新編英語教程6教案Unit-Two

UnitTwo

TextITheFineArtofPuttingThingsOff

TextIIGossipIII.KeyPointsoftheTextParagraph1exhort:(formal)urgeoradvisestrongly規(guī)勸;告戒E.g.:Theteacherexhortedherstudentstodotheirownresearchwork.Paragraph1elegant:havingthequalitiesofgrace,beauty,andfashion文雅的，雅致的；講究的，精美的E.g.:elegantmanners優(yōu)雅的風度

asetofbookswithelegantbindings一套裝幀精美的書籍get/comearound/roundto:findtimefor,especiallyafterdelay抽出時間來做（或考慮）E.g.:Thecommitteewillgetroundtoyoursuggestionafterthey’vedealtwithurgentbusiness.

worthy:(sometimeshumorous)apersonofimportance知名人士；杰出人物E.g.:localworthies地方名流

Hehadbeenacollegeworthy.他曾是學院里大名鼎鼎的人。cool/kickone’sheels:(colloquial)beforcedtowait;bekeptwaitingE.g.:IhadtokickmyheelsfornearlytwohoursbeforeIcouldseemyboss.anteroom:(alsoantechamber)aroominwhichpeoplewait,asbeforeseeingadoctor(連接正廳的)前廳，候見室attestto:testifyto;serveasanevidencetoaffirm/tobeproofof證明，表明E.g.:Hissuccessatteststohisability.他的成功表明他有能力。ever:(olduseorincombination)always總是，不斷地；永遠，始終E.g.:Warandsufferinghaveevergonehandinhand.戰(zhàn)爭和苦難總是結(jié)伴而行的。dub:give(someone)anunofficialnameornickname給…起綽號；把…稱為；授予…稱號E.g.:HewasdubbedShortybecauseofhissize.他因身材短小被人取了個矮子的綽號。cunctation:delayrationalize:attempttoexplainorjustifyone’sactionwithplausiblereasons,eveniftheyarenottrueorappropriateE.g.:Don’trationalizeyourincompetencebyfindingfaultwiththemethod.plead:(formal)giveasanexcuseforanaction提出…為理由；提出…為借口E.g.:Thethiefpleadedpoverty.那賊說是因為貧窮才偷竊的。

edict:anorderorcommand;decreeprocrastination:(formal)arepeateddelay(withoutgoodreason)indoingsomenecessaryact

Paragraph2do-it-nowers:thosewhoactpromptlyungodly:(informal)veryunreasonable不適當?shù)?；不可思議的；令人不能容忍的E.g.:Hecalledatanungodlyhour.他來得很不是時候。

eatanungodlyamount食量大得叫人難以相信apocalyptic:(oftenderogatory)forebodingimminentdisasterorfinaldoom預示世界末日恐怖景象的E.g.:anapocalypticimagination充滿世界末日恐怖景象的想象力

apocalypse:theshowingofhiddenthings,especiallythetellingofwhatwillhappenwhentheworldends天啟，啟示；《啟示錄》；大災變Paragraph3allthetroubleprocrastinationmayincur:allthetroublethataperson’sdelayinactionmaybringuponhimincur:becomesubjectto(somethingunpleasant)asaresultofone’sownaction招致,引起,帶來;遭受,受到incursomebody’sdispleasure(envy)招致某人的不悅(妒忌)E.g.:Thecompanyincurredaheavylossduetomismanagement.geodeticsurvey:landareasurvey大地測量ledge:aflatshelfofrock,especiallyonethatstretchesalongwaybelowthesea(近海岸的)暗礁porcupine:atypeofquitesmallshort-leggedanimalthathasverylongstiffprickles(quills刺)alloveritsbackandsides.Itislargerthanahedgehog(美洲箭豬)豪豬Paragraph4proconsul:(inancientRome)agovernorofapartoftheRomanEmpire;總督ruminate:(formal)gooverinthemindrepeatedlyandoftenslowly沉思；反復思考E.g.:Heruminatedover/onthesituationbeforehemadethefinaldecision.sling:斯林酒(一種由烈酒、水、糖、檸檬汁等混合而成的飲料)blessedly:happilynattering(natterv.):(BrEinformal)chattering;hence,noisyE.g.:Theynatteredawayforanhouraboutnothing.他們空談了一個小時。addicted:dependentonsomething(usuallyadrug)andunabletostophavingit;enthusiasticallydevotedtoaparticularthingoractivityE.g.:Heisaddictedtococaine/heroin.Paragraph5echelon:(oftenpluralwithsingularmeaning)(inagroupofpeopleororganization)rank,level階層E.g.:thetopechelonoftheCivilService文職官員中的最高層

theleadingechelonsofagovernment政府的領(lǐng)導階層thehigher(lower)echelons較高（低）職位的全體人員corporatedynamics:thepatternofgrowth,changeordevelopmentofacorporation企業(yè)的動態(tài)thecautionthatbreedsdelay:thegreatcarethatcausesdelaybreed:cause(ausuallyunpleasantconditionorfeeling)todevelopE.g.:Somepeoplebelievethatviolencebreedsviolence.

