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Blackmail Sentences Para 18 The words spat forth with sudden savagery all pretense of blandness gone Paraphrased sentence 7 The words were uttered angrily and sharply with great contempt and sudden rudeness as if he were spitting Ogilvie threw away all his pretended politeness 他此时凶相毕露 先前装出的那副温和劲儿荡然无存 absolute structure Para 19 The Duchess of Croydon three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her did not yield easily Paraphrased sentence 9 The Duchess was supported by her arrogance coming from parents of noble families for more than 3 hundred years so she did not give in easily 克罗伊敦公爵夫人 依仗着三个半世纪祖传下来的狂傲天性 并没有轻易就范 Para 20 Even the self assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant Paraphrased sentence11 For a brief moment Olgilvie felt unsure if his assumption about them was right But the moment was very short and passed quickly 欧吉维虽有那股自信劲儿 也不禁为之一震 Para 75 The Duchess of Croydon kept firm tight rein on her racing mind Paraphrased sentence 16 The Duchess kept firm and tight control of her mind which is working quickly 克罗伊敦公爵夫人极力控制自己那如脱缰野马般的思绪 thinking quickly but at the same time keeping her thoughts under control Para 75 her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil fat man and herself Paraphrased sentence 17 her husband now watches nervously and anxiously incapable of taking an active role in the deal between the Duchess and the vicious fat man 在她与这个存心恶毒的肥佬之间的激烈交锋中 她的丈夫只当了一名紧张而被动的旁观者 nominative absolute structure Para 97 Her eyes were riveted on his face her handsome high cheekboned features set in their most imperious mold Paraphrased sentence 20 Her eyes were fixed on his face firmly and her handsome and high cheeckboned features were set in a most arrogant and domineering manner 她目光紧紧盯住他的脸 同时她那漂亮 高颧骨的俏脸上展出一副霸道的神态 second part of the sentence nominaltive absolute construction with a noun Para 100 There must be no mistake no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind Paraphrased sentence22 She mustn t make any mistakes in her plan or waver in mind and show indecision or deal with the situation carelessly due to small mindedness In other words she had to take a big chance to do something very daring so she must be bold resolute decisive and rise to the occasion 克罗伊敦公爵夫人知道 接下来的行动也许会是她一生中所作出的最重大的决定 决不能 因自己的见识有限而出半点差错 决不能优柔寡断或举棋不定 Para 100 When you were praying for the highest stakes you made the highest bid Paraphrased sentence 23 When your reputation and career were at stake you had to pay the highest price 要想赢大钱 就得下大注 Para 100 She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt Paraphrased sentence 24 She must offer him so much money as to make sure that Ogilvie would undoubtedly agree to do what she would ask him to do however dangerous it was 她想利用这大肥佬的贪心大赌一场 而且恰到好处 使结果能保证万元一失 Vocabulary in Blackmail Para 1 Cryptic adj hidden secret mysterious difficult to understand Eg He has issued a short cryptic statement denying the spying charges She made a cryptic comment about how the film mirrored her life Para 1 Fray v become strained and irritated 使紧张 烦躁 Eg This kind of life was beginning to fray her nerves In the process of basketball contest tempers began to fray as the two teams failed to score Para 4 Sardonically disdainfully showing a feeling of being too good or important to consider a matter or person seriously scornfully cynically 嘲笑地 讥讽地 John noticed them quite clearly as he made his report and smiled sardonically to himself Some say sardonically that combat pay is good and that one can do quite well out of this war Para 4 Encompass v to surround on all sides to form a circle about enclose 包含或 包括某些事物 Eg No single document could encompass all the shades of interpretation Usually these needs are in abundance and encompass a variety of task Para 7 Incongruous adj not in harmony or agreement with not harmonious absurd inappropriate behavior 不协调的 不适宜的 Eg He could not have introduced a more incongruous proposal His private opinions were incongruous with his public statements Para 18 Blandness n gentle or polite in manner or talk 温和 柔和 Eg Blandness in the basic politics of the media became standard She said with false blandness Could you stay longer Para 19 Wrathful adj fml extremely angry 大怒的 恼怒的 Eg The wrathful crowd surged forward the rude man backed away in fear Meanwhile the Captain strode wrathful away to the council Para 19 Wither v to render