裕兴新概念英语第三册笔记29

Lesson 29 Funny or not? 是否可笑？

New words and expressions 生词和短语

largely adv. 在很大程度上comic adj. 喜剧的，可笑的universal adj. 普通的comedian n. 滑稽演员，喜剧演员distasteful adj. 讨厌的pester v. 一再要求，纠缠

dread v. 惧怕recovery n. 康复

plaster n. 熟石膏console v. 安慰，慰问

hobble v. 瘸着腿走compensate v. 补偿

mumble v. 喃喃而语

★universal adj. 普遍的

eg：Love , a topic of universal interest. 爱情事人们普遍感兴趣的话题。

a universal truth 放之四海皆成的真理

eg：It is a universal truth that you think of nothing else if you don’t things if you do.

这是个普遍真理：没钱的时候你想的只有它，而一但有了钱，你就会想其它。universal suffrage 普选权

be of universal significance 广泛的意义

universally adv.

It is universally true that…

★distasteful adj. 讨厌的、让人倒胃口的、难吃的

a distasteful story

eg：It is distasteful to me to say so. 我很不愿意这么说。

a distasteful task / medicine 难完成的任务/难吃的药

★recovery n. 康复

eg：Make a quick recovery from the influenza. 感冒之后很快就好了。

economic recovery / resurgence 经济复苏/复兴

recover program：a course of treatment for people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol 康复疗程（针对吸毒成瘾或酗酒的人）

★console v. 安慰，慰问

to make someone feel better when they are feeing sad or disappointed console sb with sth 用…来安慰某人

eg：The doctor consoled the little boy with the promise he would go back home to celebrate Christmas Day.

医生安慰小男孩并许诺他可以回家过圣诞节。

console oneself with…聊以自慰，以…自我安慰

eg：No matter how hard I tried to repair my computer, it refused to work. But I still consoled myself with the thought that even thee specialized may not put it right.

condole v. 吊唁

eg：Peter wrote to condole with his friend on his mother’s death.

Peter写信给他的朋友对他母亲的过世表示慰问。

solace v. （文雅的表达方式）

eg：He solaced himself with a book. 他从书中得到慰藉。

consolation n.

a word of consolation 一句安慰的话

consolatory adj.

a consolatory letter 安慰信；booby prize 安慰奖

★hobble v. 瘸着腿走

to walk with difficulty, especially as a result of an injury to your leg or feet hobble along 一瘸一拐地走

limp adj. / n. v.

adj. （not firm or strong）无力的

limp body

n. walk with a limp 跛行

v. limp to school 一瘸一拐去上学

lame adj. / v. （because of injury）

go / become lame致瘸了；lame duck 无能的人

cripple n./ v.四肢残疾

an offensive word for somebody who is physically unable to use their arms or legs properly

the disabled / handicapped 无能力者、残废者/ 残疾人

the deaf and dumb 聋哑人

★compensate for v. 补偿

eg：His rise in status more than compensate for his loss of money.

eg：Only when you lose your health can you realize that nothing can compensate for it.

只有到失去健康时，你才能意识到健康无以弥补。

make up for

eg：Beauty can never make up for stupidity.愚蠢是无法靠美貌来弥补的。atone（for）v.：

to do sth to show that you are sorry for having done sth wrong

弥补过失、赎罪

eg：Dimitri atoned for his behavior to make a hundred and one apologies. Dimitri为自己的鲁莽行为而向他深表歉意。

★mumble v. 喃喃而语

to say something too quietly and not clear enough so that it is difficult or impossible to hear 声音太小或听不清楚