英语自考本科高级英语笔记-下册-Lesson Fourteen 2.xls

Page 1 of 14Lesson Fourteen Lesson Fourteen Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Words and Expressions 1agitation n 摇动 激动A mental state of extreme emotional disturbance She was in a state of agitation agitate v 摇动 鼓吹Cause to be agitated excited or roused Workers in that factory agitated for higher wages agitated adj 不安的 焦虑的Troubled emotionally and usually deeply agitator n 搅拌器 煽动者One who agitates a political troublemaker 2air raid shelter n 防空洞 3alder n 赤杨树 4arse n 屁股 5bang n 爆炸声A vigorous blow 6breadth n 宽度 广度The extent of something from side to side 7bump up增加 提高 8catch netn 捕鱼网 9chop n 颚 10 clog vi 缠住 堵塞 Become or cause to become obstructed Page 2 of 14Lesson Fourteen 11 copper n 警察Policeman 12 corporal n 下士A noncommissioned officer in the army or airforce or marines 13 cunning n 狡猾Shrewdness in deception 14 curtains n 死亡 完蛋 灾难Any barrier to communication or vision 15 curving adj 弯曲的Not straight having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded 16 decay vi a mouthful 38 nibble vt 啃 一口一口地咬Bite off very small pieces 39 rebate n 退款A refund of some fraction of the amount paid 40 reed n 芦苇 41 rope in劝诱 使人上当 42 rot vi 腐朽 Page 4 of 14Lesson Fourteen 43 scabies n 疥疮 44 siren n 警报器 A warning signal that is a loud wailing sound 45 sling vt 吊 Hurl as if with a sling 46 slop n 乏味 低质食物 Wet feed especially for pigs consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk 47 splutch n 啪的一声 48 squamous adj 鳞片状的 49 solitary adj 单独的 偏僻的Lacking companions or companionship The old woman lives a solitary life solitude n 孤独 偏僻A state of social isolation Tom liked to live in solitude 50 stilled adj 由动变静的Cause to be quiet or not talk 51 tasty adj 美味的 可口的 Especially pleasing to the taste 52 to the hilt到极点Completely 53 towpath n 纤路 牵道A path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats 54 tranquility n 平静 安宁A state of peace and quiet I like to enjoy the tranquility of the countryside tranquil adj 安静的 稳定的Free from disturbance The general s childhood was tranquil tranquilize v 使安静 使镇定Make calm or still tranquilizer n 镇静剂 安定药 A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity Page 5 of 14Lesson Fourteen 55 urinate vi 小便Eliminate urine 56 vigorous adj 有力的 精力充沛的Strong and active physically or mentally You can be more vigorous if you take exercise vigorously adv 精神饱满地 有力地With vigor in a vigorous manner vigor n 精力 活力Active strength of body or mind The young manager described his grand plan with vigor 57 whirlpool n 漩涡 A powerful circular current of water usually the resulting of conflicting tides 58 willow sleeved adj 两边有柳树的 59 yawn vi 打哈欠 Be wide open 60 sturdy adj 强健的 坚定的Substantially made or constructed 61 reel n 轮 盘 卷 A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector 62 plot n 小块土地 A small area of planted ground 63 clap v 鼓掌 轻拍 Clap one s hands together 64 clamp v 夹住Fasten or fix with a clamp 65 avid adj 渴望的 Marked by active interest and enthusiasm 66 ditchwater n 沟中的水 67 slump v 衰退A noticeable decline in performance 68 plague n 瘟疫 Page 6 of 14Lesson Fourteen 69 leap v 跳跃 Move forward by leaps and bounds 70 hedge n 树篱A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes 71 fair hair 金黄色的头发 72 patch n 片 A small contrasting part of something 73 pupil n 瞳孔 Contractile aperture in the iris of the eye 74 panic n 恐惧 惊恐 An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety 75 glow v 发光 Emit a steady even light without flames 76 scatter vt 驱散Move away from each other 77 bob v 来回动 Move up and down repeatedly 78 gut n 内脏 肠子 79 spine n 脊背 80 rattle v 喋喋不休 Shake and cause to make a rattling noise Text Explanation 1at an elbow close to somebody or something 靠靠近近 在在近近旁旁 His secretary is always at his elbow to help him Page 7 of 14Lesson Fourteen 2old men on their last legs old men in very bad condition and about to die 3A soundless and minuscular explosion of water caught his eye A sudden soundless and slight moving of the water attracted his attention catch one s eye attract one s attention 引引起起注注意意 The dress in the window caught her eye