speechless or incapable of action become weak dry up and die Eg Age cannot wither Herbing Industries unable to modernize have been left to wither Farmers in the Midwest in Grapes of Wrath have watched their crops wither because of drought conditions Para 26 Smug adj be pleased with oneself showing too much satisfaction with one s qualities position etc 沾沾自喜 Eg He had the smugness that many lawyers show I reckon she has good reason to feel smug Para 32 Reprovingly adv Expressing a blame or rebuke 表示职责地 Eg Even Thomas always dignified looked at her reprovingly The old man pointed his forefinger at the young man reprovingly Para 42 Concede v reluctantly accept sth as true usu suggesting the strength of the opponent s argument 承认 E g The lawyer refused to concede that the two cases were at all similar The diplomat claimed that we could not concede any of our territory Para 82 Incriminate to accuse of a crime or the other wrongful act 控告 有罪 使负罪 Eg He claimed that the drugs had been planted to incriminate him He had been forced to incriminate himself in cross examinations Para 97 Peremptory peremptorily intolerantly positive dictatorial dogmatic imperious 高傲的 武断的 专横的 Eg With a brief almost peremptory gesture he pointed to a chair The consular porter spoke peremptorily Para 97 Imperious proud and expected to be obeyed overbearing arrogant masterful domineering 傲慢的 专横的 盛气凌人的 Eg Her attitude is imperious at times A person who is imperious and tries to gloss over his fault is bound to suffer in the end Para 99 Comply v to act in accordance with another s command request or rule 顺从 The commander said that the army would comply with the ceasefire Candidates must comply strictly with these instructions Para 100 Vacillation n the state of swinging indecisively from one opinion to another indecision 犹豫不定 踌躇不决 Eg His constant vacillation made him an unfit administrator You are expected to answer the call with immediate actions and not with vacillation Para 100Dally v act or move very slowly wasting time be slow or waste time 浪费 时间 延误 Eg How can you dally with such a serious problem He did not dally over the choice of a partner Hiroshima the Liveliest City in Japan Paraphrase And secondly because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to do with anything a Nippon railways official might say Page22 Paragraph1 Paraphrased sentence1 para 1 And secondly because I was choked with emotion and I was occupied with some sad thoughts which had no connection with what the Japanese stationmaster might say The tall buildings of the martyred city flashed by as we lurched from side to side in response to the driver s sharp twists of the wheel Page22 Paragraph3 Paraphrased sentence 7 para 3 The high buildings passed swiftly and when the driver made abrupt changes of direction we sometimes swung to one side sometimes to other side as a reaction to the swaying motion of the car As in Tokyo taxi drivers in Hiroshima often know little of their city but to avoid loss of face before foreigners will not admit their ignorance and will accept any destination without concern for how long it may take them to find it page 22 para 4 Paraphrased sentence 9 para 4 As in Tokyo taxi drivers in Hiroshima often do not know much of their city But in order to keep up dignity before foreigners they will not confess that they have no idea about the destination and will agree to go where they are asked to without caring how long it may take them to find it para 4 The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt Page23 Paragraph7 Paraphrased sentence 10 para 7 The rather striking picture of traditional Japan floating houses among high modern buildings represents the constant struggle between old traditional culture and new Western style This done I entered one of the low ceilinged rooms of the little floating house treading cautiously on the soft tatami matting and experiencing a twinge of embarrassment at the prospect of meeting the mayor of Hiroshima in my socks Page23 Paragraph8 Paraphrased sentence 11 para 8 After taking off my shoes I got stepped came into one of the low ceilinged rooms of the adrift houses I was not accustomed to walking in my socks so I walked carefully on the soft tatami matting suffering from a strong feeling of shame when I thought of had the expectation of meeting the mayor of Hiroshima in my socks Quite unexpectedly the strange emotion which had overwhelmed me at the