泛读Unit 6-9.doc

Unit 6Foster: 促进，培养，鼓励A cofounder of : 创始人之一Disney Animation Studios: 迪士尼动画公司A string of hit movies: 一系列的热门电影A major motion picture studio: 一家大的电影制片厂Astound sb.: make sb surprised Track record: 历史记录Culminate: reach the highest point 达到顶峰Release: 发行，推出Blockbuster: 轰动一时的电影，热卖的畅销书Secure dozens of patents: 获得了许多的专利Flop: complete failure 惨败 Adherence: 坚持，遵守，Merger: joining together 合并Transferable: 可推广的Sustainable: 可持续的 Solo act: 个人行为Arduous: 困难的，艰巨的，费力的Sort through：分类，整理Downright: 完全地，毫不含糊地Brandnew: completely newAssert: 声称，断言Mandate: 命令，要求Unleash everyones creativity: 释放每一个人的创造力Conviction: 坚定的信念或主张Give sb free rein: 给某人完全的行动自由Exhilarating: excitingLast but not least 最后还有重要的一点Stick together: stay with each other and support each other 团结一致，相互支持 Crystallize: 成形，形成Iterate: do it repeatedly 重复Pull together: 齐心协力Pull sth off: succeed in doing it 成功完成Screw sth up: cause it to fail 搞砸Mediocre: common, of average quality 平庸的Ingrained: steeped 根深蒂固的Leeway: freedom barness: utilize Pay lip service to sth.: 口头上支持，口惠而实不至Solicit help from sb: ask help form sbUnit 7Demise: end or death 消亡，死亡 The deceaseds remains 死者的遗体Autopsy: postmortem 验尸Be consigned to ：be put in 被放置在Resound: 回荡Be disquieted: be anxious 不安的，忧虑的A spell of 一段时间Fall suddenly and ferociously ill 突然得了重病 fierce and violentSuccumb to: 屈从于；感染；死于Bedridden: 卧床不起的Delirious: 神智昏迷的Lapse into a coma: 陷入昏迷Succor: assistance，aidAmount to : 意味着Sinister: evil, harmfulTop off: 完成，结束Jeopardy: dangerTake on 承担Deductive reasoning: 演绎推理Discount: 打折扣；排除Malformed: 畸形的Pump blood 输送血液Epidemic: 流行病Besiege ：assail包围Elicit : causeImmaterial 不重要的Coincidental 巧合的Formalize 确定Eulogy 悼词Prematurely : earlier than the proper timeInfectious: epidemic 流行性的Swollen 肿胀的Febrile 发热的Rashy 出疹子的Unit 8Excite his contempt and indignation 激起他的蔑视和愤慨Disgust 反感，厌恶Be so violently provoked 被如此猛烈地激怒Be excluded 被拒绝Go away in a passion 盛怒之下走开了Be very intimate with sb 与某人十分亲密Be so long and so widely current 如此长久广泛的流传着Implicitly 无疑问地，无保留地；含蓄地Sanction 认可，批准Resolve to do 决意做Flatter oneself 自以为是Dedicate sth to sb 将某物献给某人Courtly ：very politeSoothe: comfort 安慰Insinuate 暗示Conciliate 安抚，取悦Be peculiarly gratified 尤其地感到满足Be greatly obliged to sb 十分感激某人Undertake 承担Perusal 阅读In a state of anarchy (disorder)Hitherto 到目前为止Have recourse to sb 求助某人Expedient 权宜之计Nay more 不但如此，不仅如此Infallible 绝对正确的In the chair 在位期间Be wanting 不足的Importunately ：demandingly不断要求的 Resort to 采取，动用，诉诸于Despise the honeyed words 鄙视这种甜言蜜语Be indignant 愤怒的Be the dupe of such an artifice 成为如此诡计的上当者Fall a scribbling 乱写，舞文弄墨Posterity 子孙后代Proprietor 所有者Enchantment 魅力Forbear 克制Contend 竞争Push on my work 坚决将工作进行下去Repulse 击退；驳斥；拒绝A patron 赞助人，资助人，恩人；老主顾Encumber 妨碍，拖累Solitary 孤独的Impart :pass on 传授Providence ：god 上天Carry ones compliments to sb.向某人致意Manly behavior 大丈夫行为Assail: assaultAsperity: roughness Unit 9Preeminent: excellentCataclysmic: disastrousRevelation 意外的发现Wanax: king, ruler Precursor: forerunner Excavation: the act of diggingConsortium: group, an association 组合，联盟In archaeological parlance 用考古的话说 （jargon）Weather out of the soil：reveal form soilHeresy: 异端邪说Wed it to: combine it with与.相结合Bear on : solveSubversive: revolutionary 颠覆性的，革命性的Conventional: traditionalForeword: preface 序言 Retrace:折返；追溯Stagger off the bus: get off the bus unsteadilyPreside: hostA tortured plot of sth 面目全非 Screen ：筛选Fan out 以扇形散开Rugged : uneven 崎岖的Press on/ahead: push on 坚决地进行下去Luxuriantly 茂盛地Loot : take illegally 掠夺Scavenge: hunt 寻觅Catastrophe-proof 不受灾难影响的Log: record