高级英语上册Notes
英语自考本科高级英语笔记-上册-Lesson_Seven
Lesson Seven Miss Brill Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1The Jardins Publiques法语“公共花园”之意。
2The air was motionless.There was no wind.3there was just a faint chill…and now and again a leaf came drifting-from nowhere, from the sky.the description tells the reader that it was autumn. "from nowhere, from the sky" is from the sight of Miss Brill. 4rubbed the life backShe rubed the imitation eyes until they shone, as if they were alive again.5 a little dab of black sealing-wax when the time cameWhen it is absolutely necessary to fix the nose, I would see some black sealing-wax to stick it back on.6She felt a tingling in her hands…something gentle seemed to move in her bosom.The author here is telling us that Miss Brill is old and weak. Her hands and arms tingle and she brethes with some difficulty after a bit of walk. But Miss Brill herself does not want to think she is old and weak, so"she suppose""that came from walking", and "no, not sad, exactly".7…the Season had begun.the Season 是指文娱、社交、商业等的活跃季节。
《高级英语》Units 1-7课后习题答案
Unit 1Paraphrase1.Our house is 23 feet above sea level.2.The house was built in1915, and since then no hurricane has done any damage to it.3.We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.4.Water got into the generator, it stopped working. As a result all lights were put out.5.Everyone go out through the back door and get into the cars!6.The electrical systems in the cars had been destroyed/ruined by water.7.As john watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the family by making the wrong decision not to flee inland.8.Oh, God, please help us to get through this dangerous situation.9.She sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped.10.Janis didn't show any fear on the spot during the storm, but she revealed her feelings caused by the storm a few nights after the hurricane by getting up in the middle of the night and crying softly. Practice with words and expressionsA1.main:a principal pipe, conduit, or line in a distributing system for water, gas, electricity, etc.2.Sit out: to stay until the end3.Report:a loud, resounding noise, especially one made by an explosion4.Douse:to put out (a light,fire,generator,etc) quickly by pouring water over it5.Kill: to destroy, to end6.Litter:the young borne at one time by a dog, cat, or other animals which normally bear several young at a delivery7.Swath:a broad strip, originally the space or width covered with one cut of a scythe or other mowing device8.Bar:a measure in music; the notes between two vertical lines on a music sheet9.Lean-to:a shed or other small outbuilding with a sloping roof, the upper end of which rests against the wall of another building10.Break up:to disperse;be brought to an end11.Pitch in:to join and help with an activity12.The blues:sad and depressed feelingsB1.pummel:f. to bear or hit with repeated blows, especially with thefist2.Scud:h. to run or move swiftly3.Roar:a. a loud deep cry4.Scramble:i. to climb, crawl or clamber hurriedly5.Swipe:j. a hard, sweeping blow6.Skim:l. to throw in a gliding path7.Perish:m. to die, especially die a violent or untimely death8.Beach:k. to ground (a boat ) on the beach9.Slash:d. to cut or wound with a sweeping stroke as with a knife10.Sprawl:b. to spread the limbs in a relaxed ,awkward or unnatural position11.Vanish:g. to go or pass suddenly from sight12.Thrust:c. to push with sudden force13.Wrath:e. intense angerTranslationA.1.Each and every plane must be checked out thoroughly before taking off.2.The residents were firmly opposed to the construction of a waste incineration plant in their neighborhood because they were deeply concerned about the plant's emissions polluting the air.3.Investment in ecological projects in this area mounted up to billions of yuan.4.The dry riverbed was strewn with rocks of all sizes.5.Although war caused great losses to this country, its cultural traditions did not perish.6.To make space for modern high rises, many ancient buildings with ethnic cultural features had to be demolished.7. In the earthquake the main structures of most of the poor-quality houses disintegrated.8.His wonderful dream vanished into the air despite his hard efforts to achieve his goals.B.1.但是，和住在沿岸的其他成千上万的居民一样，约翰不愿舍弃家园，除非他的家人——妻子珍妮斯和他们的七个孩子，大的11岁，小的才3岁——明显处于危险之中。
英语自考本科高级英语笔记-上册-Lesson_One
Lesson One Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell us About Ourselves and Our Society? Words and ExpressionsTest Explanation1By a man's heroes ye shall know him.You'll find out what kind of a person someone is if you know who his or her heroes are.2… the Chicago Amphitheater was packed, sweltering, rocking.The Amphitheater was crowded with listeners, which made the place oppressively hot. It was rocking because the music was played loud and the listeners were rocking to the music.3onstageThis is an adverb meaning on the stage. In this kind of open-air performances, the stage is a raised platform installed somewhere in the middle of the open place.4critic Don HeckmanPopular usage in news. Other samples are: fan Chris Singer and sociologist Irving Horowitz5Jagger, … grabs a half-gallon jug … sprinkling its contents over … sweltering listeners.sprinkling是现在分词做状语，表示伴随发生的动作，所表示的必须是主语的一个动作或状态。
高级英语Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
conflict/struggle:
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people --- people
people --- nature
people --- society
people --- themselves
protagonist (hero) --- antagonist (enemy)
John Koshak, Jr.--- the hurricane
• apartment building in Mississippi before and after Camille
What’s the type of the text?
• narration (the telling of a story)
• characters (people): --Pop Koshak --Grandma Koshak --John Koshak --Janis Koshak --Seven children --Charles, a friend --neighbors --pets
What is the story about?
• It describes the heroic struggle of the Koshaks and their friends against the forces of a devastating hurricane Camille.
• What does the writer focus chiefly on---developing character, action (plot), or idea (theme)?
• To learn how the writer gives a vivid description of actions in terms of lexical, sentential and textual level;
《高英(上)》 课文要点
自考《高级英语（上）》课文要点Lesson One: Rock Superstars: what Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society? Outline:Part I: IntroductionA.Three Scenes (par. 1-3)B. A question (par. 4)* What is the function of the two quotations at the beginning of the text?The function of the two quotations at the beginning of the text is to summarize and introduce the theme of the text, and as such they serve as a guide for the reader in interpreting and understanding the message the rock music tries to communicate.* What does the author attempt to illustrate with the three examples at the beginning of the article?The three scenarios are used by the author to dramatize and illustrate the sensation that rock music has created in young people.Part II: Rock tells a lot about ourselves and our society. (thesis) (par. 5)A. (par.6) Rock is a sociological expression.1. (par. 7-8) Beliefs and attitudes2. (par. 9) FeelingsB. (par. 10) Conclusion to Part II* According to Irving Horowitz, what is the sociological significance of rock music?The sociological significance of rock music is that it had offered a sort of debating forum where different ideas conflict and where American society struggles to define and redefine its feelings and beliefs.* What subjects does rock music deal with?Politics (beliefs and attitudes): civil rights, peace and war, piety, revolution, etc.Feelings and emotions: loneliness, love and hate, a nostalgia for the “good old days”, etc.Part III: Final ParagraphsA.(par. 11-12) We give them fame and fortune.B.(par. 13) The question remains.Lesson Two: Four Choice for Young PeopleOutlinePart I: Introduction—the young generation views the adult world with great skepticism. (par. 1-2) * How do American young people look at the adult world in general?They look at the adult world with great skepticism and there is also an increased tendency to reject completely the adult world.Part II: Four choices for young peopleA.Choosing a strategy is the first decision the young people have to make. (par.3)B.The four choices1.(par. 4) Drop out: parasitic2.(par. 5-6) Flee: impractical3.(par.7-10) Plot a revolution: fruitless4.(par.11-13) Change the world gradually: workable*What is the meaning and what are the characteristics of each strategy?*In what way are those who flee different from the dropouts?Part III: Conclusion---restatement (par.14)Lesson Five: I’d rather Be Black than FemaleOutlinePart I: Being female is a greater handicap than being black. (par.1)A.Sexual prejudice is invisible to people. (par.2)B.It’s much harder to eliminate sexual prejudice than racial prejudice. (par.3-4)* Why does the author say it is a still harder and longer struggle to eliminate prejudice against women?Part II: Sexual prejudice in politics (my experience)A.My experience in politics in general (par.5)B.Women in politics in general (par.6)C.My experience in politics in specific1.Run for state legislature (par.7)2.Run for national legislaturea.Resistance from inside (par. 8)b.Resistance from outside (par. 9)*In what way are women prejudiced against in politics?Part III: Sexual Prejudice in generalA.Women are thought of as different and inferior. (par. 10)B.Women have not reached tokenism. (par.11)C.An emphatic Question (par. 12)*In what way are women prejudiced against in general?Part IV: Women’s contribution is needed in politics.A.People ignore women’s contribution.1.What I heard (par. 13)2.What I experienced (par. 15)B.Women have a lot to do in politics. (par.15)C.Women have a special contribution to make in politics. (Conclusion) (par. 16-17)* What are some of the problems the author is determined to help to solve?