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高级英语复习笔记及讲解2Lesson TwoFour Choicesfor YoungPeople
3.Apparently hespeaks for a lotof hiscontemporaries.contemprary adj.同时代的,当代;n.同时代的人.如our contemporaries和我们同时代的人同义词peer同等的人,同辈.如without apeer无匹敌的
6.The relevantquestion forthe arrivinggeneration isnot whetheroursociety isimperfect(we cantake thatfor granted),buta.relevant有关的.如relevant information有关信息.若作表语,后面通常跟由介词to引导的短语.如;The judgeruled that the evidencewas notrelevant to the case.法官认定证据与本案无关.b.imperfect不完美,由perfect(完美)加否定前缀inr构成.另如pemissible-impermissible,possible-impossible,properimproper,pureimpure,mobile-immobile,mortal-immortal.c.take for granted视为当然.如You shouldnot takehis helpforgranted.你不应该认为他的帮忙是当然的事.
8.Choosing astrategy tocope withit,then,is...a.strategy:战略,与之相对的是tactics(战术)b.cope withto struggleor contend,esp.with somedegree ofsuccess应付,处理.如They proposedseveral possibilitiesfor copingwith thecrisis.他们提出了对付危机的几种可能方案.He isunable tocope with the dutiesofhernew position.他不能应付新岗位的职责.
9.So faras Ihave beenable todiscover,there arefour basicalternatives.a.so faras=as faras,totheextent that就而言,从……来看.如His conduct,so faras Ican see,is unjustifiable.就我看来,他凭一己之力将不可能完成这样巨大的项目.b.alternativeone ofmore thantwo possibi1ities数种可能之一,可代替的.如There arealternative answerto thisquestion.这个问题有几种可能的答案.An alternativeplan isto applyforaloan.另一种可能的方案就是申请贷款.
10.Drop Outdrop outto withdrawfrom退出.如He hasdecided todropout of politics.他已经决定退出政坛.Seven studentsdropped out of universitylast year.去年有七个学生从大学里退了学.
11.This is one of the oldestexpedient,.......expedientatemporary meansto anend权宜之计如resort toan expedient采取权宜之计
12.In one way or another,its practitionersbatten on the societywhicha.(in)onewayoranother以这样或那样的方式;在某方面.如The projectmust becompleted bythe endof thismonth(in)oneway oranother.不管用什么方式,这个项目必须在这个月底结束.b.batten onthrive,or prosper,or livein luxury(on)(esp.attheexpoense ofothers)(靠他人牺牲而)兴旺,过奢侈的生活,(损人)肥饱私囊
13.Some ofus findthis distasteful-an undignifiedkind oflife.distastefuldisagreeable;unpleasant讨厌的,令人不愉快的.如Jazz isdistasteful to me.我讨厌爵士乐.(爵士乐不合我的口味)
14.But forthe poorin spirit,with lowlevels ofboth energyandpride,itmaybe theleast intolerablechoice available.avaiblereadyfor use;readily obtainablea.(立即)可利用的;可得到的.如employ allmeans available采用一切可能的方法.The dressis availablein allsizes.这种款式的服装大小尺寸都有.b.(人)有空的.如I411be availabletomorrow morning.我明天早上有空.
15.This strategyhas ancientantecedents.antecedentpreceding thingor circumstance,esp.(pl.)past historyof a person前事,前情;(复数)身世,经历,人的过去历史.如;a womanof shadyantecedent一个来历可疑的女人
16.that is,the city,with allits uglinessandtension.tensionmental strain紧张.如under extremetension处于极度紧张/(复数-s)紧张(状态).如the tensionbetween laborand mangement劳资间关系的紧张
17.The troublewiththesolution isthat itno longerison a largescale.on alarge scale大规模.另如on atremendous scale极大的规模.The projectwas undertakenonagrand scale.这个项目规模很大.The reformis carriedout onan enormousscale.改革的幅度极大.
