生詞:
acuteness 敏銳
advertise 登廣告
directly 立即,馬上
precisely 精確地
situation 職位
object 反對
voyage 航行, 旅程
suit 適合
barrier 障礙
distance 距離
strange 奇異的
string 弦
tie 扎,系
rib 肋骨
knot 把…打成結(jié)
fashion 方式
cord 細繩, 索, 紐帶
snap 喀嚓折斷
inwardly 在內(nèi)心里
trample 踐踏, 輕視
exclude 把…排斥在外
still 靜寂的
cage 籠子
claw (用爪)抓,撕
unearthly 怪異的, 超自然的
短語歸納:
on one's mind:在某人的心里;壓在心頭
be back at:回到
a good idea:好主意,好想法
hit the nail straight on the head:一針見血,一語言中
go away:離開
object to:反對
not...but:不是...而是...
have the feeling about sb:對某人有感覺
as though:好像,仿佛
without feelings:沒有情感
trample on:踐踏,蹂躪,壓迫,虐待
treat as an equal:平等對待
a married man:已婚的人
as good as:和......幾乎一樣
a caged bird:籠中鳥
with a will of one's own:具有某人自己的意愿
make fun of:拿......開玩笑
what of:......的情況怎么辦,有什么關(guān)系
beg of:請求,懇求
give sb one's name:發(fā)誓
重點短語精學:
on one's mind
Eg. Don't let it weigh on your mind. 你不要因此背包袱。
Eg. Why don't you come into the open and say exactly what's on your mind? 你為何不開誠相見,把所想的事如實講出來?
be back at
Eg. He is supposed to be back at the base by seven.他應(yīng)該在7點以前回到基地.
Eg. The old lady was glad to be back at the block of flats where she lived. 老婦人回到了她居住的公寓樓,心里很高興。
what of
Eg. Yes, I wrote it. What of it?不錯, 是我寫的。那又怎么樣呢?
Eg. What of the homeless children?無家可歸的小孩怎么辦?
Eg. She had gone, but what of it? 她走了,但是這又怎么樣呢?
Eg. Even if I miss the meeting, what of it? 即使我不出席這次會議,那又有什么了不起呢?
Eg. "You're not having your meal just now, I hope?" the neighbour hesitated. "Yes, we are, what of it? Come right in." “我想,你們不會正在用餐吧?”鄰居猶豫了一下。“不,我們正在吃,那又有什么關(guān)系?趕快進來。”
make fun of
Eg. Those girls at the telephone office have very sharp tongues and they like to make fun of others. 電話所的女電話員們個個尖嘴嚼舌,老和他人開玩笑。
Eg. We didn't mean to make fun of those who'd fallen into that barrel of treacle named love.我們并不是想要捉弄那些墜入甜蜜的愛河之中的情侶。
Eg. I won't have anyone to make fun of anymore. 我再也沒有可取笑的對象了。
Eg. He liked to make fun of the way that she walked. 他喜歡取笑她走路的樣子。
as good as
Eg. I believe that my eyes are as good as yours. 我還是覺得我的眼力不比你的差。
Eg. Don't worry -- I'm sure he'll be as good as his word.別擔心,我相信他會守信用的。
Eg. Casaubon is as good as most of us.卡蘇朋并不比我們大多數(shù)人差。
as though
Eg.He rubbed his eyes and yawned as though waking up after a long sleep. 他又揉眼睛又打哈欠,好像睡了一大覺剛醒似的。
Eg. You look as though you've seen an apparition. 你好象撞見了鬼似的。
Eg. Those beams will need to be replaced; it looks as though woodworm has set in. 那些大梁該換了,看樣子里面生了蛀蟲了。
hit the nail straight on the head:抓住要害,一針見血,說到點子上,說話中肯,正中要害
Eg. Every work he said hit the nail on the head. 他說的真是頭頭是道。
Eg. Jane's father hit the nail on the head when he said that her chief fault was vanity 簡的父親說她的主要毛病是好虛榮,這話一針見血。
Eg. You've hit the nail on the head. 你說到點子上了(抓住了要害問題)。
Eg. You analysis really hit the nail on the head. 他的分析確實一針見血。
Eg. Mike hit the nail on the head in his speech on the demerits of the existing housing policy. 邁克在演講中,一針見血地指出了當前房屋政策的弊端。
Eg. You hit the nail on the head when you said I was unhappy with my job. 你說我不滿意自己的工作,你真是一語道破。
object to
Eg. I object to your unpleasant insinuations! 我討厭你那些令人不快的拐彎抹角的話!
Eg. I object to such treatment /to being treated like this. 對這種待遇[受到這樣的待遇]我表示抗議。
Eg. I object to being jumped upon for trivial matter like this. 我討厭因這種小事而受人責備。
trample on
Eg.He could trample on them with ease. 他便能隨心所欲地粗暴對待他們的。
Eg. Don't trample on grass. 勿踩草地。
Eg. Don' t trample on the flowers when you play in the garden. 在花園里玩耍時,不要踩壞花。
Eg. For her own purpose, she can trample on other people's life!為了達到目的,不惜踐踏他人的生活!
beg of
Eg. I beg of you not to run the risk. 我求你去冒這個險。
Eg. I beg of you to keep quiet. 我求求你們安靜一點。