Unit-10-Keep-Class-2-Under-Your-Thump 第十單元把二班放在你的腳下

Unit10KeepClass2UnderYourThumbI.Firstreadingformainidea-----P121II.Secondreading---alltogetheranalyzethetextLanguagepointsandsentenceunderstanding1.

thumb[θ?m]

-----n.拇指Underone’sthumb-----tobeundersomeone'scontrol:makesbsubordinatetoHe'sgotthecommitteefirmlyunderhisthumb-theyagreetowhateverheasks.

thumbthrough-----v.翻閱（書頁等）Hethumbedthroughtheaddressbooklookingforthenumber.

他翻閱地址簿，尋找號碼。[聯(lián)想]beallthumbs(orhavetenthumbs)笨拙，笨手笨腳awkwardIfeelmyfingersareallthumbstoday.

我覺得我今天笨手笨腳。Thumbs-down-----n.不同意，不成功Whentheplayopened,thelocalpressgaveitthethumbsdown.

這出戲公演時，當?shù)貓蠹垖λu價不佳。Thumbs-up-----n.同意，贊許Theworkerswouldapplaudandgivethethumbs-upsignofapproval.工人們總會鼓掌并報以贊許。indexfinger-----食指,手第二指，拇指為第一指themiddle[long]finger-----中指ringfinger-----環(huán)指，無名指：手的第四指thelittle[small]finger----小指

Whydoyouthinkthewriterfeltpalewhenhesawtheheadmaster’sthumb?Theheadmaster’sthumblookedlikeashortandthicksticktothewriter.Hefeltpale,perhapsbecause:hewasastonishedtobetoldthathehadtokeepthepupilsundercontrolbyforce;2)comparedwiththeheadmaster’shugethumb,hisownthumbwasquitesmall;sohefeltembarrassedforbeingnotsomanlyastheheadmaster;3)hewasnotusedtotheideaof“keepingtheboysunderhisthumb”Ihadreasonenoughtodistrustmythumb.-----Ihadgoodreasonnottohaveconfidenceinmythumb,thatistosay,IdidnotthinkIwasabletokeeptheboysundercontrol.cudgel-----short,thickstick棍棒cudgel

noun[C]n.短棍,棒

ashortheavystickusedforhittingpeople

verb[T]

-ll-orUSUSUALLY-l-

tohitsomeonewithacudgelvt.棒打Flatterarascal,thewillcudgelyou;cudgelarascalhewilllickyourboots.

奉承惡棍，會挨棍棒；痛擊惡棍，他會舔靴。succeed(v.)成功,繼承,繼續(xù)

1)notfail:

~indoingsth.Success(n.)successful(adj.)Ourplansucceeded,andsoonwewereincompletecontrol.

我們的計劃順利完成了，于是我們很快就控制了局面。2)comenext:

~sb/sth;~tosth.succession(n.)successive(adj.)Whenthedukedies,hiseldestsonwillsucceedtothetitle.

公爵去世之后，他的長子將繼承他的爵位。insuccession接連,一個接一個;insuccessionto繼...之后(擔任),繼位[任]Thecostoflivingseemssettodropforthethirdmonthinsuccession.

生活費用持續(xù)下降,眼看就快三個月了.Thereareasuccessionofrainydayshere.

這里一連好幾天都是雨天。Hiswordscomeoutinquicksuccession.Ourteamgotasuccessionofvictories.substitute

['s?bstitju:t]n.代替者,代用品Waterisnotapropersubstituteforwine.

水不是酒的適當代用品。vi.(for)代替vt.用...代替,代以ThecoachsubstitutedSmithforJones.

教練讓史密斯上場，換下了瓊斯。Wesubstitutedaredballforbluetoseeifthebabywouldnotice.

我們用紅皮球換下了藍皮球，看這嬰兒會不會發(fā)覺。Duckn.鴨子v.沒入水中,閃避

-----v.1[IorT]tomoveyourheadorthetoppartofyourbodyquicklydown,especiallytoavoidbeinghit:閃避,躲避Therearemanyducksswimminginthelake.

湖里有許多鴨子在游泳。Thechildrenduckedeachotherintheswimmingpool.

孩子們在游泳池里互相把對方按入水中。Shehadtoduckherheadtogetthroughthelowdoorway.

