新编大学英语4期末复习重点词

Unit 01

In-class reading passage

universal 1.1/ make an attempt to 2.2/ diverse 2.3/ a labor of love 2.6/ sensitive 3.5/ trigger 3.15/ a string of 3.15/ the focus of attention 3.20/ mutual 4.5/ tease 4.6/ selectively 4.6/ beyond the reach of 4.10/ tempt 4.11/ present 5.8/ range from …to …6.5/ subtle 6.6/ comedian 7.4/ appeal to 7.5 &10.14/ lie in 7.11/ value 7.17/ familiarity 7.17/ deliver 9.13/ irritated 10.7/ alternative 11.3/ sophisticated 11.6 & 13.3/ variation

12.2/ mild 12.6/ under our noses 12.15/ clarification 12.16/ suggestive

13.3/ be blamed for 13.7/ persist 13.8

As one who has enjoyed humor since I first recognized it, I’ve made an attempt to explain and discuss humor with students in such diverse cultures as Latin America and China. 2.1

我是第一次辨识出幽默便喜欢上它的人，因此我曾试图跟学生议论和探讨幽默。这些学生文化差异很大，有来自拉丁美洲的，也有来自中国的。

Why is it that several students in a class will fall out of their chairs laughing after I tell a joke while the rest of the students look as if I’ve just read the weather report. 3.1

为什么我讲完一个笑话后，班上有些学生会笑得前仰后合，而其他学生看上去就像刚听我读了天气预报一样呢

Blitzen pranced just beyond the reach of Grandma until Grandma was

tempted to leave her chair to get the slipper from Blitzen. 4.9

布利茨恩在外祖母刚好够不到的地方蹦来跳去，一直逗得外祖母忍不住站起来去拿那只拖鞋。

The audience knows in advance what will be said, because it is classic humor, and any audience values it even more because of its familiarity.

7.15

由于这是一个经典笑话，观众都知道要说什么，而且因为大家对这个笑话很熟悉而更加珍爱它。

This clarification, of course, does nothing to correct the first statement and the double meaning of the joke becomes even more laughable.

12.16

当然，这个解释并没有纠正她的第一句话，反而使这个笑话的双重含义变得更加好笑。

After-class reading passage

appeal 2.1/ recognizable 2.4/ plot 2.4/ start with 3.1/ end with 3.3/ clue 3.4/ reveal 3.6/ formula 3.6 instinct 3.7/ curiosity 3.7/ assemble 4.9/ rigid 5.1/ commit 5.8/ suspect 5.9/ dated 6.3/ predictable 6.4/ shatter 6.4/ penalty 7.2/ identify 7.4/ convict 8.3/ miscarriage 8.4/ contemporary 9.2/ psychologically 9.5/ complex 9.5/ unsettle 9.12/ affection 10.1/cozy 10.2/ detective drama 10.5/ under arrest 10.6/ take on 11.3/ obsession 12.1/ fictional 12.4/ exert its fatal attraction 13.3

The formula appeals to the strongest of human instincts-curiosity-and its

popularity shows no sign of going away. 3.6

这种模式吸引了人类最强烈的本能—好奇心—而人们对这种模式欢迎的程度没有任何减弱的迹象。

When a murder is commited, there’s no shortage of suspects to be investigated. 5.8

当谋杀案发生时，需要调查的嫌疑人不在少数。

Criminals go unpunished, people are wrongly convicted and there are miscarriages of justice. 8.2

犯罪会逍遥法外，法律会伤及无辜，审判不公时有发生

Murder is still considered to be entertainment and the television schedules are full of detective dramas which end with a murderer safely under arrest.

10.3

谋杀故事仍被看作是一种消遣娱乐，而且电视节目表里也充斥着那些以杀人犯肯定被捕而告终的侦探剧。

So long as human beings remain curious, there seems no doubt that the whodunit in all its various forms, will continue to exert its fatal attraction.

13.1

只要人类还有好奇心，那么毫无疑问，各种各样的侦探小说就会继续发挥它致命的诱惑力。

Unit 02