生詞:
puppet n.木偶, 傀儡
ward n.受監護人
persuade vt.說服,勸服
martyrdom n.折磨
incompetence n.無能力, 不合格, 不能勝任
重點單詞精學:
Persuade
【固】~ sb (into/out of sth)
【釋】 cause sb to do sth by arguing or reasoning with him 說服或勸說某人做某事
【例】You try and persuade her to come out with us. 你去試試勸她跟我們一起出去吧。
He is easily persuaded. 他這人好說話。
How can we persuade him into joining us? 怎麼才能說服他參加我們的活動呢?
He persuaded his daughter to change her mind. 他說服女兒改變主意。
Incompetence
【釋】the lack of skill or ability to do your job or a task as it should be done 無能力, 不合格, 不能勝任
【例】His incompetence has brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy. 他很無能,公司已因而瀕于破產。
The doctor was struck off for incompetence.那醫生因不稱職而被除名。
He was accused of incompetence.他被指責為不稱職。
短語歸納:
speak of:提及,談到
take charge of:負責
pick up:撿起
sent sb away to school:送......上學
look after:照顧
at first glance:咋一看,一看就
talk to sb about sth:和某人談論某事
tremble with rage:氣得直哆嗦
with rage:憤怒地
never mind:不要緊,沒關系
do sb some good:對有些好處
hear the truth:聽到真話
suffered a martyrdom:遭受折磨
重點短語精學:
at first glance
The couple fell in love with each other at first glance.他倆一見鐘情。
At first glance the plan seemed unworkable. 乍一看此計劃好象不可行。
At first glance, he looked like somebody else I know. 乍看下,他看起來很像某個我認識的人。
At first glance I see that it is a high class hotel. 我一眼就看出這是個高級的旅館。
with rage
He fumed with rage because she did not appear. 因為她沒出現,所以他大發雷霆。
The old man was boiling over with rage at finding himself ignored.這位老人因受輕視而大怒。
He stamped on the book with rage. 他氣憤地用腳使勁踩這本書
He was completely tongue-tied with rage. 他氣得一句話也講不出來。
never mind
Never mind such trifles. 區區小事,何必介意。
Never mind the rest. I follow your general idea. 不必說下去了,我一概遵命就是了。
Never mind what he says, he's a cracker. 不要理他說什么,他是瘋瘋癲癲的。
Never mind crying a little, Miss Doolittle. 杜小姐,哭一下不要緊。
do sb some good
It would do him good to be shocked into changing his idea.讓他受到震動而改變主意,這對他有好處。
Let the child leave home to venture out himself. it will do him good to see life and stand its tests.讓孩子一個人出去闖一闖, 經經風風雨雨, 見見世面, 這對他會有好處的。
That fellow is too sure of himself; it would do him good to be taken down a little.那個人太自信了,打掉他的傲氣對他是會有好處的。Giving him a heavy slating will do him good. 狠狠地斥責他一頓會對他有好處。
語法透視:
1. That must be Mr. Rochester's ward.
句中的must是對現在的事情非常肯定的推測。
2. Nor am I.
這是個否定意義的倒裝句,用nor開頭,如果是肯定的,用so開頭。
Nor 和neither的辨析:
neither 通常是作為代詞(pron)和副詞(adv)用的,而nor是作為副詞(adv) 和連詞(conj)來用的。
我們這里主要區別neither的副詞用法和nor的副詞及連詞用法。通俗來說,副詞主要是用來修飾動詞的,這和漢語中的副詞的作用基本一致;而連詞主要用來聯系同類的句子成分,比如列舉的名詞。
下列幾點應該注意:Neither…nor… 這是習慣用法,意為“既不……也不”。其中neither是副詞,而nor 則是連詞。
Eg. He neither knows nor cares what happened.
Neither 用于否定句后表示承接前邊的否定。通常涉及到省略,同時注意語序倒裝。這里neither 仍然是副詞。
Eg . I haven’t been to New Work before and neither has my sister. “Did you see that?” “No” “Neither did I”
Nor 用于否定句中連接相同的句子成分。第一點中的用法就是一個例子。Nor 用于否定句中,承接前面的語氣進行進一步否定。但是注意,這里的否定的事情一般和前邊的并不一致,這一點和第二點中neither 的用法是不同的。
Eg . He cannot see, nor could he hear until one month ago. She isn’t rich, nor do I imagine that she ever will be. I won’t arrive today. Nor tomorrow.
3. You should have sent her away to school.
這句話含有虛擬語氣,should have done是過去本應該做的事情而沒有做。
4. I thought I saw someone with her just now.
See + someone + 介詞短語這個結構意思看見某人做什么,介詞短語做賓語的補足語。
5. You can always tell a governess at first glance.
句中的tell是分辨出,判斷,判別的意思。