lessonthree自考英語

1、The Use of Force+What is the story about?+Do you think the little girl is spoiled or not?+Is there any difference between the East and the West when the girls behavior is concerned?Apologetic: adj. 道歉的 認(rèn)錯(cuò)的,辯護(hù)的 He was apologetic for coming late.Apologetic shrug/speech/statementsApologize: v. 道歉 認(rèn)錯(cuò) Yo

2、u should apologize to your classmate for beingrude.Apology : n. 道歉 a poor apology make/accept an apologyApology acceptedApologist (辯護(hù)者，護(hù)教論者=defender, justifier)+Profusion n. 大量，豐富+In profusion ： a great amount/quantity of sth+The roses in the garden grow in profusion .+He makes promises in profusion

3、 , but never realizes them . +Profuse adj.豐富.generous, lavish, abundant, plentiful, rich, +The critics were profuse in their praise of the new novel. 評(píng)論家們慷慨地贊揚(yáng)了那部小說。+Be profuse with ones money +She is profuse with her money. 她花錢大手大腳+Coax: 哄勸、勸誘+coax sb. to do sth. 誘哄某人去干（某事）+coax sb. into doing sth.

4、 誘哄某人去干（某事）+coax sth. out of sb.+哄騙某人東西+The problem is no one knows how to coax kids into sleeping more. admonish, coax, persuade+Admonish: advise seriously 溫和而嚴(yán)正的警告，告誡+Coax: persuade gently or gradually 哄勸+Persuade : 用理由，建議或個(gè)人說服力來勸說某人+Contemptible: adj. 可鄙的，下賤的，不齒的 It was a contemptible trick to pl

5、ay on a friend. 對(duì)朋友玩那種玩笑是可恥的。+Contempt: n. 輕蔑，輕視，不尊敬 I feel nothing but contempt for such dishonest behavior. 我蔑視這種不誠實(shí)的行為。+Contemptuous: adj. 輕蔑的，目空一切的，傲慢的 She is contemptuous of my humble home. 她看不起我家居簡陋。+Apprehension n. 畏懼，憂慮, 逮捕+Entertain/have apprehension(s) of/for : 對(duì)擔(dān)心+She felt apprehension fo

6、r her sons safety.+Apprehend v. 逮捕，抓獲，領(lǐng)會(huì)，理解；對(duì)疑慮/擔(dān)心+Do you apprehend any difficulty?+Apprehensive adj. 憂慮的，擔(dān)心的 He is apprehensive for further defeats.+Comprehend : 理解，包含+Comprehensive : 綜合的 ,廣泛的 ,有理解力的+Comprehension: 理解 包含+Listening comprehension is an active and complicated cognitive process. +Compr

7、ehension test+That must have been a experience.+Im of being alone in the house.+There is a new restaurant in the city.+Desist ； 停止，終止，控制，打消念頭+Desist from sth/doing The Ministry of Internal Security urges you to desist from sending or forwarding any SMS that may cause public unrest.+Insist： 堅(jiān)持，堅(jiān)決主張+I

8、nsist on/upon sth/doing+Even if the host tells you not to bring anything, it is polite to insist on bringing wine, at least, as a gift in exchange for their hospitality. +Resist : 抵抗 抗拒 忍耐 -resistance+Hysterical : 歇斯底里的，發(fā)狂般的+Hysteria n. 狂躁癥。癔癥+crazy+Mad+insane+Lunatic +Out of ones mind+Instinctively

9、 本能+Instinct n. 本能， 天性+By instinct 出于本能+Have an instinct for 有的天分 生來就+On instinct 本能 憑直覺+Maternal instinct 母性本能 +We choose our friends by instinct, but we keep them by judgment.+These animals have an instinct for/of protecting themselves from being extinct.+Nature n. 自然 本質(zhì) +In+inside+Inward向內(nèi)的+Inter

10、nal+Introverted內(nèi)向的+Out+outside+Outward向外的+External+Extroverted外向的+Over 過度的+Overpower 制服 壓服+Overeat+Overdrink+Overstay +Overstay ones welcome+Why wasnt the sick girl in bed?+Why were the girls parents eyeing the doctor up and down distrustfully?+What made the girl refuse to open her mouth to the doct

