搜索
Lesson31Alovableeccentric可爱的怪人Newwordsandexpression生词和短语lovableadj.可爱的lovable=worthyoflove惹人爱的lovely=beautiful可爱的Whathedoesislovable.他的所作所为很惹人爱。Ilikethelovelyboy/girl.我喜欢这个可爱的孩子。Alargenumberofeccentricsarelovable.许多怪人惹人喜爱。eccentricn.（行为）古怪人:eccentricn.=apersonwhosebehaviorispeculiar,unusual,ratherstrange.;adj:peculiar,unusual,strangestrange因为陌生而奇怪Themodernbuildinglooksstrangetothevillagers.eccentrica.行为举止古怪Ican'tgetonwellwithhim,becauseheiseccentric.odd强调指出因为少见而多怪Look,heiswearinganoddhat.peculiar奇异的,不同寻常的Thehouseispeculiar.Ifeelpeculiartoday.=Ifeeluncomfortable/ill.=I’mnotmyselftoday.eccentricityn.怪癖disregardv.不顾，漠视disregardv.=ignore,paynoattentiontoDisregardnoiseandkeepworking.disregardn.haveadisregardof/forHehascompletedisregardof/formyfeelings.他对我的感情漠然不顾。indisregardof不顾，忽视，漠视Hedidtheworkindisregardofmyinstructions.他不顾我的指示而继续做这项工作。treatsb.withdisregard怠慢某人Anyway,don'ttreatyourfriendswithdisregard.无论如何不能怠慢自己的朋友。conventionn.习俗，风俗conventionn.:generallyacceptedpractice被普遍接受的行为准则、常规、惯例,可受时间影响ShakinghandswhenmeetingpeopleisnormalconventioninChina.custom历史悠久的社会习俗,不受时间影响ItisacustomofgivingpresentsatChristmas.Healwaysdoesexactlywhathewantsanddoesnotcareaboutconvention.practice某团体的传统做法或令他人无法接受的习俗Thenormalpracticeinthecompanyistosendbillassoonasthejobisdone.这个公司的通常做法是工作一做完就记帐单。anormallyacceptedpractice普遍接受的做法见23课tradition传统,比custom有更悠久的历史SpendingChristmasdayisatraditionforwesternpeople.habit个人习惯Ihaveahabitofreadingaloudinthemorning.Consciousadj.感觉到的，意识到的consciousa.感觉到的=awarebeconsciousof/that=beawareof/thatHeisquiteunawareofthedanger.他丝毫没有意识到这个危险。Heisnotconsciousofthedanger.classconscious有阶级意识的familyconscious有家庭观念的clothesconscious注重衣着的stairsconscious注重地位的aware;conscious的反义词直接加un-----unaware;unconscioussubconscious下意识的consciousnessn.意识、知觉、个人思想routinen.常规,惯例routine=theregularfixedwayofsth./doingthingsfollowtheroutine墨守成规breaktheroutine打破常规startthedailyroutine开始每天的日常生活shrewdadj.精明的,狡猾的,敏锐的,机灵的shrewd=showinggoodpracticaljudgementHeisashrewdobserver.Wehavegotshrewdcommonsense.Sb.isshrewd.=Hehasgoodjudgement.shrewdbrained头脑机灵的shrewdheaded头脑机灵的shrewdlooking看起来机灵的shrewda.精明的cunning:cleveratdeceiving善于欺骗的sly用更隐秘的办法来达到目的强于cunningaslyoldfox非常狡猾的老狐狸intenselyadj.强烈地intenseadj.=verystrong;violent;extreme;sharp;centralintensecold严寒intenseheat酷暑intensediscussion激烈的讨论intensifyvt.使……增强Youmustintensifyyoursenseofresponsibility.你必须加强责任感。intensityn.强烈、剧烈、强度Losingjobsaregrowinginintensity.失业这种现象是越来越严重了。reprimandv.