高级英语上讲义Lesson8

Lesson Eight A Lesson in Living

一、Words and Expressions

agegroup 年龄相近的一群人

1.aristocrat n.aristocratic adj.aristocracy n.

2.aura n.air, atmosphere 气氛

There is an aura of mystery in this restaurant.3.cascade n.waterfall

a cascade of blonde hair

v.fall in like a cascade 瀑布般下泻

Water has cascaded down the mountainside.

Her blonde hair cascaded down her back.瀑布般披在后背上

4.couch n.长沙发

v.couch sth.in sth.表达 =express

a carefully couched reply 措辞严谨的答复

heath 荒野

5.include—inclusion—inclusive—inclusively

inclusive adj.of sth.

The price is 100 dollars, inclusive of tax.连税在内（=including）

6.infuse v.灌输 infuse sth.into sb./ infuse sb.with sth.= put in or fill with infuse new idea into the students/infuse the students with new ideas

infuse new life into the enterprise 给企业注入新的活力

infusion n.illiteracy 文盲

7.tolerate—tolerant—intolerant

lifeline 救生索

8.memorize v.keep sth.in one's mind

memory n.in memory of sb./sth.

my 感叹词

odor 气味

poetic 有诗意的

9.ruffle v.

I.弄皱

A breeze ruffled the surface of the lake.湖面泛起涟漪

Don't ruffle my shirt, for I just ironed it.

ruffle sth.up

II.upset one's temper 扰乱某人的情绪

ruffle one's feathers = annoy

smooth one's ruffled feathers

saying 格言

selflessness 无私

10.to single out: pick out, sort out,

11.sop v.（-pp-）浸，沾

sop bread in soup

sop sth.up Sop up the water with a paper towel.用纸巾把水吸干

12.sophisticated plicated, complex 复杂的，世故的

II.advanced 高、精、尖

sophisticated modern weapons

sophisticate n.老于世故的人

sophistication n.世故，复杂性

triangular 三角的，三角形的

vanilla 香草精

二.Text

1.sop around 游走

2.edible/inedible 可食用/不可食用

3.measure: standard 尺度

4.appeal to sb.for sth.向谁恳求、呼吁

5.at a respectful distance 敬而远之

6.incessantly: constantly, continuously 不间断地

7.provide—provision

8.agegroup look 同龄人的眼光

“Come and walk along with me, Marguerite.” I couldn't have refused even if I wanted to. She pronounced my name so nicely. Or more correctly, she spoke each word with such clarity that I was certain a foreigner who didn't understand English could have understood her.

“Now no one is going to make you talk － possibly no one can. But bear in mind, language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.” That was a totally new idea to me, and I would need time to think about it.

communicate with sb. 与谁交往

bear in mind

“Your grandmo ther says you read a lot. Every chance you get. That's good, but not good enough. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.”

the shade of meaning 意思上的细微差别

I memorized the part about the human voice infusing words. It seemed so valid and poetic.

poetic 富有诗意的

She said she was going to give me some books and that I not only must read them, I must read them aloud. She suggested that I try to make a sentence sound in as many different ways as possible.

“I'll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.” My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve in fact I did abuse a book of Mrs. Flowers'.

Death would be too kind and brief.

本句翻译：我应该受到比死亡更严厉的惩罚。

boggle 犹豫不决