新概念第三册lesson 35 Justice was done

Lesson35JusticewasdoneNewwordsTheword'justice'isgiventwodifferentmeaningsinthetext.Whatisthedistinctionbetweenthem?

Listenjusticeusually(L1):abstractconcept:partofthecomplexmachineryofthelawperformedbyhardtoachieve(human,

subjective)rareinstances(L7):actslikealivingforceactofitsownaccordItserveshimright.judgesP1P2P3illustrationillustrationTheword

justiceisusuallyassociatedwith

courtsoflaw(法院，法庭）.Wemightsaythatjusticehasbeendonewhenaman’sinnocenceor

guilt

hasbeenprovedbeyonddoubt.Justiceispartofthecomplexmachineryofthelaw.Thosewhoseekit

undertakeanarduousjourneyandcanneverbesurethattheywillfindit.Judges（法官）,howeverwiseoreminent(有名望的),arehumanandcanmakemistakes.

eminent:famousandadmiredparagraph1justice n. 正义，公正；司法(theministryofjustice)injustice 不公平，不公正--Justiceisdone.--正义得到伸张bringthecriminalto

justice. 把罪犯缉拿归案,绳之以法dojusticetosb. 公平对待某人，给以公正的评价---那张照片不如你本人好看---Thatphotodoesn’tdoyoujustice.dooneselfjustice充分发挥自己的能力---Shedidn’tdoherselfjusticeintheexam.beyondprep.(介词)：超出某种范围，限度，主要搭配名词beyonddoubt无可怀疑beyondbelief难以相信beyondwords难以形容beyonddescription难以描述beyondquestion难以质疑beyondhope没有希望beyonddispute无可争议beyondcontroversy无可争辩beyondimagination难以想象beyondmeasure 难以衡量beyondunderstanding难以理解beyondcomparison 无与伦比--Yourbeautyisbeyondmydescription.--你的美是我无法用言词形容的。innocence n无辜(guilt)innocent a.无辜的(guilty)undertake v.承担，着手做undertaketodo--Heundertooktoinformeveryoneconcerned.--Weundertakeainvestigation.承担，着手做：↓starttodosetouttodosetaboutdoingbeengagedinsth.undertakeanarduousjourneyarduous a.艰苦的，艰难的--StudyingEnglishisanarduousjob.ous

结尾的形容词industrious a.勤劳的laborious a.劳神的，费力的，吃力的Therearerareinstanceswhenjusticealmostceasestobeanabstractconcept.Rewardorpunishmentaremetedoutquiteindependentofhumaninterference.Atsuchtimes,justiceactslikealivingforce.Whenweuseaphraselike'itserveshimright',weare,inpart,admittingthatacertainsetofcircumstanceshasenabledjusticetoactofitsownaccord.

paragraph2inpart：部分地，在某种程度上itserveshimright.他罪有应得，他活该justicealmostceasestobeanabstractconceptcease:（正式）彻底的停止，暗指动作的突然性ceasedtodo与动词不定式连用--Hisheartsuddenlyceasedtobeat.

他的心脏突然停止了跳动。stop:（广泛，不正式）不强调方式，只强调结果--Thecarsuddenlystopped.

车突然停了。justicealmostceasestobeanabstractconceptabstracta.抽象的反义词：concepta.具体的

n.摘要，提要

makeanabstractofsth.做···的摘要

v.提取，提炼

abstractjuicefromanorangeRewardorpunishmentaremetedoutquiteindependentofhumaninterferencemeteout

给予，处置meteoutreward进行奖励meteoutpunishment进行惩罚--Justicewasmetedouttothem. --他们得到了公正的处理。beindependentofhumaninterferencebeindependentof不受

interferencen.干涉，干预↓inter-表示between“之间的”international国际的inter-city城市之间的inter-racial种族间的表示“相互”

interchange互换

interact相互作用

interrelate相互联系enablejusticetoactofitsownaccord.

accord n/vi一致inaccordwith:和……一致outofaccordwith:和……不一致ofone’sownaccord:自然而然地--Justiceisdoneofitsownaccord.accordingto:依据，根据inaccordancewith:依据（法律）Theshopwasanoldconvertedhousewithmanylarge,disused（废弃的）

fireplaces（壁炉）andtall,narrowchimneys（烟囱）.Towardsmidday,agirlheardamuffledcrycomingfrombehindoneofthewalls.Asthecrywasrepeatedseveraltimes,sherantotellthemanagerwhopromptly

rangup

thefirebrigade.

convertv.转变，改变convert····to/into··· 把……转变为muffled听不清的，蒙住的

mufflev.捂住，压抑promptly=immediatelyringup打电话给firebrigade消防队Whenathiefwascaughtonthepremisesofalargejewellerystoreonemorning,theshopassistantsmusthavefoundit

impossibletoresist（抵抗）thetemptation（诱惑）tosay'itserveshimright.'

premises:n.【pl.】经营场所，办公场所onthepremises在经营场所内

premisen.前提，假设residence:住处（非常正式的用词）dwelling:供人居住的地方，也是非常正式的用词house:住房housing:房（总称）thehousingproblem住房问题

Thecryhadcertainlycomeformoneofthechimneys,butasthereweresomanyofthem,thefirefighterscouldnotbecertainwhichoneitwas.Theylocatedtherightchimneybytappingatthewallsandlisteningfortheman'scries.

firefighters

消防队员locatev.findoutwheresth.is找到tap v.轻敲

n.水龙头，阀门Theylocatedtherightchimneybytappingatthewallsandlisteningfortheman'scries.bytappingatthewallsandlisteningfortheman‘scriesand连接前后形式要一致listenfor:payattention,soastobesureofhearing 留神听（表示集中注意力，等待听到某种声音）--WearelisteningfortheclocktoannouncetheNewYear.我们正等待新年钟声的敲响。--I’mlisteningforyoursteps.我正倾听着你的脚步声。Afterchippingthroughawallwhichwaseighteeninchesthick,theyfoundthatamanhadbeentrappedinthechimney.Asitwasextremelynarrow,themanwasunabletomove,butthefirefighterswereeventuallyabletofreehimbycuttingahugeholeinthewall.

inch英尺(=2.54centimeters)foot英寸(=12inches)Thereare12inchesinafoot.Thesorry-looking,blackenedfigurethatemerged,admittedatoncethathehadtriedtobreakintotheshopduringthenightbuthadgotstuckinthechimney.Hehadbeentherefornearlytenhours.Justicehadbeendoneevenbeforethemanwashandedover

tothepolice.

chipthroughawallchip v.切下、削下、凿下（碎片、屑片）

chipahole凿了一个洞

n.碎屑，碎片，薄片，芯片

chipsofwood碎木屑

potatochips薯片chop:砍

chophead砍头sorry-looking

满脸沮丧的类似ugly-looking/good-looking;cheerful-looking/sa