14. figurative:比喻性的。
"A sweet temper" is a figurative expression, but "sweet coffee" is not。
比喻:metaphor;對比:contrast;擬人:personification;引用:quotation;排比:parallel
15. guarded skepticism:謹慎的懷疑。即因為某些條件不知道,所以不能完全否定。
16. histrionic:戲劇化的characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected,melodramatic(his+story,他的故事,戲劇化的)
(1)The patient bore the pain____, nether wincing nor whimpering when the incision was made.
(A) histrionically (B) stoically (C) sardonically (D)poorly (E)marginally
(2)Actors in melodramas often emphasized tense moments by being____, for example, raising their voices and pretending to swoon.
(A) imperious
(B) inscrutable
(C) convivial
(D) histrionic
(E) solicitous
很多同學會選convivial,因為他覺得這是栩栩如生的(convivial),顯然這里raising their voices等都是為了吸引注意力,所以是histrionic
17. implausible:having a quality that provokes disbelief.不像真實的
Their daughter’s story was so entirely implausible that the parents believe it to be___.
(A) an explanation
(B) an intimidation
(C) a fabrication
(D)a rationalization
(E) a confirmation
Fabrication為捏造的意思。
18. informative:full of news資料豐富的。什么樣的文章才算得上是informative?越專業的文章越informative,比如基因學,人類學等文章
19. lyrical:beautifully expressed in words, poetry, or music 讓人愉悅的
20. melodramatic=histrionic (特點是affected)
21. note a qualification:指出一項限制性的條件,所以只有當文章敘述人或物自身條件是多么符合一項限制(任務,評論)時,才是note a qualification。an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something。
22. open amusement:情景很簡單,平常我們看的相聲或者小品,都是open amusement
23. oversimplification:過于簡單化,注意過于。一般選項中出現它都是錯誤選項。
24. paradoxically:參見第二講內容,自相矛盾的
25. pedagogical:教學法的(ped腳+ag做,教學的時候都是腳走來走去的)
Some entertainers, their egos inflated by celebrity, see themselves as ------- figures to whom ordinary moral ------- do not necessarily apply.
(A) penitent . . rules
(B) privileged . . constraints
(C) pedagogical . . enticements
(D) redundant . . conventions
(E) gifted . . benefits
顯然說的是陳冠希。。。。。。
26. persuasive:相當有說服力的
Thanks to his eloquence and logic, Liam spoke __ and made it difficult for even his bitterest opponents to___ his opinions.
(A) monotonously---clash with
(B) charmingly---yield to
(C) tediously---contend with
(D) abhorrently--- concede to
(E) persuasively--- disagree with
27. repercussion:反響(re回來+percus震動),強調重要的事件的影響。
The president's death had unexpected repercussion。總統的逝世引起出乎意料的反響。