自考高级英语笔记Lesson One.xls

Lesson OnePage 1 of 10 Lesson One Rock Superstars What Do They Tell us About Ourselves and Our Society Words and Expressions 1adulation n 过分赞扬 奉承Praise that is more than necessary or deserved He received adulations from many people adulate v 奉承Flatter The leaders are easily adulated 2amphitheater n 圆形露天剧场Coliseum 3baptismal adj 洗礼的Of or relating to baptism 4bewilderment n 迷惑 慌乱 不知所措 Confusion Imagine my bewildment when she did that bewilder v 迷惑Confuse Big city s traffic bewilders me bewildered adj 迷惑不解的Completely puzzled He was bewildered by her question bewildering adj 令人疑惑不解的Very confusing What she said was bewildering to me Lesson OnePage 2 of 10 5clown n 小丑A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior 6coliseum n 体育场Amphitheater 7conceive v 设想 想出 想像Have the idea for 8crunch v 发出嘈杂声地走Make crunching noises 9disaffection n 不满The feeling of being alienated from other people 10 editorialize vi 报刊发表评论Insert personal opinions into an objective statement 11 embody vt 表达Express Words embody thought embodiment n 体现 表示Giving concrete form to an abstract concept His enemies called him the embodiment of evil 12 gasp vi 喘气 Breathe noisily as when one is exhausted 13 ghoul n 食尸鬼 An evil spirit or ghost 14 guillotine n 断头台Instrument of execution used for beheading people 15 jug n 有柄的水罐 A large bottle with a narrow mouth 16 lyrics n 歌词 抒情诗 A short poem of songlike quality 17 onstage adv 在台上 上台On the stage 18 piety n 虔诚 Devoutness 19 pilgrimage n 朝圣A journey made to a sacred place to show religious devotion Lesson OnePage 3 of 10 20 rambler n 漫步者 漫谈者 A person who takes long walks in the country A person whose Speech or writing is not well organized 21 rebellion n 造反 叛乱 反抗An act or the state of rebelling A little rebellion now and then is a good thing rebel v 造反 叛乱 反抗Take part in a rebelling The slaves rebelled against their masters rebellious adj 反抗的Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government What you did to your boss is a kind of rebellious behaviour 22 reverence n 崇敬 尊敬Great respect and admiration They look on him with reverence reverence v 崇敬 尊敬Respect Pepole still reverence the name of Mahatma Gandhi reverent adj 崇敬的Having a feeling of reverence reverent behaviour reverential adj 恭敬的Respectful reverential movement of the head 23 sociological adj 社会的 社会学的Of or relating to or determined by sociology 24 sociologist n 社会学家Social scientist Lesson OnePage 4 of 10 25 sprinkle vt 喷 撒 洒To scatter in drops or small grains Sprinkle sand along the icy path 26 swelter v 热气逼人 汗流浃背Be uncomfortably hot 27 variety show歌舞杂耍表演 演出A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances 28 surge v 汹涌 彭湃 To move esp forward in or like powerful waves The crowd surged past him surge n 波涛 巨浪Strong wavelike forward movement The surge crashed against the coast Test Explanation 1By a man s heroes ye shall know him You ll find out what kind of a person someone is if you know who his or her heroes are 2 the Chicago Amphitheater was packed sweltering rocking The Amphitheater was crowded with listeners which made the place oppressively hot It was rocking because the music was played loud and the listeners were rocking to the music Lesson OnePage 5 of 10 3onstage This is an adverb meaning on the stage In this kind of open air performances the stage is a raised platform installed somewhere in the middle of the open place 4critic Don Heckman Popular usage in news Other samples are fan Chris Singer and sociologist Irving Horowitz 5Jagger grabs a half gallon jug sprinkling its contents over sweltering listeners sprinkling 是现在分词做状语 表示伴随发生的动作 所表示的必须是主语的一个动作或状态 its contents refers to the contents of the jug same as water sweltering listeners means listeners who are sweating because of too much heat 6They surge to follow him eager to be touched by a few baptismal drops baptismal drops means baptismal water drops 7Some 14 000 screaming fans were crunching up to the front About 14 000 screaming fans were crowding up noisily to the front Lesson OnePage 6 of 10 8Alice Cooper America s singing ghoul A singing ghoul here means a singer who has the habit of making some horrible acts 9Inside the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale New York Bob Dylan and The Band were tuning up for a concert Tuning up for the concert means adjusting their musical instruments to the same pitch so as to perform in the concert 10 high priest A chief priest in charge of special acts of religion 11 Do you reject Alice Copper as sick Do you refuse to accept Alice Copper because you think his performance is disgusting 12 because he acts out your wildest fantasies because he expresses by actions your wildest fantasies 13 These aren t idle questions These are not worthless questions asked casually Lesson OnePage 7 of 10 14 Music expresses its times Music reflects the characteristics of the times in which it is composed 15 Todd Rundgren the composer and singer Todd Rundgren both a composer and a singer 16 Rock music is really a sociological expression Rock music expresses the likes and dislikes of a particular group of people about their society 17 between Elvis and Alice from Elvis to Alice 18 Boy Dylan touched a nerve of disaffection This metaphor means that Bob Dylan s songs express what people were most dissatisfied with and what they would respond to impulsively 19 civil rights The rights of a citizen especially those guaranteed by the Constitution regardless of race color or sex Lesson OnePage 8 of 10 20 nuclear fallout The disastrous radio active particles produced by a nuclear explosion which spread in the air and finally fall down onon thethe earthearth 21 do you Mr Jones Jones is a common name used to refer to any man To keep up with the Joneses for instance means to keep up with your friends and neighbors in possession of things 22 The Beatles showed there was a range of emotions between love and hate The Beatles sang of subtle feelings not just the two extreme feelings of love and hate 23 mixing the more traditional ideas into the more radical city ideas of the hard rock The Band put the elements of country and western music into the form of hard rock 24 Who never conceived of us billion dollar babies Who never thought we young rock singers could earn over a billion dollars baby means a loved person Lesson OnePage 9 of 10 25 Where it is where it was where it is heading What is our society like today what was it like in the past and what will it be like in the future 26 gasped a girl dressed in black dress in black是过去分词做定语 可以变为定语从句who was dressed in black 27 They think he is sick sick sick They