when she passed store 4away from it all away from all the bother 5 as you sat on the lavatory as you sat on the toliet 6the things that came to you the things that you thought about 7For himself his own catch had been made and he would have to wrestle with it for the rest of his life Page 8 of 14Lesson Fourteen And he had to fight with the unpleasant working and living conditions for the rest of his life 8in a way of speaking in some ways though not exactly 不不妨妨说说 可可以以说说 9then you were roped in by a factory had a machine slung around your neck to rope in to persuade somebody to do something when he she does not want to to have a machine slung aroud one s neck has the meaning of somebody being tried to the manual labour of factory and weighed down with overwork 10 and then you were hooked up by the arse with a wife and then you were tied to your wife sexually 11 Mostly you were like a fish Most of the time you were like a fish Page 9 of 14Lesson Fourteen 12 Without knowing what you were doing you had chewed off more than you could bite and had to stick with the same piece of bait for the rest of your life Without knowing what you were doing you had been engaged in something that you were not able to cope with and you would suffer from it for the rest of your life 13 he could still disengage his mouth from thenibbled morsel he could give up what he had got or what he was doing 14 that would be no life at all that kindl of life would not be worth living 15 which will probably bump it up to a couple of hundred to bump up means to suddenly increase by a large amount 16 So they would be sitting pretty to be sitting pretty means to be in very good or favorable position Page 10 of 14Lesson Fourteen 17 an earthquake to crack it in two and collapse the city around them an earthquake to break up England into two blocks and cause the city to fall into the crack 18 to get something out of life to achieve something in life 19 One more chance I now give you one more chance to live 20 its curtains for em its death for em 21 This time it was war This time he wouldn t be benevolent and merciful and would endeavor to catch a fish There is no benevolence and mercifulness in war 22 It s trouble for you and trouble for me and all over a piece of bait Page 11 of 14Lesson Fourteen Trouble for the fish because once it is caught it means death Trouble for me because it will take my time energy and skill to catch the fish all over a piece of bait means all this trouble just because of a piece of bait 23 And trouble fighting everyday when we re fighting up to the hilt fight means struggling to attain some end up to the hilt completely as much as possible 完完全全地地 彻彻底底地地 His guilt was proved to the hilt 24 Fighting with mothers and wives fight means to be engaged in conflict with 25 If it s not one thing it s another If we don t fight with one thing we fight with another There is no getting away 26 because trouble it s always been and always will be there has always been trouble and there always will be trouble There is no end of it 27 Slung into khaki at eighteen and when they let you out Page 12 of 14Lesson Fourteen Called up for military service at eighteen and when you were released from military service 28 grabbing for an extra pint trying to have another pint of beer 29 doing women at the weekend and getting to know whose husbands are on the night shift having sex with women at the weekend and trying to find out which women s husbands are on the nightshift so that you can have their wives during the absence of those husbands 30 working with rotten guts and an aching spine 拼拼命命地地干干活活 干干得得全全身身疼疼痛痛 31 Well it s a good life and a good world all said and done all said and done is the simplified form of when all is said and done has the meaning of after all 32 if you don t weaken if you don t grow weak physically and mentally In other words if you remain strong and never give up fighting Page 13 of 14Lesson Fourteen 33 the big wide world hasn t heard from you yet you have not done anything great that will shake the world or that will mak