现代大学英语wisdomofbearwood难点重点

1、1 my fathers government job demanded that he go overseas every few years, so i was used to wrenching myself away from friends.(para1) demanded that he go：(not “went or “goes”) subjunctive mood every few years：used for showing how often sth happens，esp. when there is a regular time between them(每隔几年)

2、 wrench yourself away from：to twist and pull yourself away(or free) from2loving nature，however，i was most delighted by the endless patchwork of farms and woodland that surrounded our house(para2)loving nature，however：however，asbecause1 loved naturea patchwork of farms(fields)：farms that look like sm

3、all pieces of cloth of different colors when seen from far abovewoodland：a piece of land covered with trees3 in the deep woods that verged against our back fence，a network of paths almost everywhere，and pheasants rocketed off into the dense laurels as youwalked(para2) to verge against：to be close to

4、；to be at the edge or border of(this is a rare expression。 notice how the preposition against is used to mean next to”, “touching or hitting thesurface of”，e.g. a heavy rain was pattering against the windows he stood his stick against the wall the policeman was leaning against the doora net work of：

5、a system of lines，wires，roads，etc. that cross each other and are connected toeach other(一种网络)4 i spent most of my time roaming the woods and fields alone, playing robin hood(para3)to roam the woods(fields，streets，hills，etc.): idiomatic use of “roam”，as a transitive wordnormally it is used as an intr

6、ansitive verb as in “roam about, or roam around”“to roam” means to walk or travel and usuwithout any clear purpose5 keeping to myself was my way of not forming attachments that l would only have to abandon the next time we moved(para3) l did not try to make many friends because in that way i did not

7、 have to give up my friendship the next time i had to move to keep to oneselfto live a very quiet and private life and not do many things involving other people6through no design of my own(para3) not that i intended to do itnot that i planned it that wayjust by chance7to roam about his immense prope

8、rty(para4) property：land，buildings，or both together(房地产，庄园)8i started hiking there every weekend，up a long，sloping hill to an almost impenetrable stand of trees called bear wood(para4) an almost impenetrable stand of trees：trees growing so thick that they are impossible to go through or enter into s

9、tand：a group of trees growing in a given area 9. with tree trunks for pillars：with tree trunks serving or functioning as pillars draw students attention to the word “for” here more examples： with his torn shirt for paper and his bleeding finger for a pen，he wrote his last letter she just had a banan

10、a for breakfast with the green banana for glue，he fixed the radiator1 0my own breathing rang in my ears，and the slightest stirring of any woodland creature echoed through this private paradise(para4) i could even hear my own breathing，and even the lightest movement of any bird or animal in the wood

11、could be heard throughout this paradise 1 1i proceeded quietly, careful not to alarm a bird that might loudly warn other creatures to hide. (para.5) i moved on quietly creature：anything that is living(but not a plant)，usu. with a particular quality as in the following: all living creatures；a charmin

12、g creature；a terrible creature；a strange creature 1 2perhaps this is why the frail old lady i nearly ran into was as startled as i was(para6) frail：thin and weak，espbecause you have become old13 then, recovering quickly, she gave a welcoming smile that instantly put me at ease. (para.6)to put sb at

13、ease：to make sb feel relaxedmore examples of “at ease”： he always feels ill at ease in front of strangers the professor must be quite popularthe students all look at ease in his presencealso：to make sb at ease；to set sb at ease1 4a pair of powerful-looking binoculars dangled from her neck(para6) pow

14、erful：here it means“高倍的(望远镜)” notice the difference between binoculars and telescope or looking-glassbinoculars have two glasses(双筒望远镜)，and the word is made by putting together bi-, which means “two” and ocular” which means sth related to eyes1 5. yes, theyre wary, she said. but then, gamekeepers ha

15、ve been shooting them ever since they got here. theyre introduced，you know, not native. (para1 1) wary：careful，cautious，watchful，suspiciousalert gamekeeper：sb whose job is to look after birds and animals that are kept to be hunted on private landnotice the use of the word game” to refer to the anima

16、ls，birds，and fish at are hunted for food or as a sport to be introduced：to be brought into this place from somewhere else for the first time16anybody who knew this sort of stuff was definitely cool-even if she was trespassing in my special place (para.12)cool：this informal word is hard to define now