* What fine qualities do women have that men don’t have?Lesson Seven: Miss Brill1 what kind of person is Miss Brill?She lives alone in foreign country and has to secure her means of existence by taking such odd jobs as giving English lessons, as a paid companion, etc. She seems well-to-do but feels lonely and estranged from the community. Also, she is approaching old age and years of spinsterhood have left her sensitive self-conscious and easily hurt. All this has tended to wall her in and torment her with a sense of emptiness and being uprooted.2. Why does she go to the par every Sunday afternoon?The trip gives her a chance to break out of wall of isolation and establish contact with society. She hopes to endow her life with meaning.3. What does she do in the park?She simply watches people around her and listen to other’s conversations.4. What has she discovered that makes her so happy?She suddenly discovers that life is like a play and every human being has a part to play in it: like all the others, she belongs after all to this performance of human life and has acted her well and will never be isolated or estranged again. She feels that meaning, hope and confidence are coming back to her.5. Why is her own room like a cupboard, too, after she gets back home?6. What is the symbolic meaning of her fur?7. What message does the author want to convey to the reader?Also notice the function of the band, and the repetition of “sadness”.Lesson Eight: A lesson in Living“A lesson in Living” tells how Mrs. Flowers gave Marguerite the first lesson in living, telling her she must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. Mrs. Flowers enlightened her by giving her the novel and book of poems to read. The poetic reading of A Tale of Two Cities, the advice she gave her, the human warmth and care she felt from her, and the charm of everything working on her and in her house, opened a new perspective in Marguerite’s life.1.How did Mrs. Flowers give Marguerite her lesson in living?2.How was Mrs. Flowers a source of enlightenment to Marguerite?3. What was the image of Mrs. Flowers in the child’s mind?Lesson Nine: The Trouble with TelevisionOutlinePart I: Introduction---People spend much time on TV (phenomenon) (par. 1-2)Part II: TV discourages concentration (main idea) (par. 3)’s variety is a narcotic, usurping your ability to focus your attention yourself. (par.4) operates on the appeal to the short attention span (motive) (par.5)1.Regarded as inherent (par.6)2.Becoming fashionable (par.7)*In what way does TV discourage concentration?*Why is the appeal to the short attention span so important to TV?Part III: Adverse effects on American cultureA.Inefficient communication (par.8)B.Decivilizing (par.9)1.Crisis of literacy (par.10-11)plexity (par.12)*What does the author think is wrong with TV news programming?*Why does the author sat TV is decivilizing?*What are TV’s adverse effects on American culture?Part IV: ConclusionA.Rhetorical questions (par.13)B.Significance of the issue (par. 14)Lesson Eleven: On Getting Off the SleepThe author ridicules people who, with “iron will”, can lie down and fall into slumber in a matter of a few minutes. He thinks there is something inhuman in it. He categorizes himself into the group of men full of human sympathy and depth in feelings and thought and good tastes. In this essay, insomnia becomes a praiseworthy agony inherent in an active and intellectual; mind.1.How does the matter of sleep illustrate the contrariness of things?2.What does the author think about the people with “iron wills”?(Does the author think it natural for a person to fall asleep as soon as his head touches the pillow?)3.What seems to be the best way to get off to sleep according to the author?Lesson Twelve: Why I WriteOutlinePart I: Background information (par. 1-4)Part II: Four motives*What are four great motives for writing? Explain briefly.Part III: Points of view (theory) (par. 10-14)*What was Orwell’s political stand? And what was the political and social environment that shaped his political orientation?*What kind of books did Orwell want to write? (His theory)Part IV: Conclusion (par.15)Lesson Thirteen: WorkOutlinePart I: Advantages of workA. A preventive of boredom (par.1-2)B. An outlet for ambition (par. 3)C. Conclusion and transition (par. 4)* What are the advantaged of work? Explain.Part II: Two elements make work interesting. (par. 5)A.Exercise of skill (par. 6)B.Conclusion (par.7)* What kind of skilled work can offer continuous pleasure to the worker?* What is the most powerful motive for work? Explain.*How does the author define construction and destruction?*What elements make work interesting? Explain.Lesson Fifteen: The Beauty IndustryOutlinePart I: Cult of physical beauty in America and Europe (phenomenon)A.In America, popularity of cosmetics (par.1)B.In Europe, increasing popularity of cosmetics (par. 2.)Part II: ReasonsA.Increased living standard (par.3)B.Changed in the status of women and our attitude (par.4-5)*Why is there an enormous increase in the personal appearance business in Europe and America as well?* Is the diffusion of wealth the only cause for the increase? Why (not)?*What are the changes in people’s attitude towards the physical body?Part III: Results---both a success and a failure (par. 6)A.Success: a) keeping the youthful appearance; b) symptoms of health (par.7)B.Failure1.Human beauty is not skin-deep. (standard) (par. 8)2.Psychological ugliness (par.9)3.Hardness (par.10)4.Fundamentally a failure because it doesn’t touch the deepest source of beauty.(conclusion)(par.11)*In what way does the author regard the modern cult of beauty a success?* According to the author, is human beauty skin deep? Why (not)?*Why, according to the author, does the modern cult of beauty remain fundamentally a failure?*What is “hardness”? And what are the causes of hardness?。
高中英语United14Languagenotes北师大必修
Language notesLessons 11．take charge of 接管，控制take charge of 是开始管理,接管的意思,是主动。
表示动作The boss asked him to take charge of the office for a few days while she was away.(老板让他在她离开时掌管办公室几天)in charge (of something)负责，表示状态be responsible for=be in charge of =take charge of 对...负责任,负责... He asked to speak to the person in charge。
他要求和负责人谈话。
I'm in charge of this operation.我在管理这个工程.charger somebody with 指控某人犯什么罪2．consult 请教，查阅找(医生)看病;请教He went to town to consult his doctor.他进城去看医生。
查阅(词典、参考书等)He consulted his notebook repeatedly during his speech.他讲演时不断看他的笔记本。
Consult somebody about somethingHave you consulted a doctor about your rash？你找医生看过皮疹了吗？Consult with 商讨I have to consult with my lawyer.我要请教我的律师。
3．quarrel 争吵，吵架名词n. [C]争吵;不和;吵闹[(+with/between/about)]He is good-natured and has never had a quarrel with anyone.他脾气很好,从不和任何人争吵。
高级英语第一册Unit 1 (文章结构+课文讲解+课文翻译+课后练习+答案)
《高级英语》Advanced English第一册Unit 1The Middle Eastern BazaarTHE MIDDLE EASTERN BAZAAR 教学目的及重点难点Aims of teaching1. To comprehend the whole text2. To lean and master the vocabulary and expressions3. To understand the structure of the text4. To appreciate the style and rhetoric of the passage.Important and difficult points1. What is description?2. The comprehension and appreciation of the words describing sound, colour, light, heat, size and smell.3. The appreciation of the words and expressions used for stress and exaggeration.4. Some useful expressions such as to make a point of, it is a point of honour…, and etcBackground informationThis text is taken from Advanced Comprehension and Appreciation Pieces (1962), which was intended for students preparing for the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency Examination, & for students in the top class of secondary schools or in the first year of a university course.The Middle Eastern BazaarThe Middle Eastern bazaar takes you back hundreds --- even thousands --- of years. The one I am thinking of particularly is entered by a Gothic - arched gateway of aged brick and stone. You pass from the heat and glare of a big, open square into a cool, darkcavern which extends as far as the eye can see, losing itself in the shadowy distance. Little donkeys with harmoniously tinkling bells thread their way among the throngs of people entering and leavingthe bazaar. The roadway is about twelve feet wide, but it is narrowed every few yards by little stalls where goods of every conceivable kind are sold. The din of the stall-holder; crying their wares, of donkey-boys and porters clearing a way for themselves by shouting vigorously, and of would-be purchasers arguing and bargaining is continuous and makes you dizzy.Then as you penetrate deeper into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance fades away, and you come to the muted cloth-market. The earthen floor, beaten hard by countless feet, deadens the sound of footsteps, and the vaulted mud-brick walls and roof have hardly any sounds to echo. The shop-keepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers, overwhelmed by the sepulchral atmosphere, follow suit .One of the peculiarities of the Eastern bazaar is that shopkeepers dealing in the same kind of goods do not scatter themselves over the bazaar, in order to avoid competition, but collect in the same area, so that purchasers can know where to find them, and so that they can form a closely knit guild against injustice or persecution . In the cloth-market, for instance, all the sellers of material for clothes, curtains, chair covers and so on line the roadway on both sides, each open-fronted shop having a trestle trestle table for display and shelves for storage. Bargaining is the order of the cay, and veiled women move at a leisurely pace from shop to shop, selecting, pricing and doing a little preliminary bargaining before they narrow down their choice and begin the really serious business of beating the price down.It is a point of honour with the customer not to let the shopkeeper guess what it is she really likes and wants until the last moment. If he does guess correctly, he will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining. The seller, on the other hand, makes a point of protesting that the price he is charging is depriving him of all profit, and that he is sacrificing this because of his personal regard for the customer. Bargaining can go on the whole day, or even several days, with the customer coming and going at intervals .One of the most picturesque and impressive parts of the bazaar is the copper-smiths' market. As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear. It grows louder and more distinct, until you round a corner and see a fairyland of dancing flashes, as the burnished copper catches the light of innumerable lamps and braziers . In each shop sit the apprentices –boys and youths, some of them incredibly young – hammering away at copper vessels of all shapes and sizes, while the shop-owner instructs, and sometimes takes a hand with a hammer himself. In the background, a tiny apprentice blows a bi-, charcoal fir e with a hugeleather bellows worked by a string attached to his big toe -- the red of the live coals glowing, bright and then dimming rhythmically to the strokes of the bellows.Here you can findbeautiful pots and bowlsengrave with delicate andintricate traditionaldesigns, or the simple,everyday kitchenwareused in this country,pleasing in form, butundecorated and strictlyfunctional. Elsewherethere is the carpet-market,with its profusion of richcolours, varied textures and regional designs -- some bold and simple, others unbelievably detailed and yet harmonious. Then there