她不得不低下頭才能穿過低矮的門口。PremierWenJiabaodoesn’tduckthehistoricalissuesbetweenChinaandJapan.Facedwiththecomplexsituation,hevisitedJapanlastweekinordertokeepfriendlytiebetweenthetwocountries.lameduck-----倒霉的人,失敗的;跛子,瘸子duckout巧妙地避開duckoutonone'sfamily.逃避對家庭的責(zé)任;duckedthereporter'squestion.對記者的提問避而不答Wince[wins]

n.畏縮,退避v.畏縮,退縮,退避IstillwinceatthememoryofthestupidthingIdid.

我一想起自己做過的蠢事就不由得搖頭嘆氣。Hewincedasshestoodonhisinjuredfoot.

她踩著他受傷的腳，他疼得縮了回去。Hewincedmentallyattheterriblenews.

聽到這個噩耗，他不由的心里一楞。fleeverb[IorT;neverpassive]fleeing,fled,fled

toescapebyrunningaway,especiallybecauseofdangerorfear:

Shefled(from)theroomintears.

Inordertoescapecapture,hefledtothemountains.

Themistswasfleeingbeforetherisingsun.

太陽慢慢升起，薄霧漸漸消失。Thefrightenedpeoplefledfromthefire.

人們驚恐萬狀地逃離了火災(zāi)現(xiàn)場。Hekilledhisenemyandfledthecountry.

他殺了仇人，然后逃往國外。notget/goanywhere(INFORMAL)Ifyouarenotgetting/goinganywhere,youarenotimprovingoradvancingaparticularsituation:

I‘vebeensortingout(整理）mystudyallday,butit'ssuchamessIdon'tfeelI'mgettinganywhere.go/getsomewhere:makeprogressgo/getnowhere:makenoprogresspresidentHuJintaomaderemarkslastweekwhenmeetingjournalistsfromRussianmedia;thecontentswerereleasedbyXinhua.“Ibelievethevisitwillbearsubstantialfruit,andinjectimpetus（[‘impit?s]

n.動力,推動力）intothegrowthofChina-Russiatiesandpragmatic（[pr?g’m?tik]

a.實際的,實用主義的）cooperation,”Husaid.Indeed,thecooperationbetweenthetwocountriesinpoliticalandeconomicdevelopmenthasgotsomewhere.

tellsb.offphrasalverb[M]

tospeakangrilyatsomeonebecausetheyhavedonesomethingwrong:

scold責(zé)備，斥責(zé)Weweretoldoffseverelyforbeinglate.

telling-off

noun[Cusuallysingular]pluraltellings-off

Hegavemeagoodtelling-offforforgettingthemeeting.

Tellagainst-----vt.[無被動語態(tài)]對……不利Yourbadskinwilltellagainstyouifyouwanttobeanactress.如果你想做演員的話，你的不利之處是皮膚不好。Tellby/from-----從……可以看到Y(jié)oucantellbythecolorofthemeatthatitisstale.Tell(one’s)fortune-----算命Hetellsfortunes,Isuppose?Tellthetime-----看鐘（表），按時TotellyouthetruthYoucannevertell(younevercantell)-----說不準，那也說不準Youmightbeamillionaireoneday—younevercantell.

placatory['pleik?t?ri]

--adj.FORMALtryingtoavoidmakingsomeoneangry:

submissive,undisturbed安撫的,撫慰的,和解的.平息的Theyweremakingplacatorygestures.他們擺出撫慰的姿態(tài)Thetoneoftheletterwasplacatory.

BushpromisedtoreducethenumberoftroopingseatedinIraqtoshowplacatoryattitudetowardsAmericansandsomeotherEuropeans.[近]soothing，appeasingPlacate[pl?'keit]-----v.soothe,appeasetostopsomeonefromfeelingangry:v.撫慰,和解,懷柔

Outragedminoritygroupswillnotbeplacatedbypromisesoffutureimprovements.

Thepoliticiansaredesiringtoplacatethepublicbyalittleinterest.inwardly['inw?dli]

ad.獨自地,內(nèi)向Shegroaninwardlyassheseethefreshpileofworkonherdesk.

她看到自己辦公桌上又是一堆要處理的東西就暗自叫苦。Inward[‘inw?d]

a.內(nèi)心的,向內(nèi)的,本來的Hisshakinghandsshowedhisinwardfear.

