研究生英语阅读教程(提高级)Lesson 2

1、Language Points Clich 英 n.陈腔滥调陈腔滥调 I know thats a clich, but some clichs are true. 我知道这是陈腔滥调，但是有些陈腔滥调 则是正确的。 apocalypse n.世界毁灭；圣经新约之世界毁灭；圣经新约之启示录启示录；天启；大灾难；天启；大灾难 vCivilization is on the brink of apocalypse. 文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。 vHe proposed a series of measures that might ward off the environmental apocalyp

2、se. 他提出了一系列可能避免环境灾难的措施。 rip v.撕裂；扯开撕裂；扯开 n.裂口；裂缝；撕裂裂口；裂缝；撕裂 v I ripped my stocking on a nail. 一个钉子挂破了我的袜子。 vYou should rip the cover off the box first. 你首先应当把这个盒子的封套扯掉。 hover v.盘旋；徘徊；靠近（某事物），维持在某种不确定的状态盘旋；徘徊；靠近（某事物），维持在某种不确定的状态 n.盘旋盘旋 vAfter the alien spacecraft had hovered over the park for a short

3、 time, it vanished. 那只外星来的宇宙飞船在公园上空盘旋了一会儿之 后就不见了。 vHe hovered nervously in the doorway. 他在门口紧张地来回踱步。 unforgiving adj.不原谅的；不可宽恕的不原谅的；不可宽恕的 He made an unforgiving error under mistaken notion. 在错误的观念指导下 ,他犯了不可宽恕的错。 lest conj.惟恐；以免；担心惟恐；以免；担心 vHe took a flashlight lest it should get dark before he retur

4、ned. 为了预防回来以前天就黑了，所以他带着手 电筒。 vI got up early lest I should miss the train. 我早起以免错过了火车。 evoke vt.唤起；引起唤起；引起 vSongs can evoke old memories. 歌曲可以唤起往日的回忆。 vPieces of fine art may evoke emotional or spiritual responses in us. 一件件精美的艺术品可以唤起我们情感和精神上的 响应。 overlay v.覆盖；镀；铺覆盖；镀；铺上面上面 n.覆盖物；重叠；镀金覆盖物；重叠；镀金 vOve

5、rlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. 要包上纯金,四围镶上金牙边。 vAn overlay of wood covers the brick wall. 砖墙上覆盖了一层木板。 sarin n.沙林；甲氟膦酸异丙酯沙林；甲氟膦酸异丙酯(一种用作神经性毒气一种用作神经性毒气 的化学剂的化学剂) The Sarin is one of most terror-stricken chemical toxicants now. 沙林毒剂是目前化学恐怖威胁最大的一类毒 剂。 stoical adj.坚忍的；禁欲主义的坚忍的；禁

6、欲主义的 Thus he trudge along, stoical and uncomplaining. 他就这样坚忍无怨地蹒跚而行。 adversity n.不幸；灾难；逆境不幸；灾难；逆境 vHardship disposes man to meet adversity. 艰苦能让人适应逆境。 vHis struggle with adversity is fruitless. 他徒与不幸挣扎而毫无结果。 dissect v.解剖；切细；仔细研究；详细分析解剖；切细；仔细研究；详细分析 In spite of this some brave scientists did dissect

7、bodies. 尽管如此，一些勇敢的科学家仍坚持解剖人 体。 surreal adj.超现实的；离奇的超现实的；离奇的 vIf this sounds surreal, let me refine the last statement. 如果这听上去有些超现实，那么让我来提炼一下最 后一句吧。 vMeeting you here like this is positively surreal! 像这样与你在此相逢真好比一场梦!. recur vi.重现；再发生重现；再发生 vThis kind of problem is likely to recur. 这类问题可能还会发生。这类问题可能还会

8、发生。 vThe dream recur throughout her life. 这个梦在她的一生中反复出现。这个梦在她的一生中反复出现。 soothe v.缓和；使安静；安慰缓和；使安静；安慰 vHe smeared some balm on his hand to soothe the pain. 他在手上涂了些药膏来止痛。 vHe tried to soothe the crying child. 他试着去哄那个在哭的孩子。 flatiron n.熨斗熨斗 The table was badly charred by a flatiron. 这张桌子被熨斗烧焦。 upbeat n.上升

9、；上升；音音弱音拍弱音拍 adj.乐观的乐观的 Indicators for earnings momentum remain upbeat with more earnings upgrades than downgrades. 收益上升势头依然持续，对收益向上的调整多过向 下的调整。 The presentation ended on an upbeat note. 展示简报以乐观的语调结束。 hysterical adj.歇斯底里的；异常兴奋的；歇斯底里的；异常兴奋的；十分可笑的十分可笑的 vHis hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.

