大学英语精读(2) 英语知识点总结

Unit 1 The Dinner Party

1. shortly before WW1 一战前不久

2. track down 追溯，追查

3. be seated 就座

4. spring up 突然出现，开始

5. outgrow the jumping-on-a-chair-at the sight of a mouse era 不再像过去那样见到老鼠就跳到椅子上

6. That last ounce of self-control is what really counts.

这多出来的一点自制力才是真正起作用的。

7. motion to sb 向某人示意

signal to sb

8. whisper sth to sb 向某人嘀咕，耳语

9. the America comes to with a start.

这个美国博物学家突然醒悟了.

Startle-----startled

10. bait for a snake 蛇的诱饵

11. an empty room 一个空房子

a bare marble floor 没铺地毯的大理石地板

barely any hair====hardly/scarcely any hair

12. serve the next course 上下一道菜

a course of dish 一道菜

13. frighten sb into doing sth 吓得某人去做…

persuade sb into doing sth

talk sb into doing sth

threaten sb into doing sth

14. out of the corner of his eyes 从他的眼角里

15. Stare straight ahead 盯着往前看

16. Not move a muscle 纹丝不动

17. Make for 前往

18.Ring out

19. Slam the door shut

20. Exclaim

21. at the sight of 一看见

at the thought of 一想起

22. a heated/spirited discussion 一场激烈的争论

22. an example of perfect self-control

一个镇定自若的典范

23. A faint smile lights up the hostess’s face.

Two spots of color brightened her face.

A strange expression came over her face.

24. a colonial official 一个殖民地官员

25. give a large dinner party 办一个盛大的晚宴

26. a visiting American naturalist

美国访问博物学家

27. a spacious dining room 宽敞的餐厅

28. the major 少校the colonel

29. feel like doing sth 想要/喜欢做某事

30. commotion 混乱，骚动

31. The tone of his voice is so commanding that it silences everyone. 他的语调很威严，让每个人都静下来不出声.

32. count three hundred 数三百下

count up to three hundred 数到第三百下

33. sit like stone images 像石雕一样坐着

Sit rooted

Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson

be of interest/important 很有趣/很重要

obtain knowledge from many sources

从许多源头获取知识

personal investigation 个人调查

appoint him to a committee 派他去一个委员会

study papers on the subject 研究该课题的文件

make on-the-spot observations 做现场观察

By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class.无论是论出身还是论教育，杰弗逊都属于最高的社会阶层.

noble persons 贵族

persons of noble origins 出身高贵的人

persons of humble origins 出身卑微的人

go ou t of one’s way to do sth 特意/专门去做某事

a cooking pot 做饭的锅

If you will only do this, you may find out why people are dissatisfied. 如果也只有你愿意这样做，你才可能发现为什么人民不满意.

Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it.上帝赋予你一个判断正确和错误的头脑，就运用它吧.

form a correct judgment 形成正确的判断

not hesitate a moment to do sth