高级英语第五课

Unit 5

Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R.

Winston S. Churchill

2) conviction: 1. a very strong belief or opinion

e.g. religious/political etc convictions

a woman of strong political convictions

deep/strong conviction

The Dotens have a deep conviction that marriage is for life.

conviction that

e.g. The students possess the conviction that they can make a

difference to their community.

2. the feeling of being sure about something and having no doubts

with/without conviction

e.g. He was able to say with conviction that he had changed.

'No,' she said, without conviction.

It was a reasonable explanation, but his voice lacked conviction .

It took her so much effort to speak that what she said carried

great conviction (=showed she felt sure of what she said) .

3. a decision in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime, or the

process of proving that someone is guilty

ￚ(opposite) acquittal

e.g. They had no previous convictions.

Applicants are checked for criminal convictions.

conviction for

e.g. This was her third conviction for theft.

1.I suppose they will be rounded up in hordes:

1)round up: herd together, collect together (people or animals who are scattered;

or have fled, etc.

2)horde: a large crowd moving in a noisy uncontrolled way

horde of

e.g. There were hordes of people inside the station.

2) enlist: 1. to persuade someone to help you to do something

e.g. enlist somebody's help/services etc

He has enlisted the help of a sports psychologist for the team.

The public are being enlisted to help.

2. to join the army, navy etc

enlist as

e.g. He enlisted as a private.

enlist in

e.g. At the outbreak of war, he was enlisted in the army.

ￚenlistment

3) count on/upon somebody/something

1. to depend on someone or something, especially in a difficult situation

e.g. You can count on me. With luck, you might cover your costs, but don't

count on it.

count on (somebody/something) doing something

e.g. We're all counting on winning this contract.

They were counting on him not coming out of hospital.

count on somebody/something to do something

e.g. You can count on Dean to ruin any party.

2. to expect something

e.g. The presence of Paula was one thing he hadn't counted on.

count on (somebody/something) doing something

e.g. We didn't count on so many people being on vacation.

be devoid of something: to be completely lacking in something

e.g. His face was devoid of any warmth or humour.

3) excel: 1. to do something very well, or much better than most people

e.g. excel at/in

Rick has always excelled at foreign languages.

2. excel yourself: (British English)to do something better than you

usually do

e.g. Graham has excelled himself with the new exhibition.

4) ferocious: 1. violent, dangerous, and frightening

e.g. a ferocious, hungry lion a ferocious battle

The storm grew more and more ferocious with each second.

2. very strong, severe, and unpleasant

e.g. The congressman is one of the President's most ferocious

critics. The heat was ferocious.

Butler is famous for his ferocious temper.

3. relating to an emotion that is felt very strongly

e.g. Parker was driven by a ferocious determination to succeed. till: (old English literary) work the soil for the production of crops, as by plowing, harrowing, hoeing, sowing, etc.

immemorial: extending back beyond memory; ancient.