他顫抖的雙手顯示出他內(nèi)心的恐懼。whiteflagnoun[C]

aflagthatiswavedtoshowtheacceptanceofdefeatoralackofintentiontoattack:

Thesoldierslaydowntheirgunsandwalkedtowardstheenemycamp,carryingawhiteflag.

Studious['stju:dj?s]

------adj.1)diligent,deliberateandcareful勤懇好學(xué)的；用功的;愛好學(xué)問的,熱心的Successandopportunityarereadyforthosestudiouspeople.2)小心的；周密的；有意的Thestudywasfurnishedwithstudioussimplicity.書房中布置得簡樸是有意的。[搭配]bestudiousof努力、熱心、專心想做某事bestudioustodosth.熱心[細心]做某事Creep[kri:p]

--vi.Tomoveorproceedveryslowly:徐行,爬,躡手躡腳,蔓延Ivy['aivi]hadcreptupthecastlewalls.

常春藤爬上了城堡的圍墻。Oldagecreepsupononeunawares.不知不覺老年就來臨了。[搭配]creepaway偷偷離開creepin悄悄混進,悄然出現(xiàn)newwebwordsdooccasionallymanagetocreepinandestablishthemselves.新的網(wǎng)絡(luò)詞匯有時卻能悄然流行起來并被廣泛接受。creepon(時間)悄悄地過去creepout偷偷溜出[聯(lián)想]creepy----adj.令人毛骨悚然的，令人惡心的indefensible

[indi'fens?bl]

a.

1toobadtobeprotectedfromcriticism:無辯護余地的Anindefensibleassumption.

站不住腳的假設(shè)Thewarismorallyindefensible.

Hisopinions/attitudesarecompletelyindefensible.

2notabletobeprotectedagainstattack:不能防衛(wèi)的,

indefensiblebordersImpropriety[impr?'prai?ti]

-----n.[u，c]Thequalityorconditionofbeingimproper.不適當,不適當?shù)氖挛?，不合標準，不得體的行為Thosegirlsintheirteensseenoimproprietyindrinkingpubliclywithmen.那些十幾歲的姑娘不認為與男伴在公共場合飲酒是不成體統(tǒng)的。improper(DISHONEST)adjectiveFORMAL

dishonestandagainstalaworarule:

a.不合適的,錯誤的,不道德的Laughingandjokingareconsideredimproperbehaviorsatafuneral.

在葬禮上發(fā)笑或開玩笑是失禮的行為。nailsb.down

phrasalverbINFORMAL

tomakesomeonegiveyouexactdetailsorafirmdecisionaboutsomething:要某人明確表態(tài)

Theynailedhimdowntoaspecifictimeandplace.

nailsth.down

(UNDERSTAND)phrasalverb[M]USINFORMALtounderstandsomethingcompletely,ortodescribesomethingcorrectly:把(某事)準確地加以說明

Wehaven'tbeenabletonaildownthecauseofthefireyet.tothenail-----完全,徹底onthenail-----1)立即;當場2)在討論中hitthe(right)nailonthehead------說得對,中肯,正中要害(as)hardasnails-----身體強壯得象鐵打似的;鐵石心腸的;makesth./sb.out(UNDERSTAND)phrasalverb[M]

tosee,hearorunderstandsomethingorsomeonewithdifficulty:

Thenumbersaretoosmall-Ican'tmakethemoutatall.

Ican'tmakeoutyourwriting.

She'sastrangeperson-Ican'tmakeheroutatall.

[+questionword]Nobodycanmakeoutwhyyoushouldhavebeenattacked.

…thatwastheworstofit—thattheseimproprietiescouldn’tbenaileddown.--------themostunfortunatepartofthesituationwasthatIcouldn’tsayclearlyorexactlywhatimproperthingstheyweredoing.Whatimpressiondoesthesentence“Thisconsisted,Ifound,ofindividualdesks;doll’shousethingsthatrestedonmountainouskneesandswayedfromsidetoside”giveyou?-----Thetopyearboyswerebigandstronglikegiantsandtheindividualdeskswerelikedoll’shousefurniturerestingontheirhugekneesandmovingfromsidetoside.Thewritergivesustheimpressionthatinsteadofbeingaquietandorderlyclassroom,RoomHwasverynoisyanddisorderly.

sway[swei]

verb1[I]tomoveslowlyfromsidetoside:(使)搖動,

Thebranchesofthetreeswereswayinginthewind.

樹枝在風(fēng)中搖晃。Adrunkwasstandinginthemiddleofthestreet,swayinguncertainlyandtryinghardtostayupright.

