英语自考本科高级英语笔记-下册-Lesson Five 2.xls

Page 1 of 7Lesson Five Lesson Five Trifles Part One Words and Expressions 1breadbox n 放面包的大盒子Container used to keep bread or cake in 2businesslike adj 公事公办式的 xhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business 3coroner n 验尸官 A public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes 4homemaking adj 持家的The management of a houshold homemaker n 主妇 料理家务的人Someone especially a housewife who manages a household Mary is not only a good homemaker but also an excellent teacher homemade adj 自制的 手工的Made or produced in the home or by yourself I prefer to eat homemade cake 5load n 长条面包A shaped mass of baked bread 6pleat vt 打摺 编织Pleat or gather into a ruffle 7pneumonia n 肺炎 8preserves n 果酱 罐头水果 复数 Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar 9rocker n 摇椅A chair mounted on rockers 10 roller towel 两头缝接 环状毛巾A towel with the ends sewn together hung on a roller 11 sink n 洗涤槽 A water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe Page 2 of 7Lesson Five 12 slick v 使整洁 Give a smooth and glossy appearance as to one s hair 13 snoop v 打听 窥探Watch observe or inquire secretly It is impolite to snoop about other s privacy snooper n 打听者 窥视者A secret listener to private conversations snoopy adj 爱打听的 爱管闲事的Offensively curious or inquisitive She was fired because she was snoopy 14 strangle v 掐死 限制 阻止Squeeze the throat of This stiff collar is stangling me stranglehold n 勒颈 压制 束缚 A wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent s windpipe The new tariffs have put a stanglehold on our trade with them 15 trifle n 琐事 小事 Something of small importance Do not waste your money on trifels trifler n 吊儿郎当的人One who behaves lightly or not seriously trifling adj 微小的 不足取的Not worth considering It s a trifling matter Don t make such a fuss 16 wiry adj 人瘦长而结实的 Lean and sinewy 17 unbend v 松弛 放松Make less tight Leaving the examination room she unbent her mind Page 3 of 7Lesson Five unbending adj 坚持目标的 不改变的Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances We maintain on unbending atttitude toward this problem 18 pan n 平底锅 Wide metal vessel used in cooking 19 at the rear在后面 20 sheriff n 郡治安官 司法官The principal law enforcement officer in a county 21 attorney n 律师 代理人 法官 A professional person authorized to practice law conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice 22 be bundled up 穿很多 23 apron n 围裙 A garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing 24 queer adj 奇怪的 可疑的 Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected 25 do up收拾整齐 重新装修 26 twitch v 痉挛 抽动 抽搐Make an uncontrolled short jerky motion 27 unconcerned adj 不关心的 不忧虑的Lacking in interest or care or feeling 28 gallantry n 勇敢The qualities of a hero or heroine 29 pail n 提桶 An open topped and roughly cylindrical vessel 30 shove v 推 推挤 Push roughly 31 choir n 唱诗班 唱诗班的席位 A chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony 32 shawl n 披肩 围巾 An oblong piece of cloth used to cloak the head and shoulders Text Explanation Page 4 of 7Lesson Five 1are all much bundled up all of them wear a lot of clothes 2and would ordinarily be called more comfortable looking in ordinary times you would say she is cheerful relaxed looking woman 3and you know Frank and you know what kind of person Frank is 4a party telephone line a telephone line shared by two or more houses offices etc 5that I didn t know as that what his wife wanted made much difference to John It shows that even the neighbour knows that John Wright doesn t pay attention to his wife s needs that he decides things in the family and that the wife has no say 6And kind of done up She was roughly speaking dressed up Page 5 of 7Lesson Five to do up tidy oneself up to dress up properly 7Well can you beat the women Held for murder and worrying about her preserves The sheriff was very much surprised at Mrs Wright s worry about her preserves To him since she was arrested for murder she should worry about her own life not such unimportant things as preserves Can you beat that Have you ever seen or heard anything as surprising as that 8 that would point to any motive that would indicate why somebody should want to kill John Wright 9I shouldn t say she had the homemaking instinct I thingk that it is because she lacks the instinct to mak the home a cheerful place 10 I want to get the lay of things I want to find out the layout of things upstairs the arrangements of things upstairs 11 Of course it s no more than their duty You can t blame them They are only doing what their duty demands them to do Page 6 of 7Lesson Five 12 but I guess that deputy sheriff have got a little of this on but the deputy sheriff might have made the roller towel dirty 13 I wonder if it s all gone I wonder if all the jars containing her preserved fruit were broken 14 This all you was to take in Are these all the things you are going to take in to Mrs Wright 15 I want you to know I had my hands full yesterday I want you to know that I was very busy yesterday have one s hands full to be busy with something 忙忙于于做做事事 David always has his hands full with the work so he seldom goes shopping with his wife My daughter always has her hands full with her study 16 I spoke to Wright about it once before and he put me off I talked about a party telephone with Wright once before but he made excuses to avoid installing a telephone Page 7 of 7Lesson Five put somebody off make excuses and try to avoid 闪闪避避 敷敷衍衍 He tried to put me off with vague promises 17 To be sure Yes t