自考高級(jí)英語上冊Lesson 12 why I write

Lesson12whyIwriteoutragev.Offendgreatly觸犯，違反。如：outragecommonsense違反常識(shí)N.1.憤怒；義憤；憤慨2.暴行；駭人聽聞的事3.駭人聽聞的事件

Whenheheardthenewshereactedwithasenseofoutrage.outrageousSettledownBecameestablishedinanewwayoflife安定，安頓Ihavesettleddownwellinanewcareer.我已經(jīng)在新的事業(yè)中安頓下來。Hisparentswereveryhappythathesettleddowntomarriedlife.他的父母很高興他結(jié)婚安定下來。somewhat

insomemeasureordegree;tosomeextent.

往往后跟形容詞。如：Theresultwassomewhatsurprising.結(jié)果有些讓人感到吃驚。Helookedsomewhatannoyed.他顯得有些不高興。MixupMixthoroughly完全混合Shemixedupsaltwithsugarwhenshecooked.Youcan’tmixupoilwithwater.facilityabilitytoperformsomethingeasily靈巧，便利，熟練。如:Hetranslatedsthwithgreatfacility.他翻譯時(shí)駕輕就熟。Heshowedfacilityinpainting.他在畫畫方面顯得很熟練。Cf.facultyn.能力，技能；系，學(xué)科，學(xué)院；全體教員narcissism自戀，（精神分析）自我陶醉癥。Narcissus（希臘神話）（愛上自己映在水中姿影的美少年，溺死后化為水仙花。）filterthroughpassorslipthroughslowly滲出，（光等）漏出透至。如：Thenewideasarefilteringintothechildren'sminds.孩子們腦中出現(xiàn)了新的思想。Sunlightfilteredthroughthewindow.

夕陽從窗戶透進(jìn)房間。Foreigninfluencebegantofilterintothecountry.外國的影響開始滲透進(jìn)我國。

Force,compulsionForce:strength,powerofbodyormind力量，力氣，心力Heovercamehisbadhabitsbysheerofwill.他全憑意志力克服了自己的惡習(xí)。Compulsion:compellingorbeingcompelled強(qiáng)迫，被迫Adefeatedcountryusuallysignsatreatyofpeaceundercompulsion.戰(zhàn)敗國通常被迫簽訂合約。meticuloustakingorshowingextremecareaboutsmalldetails.過分仔細(xì)的。如:Sheismeticulousinherdress.她對衣服極其在意。Heisverymeticulousincheckinghisaccounts.他在查帳方面非常仔細(xì)。Ourmeticuloussecretaryneverforgetsanything.我們仔細(xì)的秘書從不會(huì)忘記什么。

Tremble,shiverTremble:shakeuncontrollablyasfromfear,anger,cold,excitment,etc.發(fā)抖（因恐懼、生氣、寒冷、激動(dòng)等）Weweretremnlingwithcold.我們冷得發(fā)抖。Shiver:tremble,esp,fromcoldandfear顫抖（尤指因寒冷或恐懼）Hewasshiveringalloverwithcold.他冷得渾身發(fā)抖Shiver作名詞，常用詞組:get/have/give/sbtheshiver使人發(fā)抖InsofarasTothedegreeorextentthat到...程度，在...范圍內(nèi)Insofarasyouareastudent,youareallowedtotravelcheaplyonyourrailways.只要你是學(xué)生，乘我們的火車便可享受削價(jià)優(yōu)待。Wewillsucceedonlyinsofaraswearepreparedtosacrificesecondaryobjectives.我們成就的大小，只能取決于我們準(zhǔn)備犧牲多少次要目標(biāo)。arrestingattractingattention;striking.迷人的。如:apersonofarrestinggoodlooks有迷人的面貌的人。Anarrestingsight一個(gè)引人注目的景象。Metaphor,simileMetaphor:隱喻Hehasaheartofstone.Simile:明喻Hehasaheartlikestone.ForthesakeofForthewelfareorbenefitof;inordertogetorkeepsth為....起見；為獲得保持某事物I’llhelpyouforyoursister’ssake.看在你姐姐的面上我來幫你。Wemustbepatientforthesakeofpeace.為了和平我們必須有耐心。assessevaluate評(píng)估。如;assesstheimportanceof…/thevalueof…評(píng)估……的重要性/價(jià)值;assessthesituation審時(shí)度勢。assessmentn.

disciplinetrainandcontrolthemind控制。如：Youshouldlearntodisciplineyourselfmore.你應(yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)更好地控制自己。Mathematicsandphysicsarerelateddisciplines.

