精读第五单元

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rumbaba朗姆蛋糕◆rumbaba朗姆蛋糕asponge-like(海绵状的)cake,oftencontainingraisins/`rezn/葡萄干,andusuallysoakedinrumsyrup.起源于东欧的、历史极为悠久的焙烤蛋糕之一。原版是一种用鸡蛋和黄油来发酵的、制作成山顶造型的烤蛋糕，意大利和法国的版本则是外观呈圆环状、顶端常常装饰着鲜奶油和马拉斯奇诺樱桃的偏干型发酵蛋糕。因为烤得比较干，所以在准备食用时，除了需要在圆环中间的空心部分内填入装饰用的淡奶油和新鲜水果之外，还得把整个蛋糕都浇上香气扑鼻的朗姆酒（以甘蔗糖蜜为原料生产的蒸馏酒，口感甜润，芬芳馥郁），让干干的蛋糕变得湿润可口才行。rumAstrongalcoholicdrinkmadefromsugar,oraglassofthisdrink.朗姆酒（一种由糖制成的烈酒）一杯朗姆酒2.Weareworkingonyou,aren’twe?Sharon?We’resloelymeltingyoudown,are’twe?(Para.24)

wearetryingtopersuaeyoutoloseweight,aren’twe?Wearetryingto

meltyoufatdown,aren’twe?.Workonsbtotrytopersuadesbtoagreetosthor

todosth.Workonsthtotryhardtoimproveorachievesthtorment/anguish/torturetorment&torture都含“身体或精神上受痛苦”的意思。torment—“精神上外于较长期的痛苦或烦恼的状态下”

eg:Hesufferedtormentsfromhisachingteeth.

他牙痛得难受。torture—“精神上或身体上所受到的撕裂般的巨大痛苦”,

eg:Thecriminalisundergoingtorture.

犯人在受严刑拷打。anguishn.(极度)痛苦,苦恼inanguish

极度痛苦eg：Hecriedoutforanguish.他悲痛得哭泣起来。Greatphysicalpainormentalanguish.折磨极大的身体上的痛苦或精神上的烦恼(undaunted）:simplybecausesheisashadeoverweight.(para27)undaunted(adj)resolutelycourgeous勇敢地，无畏的Eg.Undauntedbyhisfirstsetback,hedecidedtotryoncemore.ashade稍微，有点儿Eg.Thisbookisashadetoodiffcultforchildren.Isaid,mindyourownbloodybusiness.(Para28)bloody很，太，非常的adj./adv.

toemphasizeacommentoranangrystatementinarudewaye.g.Don’tbesuchabloodyfool!不要做这样的傻瓜！Whatthebloodyhellareyoudoing?该死的，你到底在做些什么？stride，stroll，strut这些动词均有“行走，徒步”之意。

stride指疾步或有目的地行走，着重步子大而且节奏有力，流露出匆忙烦恼得意等情绪。

stroll强调缓慢、悠闲漫无目的地走动，而且走走停停。

strut指大摇大摆地走，含过分自信或自高自大意味，贬义。

1.Theywerestrollingthroughtheparkwithmanyarestonanysecludedbenchtheycameacross.他们在公园溜达，每碰见僻静处的长椅他们都要坐下来休息。2.Westrodethroughthestationafewminutesbeforethetrain'sdeparture.在火车离站前几分钟我们疾步穿过车站3.Thecandidatewhostrutsabouttheroomislikealatter-dayNapoleon.那位候选人在房间里大摇大摆地走来走去，仿佛再世的拿破仑。1.Heonlylikespeoplewhoagreewithhimallthetime.Itcomesofbeingsurroundedbypeoplewhonodathimalldayatwork.(Para.36)sarcasmtone◆Whatissarcasm?

Sarcasm

isaformofironythatiswidelyusedinEnglishespeciallywhenpeoplearebeinghumorous.Generallythesarcasticspeakerorwritermeanstheexactoppositeofthewordtheyuse,oftenintendingtoberudeortolaughatthepersonthewordsareaddresse