英语自考本科高级英语笔记-上册-Lesson Ten.xls

Lesson TenPage 1 of 13 Lesson Ten The Tenth Man Words and Expressions 1abrupt adj 突然的Unexpected 2aide de camp n 副官 侍从武官lieutenant 3allotment n 分配Distribution 4alphabetical adj 按字母顺序的Arranged in order according to the alphabet 5Alsatian n 法国阿尔萨斯人 Alsatian adj 阿尔萨斯人的 6asphalt n 沥青路 沥青 7astonish v 使惊讶 使惊愕Surprise greatly astonishment n 惊讶 惊异Great surprise 8beforehand adv 预先In advance 9cell n 小牢房 小房间Any small compartment 10 charade n 看手势猜字谜 11 compassionate adj 显示同情心的Showing or feeling compassion We are compassionate for the refugees compassion n 同情 怜悯Pity We gave the money to the beggar out of compassion Lesson TenPage 2 of 13 12 constriction n 压迫的感觉Feeling of being constricted a constriction in the chest constrict v 收紧 压缩Make tight or smaller a constricted idea 13 contemptuous adj 表示轻蔑的Showing contempt He is contemptuous at the meeting contemptible adj 可鄙的 卑劣的Deserving contempt It is contemptible to behave like this contempt n 轻视 蔑视Mental attitude of despising He showed contempt to his classmate 14 cowardice n 胆怯Cowardliness 15 daunt vt 使胆怯 威吓 Cause to lose courage 16 delivery n 说话方式Manner of speaking His lecture was good but his delivery was poor 17 delude vt 哄骗Be false to be dishonest with 18 disquiet n 焦虑 不安Anxiety 19 draw n 抽签 The act of drawing or hauling something 20 elusive adj 难琢磨的 躲闪的Be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind Lesson TenPage 3 of 13 21 enmity n 敌意 敌对The feeling of a hostile person 22 excavation n 挖掘Excavating or being excavated This is an excavation of Qing Dynasty excavate v 挖掘 发掘Make uncover by digging They are excavating a tunnel 23 even adj 均等的 偶数的 Equal in degree or extent or amount or equally matched 24 gamble v 赌博Money that is risked for possible monetary gain 25 greengrocer n 水果蔬菜商A grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables 26 grievance n 怨愤 气恼A complaint about a real or imaginary wrong 27 implore vt 恳求 哀求Call upon in supplication entreat 28 inexperience n 缺乏经验 不老练Lack of experience She didn t get the job because of her inexperience inexperienced adj 无经验的Lacking experience She is an inexperienced teacher becauseshe has just graduated from school 29 legality n 合法性Lawfulness 30 legible adj 易读的 清楚的Handwriting that can be read easilily legibility n 易读的字Easily read handwriting 31 legible hand n 字迹清楚 Lesson TenPage 4 of 13 32 mustache n 小胡子An unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip 33 number off报数 34 nag at困扰 使烦恼不安 Worry 35 odds n 可能性 Possiblity 36 overdone adj 做得过火Do something to an excessive degree 37 penciled adj 用铅笔写的Drawn or written with a pencil 38 pince nez n 夹鼻眼镜Spectacles clipped to the nose by a spring 39 quiet vt 使平静 Calm 40 ration n 定量配给 The food allowance for one day 41 refasten vt 重新系上fasten again 42 rite n 仪式 An established ceremony prescribed by a religion 43 roll of beddingn 铺盖卷 44 sacrifice n 牺牲之物The giving up of something of great value to oneself Parents often make sacrifice in order to educate their children sacrifice v 牺牲利益 生命等Give up as a sacrifice The soldier sacrificed his life to save the drowning child 45 shameful adj 可耻的Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame 46 shuffle vt 混合 洗牌Mix Lesson TenPage 5 of 13 47 sullenly adv 闷闷不乐地In a sullen manner 48 sum up总结 归纳Summarize 49 syllable n 音节A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme 50 unaccountable adj 无法解释的 不可理解的 Not to be accounted for or explained 51 undecided adj 犹豫不决的Not brought to a conclusion undetermined 52 undo vt 解开 Unfasten 53 unfasten vt 解开Undo 54 unlighted adj 未点燃的Not lighted 55 unreal adj 不真实的Artificial 56 waistcoat n 西装背心A man s sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat 57 will vt 意欲 运用意志力 Be going to having in mind 58 wily adj 狡猾的 Marked by skill in deception 59 yawn vi 打哈欠 Utter a yawn as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired Text Explanation 1this one was very young with inexperience even in the shape of his mustache 他他非非常常年年轻轻 从从他他胡胡子子的的形形状状看看 他他很很缺缺乏乏经经验验 Lesson TenPage 6 of 13 2 but the irony was overdone and the delivery that of an amateur actor 但但冷冷嘲嘲做做过过了了头头 他他说说话话的的方方式式就就像像一一个个业业余余演演员员 delivery means the way of speaking or performing in public amateur used as an adjective here means poor not good It means the delivery was the kind of an amateur actor 3The whold scene was as unreal as a charade 整整个个场场面面就就像像看看手手势势猜猜字字谜谜游游戏戏那那样样虚虚假假 charade here has a double meaning a piece of ridiculous pretence or absurd behaviour and a game in which a one person acts the meaning of a word or phrase and the others have to guess what it