11、or?+Why did the doctor insist on examining her throat?+Did the girls physical beauty have anything to do with the outcome of the incident? Explain. +Can you find any fault with the doctors behavior?+When I arrived I was met by the mother， a big startled looking woman， very clean and apologetic who m

12、erely said， Is this the doctor？And let me in.+當(dāng)我到達(dá)時(shí)，孩子的母親迎接了我，這是一位看上去驚恐不安的婦人，衣著整潔滿臉歉意，她只是說，這位就是醫(yī)生嗎？然后帶我進(jìn)了屋。+V. to disturb suddenly as surprise 使震驚；使驚訝；使驚愕 The noise startled me out of my sleep. She was startled to see him looking so ill. 看到他病到這種程度，她大為吃驚。+Startling starling news/ startling discovery

13、(disturbing, frightening) +StartledSurprise, astonish, amaze+潮濕的+Damp-輕度潮濕, 使人感覺不舒服的, I dont like damp weather.+wet 指含水分或其他液體的、濕的, 如: be wet to the skin+moist指微濕的、濕潤的, 常含不十分干, 此濕度是令人愉快的意思, Grasses were moist with dew.+Humid:正式用語, 空氣中濕度大的, 如: In the east, the air is humid in summer. +humidity+He trie

14、d to get up， but I motioned for him not to bother， took off my overcoat and started to look things over.他父親試圖站起來，但我向他示意不用麻煩，然后我脫下外套開始檢查。+Observe, watch, look attentively at上下打量 They eyed the stranger up and down . 他們把那個(gè)陌生人上下打量了一番。+glare (at), stare at, glance at+be ones responsibility to do sth. 由.負(fù)

15、責(zé)做. Its my duty to do Its up to you to break the news to him. Its up to them to make the change. +Its up to sb. 由決定 As often，in such cases， they werent telling me more than they had to， it was up to me to tell them； thats why they were spending three dollars on me. 在這種情形下，他們通常不會(huì)提供太多的情況，而是等著我告訴他們病情，這

16、就是為什么他們會(huì)在我身上花3美元 Let me have a shot at it. Hes having a shot at cooking the dinner.+The wonderful shots of goals are usually shown again in slow motion.+shot n.+射擊 開槍；射手，（球）射門；投籃 發(fā)射宇宙飛船/火箭 機(jī)會(huì)；努力；+Shoot sth/sb+Shoot at sth/sb+big shot +大人物，要員I smiled in my best professional manner and asking for the

17、childs first name I said， come on， Mathilda， open your mouth and lets take a look at your throat. 我以醫(yī)生特有的職業(yè)方式微笑著，叫著孩子的名字。我說，來吧，瑪?shù)贍栠_(dá)，張開嘴，讓我看一下你的嗓子。+If only: 要是就好了+強(qiáng)烈感情，幾乎不可能實(shí)現(xiàn) If only he arrives in time. 他若能及時(shí)到就好了。+Only if: 惟有才 Only if a serious crisis should arise, the public would have to be inform

18、ed of its full implication. +只有發(fā)生一場(chǎng)嚴(yán)重的危機(jī)，民眾才會(huì)被告知其全部影響。As that I ground my teeth in disgust. If only they wouldnt use the word “hurt” I might be able to get somewhere.+聽到這里我狠狠地咬了咬牙，要是他們沒用“傷害”這個(gè)詞，我也許能做點(diǎn)什么，+Insane fury of effort bred of her terror of me +bred : P.P of breed , be the cause of 造成 +eg: 1.

19、 War breeds misery and ruin .+ 戰(zhàn)爭造成苦難與災(zāi)害. +2.Waste gas of cars breeds air pollution . +汽車的尾氣造成空氣污染.In the ensuing struggle they grew more and more abject， crushed， exhausted while she surely rose to magnificent heights of insane fury of effort bred of her terror of me.在接下來的“戰(zhàn)斗”中他們?cè)絹碓诫y堪，被摧垮了，直至精疲力竭。而這個(gè)女孩由于恐懼，她對(duì)我的抗拒達(dá)到了驚人的地步。+extreme and prolonged suffering 極大的痛苦 +in agony 處于痛苦之中 +pile up the agony 苦上加苦 +in an agony of joy 悲喜交加+hold down : control , keep down or under 控制 1. We must hold prices down . 我們必須控制物價(jià). 2. Slave owners held slaves down before the emanci