is the spice-market, with its pungent and exotic smells; and thefood-market, where you can buy everything you need for the most sumptuous dinner, or sit in a tiny restaurant with porters and apprentices and eat your humble bread and cheese. The dye-market, the pottery-market and the carpenters' market lie elsewhere in the maze of vaulted streets which honeycomb this bazaar. Every here and there, a doorway gives a glimpse of a sunlit courtyard, perhaps before a mosque or a caravanserai , where camels lie disdainfully chewing their hay, while the great bales of merchandise they have carried hundreds of miles across the desert lie beside them.Perhaps the most unforgettable thing in the bazaar, apart from its general atmosphere, is the place where they make linseed oil. It is a vast, sombre cavern of a room, some thirty feet high and sixty feet square, and so thick with the dust of centuries that the mudbrick walls and vaulted roof are only dimly visible. In this cavern are three massive stone wheels, each with a huge pole through its centre as an axle. The pole is attached at the one end to an upright post, around which it can revolve, and at the other to a blind-folded camel, which walks constantly in a circle, providing the motive power to turn the stone wheel. This revolves in a circular stone channel, into which an attendant feeds linseed. The stone wheel crushes it to a pulp, which is then pressed to extract the oil .The camels are the largest and finest I have ever seen, and in superb condition –muscular, massive and stately.The pressing of the linseed pulp to extract the oil is done by a vast ramshackle apparatus of beams and ropes and pulleys which towers to the vaulted ceiling and dwarfs the camels and their stonewheels. The machine is operated by one man, who shovels the linseed pulp into a stone vat, climbs up nimbly to a dizzy height to fasten ropes, and then throws his weight on to a great beam made out of a tree trunk to set the ropes and pulleys in motion. Ancient girders girders creak and groan , ropes tighten and then a trickle of oil oozes oozes down a stone runnel into a used petrol can. Quickly the trickle becomes a flood of glistening linseed oil as the beam sinks earthwards, taut and protesting, its creaks blending with the squeaking and rumbling of the grinding-wheels and the occasional grunts and sighs of the camels.(from Advanced Comprehension and Appreciation pieces, 1962 )NOTES1) This piece is taken from Advanced Comprehension and Appreciation Pieces, compiled for overseas students by L. A. Hill and D.J. May, published by Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1962.2) Middle East: generally referring to the area from Afghanistan to Egypt, including the Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus, and Asiatic Turkey.3) Gothic: a style of architecture originated in N. France in 11th century, characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, steep, high roofs, etc.4) veiled women: Some Moslems use the veil---more appropriately, the purdah --- to seclude or hide their women from the eyes of strangers.5) caravanserai (caravansary): in the Middle East, a kind of inn with a large central court, where bands of merchants or pilgrims, together with their camels or horses, stay for shelter and refreshmentTHE MIDDLE EASTERN BAZAAR 文章结构THE MIDDLE EASTERN BAZAARStructural and stylistic analysis&Writing TechniqueSection I: ( paras. 1, 2) General atmosphereTopic Sentence: The Middle Eastern...takes you ...years.ancientness, backwardness, primitivenessharmonious, liveliness, self-sufficient, simple, not sophisticated, active, vigorous, healthySection II (One of the peculiarities) the cloth marketSection III (One of the most picturesque) the coppersmith market and etc.Section IV (Perhaps the most unforgettable) the mill where linseed oil is madeTYPE of Writing: Description: A description is painting a picture in words of a person, place, object, or scene.a description essay is generally developed through sensory details, or the impressions of one’s senses --- sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. The writer generally chooses those that help to bring out the dominant characteristic or outstanding quality of the person or thing described.1. From Macro to Micro2. words appealing to senses: light & heat, sound & movement, and smell & colour.3 nouns, adjectives and even adverbs used as verbs: thread, round, narrow, price, live, tower and dwarf.4. words imitating sounds: onomatopoeia.5. stressful and impressive sentence structures:the one I am thinking of particularly…one of the peculiarities …one of the most picturesque and impressive parts …the most unforgettable thing in the bazaar,…The Middle Eastern Bazaar 课文讲解THE MIDDLE EASTERN BAZAARDetailed Study of the Text1. Middle East: Southeast Asia and Northeast Africa,including the Near East and Iran and Afghanistan.Near Ease: the Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrein, and Kuwait), Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt and Sudan.1. Middle East: Southeast Asia and Northeast Africa, including the Near East and Iran and Afghanistan.Near Ease: the Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrein, and Kuwait), Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt and Sudan.Far East: China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and East Siberia2. particular: special, single and different from others. When sth. is particular, we mean it is the single or an example of the whole under consideration. the term is clearly opposed to general and that it is a close synonym of "single".Particular is also often used in the sense of special.I have sth. very particular (special) to say to Mr. Clinton.She always took particular (special) notice of me.On this particular (single) day we had to be at school early.I don't like this particular (single) hat, but the others are quite nice.3. Gothic-arched: a type of architecture (see. ALD, church picture)Goth: one of the German tribesArch: a curved top sometimes with a central point resting on 2 supports as above a door.aged: a. [d d]My son is aged 10.When he was aged 6, he went to school.a middle aged coupleb. [d id] ancientHe is aged; her aged grandfathermedicare for the sick & aged4. glare: shining intensely, harshly, uncomfortably, and too strong; in a way unpleasant to the eyes5. cavern: a large deep cave (hollow place in the side of a cliff or hill, or underground), closed roofed place. Here in the text we can see that it is a long, narrow, dark street or workshops and stores with some sort of roof over them.6. losing itself in the shadowy distance: in the farthest distance everything becomes obscure, unclear, or only dimly visible in the dark surroundings.lose: come to be withoutshadow: greater darkness where direct light, esp. sunlight, is blocked by sth.; a dark shapeshadowy: hard to see or know about clearly, not distinct, dimHere shadowy suggests the changing of having and not having light, the shifting of lightness and darkness. There may be some spots of brightness in the dark.7. harmonious:harmony: musical notes combined together in a pleasant sounding waytinkle: to make light metallic soundcf:jingle: light tinkling soundThe rain tinkled on the metal roof.She laughed heartily, a sound as cool as ice tinkling in the glass. to tinkle coins together8. throng: large crowd of people or things, a crowd of people busy doing sth. searching up and down, engaging in some kind of activitycf: crowd: general term, large number of people together, but without order or organization.Crowd basically implies a close gathering and pressing together. The boulevard was crammed with gay, laughing crowds.Throng varies so little in meaning from crowd that the two words are often used interchangeably without loss. Throng sometimes carries the stronger implication of movement and of pushing and the weaker implication of density.Throngs circulating through the streets.The pre-Xmas sale attracted a throng of shoppers.9. thread: make one's way carefully, implies zigzag, roundaboutsThe river threads between the mountains.10. roadway:a. central part used by wheeled traffic, the middle part of a road where vehicles driveb. a strip of land over which a road passes11. narrow:In the bright sunlight she had to narrow her eyes.The river narrows at this point.They narrowed the search for the missing boy down to five streets near the school.She looked far into the shadowy distance, her eyes narrowed, a hand on the eyebrows to prevent the glare.The aircraft carrier was too big to pass through the narrows (narrow passage between two large stretches of water).12. stall: BrE. a table or small open-fronted shop in a public place, sth. not permanent, often can be put together and taken away, on which wares are set up for sale.13. din: specific word of noise, loud, confused, continuous noise, low roar which can not be distinguished exactly until you get close, often suggests unpleasant. disordered mixture of confusing and disturbing sounds, stress prolonged, deafening, ear-splitting metallic soundsThe children were making so much din that I could not make myself heard.They kicked up such a din at the party.The din stopped when the curtain was raised.the din of the cheerful crowd14. wares (always-pl.) articles offered for sale, usu. not in a shop. The word gives the impression of traditional commodity, items, goods, more likely to be sold in free-markets.to advertise / hawk / peddle one's waresGoods: articles for sale, possessions that can be moved or carried by train, road; not house, land,There is a variety of goods in the shops.goods train / freight train, canned goods, half-finished goods, clearance goods, textile goods, high-quality goodsware: (lit.) articles for sale, usu. not in a shopThe silversmith showed us his wares.The baker travelled round the town selling his wares. kitchenware, tableware, hardware, softwareearthenware, tinware, ironware, silverwarecommodity: an article of trade or commerce, esp. a farm or mineral productWheat is a valuable commodity.Wine is one of the many commodities that France sells abroad.a commodity fairmerchandise: (U.) things for sale, a general term for all the specific goods or wares.The store has the best merchandise in town.We call these goods merchandise.15. would-be: likely, possible, which one wishes to be but is nota would-be musician / football player16. purchase (fml. or tech.) to buyYou buy some eggs, but purchase a house.17. bargain: to talk about the condition of a sale, agreement, or contract18. dizzy: feeling as if everything were turning round , mentally confusedIf you suffer from anaemia, you often feel dizzy.Every night, when my head touches the pillows, I felt a wave ofdizziness.The two-day journey on the bus makes me dizzy.19. penetrate: to enter, pass, cut, or force a way into or through. The word suggests force, a compelling power to make entrance and also resistance in the medium.The bullet can penetrate a wall.The scud missile can penetrate a concrete works of 1 metre thick. Rainwater has penetrated through the roof of my house.20. fade: to lose strength, colour, freshness, etc.fade away: go slowly out of hearing, gradually disappearingThe farther you push / force your way into the bazaar, the lower and softer the noise becomes until finally it disappears. Then you arrive at the cloth market where the sound is hardly audible. Colour cloth often fades when it is washed.The light faded as the sun went down.The sound of the footsteps faded away.The noise of the airplane faded away.21. mute:adj.a. silent, without speechThe boy has been mute since birth.b. not pronounced:The word "debt" contains a mute letter.noun:a. a person who cannot speakThe boy was born a deaf mute.