Naive,immatureNaive:naturalandinnocentinspeechandbehavior天真的，質(zhì)樸的Shewasnaivetotrustthem.相信他們她真是太天真了。Immature:notyetfullydeveloped未成熟Animmatureapple未成熟的蘋果Theimmaturemindsofyoungchildren孩子們未成熟的心理PutasideLaydown,ignore放在一邊；不顧Puttingasidethesalary,hefoundthejobchallenging.拋開工資，他覺得那份工作很有挑戰(zhàn)性。Let’sputasidethefactthathehasdonesomethingwrongbefore.先別管他以前做過的錯(cuò)事。vary

varyfrom…to…隨著……而變化。如：Pricesofvegetablesvaryfromseasontoseason.蔬菜價(jià)格隨季節(jié)變化而變化。Opinionsvaryfromindividualtoindividual.仁者見仁，智者見智。

Variedvariablevaried1.各種各樣的;各不相同的;形形色色的；多變的,變化的,不同的2.多彩的;雜色的variable1.變化的,可變的,易變的，多變的，變化無常的2.可更改的；可變的Getbackongetbackat/on

somebody:dosomethingtohurtorharmsomeonewhohashurtorharmedyou報(bào)復(fù)He’llprobablygooutwithherjusttogetbackatme.strivestriveafter,for/against:tostrugglehardtogetorconquer為……奮斗。如：striveforfreedom/excellence追求自由/卓越。FreefromLacking;without無....的Youarefreefromblame.你沒有過錯(cuò)。Heisamanfreefromprejudice.他是一個(gè)沒有偏見的人。Fluctuate,changeFluctuate:moveupanddown;beirregular波動(dòng)，不規(guī)則Thepriceofvegetablesfluctuatesaccordingtotheweather.蔬菜價(jià)格天氣波動(dòng)。Change:makeorbecomedifferent改變，變化Thetrafficlightschangedfromredtogreen.交通燈由紅色變成綠色。outweightobemoreimportantthan比…..更重要，勝過。如：Myloveformyparentsoutweighseverythingelse.我對父母的愛重于一切。Dotheadvantagesoutweighthedisadvantages?有利因素大于不利因素嗎？

AsitisInreality;infact事實(shí)上Ihopethingswouldgetbetter,butasitistheyaregettingworse.我希望情況會(huì)好轉(zhuǎn)，但實(shí)際上市越來越糟。Asitis,icannotpayyou.事實(shí)上，我無法付你錢。guisegeneraloutsideappearance外觀。如:anoldideainanewguise新瓶裝舊酒。intheguiseof……打扮。如:athiefintheguiseofasalesman打扮成推銷員的小偷。Cf.disguise

Downright,throughDownright:forthright,complete直爽的，完全的Heisadownrightsortofperson.他是個(gè)直爽的人。It’sdownrightnonsense.這完全是一派胡言。Thorough:completeineveryway,detailed徹底的，詳細(xì)的HehasreceivedthoroughinstructioninEnglish.他接受過完善的英語訓(xùn)練。Shegavetheroomathoroughcleaning.她把房間徹底打掃一遍reconcileacceptorberesignedtosomethingnotdesired使和解，調(diào)解;使能安于，將就接受。如:Hehadtoreconcilehimselftohisfate.

reconcileworkandrest勞逸結(jié)合。Hecouldnotreconcilehimselftosuchalowposition.

reconcileone’sidealwithrealityReconciled,friendlyReconciled:causetobecomefriendsaftertheyhavequarreled和好，和解Herefusedtobecomereconciledwithhisbrother.他拒絕與兄弟和解。Friendly:showingorexpressingkindness友好的，親切的Shenoddedatmeinafriendlyway.她友好的向我點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭。ingrained根深蒂固的。如:ingrainedmorality根深蒂固的德行Comeuparise出現(xiàn)I’llletyouknowifanythingcomesup.如果發(fā)生什么事，我會(huì)通知你。We’llwritetoyouifavacancycomesup.如果有空，我們寫信給你。Readable，understandableReadable:thatiseasytoread易讀的Thisisareadablearticleonmental,withouttoomanyscientificwords.這篇有關(guān)金屬的文章很