station returned and I was again crushed by the thought that I now stood on the site of the first atomic bombardment where thousands upon thousands of people had been slain in one second where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony Page23 Paragraph9 Paraphrased sentence 12 para 9 Quite out of the expectation I was again overcome by a guilty conscience as I had been when I first arrived at the station And the thought that I now stood on the site of the first atomic bombardment once again overwhelmed me Here large numbers of people had been killed in a second while another large plenty of people died slowly and in great pain I was just about to make my little bow of assent when the meaning of these last words sank in jolting me out of my sad reverie Page24 Paragraph18 Paraphrased sentence 14 para 18 I was on the point of showing my agreement by nodding when I suddenly realized what he meant His words shocked me out of my sad dreamy thinking There are two different schools of thought in this city of oysters one that would like to preserve traces of the bomb and the other that would like to get rid of everything even the monument that was erected at the point of impact Page25 Paragraph25 Paraphrased sentence 15 para 25 There are two kinds of thoughts in this city one that would like to maintain and protect the signs of destruction caused by the bomb and the other that would like to wipe out everything even the monument that was constructed at the exact point over where the bomb exploded It is humiliating to survive in this city If you bear any visible scars of atomic burns your children will encounter prejudice on the part of those who do not Page26 Paragraph34 Paraphrased sentence 18 para 34 It is a disgrace for an atomic victim to remain alive in this city If you carry any visible scars of atomic burns your children will be looked down upon by those who are not atomic victims Vocabulary Difficult words and Synonyms Para 2 Preoccupation a state of mind in which you think about something so much that you do not consider other things to be important Eg Keats s poetry shows a profound preoccupation with the natural world He always takes his preoccupation with the educational cause Para 3 lurch make a sudden movement especially forwards in an uncontrolled way move suddenly from one course of action or attitude to another in an uncontrolled way Eg As the car sped over a pothole Sophie lurched forward The first round of multilateral trade talks between America and Japan has lurched between hope and despair Synonym lurch stagger sway rock Stagger walk very unsteadily Sway lean or swing slowly from one side to the other Lurch make a sudden movement especially forwards Rock move slowly and regularly backwards and forwards or from side to side Para 8 twinge a sudden sharp feeling or emotion usually an unpleasant one Eg Jon would have twinges of guilt occasionally even after the hurricane The manager could not help feeling a twinge of panic at the news Para 10 inibited Syn abstain refrain restrain Abstained deliberately stop doing whath you want to do Refrain deliberately not do sth restrain stop people from doing what they intended or wanted to do usually by using your physical strength Inhibit find it difficult to behave naturally and show their feelings implying it is bad slow down because of preventions Curb control it and keep it within limits examples Do you drink alcohol smoke or abstain He appealed to all factions to refrain from violence One onlooker had to be restrained by police Inflation needs to be curbed in America The high cost of borrowing is inhibiting investment by industry in new equipment Para 1 heinous Syn Heinous extremely evil or horrible 穷凶极恶的 无法饶恕的 Abominable very unpleasant or bad 令人不快 憎恶的 讨厌的 Atrocious emphasizing that its quality is very bad 造成恶劣伤害 恶毒的 残忍的 Examples Her life has been permanently blighted by his heinous crime committed in World War II The President described the killings as an abominable crime The food in the canteens is atrocious Para 22 cataclysm Syn Disaster a very bad accident such as an earthquake or a plane crash especially one in which a lot of people are killed 一般用词 不可预测的意外事故所造成的灾难或不幸 失败 Cataclysm an event that causes a great deal of damage destruction or personal distress more serious than disaster 严重 主观发生的剧烈变动或灾难 如洪水 地震等 Catastrophe an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage 突如其来的 极 严重的大灾难或灾祸 