( has healthy speech organs but never has heard speech sounds, can be trained to speak){cf: He is deaf and dumb (unable to speak).}b. an object that makes a musical instrument give softer sound when placed against the strings or in the stream of airverb: to reduce the sound of, to make a sound softer than usualto mute a musical instrumentHere in the text the word "muted" is used to suggest the compelling circumstances, forcing you to lower your sound.22. beaten: (of a path, track, etc.) that is given shape by the feet of those who pass along it, suggesting ancientness, timelessness. The path becomes flat due to the treading of countless people through thousands of years.We followed a well-beaten path through the forest.23. deaden: to cause to lose strength, force, feeling, and brightnessto deaden the painTwo of these pills will deaden the ache.24. measured: steady, careful, slow, suggesting lack ofspeed, paying attention to what to say25. overwhelm: overcome, control completely and usu. suddenlyThe enemy were overwhelmed by superior forces.Sorrow overwhelmed the family.She was overwhelmed with griefThey won an overwhelming victory / majority.26. sepulchral: related to grave, gloomy, dismalsepulchre / er : old and bibl. use, a burial place; a tomb, esp. one cut in rock or built of stone27. follow suit: to do the same as one else has, to play / to deal the cards of the same suits (in poker, there two red suits, and two black suits. They are hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs, jokers, aces, kings, queens and jacks (knaves).When the others went swimming, I followed suit.He went to bed and I followed suit after a few minutes.28. peculiarity: a distinguishing characteristic, special feature, suggesting difference from normal or usual, strangeness. One of his peculiarities is that his two eyes are not the same colour.The large fantail is a peculiarity of the peacock.The peculiarity of her behaviour puzzled everyone.29. deal in: sell and buy, trade inThis merchant deals in silk goods.Most foreign trading companies in West Africa deal in rubber, cocoa and vegetable oils.30. scatter: to cause (a group) to separate widely, to spread widely in all directions as if by throwingThe frightened people scattered about in all directions.One of the special features / characteristics of the M.E. bazaar is that shopkeepers in the same trade always gather together in the same place to do their business.31. knit: to make things to wear by uniting threads into a kind of close network. Here, to unite or join closely32. guild / gild: an association for businessmen or skilled workers who joined together in former times to help one another and to make rules for training new members33. persecution: cruel treatmentpersecute: to treat cruelly, cause to suffer, esp. for religious or political beliefsThe first immigrants came to American mainly because they wanted to avoid religious persecution / after being persecuted for their religious beliefs.be persecuted by sb. for sth.bloody / terrible /relentless persecutionsuffer from / be subjected to political / religious persecution34. line: form rows along35. trestle: wooden beam fixed at each end to a pair of spreading legs, used, usu. in pairs, as a removable support of a table or other flat surface.36. order of the day: the characteristic or dominant feather or activity, the prevailing state of thingsIf sth. is the order of the day, it is very common among a particular group of peopleConfusion became the order of the day in the Iraqi headquarters due to the electronic interference from the Allied forces. Learning from Lei Feng and Jiao Yulu has become the order of the day recently.Jeans and mini-skirts are no longer the order of the day now. During that period, the Gulf War became the order of the day.37. veil: covering of fine net or other material to protect or hidea woman's face38. leisure: time free from work, having plenty of free time, not in a hurry to do sth.39. pace: rate or speed in walking, marching, running or developing40. preliminary: coming before sth. introducing or preparing for sth. more important, preparatoryThere were several preliminary meetings before the general assembly.A physical examination is a preliminary to joining the army.41. beat down: to reduce by argument or other influence, to persuade sb. to reduce a priceThe man asked $5 for the dress, but I beat him down to $4.50.42. a point of honour: sth. considered important for one's self-respectIt's a point of honour with me to keep my promise = I made it a point of honour to keep my promise.In our country, it is a point of honour with a boy to pay the bill when he is dining with a girl / when he dines a girl; but on the other hand, a western girl would regard it a point of honour (with her) to pay the bill herself.43. make a point of / make it a point to: do sth because one considers it important or necessary, to take particular care of, make extraordinary efforts in, regard or treat as necessaryI always make a point of checking that all the windows are shut before I go out.I always made a point of being on time.I always make a point of remembering my wife's birthday.He made a point of thanking his hostess before he left the party. The rush-hour commute to my job is often nerve-racking, so I make it a point to be a careful and considerate motorist.Some American people make it a point of conscience to have no social distinctions between whites and blacks.44. what it is: used to stressWhat is it she really likes?What is it you do?What is it you really want?45. protest: to express one's disagreement, feeling of unfairnessHere: insist firmly, a firming strongly46. deprive of: take away from, prevent from usingto deprive sb. of political rights / of his power / civil rightsThe misfortunes almost deprived him of his reason.The accident deprived him of his sight / hearing.47. sacrifice: to give up or lose, esp. for some good purpose or beliefThe ancient Greeks sacrificed lambs or calves before engaging in a battle.(infml) to sell sth. at less than its cost or valueI need the money and I have to sacrifice (on the price of) my car.48. regard: regard, respect, esteem, admire and their corresponding nouns are comparable when they mean a feeling for sb. or sth.Regard is the most colourless as well as the most formal. It usu. requires a modifier to reinforce its meaningI hold her in high / low / the greatest regard.to have a high / low regard for sb's opinion.Steve was not highly regarded in his hometown.It is proper to use respect from junior to senior or inferior to superior. It also implies a considered and carefulevaluation or estimation. Sometimes it suggests recognition of sth. as sacred. He respected their views even though he could not agree with them.to have respect for one's privacy, rights...Esteem implies greater warmth of feeling accompanying a high valuation.Einstein's theory of relativity won for his universal esteem. Admiration and Admire, like esteem, imply a recognition of superiority, but they usually connote more enthusiastic appreciation, and sometimes suggest genuine affection. Sometimes the words stress the personal attractiveness of the object of admiration, and weaken the implication of esteem.I have long felt the deepest esteem for you, and your present courageous attitude has added admiration to esteem.regard:to regard sb's wishes / advice / what... (but not sb.)respect:to respect sb.to respect sb.'s courage / opinion /esteem:to esteem sb.to esteem sb. for his honesty / courageadmire:to admire sb.to admire the flowers / sb.' poem49. the customer coming and going at intervals.A customer buys things from a shop; a client get services from a lawyer, a bank or a hairdresser; One who get medical services is a patient and a guest is served in a hotel.at intervals: happening regularly after equal periods of time Trains leave at short intervals.The trees were planted beside the road at 50-meters intervals.50. picturesque: charming or interesting enough to be made into a picture, striking, vivid51. -smith: a worker in metal, a makercopper- / gold- / tin- / black- / gun-smith52. clash: a noisy, usu. metallic sound of collisionswords clashThe dustbins clashed as the men emptied them.bang: to hit violently, to make a loud noiseThe door banged open / shut.He banged the window shut.53. impinge on (upon): to strike or dash esp. with a sharp collisionI heard the rain impinge upon the earth.The strong light impinge on his eyes.The noise of the aeroplane overhead impinged on our ears.to have effect onThe need to see that justice is done impinges on every decision made in the courts.54. distinct: clearly seen, heard, understood, etc. plane, noticeable, and distinguishable to the eye or ear or mind Anything clearly noticed is distinctThere is a distinct smell of beer in this room.A thing or quality that is clearly different from others of its kind is distinctive or distinct fromBeer has a very distinctive smell. It is quite distinct from the smell of wine.55. round:Please round your lips to say "oo".Stones rounded by the action of water are called cobbles.The ship rounded the cape / the tip of the peninsula.56. burnish: to polish, esp. metal, usu. with sth. hard and smooth, polish by friction, make smooth and shiny57. brazier: open metal framework like a basket, usu. on leg, for holding a charcoal or coal fire (see picture in ALD)58. youth: often derog. a young person, esp. a young malea group of youthsthe friends of my youthcollective noun: the youth (young men and women) of the nation59. incredible: This word comes from credit, which means belief, trust, and faithcredit cardWe place full credit in the government's ability.We gave credit to his story.credible: deserving or worthy of belief, trustworthyIs the witness's story credible?After this latest affair he hardly seems credible as a politician. incredible: too strange to be believed, unbelievable60. hammer away at:away: continuously, constantlySo little Hans worked away in his garden.He was laughing (grumbling) away all afternoon.61. vessel:a. usu. round container, such as a glass, pot, bottle, bucket or barrel, used for holding liquidsb. (fml) a ship or large boatc. a tube that carries blood or other liquid through the body, or plant juice through a plant: blood vessel62. bellows: an instrument for blowing air into a fire to make it burn quickly63. the red of the live...The light of the burning coal becomes alternately bright and dim (by turns, one follows the other) as the coal burns and dies down, burns again, along with the repeated movements of the bellows.64. glow: send out brightness or warmth, heat or light without flame or smokeWhen you draws a deep mouthful, the cigarette tip glows.65. rhythmically: happening at regular periods of time, alternately; by turns。