2[T]tocausesomethingtomoveorchange:支配Hispowerswaystheworld.他稱霸天下。Recentdevelopmentshaveswayedthebalanceofpowerintheregion.

n.搖,影響力,支配

negligent['neglid??nt]-----adj.inclinedtoneglect,casual.a.疏忽的,粗心的,不在意的

Iwasnegligent,Iadmitit.

我太疏忽大意，這一點我承認。Shewastaxedwithnegligence/withhavingbeennegligent.

她被指控疏忽職守.benegligentinone'swork工作馬虎benegligentofone'sduties玩忽職守Malice['m?lis]

noun[U]

thewishtoharmorupsetotherpeople:惡意,怨恨

Idetectedasuggestionofmaliceinhisremarks.

我覺察出他的話里微帶惡意。Itseemssoabsurdtobearmaliceafterallthat.

經(jīng)過這一切之后還抱有怨恨情緒是很荒謬的。Shecertainlybearsyounomalice.

她對你的確并無惡意。Malicious[m?'li??s]

endedtoharmorupsetotherpeople

deliberatelyharmful;懷惡意的,存心不良的,有敵意的,預(yù)謀的,惡毒的Hismaliciousgossipcausedmuchmischiefuntilthetruthbecameknown.

他散布流言蜚語危害很大,事後才真相大白.Todoherjustice,shewasnevermalicious.

說句公道話,她從來沒有惡意。Hecaresnothingaboutthemaliciousattackonhisreputation.

他對別人對他名聲的惡毒攻擊置之不理。Whatdoesthewritermeanby“onedeskwaschasinganother”?-----Thewriteristryingtotellusthattheboyswerefighting.Theywereusingtheirdesksasweapons.…anawfulpointlessindignationmountedinme.-----theregrewinmeaterribleuselessanger.Crash[kr??]

verb[I]1.

Ifsomethingsuchasabusinesscrashes,itsuddenlyfailsorbecomesunsuccessful:崩潰,破產(chǎn),垮臺

Thegreatfinancialcrashin1929ruinedinternationaltrade.1929年的經(jīng)濟大蕭條摧毀了國際貿(mào)易.2.

Ifacomputerorsystemcrashes,itsuddenlystopsoperating:

Mylaptop(膝上型電腦)'scrashedagain.n.轟隆聲,猛撞,崩潰,破產(chǎn),垮臺

v.撞碎,猛使...破碎Therockscrashed(down)ontothecar.

巖石轟隆一聲砸在汽車上.Hecrashedhiscar(intoawall).

他把汽車撞（到墻上）了.Theplanecrashed(intothemountain).

飛機撞毀（在山上）了.Thetreecrashedthroughthewindow.

樹嘩啦一聲倒入窗內(nèi).Thethundercrashed.

雷聲隆隆.MindifIcrash(out)onyourfloortonight?

今晚我在你家打地鋪行嗎?Thedishescrashedtothefloor.

碗碟嘩啦一聲掉在地板上.indignant

[in'dign?nt]

adj----angrybecauseofsomethingwhichiswrongornotfair:a.憤慨的,憤憤不平的Peopleareindignantbytheirshootingofinnocentcivilians.對于他們槍殺無辜平民，人們感到義憤填膺。Heisindignantatthefalseaccusation.他對被誣告憤憤不平。

indignantly---

adverb

"Isaidnosuchthing!"shecriedindignantly.

indignation

noun[U]

Puny['pju:ni]

adj..--small;weak;noteffective:a.微小的,不足取的

Punythoughhelooked,hewasasbraveasalion.

他看上去雖然瘦弱，但人很勇敢。Theylaughedatmypunyeffortsatrock-climbing.

他們?nèi)⌒ξ以谂蕩r活動中的那可憐勁兒。Whatapunycreature!

多瘦小?。unylittlearmsandlegs瘦弱的臂和腿punyefforts微薄的努力obedient[?'bi:dj?nt,-di?nt]a.服從的,順從的Mybrotherisanobedientboy.

我弟弟是一個聽話的男孩。Thedogisobedienttoitsmaster'sorders.

這只狗聽從主人的命令。Plead[pli:d]

v.辯護,懇求,托稱Shepleadedthatshefeltverytired.

她推說她覺得很疲勞。Hepleadedwithhismothertoallowhimtogotothecircus.

