张汉熙《高级英语》

Unit One The Middle Eastern Bazaar

By L.A.Hill and D.J.May

Words and Expressions

1.glare of the sun

strong, fierce, unpleasant light, not so agreeable and welcome as ‘bright sunlight’

2.Throngs of people vs. crowds of people

throng—implies ‘movement a nd pushing (dynamic)

crowd ---emphasizes the density

3.Din vs noise

din—loud , confused noise that continues

4.Fade away--go slowly out of hearing, gradually disappear

e.g The light faded as the sun went down.

His hopes faded.

All memory of her childhood faded from her mind.

His anger faded away.

The sun faded the cloth.

5.Overwhelm- strongly affected by a feeling or event, do not know

how to deal with it.

e.g The horror of it all ~ed me . 这恐惧吓得我魂不附体。

He ~ed me with a torrent of abuse. 他那连珠炮似的谩骂骂得我哑口无言。

6. Follow:

•Follow suit:完全照办

When the others went swimming, I followed suit.

•As follows:如下

His arguments are as follows.

•Follow on:一会儿接着进行

The second half of the concert will follow on in twenty minutes.

•Follow one’s nose:想到哪儿就到哪儿

Just follow your nose and you will get there.

•Follow the lead:照样行事

There are several people like me who would follow your lead over anything else.

7.…is the order of the day: the normal way of doing things.

e.g. Nowadays in every field, competition is the order of the day.

8.make a point of… regard or treat it as necessary,

e.g.English learners make a point of obtaining correct pronunciation and

intonation at the very beginning.

We will be English teachers, so we make a point of having a good knowledge of English grammar.

9.Words for sound

Tinkling:a succession of light, clear, ringing sounds (of a small bell)

Banging:hit violently, to make a loud noise (to bang a door, hammer something hard)

Clashing: loud, broken, confused noise (as when metal objects strike together

( swords clash)

10.Impinge on ---strike; come into forcible contact with, collide with ;

have an effect on

e.g. I heard the rain impinge upon the earth/ window.

The cuts in defence spending impinged on two of the region’s largest employers.

Your political opinions will necessarily impinge on your public life

11.feed

e.g These little streams feed the lake.

This moving belt feeds the machine with raw materials

If you feed the data in, you get the analysis a few minutes later.

12.crush

e.g The enemy had already received a crushing blow

All these years, he has suffered from a crushing guilt.

13.press

e.g. We are pressing for time.

14.towers--

e.g. The Empire State Building towers into the sky. 耸立

She is so small that he towers above her.

In ability he towers over the rest of the class.

towering adj. 高耸的

The towering hills cast deep shadows over the valley.

Beethoven was a towering musical genius. (great)

* a tower of strength (support in spirit)

He was a tower of strength to me when my father died.

15.dwarf --make others seem small, unimportant,

The tall building dwarfs all the other buildings in the town.

The brilliance of his poetry dwarfs the accomplishments of his contemporaries. This present trouble dwarfs that other matter.

The dwarf sees father than the giant, when he has the giant’s shoulders to mount on

16.A trickle of oil --- a flood of oil

17.Different noises

•creak: (make a) sound like that caused by an unoiled door hinge, or badly-fitting floorboards when trodden on.

e.g. The rusty hinges creaked when the door opened.

•groan: (make a) sound caused by the movement of wood or metal parts heavily loaded.

e.g. The patient groaned as he was lifted onto the stretcher.

He groaned when he broke his arm.

The old gate groaned on its hinges

•squeak: making short, thin, high-pitched sound.

e.g. Can you hear the mice squeaking?