英语自考本科高级英语笔记-上册-Lesson Eight.xls

Lesson EightPage 1 of 11 Lesson Eight A Lesson in Living Words and Expressions 1abuse v 滥用 误用Make a bad or wrong use of Don t abuse your power abuse n 滥用 误用Wrong use an abuse of other people s trust 2agegroup n 年龄相近的一群人A group people having approximately the same age 3aristocrat n 贵族阶层的人A member of the aristocracy 4aura n 气氛 气息A quality of feeling and glamour 5boggle v 犹豫 畏缩不前Be unwilling hesitate boggle at something The mind boggles at the fact 心中对事实感到惊讶 6cascade vi 像瀑布般倾泻而下Rush down in big quantities like a cascade 7clarity n 清楚 清澈 透明Clearness clarify v 澄清 使明白Make or become clear 8cookie n 甜点心Sweet cakes 9couch vt 表达Formulate in a particular style or language Lesson EightPage 2 of 11 10 crumpet n 松脆饼Raised muffin cooked on a griddle 11 enchant v 使心醉 使喜悦Charm delight She was enchanted by her birthday present enchantment n 心醉 着迷Being enchanted 12 essence n 本质 精髓The inner nature or most important quality of a thing What is the essence of the book 13 familiarity n 熟悉 亲密Being familiar Her familiarity with French surprised me familiarize v 使熟习Make well acquainted with You should familiarize yourself with a foreign language familiar adj 熟悉 亲密Having a good knowledge of Are you familiar with the names of these trees 14 heath n 石南丛生的荒野 Uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation 15 homely adj 家常的 质朴的Having a feeling of home cozy and comfortable 16 hymn n 赞美诗 圣歌 Song of praise to God esp one for use in religious service 17 hyphen n 连字符 A punctuation mark used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text 18 inclusively adv 包括一切地Everything included Lesson EightPage 3 of 11 19 incessant adj 不断的 不停的Continual often repeated A week of incessant snow 20 infuse v 灌输 Put pour into infuse fresh courage into students infusion n 灌输Infusing or being infused the infusion of blood into the patient 21 illiteracy n 文盲Being illiterate We almost wipe out illiteracy illiterate adj 未受教育的With little or none education unable to read or write He is an illiterate person 22 intolerant adj 不可容忍的Unbearable 23 lifeline n 救生索Support that enables people to survive 24 memorize v 熟记 记住Learn by heart You should memorize the key points of each lesson memory n 记忆力 记忆Power of keeping facts in mind He has a very good memory 25 mead n 蜂蜜酒 Made of fermented honey and water 26 moor n 荒野 Open uncultivated land Lesson EightPage 4 of 11 27 morocco bound adj 摩洛哥山羊皮装订的 28 my interj 表示惊讶的感叹词 Expressing surprise 29 odor n 气味 Smell 30 outhouse n 户外厕所 户外屋A small building outside 31 platter n 大浅盘A large shallow dish used for serving food 32 poetic adj 有诗意的Of or relating to poetry 33 plum n 李子 A kind of fruit of plum trees 34 provision n 食物 食品供应Food supplies We go to the supermarket to buy our provisions once a week 35 ruffle vt 皱眉 Frown 35 saying n 格言 谚语A word or phrase that is used in particular situations 36 scone n 烤饼 茶点蛋糕 Small biscuit 37 selflessness n 无私Unselfish 38 shield v 保护 防御 Protect keep safe There was a strong wind She shielded her eyes with her hands shield n 盾 A piece of armour carried on the arm to protect body when fighting a spear and a shield 39 single vt 选出 与out连用 Choose Lesson EightPage 5 of 11 40 snag vt 钩住 Catch on a snag 41 sop v 浸 湿透 Immerse all wet 42 sophistication n 复杂性 世故Learning the world well something complex the sophistication of the wealthy sophisticated adj 世故的 老练的Having lost natural simplicity complex a sophisticated machine sophisticate v 使复杂 使变得世故Make complex Her experience sophisticated her 43 swirl v 旋转 Flow in a circular current 44 triangular adj 三角的 三角形的Having three angles forming or shaped like a triangle 45 vanilla n 香草精A distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans 46 wormwood n 苦艾 47 inedible adj 不适宜食用的Not suitable for food Text Explanation 1For nearly a year I sopped around the house the Store the school and the church like an old biscuit dirty and inedible For nearly a year I spent most of my time on the house the Store the school and the church like an old biscuit dirty and not suitable for food Lesson EightPage 6 of 11 2Mrs Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black Stamps Mrs Bertha Flowers 是Stamps 黑人中的贵贵妇妇人人 3She had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather She had a fine control of her movement to appear warm in the coldest weather 4 and on the Arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirl around cooling her and on the Arkansas summer days she seemed to have a breeze of her own which swirled around cooling her 5Her skin was a rich black that would have peeled like a plum if snagged Her skin was a vivid deep black that would have peeled like a plum if it had been snagged When rich is used to modify colour means strong and attactive if snagged means if it was torn open by something sharp 6 to ruffle her dress 弄弄皱皱她她的的衣衣服服 实实际际上上指指 轻轻浮浮或或轻轻率率地地对对待待她她 即即 to trifle with her Lesson EightPage 7 of 11 7She didn t encourage familiarity She didn t give people the courage to become intimate with her 8It would be safe to say that she made me proud of be Negro just by being herself It would be safe to say that she made me proud of be Negro just by being a black woman with such a noble personality 9I ve been meaning to talk to her I ve been intending to talk to her 10 They gave each other agegroup looks They gave each other meaningful llis looks that were exchanged among and understood by people of the same age group 11 but that it s all written but it s all written work referring to her school work 12 I hung back in the separate unasked and unanswereable questions hang back hesitate 指指胆胆小小 怕怕羞羞而而畏畏缩缩 Lesson EightPage 8 of 11 13 which separates him from the lower animals which makes him different from the lower animals 14 It takes the human voice infusing them with the shade of deeper meaning 需需要要人人的的声声音音赋赋予予它它们们更更深深的的含含义义 15 I ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled I ll not accept any excuse if you return a book that has not been well read 16 Death would be too kind and brief I deserved more than death 17 but my mind never recorded it but my mind never formed a picture of it 18 Although she warned that she hadn t tried her hand at baking sweets for some time to try one s hand at something means to try a new activity in order to see if you are good at it or if it interests you Lesson EightPage 9 of 11 19 She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy 她她对对我我说说我我应应该该总总是是不不能能容容忍忍无无知知 因因为为无无知知是是不不学学习习的的后后果果 但但要要理理解解文文盲盲 因因为为文文盲盲往往往往是是因因为为贫贫穷穷 而而被被剥剥夺夺了了受受教教育育的的机机会会 20 She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit mother wit means natural innate wisdom 天天生生的的智智慧慧 21 Her voice slid in and curved down through and over the words 她她的的声声音音抑抑扬扬顿顿挫挫 每每个个词词如如行行云云流流水水一一般般 22 behind the sophistication of years afer years of complicated adult life experience 23 The essence escapes but its aura remains I have forgotten the contents of the books but the glamour and feeling that come from the books remain 24 Childhood s logic never asks to be proved A child s thinking or reasoning never needs to be proved whether it is right or wrong Lesson EightPage 10 of 11 25 settled people people who have settled down in one place and become used to the way of life there and also financially comfortable 26 but these days The unfinished sentence might mean but these days life is so hard for the blacks 27 let alone snag her skin let alone means not to mention 更更不不必必说说 He never gets up early on weekd