumpedthislotoff”诺曼一身戎装,肩挎汤姆式冲锋枪,在那不勒斯的一座大楼前站岗而在这座大楼里,艾森豪威尔、蒙哥马利和戴·高乐正在制定欧洲战场最后阶段的战争策略此时,一个安全校官用枪对着窗口做了一个模仿开火的动作以表示其对战争的极端厌恶,并大声宣布“只要想一想,如果我们把这些人都杀掉,我们将会怎样改变历史:
2.Normaninsuitandtiein1964accompaniedbyhiswifeLesleylunchingwiththelateWilliamShawneditoroftheNewYorkerattheAlgonquinandShawnnotoriouslyshysweatpouringfromhisforeheadunabletomentionthereasonfortheirlunchuntilheisabouttoleavewhenalmostinawhisperhesaysthemagazinewillserializeall80000wordsofLewis’bookontheSicilianMafia;另一幕是在1964年,诺曼西装革履,由妻子勒丝丽陪同,与时任《纽约人》编辑的威廉·肖恩在阿尔刚昆共进午餐肖恩极度拘谨,额头汗水直流,直到要离开时,他才用极低微的声音提及共进午餐的原由《纽约人》杂志将连载诺曼的关于西西里岛黑手党长达8万字的报道
3.NormaninleathersandgogglesracingaBugattiintherainatBrooklandsinthe1930scareeringthroughacrashbarriershootinguptotheedgeofthebankingandspinningdowntostopjustyardsfromapile-upofcrashedcars.一幕是在二十世纪三十年代,诺曼穿着皮服,戴着护目镜,开着一辆布嘎提车在布鲁克朗特的雨中奔驰冲过防护栏,直冲向岸边,接着快速旋转着下来,停在了离几辆连环撞车仅几码的地方
4.ThesearejustsomeglimpseofhisprivateliferelatedtomebythisgreatestofstorytellersoverbottlesofwineatthekitchentableofhisoldhouseintheEssexcountryside…这些仅仅是他私人生活的一些片段,是这位最伟大的故事家在他艾色克斯乡下的一座老房子的餐桌旁喝酒时向我讲述的P:Thesearejustsomepicturesofhisprivatelife.ThisgreatofstorytellerstoldmeallaboutthemwhiledrinkingwineatthekitchentableofhisoldhouseintheEssexcountryside.—ThesearejustsomeglimpseofhisprivateliferelatedtomebythisgreatestofstorytellerswhileweweredrinkingtogetheronebottleofwineafteranotheratthekitchentableofhisoldhouseintheEssexcountryside…Wehadapleasantchatoveracupoftea.Hesangoverhiswork.We’lldiscussitoverourdinner.
5.Itiswritinglikethis…whichhasestablishedNorman…asthedoyenoftravelwritersintheEnglishlanguage正是出自他最新一本名为《快乐的破蚁车》的书中的这种写作风格确立了诺曼——90高龄,仍颠簸行走于世界小道上——英语游记作家的元老地位.P:TheparagraphquotedaboveischosenfromNormanLewis’slatestnovelTheHappyAnt-Heap.ItissuchwritingstylewhichhasestablishedNormanLewisasthesuperiortravelwriterintheEnglishlanguage.At90NormanLewiswasstilltravellingaroundsomeminorregionsintheworld.
6.TheBurmesepeoplehavearesiliencewhichhaspulledthemthroughmanycrisesofthegravestkindandIamsureitwilldosoagain缅甸人民乐观豁达,正是这种乐观豁达使他们度过了诸多最严峻的危机我相信,他们以后也会这样.P:TheBurmesepeoplehaveaphilosophicalqualitywhichhasenablethemtoovercomemanygravestcrisesandIamsurethisqualitywillhelpthemagainintheprocessofmodernization.
7.Withaninsatiable不知足的curiosityandagiftforlanguagesheknewatanearlyagethathewantedtowriteaboutforeignlandsthoughtravelwritingthendidnothavethefashionablecachetitenjoystoday他那永不满足的好奇心和语言天赋使他早年就知道他要写一写异域风光,尽管那时游记写作没有今天它所享有的时尚特征.P:Withanunquenchable难抑制的不能消灭的interestinforeignpeopleandforeignculturesandatalentinlearningmasteringlanguages.Normanataveryyoungagewasawareofhisstrongdesireofwritingaboutforeignlandsalthoughatthattimetravelwritingwasnotsopopularandprestigiousasitisnow.
8.Normanusedhis£100tosetupacamerashopinpartnershipwithabusinessman.—Normanandabusinessmanpooledtheirmoneytorunacamerashop他用100英镑与一商人合伙开了一家照相机店.
9.Normanleftthemanagementofthesmallchainofshopsincapablehandsandbegantraveling诺曼把生意交给一些能手来管理自己开始了旅行.P:Normanfoundsomepeoplecapabletotakecareofandtakechargeofhisshopandhehimselfstartedtravellingaroundtheworld.
10.Totheblue-eyedtraineewenttheresponsibleandsometimesglamorousjobswhilethebrown-eyedwereputintotheFieldSecurityPolice因此蓝眼睛的受训者获得了负有责任、带有风险的工作,而棕色眼睛的被派到了陆军安全警暑.P:Thetraineeswhohadblue-eyeshadbeengiventheresponsibleandexitingjobswhilethosewhohadbrown-eyeswereassignedtotheFieldSecuritypolicy.Honorsdonotalwaysgotothosewhomeritthem.Thefirstprizeof…goestowentto…。