正式地、严厉地斥责reprimand:scoldofficiallyandseverelyblame责备（语气程序很弱）blamesb.forsth.Theteacherblamedhimforhiscominglate.scold斥责（语气稍重一点）Don'tscoldmeforsuchatrifle.不要因为这样的小事责备我。reproach斥责Heoftenreproachedhischildren.reprimandv./n.严厉斥责；谴责(语气最强)Thebossreprimandedhisemployeesseverely.apologetica.道歉的Hewasapologetic.他致以歉意。apologizev.道歉apologizetosb.Heapologizedtohisboss.Thebossapologizedtohisemployees.apologyn.歉意makeapologytosb.forsth.stagev.暗中策划Hestagedajoke.elaborateadj.精心构思的elaborate=carefullyworkedoutanelaboratedesign精心的设计elaboratevt.精心设计构思Heelaboratedasystemofcomputer.Text课文Trueeccentricsneverdeliberatelysetouttodrawattentiontothemselves.真正古怪的人从不有意引人注意。deliberately:onpurposesetouttodo=setaboutdoing=startdoing/todosth.draw/capture/attract/hold/catch/arrest/receiveattentionto吸引对...的注意Theydisregardsocialconventionswithoutbeingconsciousthattheyaredoinganythingextraordinary.他们不顾社会习俗，意识不到自己所作所为有什么特殊之处。Hemadeamistakewithoutbeingconsciousofthefact.Thisinvariablywinsthemtheloveandrespectofothers,fortheyaddcolourtothedullroutineofeverydaylife.他们总能赢得别人的喜爱与尊敬，因为他们给平淡单一的日常生活增添了色彩。invariably:=alwayswinthemtheloveandrespectofothers---winsbsthHerfinecharacterquicklywonherthefriendshipofhercolleagues.addcolourto为增添......色彩Eccentricaddcolourtoourdulllife.希望背诵第一段Uptothetimeofhisdeath,RichardColsonwasoneofthemostnotablefiguresinourtown.理查德.科尔森生前是我们镇上最有名望的人之一。uptothetimeofhisdeath:beforehedied完成时的标志，这里之所以没有用现在或过去完成时，主要是突出一个客观事实notable:famousHewasashrewdandwealthybusinessman,butmostpeopleinthetownhardlyknewanythingaboutthissideofhislife.他是个精明能干、有钱的商人，但镇上大部分人对他生活中的这一个方面几乎一无所知。thissideofhislife生活中的这一个方面：指他的精明能干、有钱HewasknowntousallasDickieandhiseccentricityhadbecomelegendarylongbeforehedied.大家都管他叫迪基。早在他去世前很久，他的古怪行为就成了传奇故事了。beknowntosb.众所周知longbeforehedied在他去世前很久Dickiedislikedsnobsintensely.迪基痛恨势利小人。intensely:violently,strongly,verymuchThoughheowedalargecar,hehardlyeverusedit,preferingalwaystogoonfoot.尽管他有一辆豪华小轿车，但却很少使用，常常喜欢以步代车。prefering现在分词做伴随状语hardly:rarelyOneday,hewalkedintoanexpensiveshopafterhavingbeencaughtinaparticularlyheavyshower.一天，他遇上一场瓢泼大雨，淋得透湿。becaughtin突然遇到，突然碰上becaughtinaheavyshower遇到瓢泼大雨becaughtinaheavysnow遇到大雪becaughtinaheavystorm遇到风暴Hewantedtobuya$300watchforhiswife,buthewasinsuchabedraggledconditionthananassistantrefusedtoservehim.他走进一家高级商店，要为妻子买一块价值300英镑的手表。但店员见他浑身泥水的样子，竟不肯接待他。insuchacondition/state处于一种状态bedraggledcondition拖泥带水的状态such...that..如此...以至于...Theassistantaskedhimtoleave,butDickiepaidnoattentiontohimandrequestedtoseethemanager.店员让迪基走开，他置之不理，并要求见经理。paynoattentiontohim=ignorehim=takenonoticeofhim=turnadeafeartohim=refusetolistentohimreq