18.Out planet,unfortunately,is running outofnoble savagesandunsul1ied landscapes.run outofbecome shortof,become exhausted用完.如;We ranoutofpetrol theother day.那一天我们汽油用光了.We arerunningoutof time.我们已经没有时间了.
19.Plot aRevolutionplotplan secretly密谋.如They plottedhow tokill him.他们密谋如何杀死他.The criminalswere plottingto robthe bank.犯罪密谋抢银行.
20..those whohave nopatience withthe tedious workings ofthedemocratic processand whobelieve thatthe institytioncan onlybechanged byforce.a.tediouslong andtiresome冗长乏味的.如a tediouslecture冗长的演讲;tediouswork乏味的工作b.workingsaction,operation工作,运作.如the workingsof the mind,the workingsof thenature自然的运作
21.To themit offersa romanticappeal,usually symbolizedby somedashingand charismaticfigure.a.a romanticappealappeal n.the powerto attractthemindoremotions吸引力.如Such lifehas noappeal for me.这种生活对我没有吸引力.That sortof musichas lostits appealforme.这种音乐已经失去了对我的吸引力.v.appeal to吸引.如Does themenu appealtome菜单吸引我了吗?The novelappeals towomen.这本小说吸引女性读者.b.dashing:vigorously lovely;brilliant orshowy精力充沛的;华丽的c.charismatic名词形式为charisma使大众信服的领袖魅力
22.Let ssmash itand buildsomething betteron the ruins.on theruinsthe remainsof destroyedor decayingor town废墟,遗迹,残骸.如theruinsofacastle一座城堡的废墟
23.These arethe oneswhose revolutiondid not come off,......come offhappen,occur发生.如The invasioncame offlast week.入侵是上星期发生的.To beeffective orsuccessful生效,成功.如She didntcomeoff wellin theinterview.她的面试不很成功.
24.I amnot,of course,suggesting thatrevolutions accomplishnothing.accomplishbring toa successfulconclusion;achievement完成.如accomplish something/a greatdeal/miracles实现某种目标/取得很大成就/实现奇迹accomplishskilled,expert熟练的,内行的.如an accomplishgolf player技术精湛的高尔夫运动员accomplishment s修养,才艺.如a womanof manyaccomplishment多才多艺的女人
25.For atbest theirvictory neverdawns onthe shiningnew worldtheyhad dreamedof,cleansed ofall humanmeanness.cleansemake clean清洗.如She cleansedthe woundwith alcohol.她用酒精清洗伤口.cleanse sinfrom thesoul=cleanse thesoul ofsin清洗灵魂的罪恶
26.At firstglance,this courseis farfrom inviting.invitingtemptingly attractive诱人的.如an invitingsmile迷人的微笑/an invitingdish诱人的菜肴
28.It demandspatience,always in short supply.be in short supply供应不足,短缺.如Food isinshortsupply.食物供应不足.Honesty isinshortsupply.缺乏诚实的人.
29.as soonas youcapture onemountain range,another oneloomsjust ahead.loomcome intoview inindistint andenlarged form忽隐忽现.如The icebergloomed outofthemist.冰山在迷雾中忽隐忽现.Dangers areloomingahead.危险阴森森地逼近.
30..of copingwith warin unfamiliarguises.guisea falseor assumedappearance ordisguise夕卜貌,伪装.如an oldidea ina newguise老观念新面貌新瓶装旧酒in theguise of打扮成的样子.如the kingin theguise ofa beggar装扮成乞丐的国王under theguise of以为借口.如under theguise offriendship以友谊为幌子
31.It dawnedon usrather suddenlythat....dawn onbegin tobe known,or realized常用先行词it,表示〃明白过来”.如It hasslowly dawnedupon methat hewill notlend ahelping handtous whenwe arein trouble.我慢慢明白,当我们碰到麻烦的时候,他是不会伸出援手的.。