强调可怕性和突然性 examples Many had lost all in the disaster and were destitute If the world is to avoid environmental catastrophe advanced economies must undergo a profound transition The extinct volcano s eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city Para 25 preserve Syn preserve conserve reserve Conserve protect it from harm loss or change 保持完好 防止受到损失或伤害 Preserve remains as it is and does not change or end 保持某物品长时间良好的状态 Reserve keep a supply of something that is available for use when it is needed 保存 储备 食物 examples We need to preserve the forest The Government funded body is responsible for conserving historic buildings In the United States lanes are reserved for cars with more than one occupant Para 25 demolish Syn demolish destroy ruin damage spoil Demolish destroy it completely on purpose or by accidentally as a building and so on 拆毁 巨大的东西 推翻 拆除 Destroy cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more 摧毁 消灭 Ruin severely harm damage or spoil 毁坏 尤指完好的建筑或人生 Damage break it spoil it physically or stop it from working properly 损坏损坏 破坏破坏 毁坏毁坏 Spoil prevent it from being successful or satisfactory 弄糟弄糟 损坏损坏 破坏破坏 examples The building is now being demolished to make way for a motorway No one was injured in the explosion but the building was completely destroyed Grandfather was ruining his health through worry The sun can damage your skin It s important not to let mistakes spoil your life Para 34 humiliate Syn humiliate abase disgrace degrade humble Humiliate say or do something which makes sb feel ashamed or stupid 遭受奚落而感到 的 使丢脸 羞辱 Abase cause to feel shame hurt the pride of 使 谦卑 表示自谦 Disgrace emphasize that other people disapprove of them and do not respect them because of something that they have done 不光彩的 蒙羞的 Degrade cause people to have less respect for sb 降级 贬黜 Humble make you realize that you are not as important or good as you thought you were 降低 身份 地位 自卑 examples Tom s teacher continually humiliates him in maths lessons It is said Tess has disgraced womankind We hold the notion that pornography degrades women Nixon was not willing to abase himself before the nation I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story 高级英语整理高级英语整理 20160528 Exam Items for Advanced English Vol 1 I Vocabulary 1 x20 20 II Paraphrase 2 x10 20 III Reading 2 x10 20 IV E C Translation 4 x5 20 V Writing 20 x1 20 Face to Face with Hurricane Sentence Paraphrasing 10 para13 The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away The house shuddered and shifted from its foundations The sound of the hurricane was similar to the deep loud noise of a passing train a few yards away The house shook and was loosened from its foundations 狂风狂风就像在身边呼啸而过的列车就像在身边呼啸而过的列车一样发出震耳的响声 房屋在地基上一样发出震耳的响声 房屋在地基上晃晃 动移位动移位 11 para 17 John watched the water lap at the steps and felt a crushing guilt As John watched the water inch its way up the steps he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland contrast lap tap lightly crushing overwhelming 约翰望着海水约翰望着海水漫过一级一级的台阶漫过一级一级的台阶 心里 心里感到一阵强烈的内疚 感到一阵强烈的内疚 16 para20 Richelieu Apartments were smashed apart as if by a gigantic fist Richelieu Apartments were destroyed completely by the hurricane as if by a powerful fist simile then her voice trailed away Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped 老奶奶老奶奶独个儿唱了几句独个儿唱了几句 然后 然后她的声音就完全消失了 她的声音就完全消失了 19 para 27 Strips of clothing festooned the standing trees blowndown power lines coiled like spaghetti over roads The remaining trees were decorated with pieces of clothing the broken electrical wires which looked like a black spaghetti wined around over the roads metaphor clothing flowers simile like 尚未被风刮倒的树上尚未被风刮倒的树上结彩似地挂满被撕成布条结彩似地挂满被撕成布条的衣服 的衣服 吹断的电线吹断的电线像黑色的空心面一样像黑色的空心面一样盘盘 成一圈一圈地成一圈一圈地散在路面上 散在路面上 21 para 34 Janis had just one delayed reaction paraphrased Janis displayed rather late the exhaustion brought about by the nervous tension caused by the hurricane 詹尼斯对于这场灾难的反应詹尼斯对于这场灾难的反应则是过了几天才表现出来则是过了几天才表现出来 22 para35 It could have been depressing but it wasn t each salvaged item represented a little victory over the wrath of the storm Going through the wrecked home picking things could have a depressing effect but it didn t When they picked up some useful things they felt as if they had won some kind of a victory over the storm 这项工作原本让人感到沮丧这项工作原本让人感到沮丧但实则不然 每件但实则不然 每件幸存下来的物品幸存下来的物品都都代表着对这场愤怒的飓风代表着对这场愤怒的飓风 的小小胜利 的小小胜利 23 para39 We lost practically all our possessions but th