高级英语复习笔记

高级英语复习笔记

Lesson one: Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society?

1. Rock Superstars 摇滚乐超级明星

rock : rock music , rock ' n ' roll ( or : rock and roll )摇滚乐

早期的摇滚乐是源于美国的民歌( folk )爵士乐( jazz )勃鲁斯歌曲(blues)等的一种音乐,其特征是具有强烈的节奏( rhythm )单纯的旋律( melody )一再重复的歌词和音符的后拍音( after beat )

2. Rock is the music of teenage rebellion .摇滚乐是青少年的反叛音乐

a. teenage adj. pertaining to a teenager ( 13 至19 岁的) 青少年的.

其名词形式为teenager: (13至19岁的青少年).

b. rebellion : resistance to or defiance of any authority 造反,反派. 如; a rebellion against old traditions 对旧传统的反叛.

3. By a man’s heroes ye shall know him. 你将从一个人崇拜的英雄得知其人.

a.这句句子的句型与英语中常说的judge a man by the company he keeps(以一个人所交的朋友断定其为人)很相似.

b. ye = you 用于古英语或诗歌中,是第二人称代词thou的复数. 如: Ye are the salt of the earth .你们是社会的中坚. (出自<<圣经>>) 4. '' Midnight Rambler

ramble : walk for pleasure漫游,既可表动词,也可作名词.

如; They rambled through the woods.他们在林中漫步.

5. ... he said, '' Grabs a half-gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform, sprinkling its contents over the first rows of sweltering listeners ... ''

a. grab : to seize suddenly , eagerly , or roughly ; snatch 急抓,夺取. 如: He jumped up from the table, grabbed his hat and ran out of the door.

他从桌子旁跳了起来,抓起自己的帽子,奔出门去.

另外,grab后面可以跟其他名词或名词短语. 如:

grab a shower快速冲了澡,

grab a sandwich,胡乱吃了一个三明治,

grab a taxi 赶搭出租车.

有时,还可以作不及物动词. 如:

He grabbed at the opportunity of going abroad. 他设法抓住这次出国的机会b. sprinkle : to scatter drops or particles of water , powder or the like on 洒液体,撒粉末等(于......上). 如:

They sprinkled ashes on the icy sidewalk .他们在积水溜滑的人行道上撒了灰.

We sprinkle the lawn every day .我们每天给草坪洒水.

以'' sprinkling ''引导的短语是动词的'' - ing '' 形式做伴随状语. 再如: They stood there , watching the basketball .他们站在那里,观看篮球比赛. 6. They surge to follow him, eager to be touched by a few baptismal drops.

a. surge : to move or swell forward in or like waves 如波涛汹涌而至.

A crowd surged out of the theater .观众从剧院里蜂拥而出.

b. 以形容词'' eager ''引导的不定式词组在语法功能上起着并列分句的作用.

7. Some 14,000 screaming fans were crunching up to the front of the stage at Capital Center...

a. some : ( before a number ) approximately , about (在数字前)大约.

如: some twenty students大约20个学生.

b. scream to make a loud , sharp cry 尖声大叫.

'' screaming ''是动词scream的'' - ing ''形式作前置修饰语, '' screaming fans '' 意为"尖声大叫的歌迷"

c. crunch : to proceed with a crushing noise嘎吱嘎吱地往前. 如: The children crunched through the snow .孩子们嘎吱嘎吱地踩着雪走.

8. I ought to be crawling on my knees.

a. crawled : to move with the face downward and the boys close to the ground爬行.

如; The bus crawled along .公共汽车缓慢地行进.

注意:短语crawl into the favor of one's superiors表示"卑躬屈膝地讨好上司".

b. on one's knees : 双膝跪地.

9. How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship?

a. feel about : consider , think of 觉得,感到.经常用于疑问句中, 如: How do you feel about the suggestion? 你认为这个建议怎么样?

b. adulation 是adulate的名词形式.

adulate : flatter or admire excessively过分赞赏,奉承,恭维.

如: One can hardly understand why young people so adulate film stars.

年轻人为什么如此过分赞赏影星,真让人费解.

10. Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown , perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies ?

a. draw : attracts 吸引.

如: Some mutual interests draw us together .一些共同的兴趣把我们吸引到一块了.

b. somehow : in some way not specified or known 不知什么缘故.

如: Somehow I don't like this novel though it is so popular.

这本小说虽然很流行,但不知什么原因我却不喜欢它.

c. fantasy : imagination , esp. when it is let free and not held back(自由奔放的)想象,幻想,狂想.

wildest fantasies ,最为狂妄的奇想.