17、adaysit is loosely used to mean attractivefashionable，relaxed，etc，in a way people，espyoung people admire17would you care to join me?(para13) this is considered polite but formal，and is used to ask if sb wants to do sth1 8i had been warned against going off with strangers(para1 4) review the usual pa

18、tterns in which the word warn”is used：to warn that；to warn sb not to do sth；to warn sb against sth，etc i1 9extending her fine hand(para1 5) offering to shake hands with the boy “fine” here means small and attractively shaped，looking rather delicateremember the woman is old and weakdie, decease, expi

19、re, perish, pass away这些动词或短语动词均有“死，死亡”之意。die： 最普通用词，指某人或某物失去生命而永远不存在。decease： 正式用词，多指法律上的用语。expire： 委婉用词。从本义从肺部吐出气来引申为吐出最后一口气，断气而死。perish： 书面用词，多指夭折或不幸暴亡。 pass away is a euphemism for die. “去世”是“死”的委婉语。20to walk the fields(para1 7) notice that the word “walk” is usu. used as intransitive verb except

20、 in some idiomatic expressions. “to walk the fields” is one of them, which means to go over or along on foot other common expressions in which “walk” is used as a transitive verb： when people walk their dog, 1 wonder whether they ever realize that the dog would be much happier completely free in nat

21、ure than just being allowed a little walk every day there are no more buses at this hour. lets walk it its dark outsidei11 walk you home compare this with the use of the word “roam” in 521soon l saw a small brick cottage that glowed pinkly in the westering sun(para1 8) soon i saw a small brick cotta

22、ge shining with a pink color in the sun that was moving toward the westgaze, glare, stare, peer, glance这些动词都有“看，瞧”之意。gaze： 指出于羡慕、感兴趣、关心或惊异而长时间目不转睛地看。glare： 指用愤恨、凶狠或含敌意的眼光死死看着某人。stare： 侧重因惊奇、好奇、粗鲁无礼等而睁大眼睛看。peer： 指眯着眼睛仔细地或略为吃力地看。glance： 指匆匆地或粗略地一看，侧重心不在焉地、匆忙地看一眼。22glass-fronted cases containing figure

23、s of ivory and carved stone(para. 18) check students to make sure that they know the meanings of case and figure” in this context23i had made the best friend in the world(para23) notice that in the usual phrase “to made friends with”“friend” is always in the plural，e.g i dont think its difficult to

24、make friends with people who do not belong to your age group parents must try to make friends with their own childrenthey cant take their love and respect for granted it is wrong to say “i want to make friends (or make a friend)with him”we normally say “i want him to be my friend or l want to have h

25、im as my friend”24and my well of knowledge about natural history began to brim overat school，i earned the nickname “prof”(para24) notice the figurative use of the word “well” and the exaggeration of having knowledge “brimming over” to brim over：to have so much of sth that it begins to flow over the

26、edge of the containerit is used in the patterns：something is brimming over somebody is brimming over with something(love, confidence, knowledge, etc)two other expressions are similar in meaning： to overflow with to burst with25familiarity sometimes makes people physically invisible，for you find your

27、seif talking to the heart-to the essence, as it were, rather than to the face(para26) when people get to know each other really well, sometimes they dont notice physical changes. the boy did not see that his friend, the old lady, was getting weaker and weaker because all the time he was talking to h

28、er heart，rather than to her face essence：the most important quality of sth；the thing that makes sth what it is notice that “to talk to sbs essence” is not a common expression，but the author cant think of a better word，thats why he says “as it were”, which is used to describe sth in a way that is not

29、 quite accurate.26i eyed it as l went to the refrigerator(para28) to eye sth/sb：to observe or watch narrowly, often in suspicion, jealousy, or in longing，e.g the policeman eyed me in suspicioni think he thought l was drunk he eyed me up and down，not knowing whether he should believe my story as：duri

30、ng the time when；while(一面一面)27my mother was regarding me with a strange gentleness(para2 9) my mother was looking at me with a strange gentleness because she wanted to break the sad news gently so that l would not take it too hard28and i could tell she was having difficulty(para30) and i could see that she was having difficulty finding a suitable way to break the news29thanks to her help(para35) thanks to：because of notice that this is sometimes used ironically： now thanks to the r