自考00600《高级英语》背熟重点
Lesson 1: Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society?How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship? When Mick Jagger’s fans look at him as a high priest or a god, are you with them or against them? Do you share Chris Singer’s almost religious reverence for Bob Dylan? Do you think he – or Dylan – is misguided? Do you reject Alice Cooper as sick? Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown, perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies?Lesson 2: Four Choices for Young PeopleThe trouble with this solution is that it no longer is practical on a large scale. Our planet, unfortunately, is running out of noble savages and unsullied landscaped; except for the polar regions, the frontiers are gone. A few gentleman farmers with plenty of money can still escape to the bucolic life – but in general the stream of migration is flowing the other way.Lesson 4: Die as You ChooseIn January the Journal of the American Medical Association published a bizarre letter, in which an anonymous doctor claimed to have killed a 20-year-old cancer patient at her own request. This started a debate that will rumble on into the autumn, when Californians may vote on a proposed law legalizing euthanasia. The letter was probably written for polemical impact. It is scarcely credible. It’s author claims that he met the cancer patient for the first time, heard five words from her – “Let’s get this over with” – then killer her. Even the most extreme proponents of euthanasia do not support such an action in those circumstances.Lesson 5: I’d Rather Be Black than FemaleIt is still women – about three million volunteers – who do most of this work in the American political world. The best any of them can hope for is the honor of being district or county vice-chairman, a kind of separate-but-equal position with which a woman is rewarded for years of faithful envelope stuffing and card-party organizing. I n such a job, she gets a number of free trips to state and sometimes national meetings and conventions, where her role is supposed to be to vote the way her male chairman votes.Lesson 6: A Good Chancethe back door which hung open, we saw people standing in the kitchen. I asked carefully, “What’s wrong?”Nobody spoke but Elgie came over, his bloodshot eyes filled with sorrow and misery. He stood in front of us for a moment and then gestured us to go into the living room. The room was filled with people sitting in silence, and finally Elgie said, quietly, “They shot him.”Lesson 7: Miss BrillAlthough it was so brilliantly fine – the blue sky powdered with gold and the great spots of light like white wine splashed over the Jardins Publiques – Miss Brill was glad that she had decided on her fur. The air was motionless, but when you opened your mouth there was just a faint chill, like a chill from a glass of iced water before you sip, and now and again a leaf came drifting – from nowhere, from they sky. Miss Brill put up her hand and touched her fur. Dear little thing! I t was nice to feel it again. She had taken it out of its box tat afternoon, shaken out the moth-powder, given it a good brush, and rubbed the life back into the dim little eyes. “What has been happening to me?” said the sad little eyes. Oh, how sweet it was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown! …But the nose, which was of some black composition, wasn’t at all firm. It must have had a knock, somehow. Never mind – a little dab of black sealing-wax when the time came – when it was absolutely necessary. … Little rogue! Yes, she really felt like that about it. Little rogue biting its tail just by her left ear. She could have taken it off and laid it on her lap and stroked it. She felt a tingling in her hands and arms. But that came from walking, she supposed. And when she breathed, something light and sad – no, not sad, exactly – something gentle seemed to move in her bosom.Lesson 8: A Lesson in Living"It was the best of times and the worst of times. . ." Her voice slid in and curved down through and over the words. She was nearly singing. I wanted to look at the pages. Were they the same that I had read? Or were there notes, music, lined on the pages, as in a hymn book? Her sounds began cascading gently. I knew from listening; to a thousand preachers that she was nearing the end of her reading, and I hadn't really heard, heard to understand, a single word.I have tried often to search behind the sophistication of years for the enchantment I so easilyI said aloud, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done…" tears of love filled my eyes at my selflessness.Lesson 9: The Trouble with TelevisionEverything about this nation—the structure of the society, its forms of family organization, its economy, its place in the world— has become more complex, not less. Yet its dominating communications instrument, its principal form of national linkage, is one that sells neat resolutions to human problems that usually have no neat resolutions. It is all symbolized in my mind by the hugely successful art form that television has made central to the culture, the 30-second commercial: the tiny drama of the earnest housewife who finds happiness in choosing the right toothpaste.When before in human history has so much humanity collectively surrendered so much of its leisure to one toy, one mass diversion? When before has virtually an entire nation surrendered itself wholesale to a medium for selling?Lesson 11: On Getting Off to SleepWhat a bundle of contradictions is a man! Surety, humour is the saving grace of us, for without it we should die of vexation. With me, nothing illustrates the contrariness of things better than the matter of sleep. If, for example, my intention is to write an essay, and 1 have before me ink and pens and several sheets of virgin paper, you may depend upon it that before I have gone very far I feel an overpowering desire for sleep, no matter what time of the day it is. I stare at the reproachfully blank paper until sights and sounds become dim and confused, and it is only by an effort of will that I can continue at all. Even then, I proceed half-heartedly, in a kind of dream. But let me be between the sheets at a late hour, and I can do anything but sleep. Between chime and chime of the clock I can write essays by the score. Fascinating subjects and noble ideas come pell-mell, each with its appropriate imagery and expression. Nothing stands between me and half-a-dozen imperishable masterpieces but pens, ink, and paper.Lesson 12: Why I Writeof good prose or the rhythm of a good story. Desire to share an experience whichvaluable and ought not to be missed…Lesson 14: I Would Like to Tell You SomethingThe investigation was not staged so that veterans could spill out their hearts or purge their souls; it was done to prove that the policy of the United States in Indochina is tantamount to genocide, and that not only the soldiers are responsible for what is happening, but that everyone here in America who has allowed the brutalization and de-personalization to go on is responsible. It was done also to show that you don't start making things right by prosecuting William Galley, no matter how guilty he may be; you also prosecute the men who encouraged the situation. It was done to show that there is not just one Mylai but countless Mylais and they are continuing every single day. There was an almost total press blackout on the testimony of those veterans.Lesson 15: The Beauty IndustryWomen, it is obvious, are freer than in the past. Freer not only to perform the generally unenviable social functions hitherto reserved to the male, but also freer to exercise the more pleasing, feminine privilege of being attractive. They have the right, if not to be less virtuous than their grandmothers, at any rate to look less virtuous. The British Matron, not long since a creature of austere and even terrifying aspect, now does her best to achieve and perennially preserve the appearance of what her predecessor would have described as a Lost Woman. She often succeeds. But we are not shocked—at any rate, not morally shocked. Aesthetically shocked—yes; we may sometimes be that. But morally, no. We concede that the Matron is morally justified in being preoccupied with her personal appearance. This concession depends on another of a more general nature—a concession to the Body, with a large B, to the Manichaean principle of evil. For we have now come to admit that the body has its rights. And not only rights—duties, actually duties. It has, for example, a duty to do the best it can for itself in the way of strength and beauty. Christian-ascetic ideas no longer trouble us. We demand justice for the body as well as for the soul. Hence, among other things, the fortunes made by face-cream manufacturers and beauty-specialists, by the vendors of rubber reducing belts and massage machines, by the patentees of hair-lotions and the authors of books on the culture of the abdomen.