他請求他母親答應(yīng)他去看馬戲。Thegirlchargedwithmurderwassaidtobemadandunfittoplead.

據(jù)說那個被指控謀殺的女孩是瘋子，不能為自己申辯。sceptical['skeptik?l]Doubtfula.懷疑的Myassurancesdon'tsatisfyhim:he'sstillsceptical.

我說的確確實實他都不信，仍有疑慮。Maryisscepticalaboutthesolution.

瑪麗對這個解決辦法表示懷疑。bescepticalaboutsth.對某事懷疑trailaway/offTrail-----n.痕跡，蹤跡，足跡v.跟蹤，追蹤，落后于-----vi.Whenaperson'svoiceorasimilarsoundtrailsaway/off,itbecomesquieterandlessconfidentandthenstopscompletely:(聲音等)越變越小直至消失Hisvoicetrailedaway.他的聲音漸漸弱下去了。Hisvoicetrailedoffashesawthelookonherface.trail[treil]n.蹤跡,小徑,尾v.拖,尾隨,追蹤Thetiredchildrentrailedalongbehindtheirparents.

孩子們累了，沒精打采地跟在父母後面。Thedogsfoundthetrailoftherabbit.

獵狗發(fā)現(xiàn)了兔子的蹤跡。Thebride'slongskirttrailedalongbehindher.

新娘的長裙拖在身后。toywithsthToy-----n.Anobjectforchildrentoplaywith.玩具，Anamusement;apastime娛樂atrifle.小事,瑣事------vi.toconsidersomethingordoingsomething,butnotinaveryseriousway,andwithoutmakingadecision:玩弄,戲耍(with),不認真對待I'vebeentoyingwiththeideaofmovingabroad.

我一直胡亂想著移居國外好不好。Whileshewastalkingtome,shetoyedwithapencil.

她一邊和我說話，一邊擺弄著一支鉛筆。

thunderbolt['θ?nd?b??lt]

noun

1

[C]aflashoflightningandthesoundofthundertogethern.雷電,霹靂

2[S]anannouncement,eventorideathatiscompletelyunexpectedorshocking:

Theunexpecteddefeatcameasathunderbolt.

這意外的失敗猶如晴天霹靂。Thenewsofhisdeathwasarealthunderbolt.

他去世的消息真是晴天霹靂。execute['eksikju:t]

v.執(zhí)行,實行,完成.

Theyexecutedtheking.

他們把國王處決了。Congressmakesthelaws;thePresidentexecutesthem.

國會制定法律，總統(tǒng)執(zhí)行法律。Thenurseexecutedthedoctor'sorders.

護士執(zhí)行醫(yī)生的命令。execution

[eksi'kju:??n]

Everysellingplanmadebyhimisimpossibleofexecution.

他所做的一切銷售計畫都是不能實現(xiàn)的。Hisintentionwasgood,buthisexecutionoftheplanwasunsatisfactory.

他的用意很好，但他做起來卻不令人滿意。Theartillerydidgreatexecution.

這種大炮的威力很大。Thereusedtobepublicexecutions.

處決囚犯過去都是公開執(zhí)行的。indolent

['ind?l?nt]

adjLITERARYlazy;showingnorealinterestoreffort:懶惰的,怠惰的;Idon'twanttomakefriendswithindolentpersons.

我不喜歡和懶惰的人交朋友。Heisindolentabouteverything.

他對什么事都沒興趣?！踞t(yī)】不痛的,小痛的,頑固性的anindolentcyst[sist]無痛囊腫anindolentulcer頑性潰瘍tothecore[ad.徹底]She'sAmericantothecore.

她是地地道道的美國人。Ittookalongtimetogettothecoreoftheaffair.

花了很長時間才抓住這件事的要害。Let'sgettothecoreoftheargument.

咱們進入實質(zhì)性的辯論吧.

stung[st??]sting的過去式(分詞)

sting[sti?]

n.刺,諷刺v.刺,長著刺,使苦惱Herinsultstunghimintomakingarudereply.

她侮辱了他,氣得他粗魯?shù)胤创较嘧I.Theirtauntsstunghimtoaction/intofighting.

他們冷嘲熱諷惹得他采取了行動[打了起來].Hiskneestungfromthegraze.

他的膝蓋擦傷後十分疼痛。Heringratitudestunghim.

