[精华版]张汉熙高级英语课文详解第2册1-5课

[精华版]张汉熙高级英语课文详解第2册1-5课Lesson One

Part One: paragraph 1 --- paragraph 6

sh: v. to move quickly or violently 猛烈冲击、猛打

(1) 暴风雨袭击了海岸的那片树林。 Rainstorm lashed the forest on the coast.

(2) 冰雹无情地打下来。 Hail lashed down mercilessly.

(3) The waves are lashing the shore.

(4) A rising wind was lashing the rain against the window.

2.pummel/ pommel: n.v. to beat or hit with repeated blows, esp. with the fist 用拳头连续敲

打

(1) The thief was pushed and pummeled by an angry crowd.

(2) 他诱骗那人到角落狠狠揍了他30秒钟。

He trapped the man in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds.

3. Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama

4. California, Las Vegas

5. consult: go to a person or book for information

consult sb.: ask sb. for special information, advice

consult with sb.: to exchange opinions of sb.

6. Hurricane Betsy:

a powerful Hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic Hurricane season which caused enormous damage in

the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana.

7. A good: at least, full

(1) 我们足足等了三个小时. We waited for a good three hours.

(2) 昨晚Bill在酒馆里喝得烂醉. Bill had a good drink at the pub last night.

(3) It is a good five hours to drive to the railway station.

(4) His parents gave him a good beating.

8. We can batten down and ride it out.

A metaphor: compare the house in a hurricane to a ship fighting a storm at sea

We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.

9. Batten: to fasten with battens 用压条钉住(或固定)

10. Ride it out: to stay afloat during a storm without much damage.

11. Scud: (of clouds or ships) to move swiftly, glide or skim along easily 疾行、飞驰、掠过

(1) The ship scuds before the wind.

(2) White clouds scudded across the sky.

12. Vietnam

(1) A country of southeast Asia (2) Capital: Hanoi (3) The largest city: Ho Chi Minh City (4)

Population: 84,400,000 (5) the Red River (6) the Mekong River Delta 13. Sit out:

(1) It’s hot indoors. Let’s sit out in the garden.

sit sth. out: a. to stay to the end of a performance

b. take no part in (esp. a particular dance) (2) The play was boring, but we sat it out.

(3) I think I will sit out the next dance.

Part Two: paragraph 7 --- paragraph 27

1. French door: two adjoining doors that have glass panes from top

to bottom and they open in

the middle

to throw away; (fig.) to do sth. with a lot of enthusiasm and energy.

2. Fling: to throw violently ;

(1) She flung her shoe at the cat.

(2) The youth got him by the front of his shirt and flung him to the ground. (3) How can you fling your wife away?

(4) He has flung up studies.

(5) She flung herself into her career.

3. shove: push with quick, violent movement. 猛推

(1)人们推推搡搡挤向火车。People were pushing and shoving toward the train.

(2)警察把剧作家推上警车。Police shoved the playwright into a van. (3) The U.S. government shoved up the export prices yesterday. (4) Shove