下册Lesson One The Company in Which I workOn days when I ‘m especially melancholy , I began constructing tables of organization….classifying people in the company on the basis of envy , hope , fear , ambition , frustration, rivalry , hatred , or disappointment . I call these charts my Happiness Charts . These exercises in malice never fail to boost my spirits ----but only for a while . I rank pretty high when the company is analyzed this way , because I ‘m not envious or disappointed , and I have no expectations . At the very top , of course , are those people , mostly young and without dependents , to whom the company is not yet an institution of any sacred merit but still only a place to work , and who regard their present association with it as something temporary . I put these people at the top because if you asked any one of them if he would choose to spend the rest of his life working for the company , he would give you a resounding No ! , regardless of what inducements were offered . I was that high once . if you asked me that same question today, I would also give you a resounding No ! and add:Lesson Two EvelineBut in her new home , in a distant unknown country , it would not be like that . Then she would be married ---she , Eveline . People would treat her with respect then . She would not be treated as her mother had been . Even now , though she was over nineteen , she sometimes felt herself in danger of her father’s violence . She knew it was that that had given her the palpitations . When they were growing up he had never gone for her , like he used to go for Harry and Ernest , because she was a girl ; but latterly he had begun to threaten her and say what he would do to her only for her dead mother’s sake . And now she had nobody to protect her , Ernest was dead and Harry ,who was in the church decorating business , was nearly always down somewhere in the country . Besides , the invariable squabble for money on Saturday nights had begun to weary her unspeakably . She always gave her entire wages ----seven shillings ----and Harry always sent up what he could , but the trouble was to get any money from her father . He said she used to squander the money , that she had no head , that he wasn’t going to give her his hard-earned money to throw about the streets ,elbowed her way through the crowds and returning home late under her load of provisions . She had hard work to keep the house together and to see that the two young children who had been left to her charge went to school regularly and got their meals regularly . It was hard work ----a hard life ----but now that she was about to leave it she did not find it a wholly undesirable life .She stood among the swaying crowd in the station at the North Wall .He held her hand and she knew that he was speaking to her , saying something about the passage over and over again . The station was full of soldiers with brown baggages . Through the wide doors of the sheds she caught a glimpse of the black mass of the boat , lying in beside the quay wall , with illumined portholes . She answered nothing . She felt her cheek pale and cold and , out of a maze of distress , she prayed to God to direct her , to show her what was her duty . The boat blew a long mournful whistle into the mist . If she went , tomorrow she would be on the sea with Frank , steaming towards Buenos Ayres . Their passage had been booked . Could she still draw back after all he had done for her ? Her distress awoke a nausea in her body and she kept moving her lips in silent fervent prayer .Lesson Three What’s Wrong With Our Press ?The fact is that although network television still allots too little time to the vital service of informing the public , it does a better job in that little time than the nation’s press as a whole . And when I speak of the nation’s press as a whole , I am not speaking of the five or six splendid newspapers ----and the one great newspaper -----which serve the world as models of responsible public information . I am speaking of the local press which in hundreds of American communities is the only news available , aside from those recitals of ticker tape that pass for radio news .Fortunately for the American public , television does not tolerate the kind of distortion of fact , the kind of partisan virulence and personal peeve , that many newspapers not only welcome but encourage . In its entertainment , television caters far too much to the lowest instincts of man , particularly the lust for violence . But there is one appetite it does not feed and which the partisan newspapers of the nation do : the appetite for hate ---hate of whatever is different . I do not find on televison the kind of editorials chronic in the New York tabloids as well as in many local papers across the country .that elevates news above dogfood . it is easier to write editorial copy that appeal to emotion rather than reason .Lesson Four The Tragedy of Old Age in AmericaWhat can we possibly conclude from these discrepant points of view ? Our popular attitudes could be summed up as a combination of wishful thinking and stark terror . We base our feelings on primitive fears , prejudice and stereotypes rather than on knowledge and insight . In reality , the way one experiences old age is contingent upon physical health , personality , earlier-life experiences , the actual circumstances of late –life events ( in what order they occur , how they occur , when they occur ) and the social supports one receives : adequate finances , shelter, medical care , social roles , religious support , recreation . All of these are crucial and interconnected elements which together determine the quality of late life .Lesson Seven Ace in the HoleNo sooner did his car touch the boulevard heading home than Ace flicked on the radio . He needed the radio , especially today . In the seconds before the tubes warmed up , he said aloud , doing it just to hear a human voice , “ Jesus . She ‘ll pop her lid . “ His voice , though familiar , irked him ; it sounded thin and scratchy . In a deeper register Ace added , “ She’ll murder me . “ Then the radio came on , warm and strong , so he stopped worrying . The five Kings were doing “ Blueberry Hill “ ; to hear them made Ace feel so sure inside that from the pack pinched between the car roof and the sun shield he plucked a cigarette , hung it on his lower lip , snapped a match across the rusty place on the dash . He rolled down the window and snapped the match so it spun end-over-end into the gutter . “ Two points , “ he said , and cocked the cigarette toward the roof of the car , sucked powerfully , and exhaled two plumes through his nostrils . He was beginning to feel like himself , Ace Anderson , for the first time that whole day , a bad day . He beat time on the accelerator . The car jerked crazily .The run must have tuned Bonnie up . When they got back home , as soon as he lowered her into the crib , she began to shout and wave her arms . He didn’t want to play with her . He tossed some blocks and rattle into the crib an walked into the bathroom , where he turned on the hot water andwent bald first . He remembered reading somewhere , though , that baldness shows virility .Lesson Eight Science Has Spoiled My SupperEconomics entered . It is possible to turn out in quantity a bland , impersonal , practically imperishable substance more or less resembling , say cheese ---at lower cost than cheese . Chain groceries shut out the independent stores and “ standardization “ became a principal means of cutting cost .Lesson Ten How Market Leaders Keep Their EdgeThe third value discipline we have named customer intimacy . Its adherents focus on delivering not what the market wants but what specific customers want . Customer-intimate companies do not pursue one-time transactions ; they cultivate relationships . They specialize in satisfying unique needs , which often only they recognize , through a close relationship with ---and intimate knowledge of ----the customer . Their proposition to the customer: We have the best solution for you , and we provide all the support you need to achieve optimum results , or value , or both , from whatever products you buy . Long distance telephone carrier Cable& Wireless , , for example , practices customer intimacy with a vengeance , achieving success in a highly competitive market by consistently going the extra mile for its selectively chosen , small-business customers .Lesson Eleven On Human Nature and PoliticsBut great as is the influence of the motives we have been considering , there is one which outweighs them all... Power, like vanity, is insatiable. Nothing short of omnipotence could satisfy it completely. And as it is especially the vice of energetic men, the casual efficacy of love of power is out of all proportion to its frequency. It is, indeed, by far the strongest motive in the lives of important men. Love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power, and this applies to petty power as well as to that of potentates. In the happy days before 1914,when well-to-do ladies could acquire a host of servants, their pleasure in exercising power over the domestics steadily increased with age. Similarly, in any autocratic regime, the holders of power become increasingly tyrannical with experience of the delights that power can afford. Since power over human beings is shown inconsent. If you require a building permit, the petty official concerned will obviously get more pleasure from saying "No" than from saying "Yes". It is this sort of thing which makes the love of power such a dangerous motive . But it has other sides which are more desirable . The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique. In politics, also, a reformer may have just as strong a love of power as a despot . It would be a complete mistake to decry love of power altogether as a motive. Whether you will be led by this motive to actions which are useful, or to actions which are pernicious, depends upon the social system, and upon your capacities.Lesson Twelve The Everlasting WitnessThe three were eating breakfast on the terrace, a thousand and one felicitous birds in the garden trees. In unsullied damp brown circles of soft earth the roses bloomed serenely against the pink Mexican wall. Marian's brother-in-law read the English page, as dedicated as a nice little boy reading the funnies, and Theresa, Marian's sister, chatted softly and merrily about their next week-end holiday. Theresa's bright smile had always been her mark and now, childless and with a husband beyond war age, and a life both ordered and gay, it looked as if that smile had justified itself.Lesson Thirteen Selected SnobberiesAll men are snobs about something. One is almost tempted to add : There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish. But this would doubtless be an exaggeration. There are certain disfiguring and mortal diseases about which there has probably never been any snobbery. I cannot imagine, for exam4ple, that there are any leprosy-snobs. More picturesque diseases, even when they are dangerous, and less dangerous