新视野大学英语第二册读写教程unit6

1、Are you satisfied with your name?YES?NO?orIntensive Study As His Name Is, So Is He! 1 For her first twenty-four years, shed been known as Debbie a name that didnt suit her good looks and elegant manner. “My name has always made me think I should be a cook,” she complained. “I just dont feel like a D

2、ebbie.”2 One day, while filling out an application form for a publishing job, the young woman impulsively substituted her middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie. “That was the smartest thing I ever did,” she says now. “As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie, I felt more comfortable with m

3、yself and other people started to take me more seriously.” Two years after her successful job interview, the former waitress is now a successful magazine editor. Friends and associates call her Lynne. Intensive Study 3 Naturally, the name change didnt cause Debbie/Lynnes professional achievement but

4、 it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her talents. Social scientists say that what youre called can affect your life. Throughout history, names have not merely identified people but also described them. “ As his name is, so is he” says the Bible, and Websters Dictionary inc

5、ludes the following definition of name: “a word or words expressing some quality considered characteristic or descriptive of a person or a thing, often expressing approval or disapproval”. Note well “approval or disapproval”. For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or reserve, plainness

6、or charm may be suggested by your name and conveyed to other people before they even meet you.Intensive Study 4 Names become attached to specific images, as anyone whos been called “a plain Jane” or “just an average Joe” can show. The latter name particularly bothers me since my name is Joe, which s

7、ome think makes me more qualified to be a baseball player than, say an art critic. Yet, despite this disadvantage, I did manage to become an art critic for a time. Even so, one prominent magazine consistently refused to print “Joe” in my by-line, using my first initials, J.S., instead. I suspect tha

8、t if I were a more refined Arthur or Adrian, the name would have appeared complete.4. 名字成为附加到特定的图片名字成为附加到特定的图片,那些被称为那些被称为“纯简纯简”或或“平均乔平均乔”可以显示。后者的名字可以显示。后者的名字特别困扰我特别困扰我,因为我的名字是乔因为我的名字是乔,而有些人认为而有些人认为让我更有资格成为一个棒球运动员比让我更有资格成为一个棒球运动员比,说一个说一个艺术评论家。然而艺术评论家。然而,尽管这个缺点尽管这个缺点,我设法成为我设法成为一个艺术评论家。即便如此一个艺术评论家。即便如此

9、,一个著名的杂志一个著名的杂志一直拒绝打印一直拒绝打印“乔乔”在我的副业在我的副业,使用我的第使用我的第一个名字的首字母一个名字的首字母,J.S.二人二人,而不是。我怀疑而不是。我怀疑,如果我是一个更精致的亚瑟或艾德里安如果我是一个更精致的亚瑟或艾德里安,会出会出现完整的名称。现完整的名称。elegant elintadj.(图案设计、式样、服饰等)优美的，漂亮的，雅致的，精致的(举止、风度、仪态、动作等)文雅的，高雅的，优雅的，风雅的(陈设、风格、生活方式等)讲究的；精美的(趣味、习惯、语言、文体等)典雅的，格调高的；精确的，简洁的，简练的，洗练的(配制或制作食物)精致的，质量优良的，上等的

10、，第一流的口语极好的；优良的；精制的application ,plikeinn.应用，适用；实施，使用；尤指搽(粉)，涂(油)，涂抹运用敷用；施用；敷贴，涂抹(尤指药物)用法；用途，用处适用性；合用；实用性；有用性请求；申请申请书，申请表；求职书impulsivelyadv. impulsive的变形impulsive implsivadj.冲动的，易冲动的由冲动造成的，由一时情感所驱使的推动的；推进的；有推动力的【物理学】冲力的substitutedvt. substitute的变形substitute sbstitju:t; -tu:tn.代替者，代理人替换者；替补运动员；代人应征入伍者替

11、代物，代用品【语法学】代用词；代用语(如用 to 代替不定式短语，用 do代替句子等)苏格兰英语【法律】副职professional prufenladj.职业的；专门的美国英语从事脑力劳动职业的(尤指大学研究院的)以运动为职业的专业性的；(为)专业人员的职业性的，非业余的从事专门职业的非常内行的；极为称职(或胜任)的职业上的；同行中的talent tlntn.天才；天资，天赋才能，才干有才能的人，人才；总称有才能的人们演艺界明星(如演员、模特、表演家等)俚语、总称本地美人；当地尤物俚语、总称(赛马等的)老赌客【商业】内行古语性情，脾气definition ,difininn.(词或短语的)定

12、义释义；解说解释，阐明；下定义规定，限定，确定，限界，界定；描述明确性，鲜明性(线条、轮廓等的)清晰【电子学、摄影术】清晰度，分解力【光学】(透镜等的)分辨率；鲜明度characteristic ,krktristikadj.特有的，独特的；典型的；表示特性的；显示的特征的；有特色的，与众不同的n.特征，特色，特性，独特性；性质【数学】(对数的) 首数(环或域的)特征数特征，示性descriptive diskriptivadj.描写的，描述的，详述的，叙述的；说明的【语法学】(定语、其他修饰语或定语从句等)描述的，描写的；非限制性的参较limiting，restrictive(文章等)记叙体的系统的；(学科)描述性的，描写性的以事实(或经验)为基础的，有关事实(或经验)的approval pru:vln.同意；许可赞成，赞许，称许，嘉许正式批准，核准；认可复数【商业】包退换商品【集邮】(寄发集邮者供选购的)各种邮票短语:on approval 俚语(商品)供试用的，包退换的disapproval ,dispru:vln.不赞成，不承认，不同意，不