英语自考本科高级英语笔记-上册-Lesson Twelve.xls

Lesson TwelvePage 1 of 10 Lesson Twelve Why I write Words and Expressions 1adventure n 奇遇 冒险Strange and unusual happening The explorer told us about his adventures adventurous adj 惊险的 刺激的Full of danger and excitement They had an adventurous voyage 2aesthetic adj 美学的 审美的Relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics 3arresting adj 醒目的 引人注目的Attractive 4backbone n 脊柱 The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord 5bout n 一场 一回 一阵Round turn 6Burma n 缅甸 7compulsion n 强制Compelling or being compelled The government of Qing Dynasty singed a lot of unequal treaties under compulsion compulsive adj 强迫性的Having the power to compel This is a compulsive measure compulsory adj 必做的 必修的That must be done or required English is a compulsory subject for the students Lesson TwelvePage 2 of 10 8disagreeable adj 令人不愉快的Beastly 9downright adj 彻底的 完全的Completely 10 efface vt 擦去 抹去Wipe away wipe off 11 egoism n 自负 自我主义Self esteem 12 enthusiasm n 热情 热心 狂热Strong feeling of admiration ro interest The film moved the audience to enthusiasm enthusiastic adj 热心的 热情的Full of enthusiasm The enthusiastic fans of football are waiting outside the stadium 13 exhausting adj 让人筋疲力尽的Causing to be dog tired 14 facility n 熟练 灵巧Quality which makes learning or doing something easy He has a facility in learning languages facilitate v 使便利Make easy lessen the difficulty Moden machines facilitate our daily work 15 fluctuate v 波动 变动Move up and down Prices fulctuate according to the relationship between supply and demand fluctuation n 波动 变动Fluctuating movement We change our clothes with the fluctuation of temperature 16 grown ups n 成年人An adult person Lesson TwelvePage 3 of 10 17 guise n 姿态 伪装 Disguise 18 humbug n 空话 欺骗Beguilement 19 ingrained adj 天生的 固有的Natural born 20 immature adj 不成熟的Cracker barrel 21 inkpot n 墨水池Inkwell 22 integrity n 完善 正直Righteousness 23 lifeless adj 没有生气的 死板的Hidebound 24 mannerism n 习气 惯用的格调Habit 25 meticulous adj 过细的Superfine 26 muslin n 平纹薄棉布Plain woven cotton fabric 27 narcissistic adj 自我欣赏的Self loving self appreciating 28 naturalistic adj 自然主义的Realistic 29 ornate adj 华丽的Flowery 30 outgrow vt 长得比 快 过大而不适于 Grow too large or too mature for 31 outweigh v 更有价值 更重Be greater in weight value or important than We can carry out the plan because the adventages of it outweigh the disadvantages 32 pamphletter n 小册子作者Anthor of a pamphlet 33 perverse adj 反常的Abnormal Lesson TwelvePage 4 of 10 34 picturesquely adv 生动的 形象化的Actively make visualizing 35 posterity n 后代 后世Offspring 36 readable adj 有趣味的 有可读性的Worthy to be read 37 reconcile vt 协调 使一致Harmonize 38 shiver v 发抖 颤抖 Quiver 39 simile n 明喻 A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds 40 slant vi 变歪 倾斜 Slope tilt incline 41 snub vt 斥责 冷落 Scold absent treated 42 squall n 尖声高叫 啼哭 Screech 43 thrill adj 令人激动的 Exciting 44 totalitarianism n 极权主义The principle of complete and unrestricted power 45 tortoiseshell adj 龟甲色的The color as turtle back tortoiseshell n 龟甲Turtle back 46 tumultuous adj 动荡的 纷乱的Queasy 47 truthfulness n 真实Realness 48 undervalue vt 过低估计Assign too low a value to 49 unsutiable adj 不合适的Not suitable Text Explanation Lesson TwelvePage 5 of 10 1I should have to settle down and write books settle down become used to a way of life or job etc He soon settled down in the new school and began to work hard 2I was the middle child of three but there was a gap of five years on either side I was the middle child among three children but I was five years younger than my elder brother and five years older than my younger brother 3I had a facility with words I had a natural ability to use words easily and well 4in which I could get my own back for my failure 在在我我自自己己的的小小天天地地里里 我我能能补补偿偿我我在在日日常常生生活活中中的的失失败败 In my private world I could make up compensate for my failure in everyday life 5and picture myself as the hero of thrilling adventures picture here means imagine Lesson TwelvePage 6 of 10 6but quite soon my story ceased to be narcissistic in a crude way but quite soon my story ceased to be in an offensive and rude way 7my non literary years the years when I was not engaged in wirting literary works 8So hee with difficulty and labor hard Moved on with difficult and labor hee 他他身身负负困困难难和和辛辛劳劳向向前前进进 身身负负困困难难和和辛辛劳劳的的他他 So he moved on with difficulty and hard labour he was with difficulty and hard labour 9but projected much earilier but started planning the writing of the novel much earlier 10 an emotional attitude from which he will never completely escape An emotional attitude is your feelings rather than thoughts and knowledge about something A person will always be influenced by his emotional attitude 11 to descipline his temperament Lesson TwelvePage 7 of 10 to guide and control his temperament He can t let his temperament have its own way or go wild without control 12 and avoid getting stuck at some immature stage A writer should grow more and more mature instead of stopping at some immature stage to get stuck means to be fixed in a place unable to move 被被固固定定住住 难难以以移移动动 13 Putting aside the need to earn a living 先先不不说说写写作作是是为为了了谋谋生生 14 to get your own back on grown ups who snubbed you in childhood to get revenge on grown ups who treated you badly in childhood To get one s own back on at someone means to punish someone in return for a wrong done to oneself We shall get back on you someday when we grow stronger 15 the firmness of good prose 优优秀秀散散文文紧紧凑凑的的结结构构 Lesson TwelvePage 8 of 10 16 and how they must fluctuate and how they must change 16 The Spanish war and other events in 1936 1937 turned the scale turn tip the scale s 改改变变形形势势 The bombing of Japan by nuclear bombs turned the scale of the war situation in Asia 17 And the more one is conscious of one s political bias the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one s aesthetic and intellectual integrity And the more one is aware of one s political bias the greater is the possibility to write things with political orientation without giving up one s aesthetic and intellectual honesty 18 In any case I find that by the time you have perfected any stle of writing you have always outgrown it 我我发发觉觉一一旦旦一一位位作作家家使使他他的的某某种种文文体体臻臻于于完完善善时时 他他总总是是已已经经超超越越了了这这一一文文体体 to have outgrown the style means you have further improved your style and no longer enjoy the style you used to employ in writing 19 to efface one s own personality Lesson TwelvePage 9 of 10 not to allow one s own personality to appear in one s writings 20 was betrayed into purple passages I was seduced into writing passages that use very ornate and exaggerated language 我我会会陷陷入入写写华华而而不不实实的的篇篇章章 21 and store them up for the use of posterity store up collect and keep for future use 积积累累 储储备备 She stored up a lot of information to write this article 22 It is simply a question of which side one takes take side support Which side do you take in the debate We should take the side with justice 23 It is