diseases, particularly when they are the diseases of the rich, can be and very frequently are a source of snobbish self-importance. I have met several adolescent consumption-snobs , who thought that it would be romantic to fade away in the flower of youth , like Keats or Marie Bashkirtseff. Alas, the final stages of the consumptive fading are generally a good deal less romantic than these ingenuous young tubercle-snobs seem to imagine . To anyone who has actually witnessed these final stages, the complacent poeticizings of these adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic. In the case ofexasperation is not tempered by very much sympathy. People who possesssufficient wealth, not to mention sufficient health, to go travelling from spa to spa. from doctor to fashionable doctor, in search of cures from problematical diseases (which, in so far as they exist at all. probably have their source in overeating) cannot expect us to be .very lavish in our solicitude and pity.lesson fourteen Saturday Night and Sunday MorningHe sat by the canal fishing on a Sunday morning in spring, at an elbow where alders dipped over the water like old men on their last legs, pushed by young sturdy oaks from behind. He straightened his back, his fingers freeing nylon line from a speedily revolving reel. Around him lay knapsack and jacket, an empty catch-net, his bicycle, and two tins of worms dug from the plot of garden at home before setting out. Sun was breaking through clouds, releasing a smell of earth to heaven. Birds sang. A soundless and minuscular explosion of water caught his eye. He moved nearer the edge, stood up, and with a vigorous sweep of his arm, cast out the line.Lesson Fifteen Is America Falling Apart?During my year's stay in New Jersey I let my appetite flower into full Americanism except for one thing. I did not possess an automobile. This self-elected deprivation was a way into the nastier side of the consumer society. Where private ownership prevails, public amenities decay or are prevented from coming into being. The rundown rail services of America are something I try, vainly, to forget. The nightmare of filth, outside and in, that enfolds the trip from Springfield, Mass., to Grand Central Station would not be accepted in backward Europe. But far worse is the nightmare of travel in and around Los Angeles, where public transport does not exist and people are literally choking to death in their exhaust fumes . This is part of the price of individual ownership.Lesson sixteen Through the TunnelAs for Jerry, once he saw that his mother had gained her beach , he began the steep descent to the bay . From where he was, high up among red-brown rocks, it was a scoop of moving bluish green fringed with white. As he went lower, he saw that it spread among small promontories and inlets of rough, sharp rock, and the crisping, lapping surface showed stains of purple and darkerblue.。
英语自考本科高级英语笔记-上册-Lesson_Ten
Lesson Ten The Tenth Man Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1this one was very young, with inexperience even in the shape of his mustache…他非常年轻，从他胡子的形状看，他很缺乏经验。
2…but the irony was overdone and the delivery that of an amateur actor.但冷嘲做过了头，他说话的方式就像一个业余演员。
"delivery" means the way of speaking or performing in public."amateur" used as an adjective here means "poor, not good".It means the delivery was the kind of an amateur actor.3The whold scene was as unreal as a charade.整个场面就像看手势猜字谜游戏那样虚假。
charade here has a double meaning: a piece of ridiculous pretence or absurd behaviour, and a game in which a one person acts the meaning of a word or phrase and the others have to guess what it is.4Well, now you've to pay the hotel bill.The speaker is trying to be humourous. It means they have to pay with their lives for the stay in the cell.5This was just a line in his charade he couldn't sacrifice.这是他矫饰时不能省略的一句话。
英语自考本科高级英语笔记-上册-Lesson_Two
Lesson Two Four Choices for Young People Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1president of the senior classsenior class here means 毕业班In America, freshman, sophomore, junior and senior is used to state the students in the first to fourth year in college.2the adult worldthe society run by adults3The world is in pretty much of a messThe world is in total disorder. To be in a mess: 处于杂乱，混乱的状态。
4…what have they got to teach our generation?They have got nothing to teach our generation.5That kind of lesson we can do without.We don't need that kind of instructions, for we can manage things by ourselves without them.6The relevant question for the arriving generation is not whether our society is imerfect ( We can take that for granted), but how to deal with it.not…but... means 不是…而是…。
Take something for granted means视某事为当然。
自考高级英语上册lesson 16
Blurt sth out
• say sth suddenly and tactlessly脱口说出 • The little girl blurted out the answer before te teacher finished the question.老师还没 有把问题说完，这个小女孩就脱口说出了 答案。 • He blurted out the bad news on seeing his father.他一见到父亲就脱口说出这个坏消息。
solicit
• v.ask for earnestly; try to obtain恳求给予 • Both candidates solicited my opinion about the election.两位候选人都来征求我对选举 的意见。 • The boy solicited money from his father/solicited his father for money.男孩向 父亲要钱。
in search of
• looking for 搜寻，寻找 • eg：1．The villagers went everywhere in search of the missing children． • 村民到处寻找失踪的小孩。 • 2．The policemen stopped the ship in search of contraband． • 警察让船停止，搜查违禁品。
frown on sth
• disapprove of sth不赞成；不允许 • Many parents frown on their children’s coming home late at night.许多父母不赞成 子女晚归。 • Gambling and drug taking are frowned upon by the local government.当地政府不 允许赌博和吸毒。
自考高级英语各类笔记汇总 上册 Lesson1
背景知识（Background knowledge）Rock MusicA form of popular music is characterized by a pronounced, amplified beat. Electric guitars are almost always the main instrumental sound source. The modem rock band's basic elements are one or more vocalists, an electric lead guitar and bass guitar and drums. A rhythm guitar is often included, and many bands also use keyboards. "Rock-and-roll" was coined in the mid-1950 by a Cleveland broadcaster, Alan Freed, to replace "rhythm-and-blues"——a term that Freed thought had too many racial overtones'. (It was being called "race music" in some quarters at the time.) Rhythm-and-blues was itself an updated, urbanized stylization of the blues, which had been developed mainly by rural or country-oriented black musicians. When the music was renamed rock-and-roll, it also underwent an elemental change, particularly when white performers saw how eagerly young audiences responded. "White" music——that is essentially conventional popular music with a decided country-and-western flavor——was blended with rhythm-and-blues, and young people continued to hold a proprietary attitude about it. Rock went through its share of phases and participated in a number of pop culture fads.课文要义（Main idea of the text）The author focuses on the social influences of the rock music in terms of sociology. By contrasting different attitudes toward the rock among the young and adult audience, the author points out that rock is served as an expression of social ideas, and also provides a debating stage for different ideas. Rock 'n' roll stars express the young generation's viewpoints on various political and social problems, and also help the society see its own beliefs and attitudes, and express the young men's feelings and hope.词汇(Vocabulary)1.adulation: (n.) excessive admiration or praise; flatteryThe magazine is full of the fan’s adulation of their favorite pop stars.杂志上充满了歌迷对他们所喜爱的歌手的吹捧。
英语自考本科高级英语笔记-上册-Lesson Ten
Lesson Ten The Tenth Man Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1this one was very young, with inexperience even in the shape of his mustache…他非常年轻，从他胡子的形状看，他很缺乏经验。
2…but the irony was overdone and the delivery that of an amateur actor.但冷嘲做过了头，他说话的方式就像一个业余演员。
"delivery" means the way of speaking or performing in public."amateur" used as an adjective here means "poor, not good".It means the delivery was the kind of an amateur actor.3The whold scene was as unreal as a charade.整个场面就像看手势猜字谜游戏那样虚假。
charade here has a double meaning: a piece of ridiculous pretence or absurd behaviour, and a game in which a one person acts the meaning of a word or phrase and the others have to guess what it is.4Well, now you've to pay the hotel bill.The speaker is trying to be humourous. It means they have to pay with their lives for the stay in the cell.5This was just a line in his charade he couldn't sacrifice.这是他矫饰时不能省略的一句话。
高级英语上册完整教案_张中载_外语教学与研究出版社
高级英语上册完整教案_张中载_外语教学与研究出版社第一篇：高级英语上册完整教案_张中载_外语教学与研究出版社高级英语（上）Lesson OneRock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society 背景知识（Background knowledge）Rock Music A form of popular music that is characterized by a pronounced, amplified beat.Electric guitars are almost always the main instrumental sound source.The modem rock band's basic elements are one or more vocalists, an electric lead guitar and bass guitar and drums.A rhythm guitar is often included, and many bands also use keyboards.“Rock-and-roll” was coined in the mid-1950' s by a Cleveland broadcaster, Alan Freed, to replace “rhythm-and-blues”——a term that Freed thought had too many racial overtones'.(It was being called “race music” in some quarters at the time.)Rhythm-and-blues was itself an updated, urbanized stylization of the blues, which had been developed mainly by rural or country-oriented black musicians.When the music was renamed rock-and-roll, it also underwent an elemental change, particularly when white performers saw how eagerly young audiences responded.“White” music——that is essentially conventional popular music with a decided country-and-western flavor——was blended with rhythm-and-blues, and young people continued to hold a proprietary attitude about it.Rock went through its share of phases and participated in a number of pop culture fads.课文要义（Main idea of the text）The author focuses on the social influences of the rock music in terms of sociology.By contrasting different attitudes towardthe rock among the young and adult audience, the author points out that rock is served as an expression of social ideas, and also provides a debating stage for different ideas.Rock 'n' roll stars express the young generation's viewpoints on various political and social problems, and also help the society see its own beliefs and attitudes, and express the young men's feelings and hope.词汇(Vocabulary)1.sprinkle: v.scatter or throw sth.in small drops or particles etc.on(a surface);spreadEvery morning the sanitation workers sprinkle water on the dusty streets.每天早上清洁工人都要往尘土飞扬的街道上洒水。
高级英语笔记整理
