大学英语综合教程4Unit7

• conceit n.excessive pride in oneself自负；骄傲 自大 • e.g. He emits confidence without coceit.他表现出 自信但不骄傲。 • adj.conceited 自负的；骄傲自大的 • adv.conceitedly 自负地；骄傲自大地
• The slightest hint of disagreement, from anyone, on the most trivial point, was enough to set him off on a harangue that might last for hours, in which he proved himself right in so many ways, and with such exhausting volubility, that in the end his hearer, stunned and deafened, would agree with him, for the sake of peace. • 句子的主干The slightest hint of disagreement,was enough to set him off on a harangue。 • from anyone,作后置定语 修饰 disagreement • on the most trivial point,作状语 • that might last for hours, in which he proved himself right 都修饰 a harangue
• Why did Wagner take himself to be the center of his conversations? • How did Wagner respond to disagreement?
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• He was very short. He had a too big head for his body, and he had skin trouble. • He was very conceited. He believed himself to be one of the greatest dramatists, thinkers and composers. He also thought he is a brilliant man rolled by Shakespeare, Beethoven and Plato. He was so proud that he took himself as the center of his conversations. • If anyone showed the slightest disagreement on the most trivial point, he would make a speech for hours to prove he is right until the hearer stunned and defended, finally, agreed with him.
• set sb. off: make sb. start to laugh, cry, or talk a lot 使发怒;使回忆起来;使侃侃而谈 • e . g . My sister was an unpredictable young woman, and I never knew what would set her off.
It was agony for him to wear anything next to his skin coarser (粗糙的) than silk. • if he wore anything next to his skin rougher than silk , he wound feel uncomfortable
• mania: n. extremely strong enthusiasm for sth., esp. among a lot of people狂热；狂躁 ；热衷 • e.g. The country has a mania for soccer. • She has a mania for driving fast cars. • Synonym:craze; fad; obsession
sentence and grammar • He was an undersized little man, with a head too big for his body ― a sickly little man. • with a head too big for his body ― a sickly little man做后置定语。 • sickly adj. 多病的，体弱的
• tiresome: irritating or boring 讨厌的;烦人 的 • e.g. It would be too tiresome to wait in the queue. • ～some是形容词后缀，其意为“有…倾向 的”，它加在某些动词或名词之后，使该 词变为具有主动意义的形容词。如： troublesome、bothersome、tiresome, awesome.
• The slightest hint of disagreement, from anyone, on the most trivial point, was enough to set him off on a harangue that might last for hours, in which he proved himself right in so many ways, and with such exhausting volubility, that in the end his hearer, stunned and deafened, would agree with him, for the sake of peace.
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so..such..that引导结果状语从句 stunned and deafened作后置定语，修饰hearer for the sake of peace 作目的状语 本句中，作者把他好斗，健谈且以自我为中心的 特点刻画
question • What were Wagner’s physically odd?
• exhausting adj.making sb. feel very tired使人疲 惫不堪的；令人筋疲力尽的 • She was too exhausted and distressed to talk about the tragedy. • 她太疲惫和忧伤了，不想谈论那场悲剧。 • v. 耗尽；使…精疲力竭； • We have exhausted all our material resources. • 我们已用完了所有的物资。
• rolled into one 融为一体；集于一身 • e.g. Banks are several businesses rolled into one.银行集数中商业活动于一身。 • translate： • 他既是工人又是作家。 • He is a worker and a writer rolled into one.
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• undersized adj.not as big as normal 小于正常 （或一般）的 • e.g.an undersized baby 比正常婴儿小的婴儿 • translate： • 由于长时间的重活和欠缺足够的食物与照顾，他 比一般的孩子矮小。 • Due to long hours of hard work and insufficient food and care, he was undersized. • oversized adj.过大的，硕大的，大的超过正常的
• grandeur n.the quality of being great and impressive in appearance 宏伟；壮丽；堂皇 • e.g. He is wholly concerned with his own grandeur. • 他只关心他自己的显赫地位。 • translate： • 那阅兵式宏伟的场面是无法用语言来形容的。 • No words can express the grandeur of that parade.
• Never for one minute did he look at the world or at people, except in relation to himself. • 倒装句，正常语序：he never looked at the world or at people for one minute,except in relation to hБайду номын сангаасmself. 强调 他的自负
• for the sake of sb. / for sb.’s sake: • for the good or advantage of • e.g. If you won’t do it for your own sake, then do it for mine. • Their parents only stayed together for the sake of the children. • for the sake of sth. / for sth.’s sake: • because of; for the purpose of • e.g. I’ll give up smoking for the sake of health. • My art does not try to serve society; it’s just art for art’s sake. • for the sake of (doing) sth.为获得（或保持）某物
• harangue: n. a long, forceful speech that someone makes to persuade other people to accept his opinions. 慷慨激昂的劝说;喋喋不休的 劝说 vt. try to persuade sb. to accept his opinions or ideas in a forceful way. 做长篇演说 • e.g. Can you make out the meaning of his longwinded harangue?你能理解他那长篇大论夸夸其 谈的讲话的意义吗? • He deliveredhis usual harangue.他像往常一样发 表他那高谈阔论。
• volubility: the characteristics of always being ready to produce a continuous flow of words, or being talktive. 健谈，口若悬河 • e.g. Using this method can give your volubility a bit of international flavor.使用这种方法可以使你 的健谈变得有点国际化。 • voluble: talktive 健谈的;滔滔不绝的 • Bert is a voluble, gregarious man.伯特是个能说 会道、善于交际的人
• delusion n.a false belief or opinion 迷惑，欺骗； 错觉；幻想 • e.g. Don't go getting delusions of grangeur.不要 变得妄自尊大。 • He is under the delusion that I am going to cheat her.他错误的认为我要欺骗他。 • self-delusion 自欺欺人 • delude v.欺骗；哄骗 • delusive adj.不真实的，虚假的
• agony n.extreme physical or mental pain （精神 或肉体的）极度痛苦 • e.g. During that year of agony and the following year of my grieving, everything stopped for me. • 在那一年的痛苦和接下来整整一年的悲恸中，我 生活中的一切都停止了. • translate： • 听到这个消息，他十分痛苦的瘫倒在地板上。 • On hearing the news,he collapsed in agony on the fioor.