fortify:encourage;supportParagraph6flourish:developrapidly.Whenspeakingofaperson,ananimal,etc.,itmeans“growordevelopinahealthyorvigorousway”.E.gWe’rehappytoseethesedisabledchildrenflourishintheirfoster-homes(寄養(yǎng)家庭).apricot:杏子；杏樹

reappraisal:re-assessment;re-evaluation重新評估；重新評價manylanguagesarestuddedwithphrases:manylanguagesareprovidedwithphrasesstud:asmallpieceofmetalwhichisattachedtoasurfaceasadecoration飾釘bestuddedwith:becoveredwithsomethinglikestudsE.g.:theskystuddedwithstarsParagraph7academe:theacademiccommunity;academics學術(shù)界；學術(shù)環(huán)境takehighhonors:doverywell,earngreatdistinctionchurnoutthreetofivepagesofwritingaday:producethreetofivepagesadayParagraph7churnout:producesomethingroutinelyormechanically,especiallyinlargequantities.checkoutthelatestbook:examinethelatestbookcarefully;borrowthelatestbookfromthelibraryParagraph8maintain:stateastrue;arguefor斷言；主張assiduous(assiduityn.):showinggreatcareandperseverance;hard-working勤奮的，刻苦的；堅持不懈地，一絲不茍地進行的E.g.:beassiduousinone’sduties勤奮從事本職工作assiduousediting一絲不茍的編輯工作

shrink:(AmEhumorousandslang)headshrinker;psychiatrist,psychoanalyst(原始部落中)把砍下的敵人首級干縮保存作為戰(zhàn)利品者；精神病醫(yī)師；subliminal:existingorfunctioningoutsidetheareaofconsciousawareness潛意識的E.g.:subliminaladvertising(電視等的)速閃廣告dragone’sfeet/heels:(informal)actintentionallyinasloworineffectivewayE.g.:Yourfirmisdraggingitsfeetoversigningthiscontract.Paragraph9truism:anundoubtedorself-evidenttruth不言而喻的事；老生常談deliberation:longandcarefulconsiderationordiscussion;slowandunhurriedmovement細想，考慮；研究；E.g.:Aftermuchdeliberation,Idecidednottogo.我在再三考慮后決定不去了。

speakwithdeliberation字斟句酌地講話mellowandmarinate/marinade:tomellowistobecomeripeorfullydeveloped,andtomarinate/marinadeistosteep(meat,fish)inasavorysaucetoenrichitsflavor;here,ripenandmatureentree:

(歌劇或芭蕾舞劇中)開頭的一個曲目；(美)主菜pace:withrespectto(aspecifiedpersonwhodoesnotormaynotagree請（可能與自己意見不同的人）原諒E.g.:Ihavenot,pacemydetractors,enteredintoany“deals”.我并沒有請詆毀我的諸君容我辯白參與任何“交易”。byallmeans:(formal)yes,ofcourse;II.KeyPointsoftheTextParagraph1Siamese:ofSiam(nowcalledThailand)暹羅的，暹羅人的，暹羅語的scratchthesurface:lookcloselyinto(theissue)Paragraph2glee:feelingofgreatdelightwhichmakesonewanttolaugh,causedbysomethinggoodexperiencedbyoneself,orsomethingbadthathappenstosomebodyelse欣喜；幸災樂禍legacy:moneyorpropertylefttosomebodyinawill;traditionheritage:

(datedorformal)propertythathasbeenormaybeinheritedbyanheir遺產(chǎn)；繼承物freakish:unusualorabnormal;strange不尋常的；不正常的；反常的；奇怪的；奇異的freak:

personconsideredabnormalbecauseofhisbehavior,appearance,ideas,etc.不正常的人mundane:ordinaryandtypicallyunexciting

平凡的；平淡的Paragraph3bison/‵baisn/:Americanbuffalo;Europeanwildox北美野牛;歐洲野牛speculateon:guess

思考；思索；推斷；推測E.g.:Wecanonlyspeculateonwhethertherewillbeenoughoilfortheworld’sneedsbytheendofthiscentury.due:somethingthatrightfullybelongstosoE.g.:Theartisthasfinallybeenaccordedsomethingofhisdue.那位藝術(shù)家最終得到了應得的榮譽。asknomorethanone’sdue別提非分的要求frivolity:theconditionofbeingfrivolous(notserious;silly;);輕薄，輕?。惠p浮的舉動；無聊事或行為；E.g.:Ihavenotimeforsuchfrivolitiesasparties.我沒時間去赴宴或參加諸如此類的無聊活動。ownup(to):admitafaultorcrime,ordoingsomethingwrong坦白地承認；供認Youhadbetterownuptoyourfaults.你最好還是承認錯誤。Paragraph4scurrilous:abusiveandinsulting,especiallyinacrudeorobsceneway;vulgar用污言穢語謾罵的，惡言誹謗的E.g.:acampaignfilledwithscurrilouschargesandcountercharges一場雙方辱罵攻訐不止的競選運動scurrility:scurrilousness;scurrilouslanguage謾罵性；粗鄙性；惡意謾罵；mean-spirited:卑鄙的；心胸狹窄的，小心眼的，小氣的disown:refusetoacceptasone’sown;saythatonehasnoconnectionwithE.g.:Hedisownedanyhandinthebook.他否認曾插手該書的編寫工作。