高级英语笔记整理Part I 词汇第一册第一课中东的集市1）and of would-be purchasers : intended to be,likely ,possible 2010 2) and the buyers…follow suit: do the same as someone elase has done 3) shopkeepers dealing in the same kind of goods …collect in the same area : gather2010 4)bargaing is the order of the day : the prevailing state of things; the commanding thing to do 头等大事2012 5）in each shop sit the apprentices…hammering away at copper vessels: hammering continously 2010 6)the live coals glowing bright and then dimming: glowing or burning 7) it is a vast ,sombre cavern of a room : 8) a trickle of oil ozzes own…into a used petrolcan: no longer new; second hand第二课广岛—日本最有活力的城市1) because I had a lump in my throat: feeling of pressure in one’s throat, caused by repressed emotionbecause of strong emotion2) to have the same preoccupations: 占据思想；全神贯注；心里总想着的事物 3) to rub shoulders with :meet and mix with (people) 与...有来往；和。
英语自考本科高级英语笔记-上册-Lesson_Twelve
Lesson Twelve Why I write Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1I should have to settle down and write books.settle down: become used to a way of life or job, etc.He soon settled down in the new school and began to work hard.2I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side.I was the middle child among three children, but I was five years younger than my elder brother and five years older thanmy younger brother.3I had a facility with words.I had a natural ability to use words easily and well.4in which I could get my own back for my failure在我自己的小天地里，我能补偿我在日常生活中的失败。
In my private world I could make up (compensate) for my failure in everyday life.5and picture myself as the hero of thrilling adventurespicture here means imagine.6but quite soon my "story" ceased to be narcissistic in a crude waybut quite soon my "story" ceased to be in an offensive and rude way.7my non-literary yearsthe years when I was not engaged in wirting literary works8So hee with difficulty and labor hard/Moved on: with difficult and labor hee,他身负困难和辛劳向前进：身负困难和辛劳的他。
2010-2011(上)高级英语课文单词1-5课(1)
Lesson 1Text A Blueprint for a “Learning Society”bane造成困扰或不快的事物；wither away消失,破灭；dead weight沉重的负担；spur刺激，鼓舞;relegate使降级;decolonization非殖民化;underprivileged贫困的; prerogative特权;audiovisual aids直观教具;paradoxical似是而非的;plow through sth费劲地穿越;sweeping全面的;彻底的，大范围的，根本性的;substantially 非常；大大地;disparity差异,不同; authoritarianism专制; ideology意识形态; polytechnical多学科性质的; draw on吸收,汲取；take account of考虑斟酌,体谅；be acquainted with使某人熟悉…; make sense of懂得,了解...的意义Text B Education as a Path to ConformityConformity 1. 遵从;顺从[(+to/with)] 2. 相似;一致;符合[(+to/with)]corps名词n. 1. 兵团,军2. (医务、通讯、军械等兵种的)部队3. (经专门训练或有特种使命的)队,组,团avalanche名词n. [C]1. 雪崩;山崩2. 突然来到的大量事物[(+of)]slog及物动词vt. 1. 猛击2. 步履艰难地行(路); 不及物动词vi. 1. 猛击2. 顽强行进deadbeat名词n. 1. 赖债不还的人2. 游手好闲者3. 落泊者impart及物动词vt. [(+to)]1. 分给;给予;传授2. 告知;透露wimp名词n. 1. 软弱(或无能)者2. 【俚】无能的人;糊涂的人;懦弱的人patriarchal形容词a. 1. 家长的;族长的;家长(或族长)制的2. 【宗】教长的;牧首的3. 德高望重的glare不及物动词vi. 1. 怒目注视[(+at)]2. 眩目地照射3. 显眼,引人注目; 及物动词vt. 1. 用愤怒的目光表示trill名词n. [C]1. 【音】颤音2. (鸟等的)啼啭声3. 【语】颤动;颤音; 及物动词vt. 1. 用颤音发(声);用颤音唱(或奏) 2. (鸟)啼啭; 不及物动词vi. 1. 用颤音发声;用颤音唱歌(或演奏) 2. (鸟)啼啭censure及物动词vt. 1. 责备;谴责; 不及物动词vi. 1. 责备;谴责; 名词n. 1. 责备;谴责[U][C]fret及物动词vt. 1. 使苦恼;使烦躁;使发愁2. 侵蚀;腐蚀;使磨损;蛀蚀3. (经侵蚀而)形成(通道) 4. 使(水面)起波纹daunting形容词a. 1. 令人怯步的;使人气馁的Lesson 2Text A Notes of A Native Soningenious机灵的, 有独创性的, 精制的, 具有创造才能;Jim-crow歧视黑人的,<贬>黑人专用的;unanimous一致的，一致同意的; bounce back弹起，弹跳;跳回;predilection爱好, 偏袒;sardonic嘲笑的, 冷笑的, 讥讽的;discompose使不安, 使烦乱, 使烦恼;eject逐出, 撵出, 驱逐, 喷射;derisive嘲笑的, 值得嘲笑的;incongruous不调和的, 不适宜的; thaw使融解, 使缓和,融化, 解冻;outrageous侮辱人的, 极恶劣的;令人震惊的; 令人愤慨的;bawl高声喊叫, 咆哮; chamber房间, 寝[卧]室; imprecation诅咒,谩骂;enact制定,颁布;interception求情,调解;astound使震惊;rise as one man集体起立Text B：Momma, the Dentist, and Meexcruciate施酷刑,拷问,使苦恼,折磨；penance忏悔; 悔过; (赎罪的)惩罚；cavity 洞, 穴, 凹处, 槽; 空心; bailiwick职权范围，管辖区；loop:用环扣住(或套住);缠绕; enamel: 珐琅质; blinding pain: 使人眩目的痛; toy with: 随随便便的对待; starch: (用淀粉浆)给(衣服等)上浆; Screw up: 使振作,鼓舞; dislodge逐出,取出；离开住处；cushion垫子；缓和;保护；hypnotize施催眠术,使恍惚,使着迷；of one’s own accord: 自愿的; scoundrel无赖;流氓；enunciate(清楚地)表达；vernacular 土语; 方言; obliterate涂去,擦去,删除；lukewarm微温的；不热心的, 不起劲的；retributive报应的; 报复的; 惩罚的；rotten to the gums烂到了牙根；crushed aspirins阿司匹林粉; dislodge what little remained of my reason清除了所有的理智；It was no small effort.费了很大力气。
《高级英语 上》笔记
高级英语（上）L1-10 笔记Lesson 1一.句子1.How do you feel about this adulation and hero worship? When Mick Jagger’s fans look at himas a high priest or a god, are you with them or against them? Do you share Chris Singer’s almost religious reverence for Bob Dylan? Do you think he-or Dylan-is misguided? Do you reject Alice Cooper as sick? Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown, perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies?There aren’t idle questions. Some sociologists say that your answers to them could explain a lot about what you are thinking and about what your society is thinking-in other words, about where you and your society are. “Music expresses its times,” says sociologist Irving Horowitz, Horowitz sees the rock music arena as a sort of debating forum, a place where ideas clash and crash .He sees it as a place where American society struggles to define and redefine its feelings and beliefs. “The redefinition,” Horowitz says, “is a task uniquely performed by the young. It is they alone who combine invention and exaggeration, reason and motion, word and sound, music and politics.你如何看待这种赞美和英雄崇拜？当米克.贾格尔的歌迷把他视作大主教或神时，你对他们是持赞成还是反对态度？你是否赞同克里斯.辛格对鲍勃.狄佗的近乎宗教般的崇敬？你认为是他-还是狄伦-迷入歧途了？你是否认为艾利斯.库珀的表演令人讨厌因而拒绝接受他呢？你是否因为这位奇怪的小丑表达出了你狂热的幻觉而多少被他吸引？这些并不是随便提出的毫无价值的问题。
高级英语上册9-16
---------------------------------------------------------------最新资料推荐------------------------------------------------------高级英语上册9-16高级英语上册 9-16_(最终) 高级英语上册 LessonNine The Trouble with Television 电视的毛病１ LessonTen The Tenth Man 第十个人８ Lesson Eleven OnGetting Off to Sleep 谈睡眠16 Lesson Twelve Why I Write我为什么写作22 Lesson Thirteen Work 工作30 LessonFourteen I Would Like to Tell You Something38 我想告诉你们一些事情 Lesson Fifteen The Beauty Industry美容用品业49 Lesson Sixteen A Job Interview 面试60 Lesson Nine The Trouble with Television 电视的毛病 It isdifficult to escape the influence of television. If you fit thestatistical averages, by the age of 20 you will have beenexposed to at least 20,000 hours of television. You can add10,000 hours for each decade you have lived after the age of20. The only things Americans do more than watch television arework and sleep. （双横线完形填空）要摆脱电视的影响是困难的。
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Unit9
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2) tramp printer: a person who goes around doing odd jobs of printing
Unit8
1) Newsweek: An American news weekly established in Dayton, Ohio in 1933. In it domestic and international news is summarized, analyzed and categorized according to topics each week. It also has special sections devoted to arts, science, medicine, sports, etc. It is one of the three largest news weeklies of America and has a wide domestic and international circulation.
8) I've tried it ... stand it: uneducated English of an American boy:'don't' for 'doesn't', 'ain't' for 'isn't', 'widder' for 'widow','gits' for 'gets' and 'body' for 'person'
3) Confederate guerrilla: a guerrilla fighter who supported the southern Confederacy (See note below on "Civil War" )
4) cub pilot: a young inexperienced pilot; a person just learning to become a pilot
3) Old Testament: The Christian Bible is divided into two sections: the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament, composed of 39 books, is the name given by Christians to the Holy Scripture of Judaism. The New Testament contains the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and his follower.
9) no-brainer: perhaps meaning no longer necessary to rack one's brains to select a TV program one would like to see
10) Calif.: abbreviation for California, State of the SW. U. S., on the Pacific Coast
5) the Civil War: This refers to the American Civil War (1861-65), also called the War of Secession. This war was fought between the northern states (Federal States or the Union) and the southern states (the Confederacy or confederate States of America) which seceded from the U. S. in opposition to the proposed abolition of slavery. The southern states were defeated.
7) Terminator Ⅻ: an American science fiction movie series, starring the popular actor, Arnold Schwarzengger. The number XII implies a future installment of the series.
11) F. O.: Foreign Office
12) P. M.: Prime Minister
14) Hun: term of contempt applied to German soldiers especially in World War I
15) Dominion: a self-governing member of the British Commonwealth of Nations
16) British Empire: The United Kingdom plus her colonies and protectorates
17) Commonwealth of Nations: The United Kingdom plus her former colonies but now independent natቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱons and a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations
16) remotes: remote control devices
17) Home Shopping Network: a TV network that displays all kinds of goods which people at home can pick and buy
19) Smithsonian: Smithsonian Institution, research and education center, at Washington D. C.: founded 1846. Today it is a vast complex, housing many museums, art galleries, research institutes, etc.
20) Cybercity: a city controlled by computers, etc.
22) MIT: acronym for Massachusets Institute of Technology
24) Golden Fleece award: a prize awarded to a government project considered to be the most silly, wasteful and corrupt
11) VCR: Video Cassette Recorder
14) couch-potato: a person who spends most of his time on a couch watching TV
15) channel surfing: skimming quickly through various TV channels to find a suitable program
Unit1
2) Middle East: generally referring to the area from Afghanistan to Egypt, including the Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus, and Asiatic Turkey.
3) Gothic: a style of architecture originated in N. France in 11th century, characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, steep, high roofs, etc.
9) Philippine Moros: Moslems of Malay origin living in S. Philippines
Unit10
2) fundamentalism: religous beliefs based on a literal interpretation of everything in the Bible and regarded as fundamental to Christian faith and morals
nationwide poll for the best news anchorman conducted by Travel and Leisure weekly, Jennings came in second, losing to Dan Rather of CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) by one percentage point, but came in first as the most intelligent anchorman, beating Rather by 2 percentage points.
Unit5
6) Chequers: a historic Tudor mansion in Buckinghamshire, 35 miles NW of London; presented to the government by Lord and Lady Lee of Fareham 1917; the official country seat of the prime minister of Great Britain