10、他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。 vHe is hysterical at the sight of the photo. 他一看到那张照片就异常激动。 horde n.群；游牧部落；移动群群；游牧部落；移动群 vA horde of children ran over the office building. 一大群孩子在办公大楼里到处奔跑。 vThere were hordes of people at the jumble sale. 废旧货物拍卖市场上人山人海。 incongruous adj.不协调的；不一致的；前后不一的不协调的；不一致的；前后不一的 vI found the

11、 scene somewhat incongruous. 我发觉布景有点不协调。 vA joke that was incongruous with polite conversation. 一个与礼貌谈话不相协调的玩笑。 vIt is a clich, as it is to talk of apocalypse and nightmare, but when something is beyond our experience, we reach for the points of reference we have. （IV 1）(para 2, line 3) vclich: 老生常谈

12、；陈腔滥调 vapocalypse: 世界末日 vreach for: 伸手去抓 v说到世界末日和噩梦又是老生常谈，但是当事情超出我们的 经验时，我们总会寻找现有的东西作为参照。 vIn Britain, where such vast natural disaster is unknown, perhaps this is the only connection we can make when we see whole communities ripped away by a tsunami, helicopters hovering over raging fires that go o

13、n for miles. (para. 2, line 6) vrip away: 扯掉; 除去 vhover over: 翱翔；悬停；盘旋于 v在英国从未发生过这种巨大规模的自然灾害，因此当我们看 到整个社区被海啸吞没、直升机在绵延数英里的大火上盘旋 时，世界末日就是我们唯一能想到的与此相关的事件 vLest you should ever forget the smallness of being human, the iconic Mount Fuji, instantly recognizable yet somehow different on every viewing, is a

14、n extinct volcano. (IV 2)（para 2, Line 2） viconic: 标志性的 vMount Fuji: 富士山 v唯恐你会忘记作为人类的渺小，标志性的富士山，虽然一眼 即能认出但不知何故每次观看又呈现出不同景象, 其实就是 一座死火山。 vIn the cities, people wait for and celebrate the cherry blossoms and autumn leaves that spring up from the earth as though to remind us that the concrete and neon

15、are a mere overlay. (para. 5, line 6) vspring up: 涌现；迅速生长；萌芽 voverlay: 覆盖 v在城市中，人们等待和庆祝从土地中长出的盛开的樱花和秋 天的红叶，仿佛在提醒我们，混凝土和霓虹灯只不过是表面 的装饰物。 vIt surprised me, over the following months that the gas attack seemed to dominate the national media coverage, whereas Kobe, after the initial weeks of horrifying f

16、ootage, slipped somewhat into the background. (IV 3) (para. 7, line 4) vfootage: 影片长度；素材；连续镜头 vslip into: 溜进,悄悄进入 v在随后的几个月里，让我吃惊的是毒气攻击似乎占据了国家 媒体报道的主要内容，而阪神大地震经过了最初几周骇人听 闻的电视报道后，已经退居次位了。 vIn Japan the catastrophe is in the past and the present and will be in the future. All practical considerations r

17、elating to earthquakesquake-proof buildings, emergency drills are handled with matter-of-fact efficiency, but the event, where it happens, is often kept at some distance. (para. 8, line 4) v而在日本，灾难发生在过去、现在，还会发生在将来。所有 与地震有关的注意事项抗震建筑、应急演练都会以 一种切合实际的效率得到处理，但当灾难发生时，人们却不 愿更多提及它。 vRather than immersing ou

18、rselves in the language of horror films and the end of the world, when the time is right to try to glimpse this new territory, we might for thought reach for a book by Japans most popular contemporary novelist. (IV 4) (para. 9, line 2) vimmerse: 使浸没于；沉浸在 vglimpse: 瞥见 v我们不能沉浸在恐怖片和世界末日的语言中；在合适的时间， 如果想

19、要了解这一新的领域，我们可以看看日本最流行的现 代小说家的一本书 vFrom the painful to the surreal to the gently touching, the anthology presents a series of psychological aftershocks. (para. 9, line 7) vsurreal: 超现实的；不真实的 vanthology : 不同作家的作品集 v从痛苦到超现实到自然感人，小说集描绘了一系列 的心理余震。 vIt is in Murakamis nature as a writer to be upbeat, but

20、these are plausible glimpses of optimism. (para. 11, line 2) vupbeat: adj.乐观的；快乐的；积极向上的 vplausible: adj. 有道理的；可信的 v村上作为一个作家本性是乐观的，但这种乐观是有 道理的。 vBut we should resist the temptation to imagine panicking hordes buying up all the food and fleeting the capital as the next part of our horror narrative. (I

21、V 5) (para. 13, line 1) v temptation: 诱惑 vpanic: v. 恐慌 panicking ：恐慌的 vbuy up：囤积；全部买进 v但是，我们不应该总想着成群结队恐慌的人们抢空所有食 物、逃离首都，把这些当成是恐怖故事的下一个情节。 vIn Japan change tends to happen not a dramatically or quickly, but quietly and with small shifts. It seems incongruous that, in the midst of this great catastrophe, the cherry blossoms will soon be out. (para. 14, line 2) vincongruous: adj. 不相称的；不协调的 vcatastrophe: n. 灾难；灾祸 v在日本，变化往往不会戏剧性