Hedisownedhisreprobateson.他聲明同他墮落的兒子脫離關(guān)系。amiable:ofapleasantnature;good-tempered;friendly和藹可親的；令人愉悅的E.g.:anamiabletone親切的語調(diào)Wehaveaveryamiablecompanionship.我們之間存在一種親切友好的關(guān)系。Paragraph5rumor-monger(n.&v.):apersonwhospreadrumors;spreadrumorsmonger:personwhomakessomethingunpleasantwidelyknown傳播壞事的人slander(n.&v.):anintentionalfalsespokenreport,story,etc.,whichunfairlydamagesthegoodopinionheldaboutapersonbyothers口頭誹謗slanderous(adj.)c.f.libel:(law)aprintedorwrittenstatement,picture,etc.,thatunfairlydamagesthegoodopinionheldaboutapersonbyothers(以文字、圖畫等進行的)誹謗（罪）E.g.:alibelsuit誹謗案

Thebookisalibelonhumannature.這本書是對人性的誣蔑。willful(AmE)=wilful(BrE):havingorshowingtheintentionofdoingwhatonelikes,inspiteofotherpeople;doneonpurpose任性的，固執(zhí)的；故意的，有意的，存心的E.g.:bewilfulaschildren任性得像孩子

bedischargedforwilfulneglect因故意玩忽職守而被解雇

awillfulmurder蓄意謀殺

willfuldisobedience故意違抗fabrication:somethingmadeorinventedinordertodeceive,especiallyalie虛構(gòu)的東西，捏造的東西（尤指謊言、借口等）E.g.:Therumorsweremerefabrications.這些謠言純屬捏造。undermine:weakengraduallyorinsidiously(暗中地)逐漸削弱或暗中破壞E.g.:Insultsunderminedherconfidence.一再受到侮辱之后，她漸漸喪失信心。Paragraph6godparent:thepersonwhomakespromisestohelpaChristiannewlyreceivedintothechurchataspecialceremony(Baptism)教父；教母c.f.godchild:thechildforwhomonetakesresponsibilitybymakingpromisesataceremony(Baptism)教子；教女crony(n.&v.):(informal)afriendorcompanion,especiallyofsomeoneold老朋友，密友;結(jié)成密友E.g.:cronywithsomebody和某人結(jié)為親密朋友cronyism:

友誼；交友能力（或愿望）E.g.:establishgreatcronyismwithsomebody和某人結(jié)為莫逆之交E.g.:establishgreatcronyismwithsomebody和某人結(jié)為莫逆之交pare:cutaway(thethinoutercovering,edge,orskinofsomething),usuallywithasharpknife；trimsomethingbycuttingawaytheedges削去…的皮，剝?nèi)ァ钠?；削去，剝?nèi)ィ恍藜裟澄锏倪吘塃.g.:pareanapple削蘋果皮

pareone’sfingernails剪指甲inextricable:whichcannotbeescapedfrombecauseitissodifficult;whichcannotbeuntiedorseparated無法逃離的；無法擺脫的；分不開的E.g.:aninextricabledilemma擺脫不了的困境

inextricableconfusion不能理清的混亂inextricableconfusion不能理清的混亂entwine:windonethingwithorroundanother;twisttogether,round,orin盤繞；使纏繞；使交錯；使緊密結(jié)合E.g.:Sheknowshowtoentwineherselfinyouraffections.她懂得如何緊緊纏住你的心。c.f.entangle:cause(string,rope,hair,etc.)tobecometwistedormixed(withsomethingelse),ortocause(something)tobecometwistedormixed(withstrong,rope,hair,etc.)纏住，套?。皇辜m纏E.g.:Myfishinglinegotentangledinweeds.我的釣絲給水草纏住了。traffic:exchangeofideas交往，交流；交換E.g.:Idon’twantanymoretrafficwithhissort.我不愿再和他那種人來往了。

trafficbetweenthehumanandthedivine人神交流

alivelytrafficinideas活躍的思想交流Paragraph7fabulist:預言家；撒謊者；捏造者enchanting:(appreciative)delightful令人陶醉的；迷人的；可愛的E.g.:anenchantingsmile迷人的微笑

anenchantingchild可愛的孩子sibling:(formal)abrotherorsisterParagraph8goabout:do,performdissect:cutupsomethingintopartstofindtheshapeandrelationshipoftheparts,asmedicalstudentsdo;examineingreatdetail(especiallytofindthefaultsin);analyze解剖；仔細分析；剖析；詳細評論minutia:(usuallyplural)averysmallpoint,thatoftendoesnotseemworthconsidering;smallexactdetail微小的細節(jié)，細枝末節(jié)；瑣事，E.g.:theminutiaeofdailylife日常生活瑣事titillate:excitepleasantly呵…癢；逗引；使興奮E.g.:titillatethereader’sinterest激發(fā)讀者的興趣bask:sitorlieinenjoyableheatorlight舒適地曬太陽，取暖；（在某種環(huán)