is 4Well now you ve to pay the hotel bill The speaker is trying to be humourous It means they have to pay with their lives for the stay in the cell 5This was just a line in his charade he couldn t sacrifice 这这是是他他矫矫饰饰时时不不能能省省略略的的一一句句话话 6The funeral rites will begin at seven tomorrow morning 死死刑刑将将在在明明天天早早上上七七点点执执行行 Lesson TenPage 7 of 13 7Charvel wondered for a moment what syllable had been acted 查查维维尔尔忽忽然然很很想想知知道道他他打打的的手手势势是是什什么么字字 8Unless it is thought that we should go by ages the oldest first 除除非非按按年年龄龄决决定定 最最老老的的先先去去死死 To go by means to act according to 9It s the way of nature 这这是是自自然然规规律律 10 Why should the married get off 为为什什么么结结婚婚的的人人就就可可以以躲躲避避惩惩罚罚呢呢 to get off means to avoid punishment misfortune loss etc 11 as the owner of time he was bound to be the next victim as the owner of the watch he was bound to be the next victim to be shot because many watch owner in the cell had been shot their watches looted by the Germans be bound to certain to obliged to 一一定定 必必须须 They are bound to take their son to the park every weekend Lesson TenPage 8 of 13 12 This isn t the last draw we shall have 这这并并不不是是我我们们最最后后一一次次抽抽签签 即即以以后后德德国国人人还还会会要要我我们们自自己己决决定定下下一一批批谁谁该该去去死死 13 Picture to yourselves what it will be like in this cell if we have a privileged class the ones who are left to the end 你你们们自自己己想想想想 如如果果我我们们有有一一个个特特权权阶阶级级 由由于于种种种种原原因因没没被被选选去去枪枪毙毙而而活活到到最最后后的的人人 这这个个牢牢房房里里将将 会会怎怎样样 a privileged class refers to those people who because of various reasons enjoyed the privilege of not being chosen to be shot dead and would therefor remain alive till the end 14 We shall be left out of your fear You don t have to worry 你你们们不不必必担担心心 We shall be left out of your fear that we are the privileged class 15 But if the taxes were levied like this The implied meaning is it would be most outrageous and unfair if the taxes were levied like this 16 and make careful excavations as though he had one particular scrap of paper in mind 他他用用手手在在鞋鞋子子里里小小心心地地掏掏 就就像像是是要要掏掏到到他他心心里里想想要要的的那那张张 Lesson TenPage 9 of 13 17 This is it 就就这这张张了了 When you say This is it you mean that something you expected to happen actually happens or that you have reached an important point in a situation 18 He sat down and felt for a cigarette 他他坐坐下下开开始始找找烟烟 He sat down and began to search for a cigarette with the fingers without looking 19 The chances had suddenly grown in his favour from ten to one to fourteen to one 抽抽中中死死签签的的可可能能性性突突然然变变得得对对他他有有利利 从从十十比比一一变变成成了了十十四四比比一一 in somebody s favor to the advantage of somebody 对对 有有利利 The new exchange rate is in our country s favor 20 any mark of pleasure was taboo Any expression of pleasure must be avoided because the first man had drawn one of the marked lots 任任何何高高兴兴的的表表示示都都要要避避免免 Lesson TenPage 10 of 13 21 one couldn t mock the condemned man by any sign of relief 没没有有人人用用得得到到宽宽慰慰的的表表示示来来使使将将要要被被枪枪毙毙的的人人失失望望 A condemned man is one who is going to be punished by death 22 Again a dull disquiet extended its empire over Chavel s chest 查查维维尔尔心心中中充充满满了了一一种种隐隐隐隐约约约约的的不不安安 23 he said with a thin undecied smile 他他带带着着淡淡淡淡的的 犹犹豫豫不不决决的的微微笑笑说说 undecied because he couldn t decide whether he should smil or not 24 He only wanted someone to make a move and break up the table 他他只只希希望望有有人人能能采采取取行行动动来来结结束束这这场场游游戏戏 Here table is used to indicate the game breadk up the table means end the game 25 a scrap of writing a small piece of writing Lesson TenPage 11 of 13 26 From that point the odds seemed to move toward Chavel with a dreadful inevitability 从从那那时时开开始始 死死签签对对于于查查维维尔尔来来说说越越来来越越可可怕怕 越越来来越越不不可可避避免免 The odds against him seemed to move toward Chavel with a dreadful inevitable consequence of drawing the death lot 27 They were like a pointing finger They refering to odds were pointing at him as if to indicate that he was going to be the next victim 他他们们好好像像用用手手指指着着他他 说说他他就就是是下下一一个个牺牺牲牲者者 28 they seemed to Chavel to have some inner information to know that he was the one 在在查查维维尔尔看看来来 他他们们好好像像都都有有内内部部消消息息 知知道道他他就就是是抽抽死死签签的的人人 that he was the one means he was the one to draw the third slip of paper marked with a cross 29 that this one had been willed on him by his companions 这这个个签签是是他他的的同同伴伴的的意意志志强强加加给给他他的的 That this one had been forced on him by his companions silent exertion of the will Lesson TenPage 12 of 13 30 he belonged to an unaccountable class 他他属属于于一一个个无无法法理理解解的的阶阶级级 To the common people Chavel belonged to a class that is difficult or even impossible to explain and understand 31 just as a traveler stepping off the liner at a foreign port for luncheon sums up a nation s character forever in the wily businessma