现代大学英语（精读）笫三册——lesson9.ppt

1、LESSON NINE,The Dill Pickle,He was peeling an orange. （1）,To peel an orange: to take off the peel of an orange. To peel potatoes; to husk剥去 .的皮壳 the rice; to shell the peas去壳除去的壳；剥外皮；shell oysters.剥牡蛎; to weed the garden给花园除杂草; to gut取出内脏the fish; to dust掸掉.上的灰尘the tables.,Wont you smoke? 3,An invit

2、ation: Wont you sit down? Wont you come in? Wont you have some coffee?,But she was thinking how well she remembered that trick of histhe trick of interrupting herand of how it used to exasperate her six years ago. （12）,To exasperate: to annoy, to vex, to irritate very much.,I am still just as ignora

3、nt for all your telling me. （13）,For all: in spite of all. For all our efforts, we still couldnt save his life. For all his power, he is still the most despised person.,His was the truer.15,The Johnsons have two daughters. Tina was the more intelligent.,And in the warmth, as it were, another memory

4、unfolded. （16）,As it were: as if; as you might say; so to speak.,Apart from them, with his supper in a cloth on his knees, sat the coachman. （43）,Apart from:（here）some distance away from. It is a bit colder in winter, but apart from (except) that, its quite a pleasant city to live in. Apart from （Be

5、sides）these reasons, there is yet another factor.,A cloth: cloth is usually uncountable unless it refers to a piece of this material for special purpose such as a table cloth or a dish cloth.,beyond,Past or outside the limits, reach为所不能及；多于；超出 Its quite beyond me why she married such a heavy smoker.

6、 beyond description无法形容,2. Antonomasia（换称） 换称中的专有名词通常有三种来源：宗教，古代及当代的历史和文学。比较： 借代：Uncle Sam（山姆大叔） - the United States（美国） Fleet Street（舰队街） the British press（英国报界） the Pentagon（五角大楼） U.S. Defense Department（美国国防部） the Capitol Hill (国会大山) U. S. Congress the Scotland Yard Londons Police department,Fogg

7、y Bottom（雾谷） U.S. State Department（美国国务院） Silicon Valley U.S. high-tech center Hollywood（好莱坞） - American film-making industry（美国电影制片业,电影界） 10, Downing Street（唐宁街10号） the residence and office of the British prime minister（英国首相官邸）,换称：（1）biblical or mythological figures（宗教或神话渊源） Solomon（所罗门） a wise man

8、（聪明人） Daniel（丹尼尔） a wise and fair judge（聪明而公正的法官） Judas（犹大） a traitor（叛徒） Hercules（赫丘利） a hero of strength and bravery（大力神） Achilles heel（致命弱点）- died in Trojan War, a war between Greeks and Trojans started by Spartas queen Helen running away with Trojan Prince Paris,（2）historical figures（历史渊源） the R

9、ubicon（鲁比肯河） an irrevocable step（破釜沉舟，无可挽回）Julius Caesar crossed the river to fight with Pompey, the ruler of Rome Nero（尼禄） a tyrant（暴君）of Rome who executed his mother and wife and who ended up in suicide amid public uprisings John Wayne（约翰韦恩） a modern figure of a tough guy（粗犷型男子汉形象），actor in wester

10、ns, and Oscar best actor 1969,（3）literary figures（文学渊源） Uncle Tom（山姆大叔） a Negro who compromises and conforms with the Whites odyssey 磨难重重的旅程 Wind Country, Sirens,Paradox（似是而非的隽语） American civilization is characterized by conservative liberalism （保守的自由主义）of our political life, the pragmatic idealism（

11、实际的理想主义） of our cerebral life, the emotional rationalism（重感情的理性主义） of our spiritual life and the godly materialism（敬神的实利主义） of our acquisitive life.,Safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation. Winston Churchill, referring to the development of nuclear arms, said, Stone Age may r