她的忘恩負義使他痛心。

wry[rai]

-----adj.[beforenoun]Abnormallytwistedorbenttooneside;crooked（表示厭惡、樂趣等時的面部表情）面部扭曲的,歪曲的,露出怪相的showingthatyoufindabadordifficultsituationslightlyamusingMadeawryface.

擺出不悅的面孔Graduallyawrysmilesettledonhisface.

一絲苦笑浮現(xiàn)在他臉上。Britishsingernotedforhiscomicstagepersona,awryandnostalgicHighlander.

勞德，哈里·麥克倫南1870－1950美國歌唱家，以諷刺懷舊的蘇格蘭高地人的喜劇舞臺形象而著名shrugsth.offtotreatsomethingasifitisnotimportantornotaproblem:不屑理睬(抖去,認為無足輕重)Iadmirethewaysheisabletoshrugoffunfaircriticism.

我很佩服她能對錯誤的批評意見不予理會。Thestockmarketshruggedofftheeconomicgloomandroseby1.5%.You'reafatherandyoucan'tsimplyshrugoffyourresponsibilityforyourchildren.impostor,imposter[im'p?st?]

n.[C]冒充者,騙子apersonwhopretendstobesomeoneelseinordertodeceiveothers:Theimpostorhasbeenshownup.

那個騙子被揭露出來了。Hesaidhewasadoctor,butitsubsequentlyemergedthathewasanimpostor.

他說他是位醫(yī)生，但后來卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他是個騙子。Theimpostorwasfinallydiscovered.

這個冒名頂替者終于被發(fā)現(xiàn)了。

Hefeltlikeanimpostoramongallthoseintelligentpeople,asifhehadnorighttobethere.

blush[bl??]

v.tobecomepinkintheface,usuallyfrommodesty,embarrassment,orshame;臉紅,羞愧臉紅表露感情Heblushedattheirpraises.聽了他們的贊揚,他臉紅了。Sheblushedashyapology.她羞愧地表示了歉意。Thestudentmurmuredtheanswerwithablush.

那個學(xué)生紅著臉小聲說出了答案。Sheblushedwhenhescoldedher.

他責(zé)備她時，她臉紅了。.

[聯(lián)想]blushlikeabluedog毫不覺羞愧;厚臉皮bawl[b?:l]

---n.Toutterinaloud,vehementvoice叫罵聲v.大叫Thepeddlerbawledhiswaresinthestreet.小販沿街叫賣。Thesergeantbawledoutacommandtohismen.

那個中士向士兵大聲發(fā)令。Hebawlsatmeacrossthestreet.

他在街道的另一邊沖我大聲喊。bawlatsb.對某人吆喝Pandemonium[p?ndi'm??ni?m]-----n.wildandnoisydisorder喧囂；大混亂；大吵大鬧asituationinwhichthereisalotofnoiseandconfusionbecausepeopleareexcited,angryorfrightened:Therewaspandemoniumwhenthenewswasannounced.

消息宣布後一片混亂.Pandemoniumreignedintheclassroomuntiltheteacherarrived.

教師來到之前教室里亂哄哄的.alas[?'l?s]

adverbOLD-FASHIONEDORFORMAL

usedtoexpresssadnessorregret:

Alastheday!Wehavelostsuchagoodchance.

哎呀！我們失去了這么好的一次機會。Alas,Iamdyingbeyondmymeans.

哎呀，我的死跟我的身份不相稱呢。Alas!Hemissedthetrain!

哎呀！他誤了火車了！

fairytalenoun[C](ALSOfairystory)

atraditionalstorywrittenforchildrenwhichusuallyinvolvesimaginarycreaturesandmagic

fairy-tale,fairytale

adjective[beforenoun]APPROVING

havingaspecialandcharmingorbeautifulquality,likesomethinginafairytale:

Theyhadafairy-talewedding.

Sadly,therewasnofairytalehappyendingtothestory.

Unit10GeoffreyChaucer（1340-1400）ledabusyofficiallife,asanesquire(騎士）

oftheroyalcourt,asthecomptroller（審計員）ofthecustomsfortheportofLondon,asaparticipantinImportantdiplomaticmissions,andinavarietyofotherofficialduties.

TheCanterburyTalesAboveisapilgrimage

scenefromastainedglasswindowin

CanterburyCathedral.Unit101.wince2.illegally3.creep4.indefensible5.maliciously6.puny7.massexecution8.indolently9.impostor10.appropriate1.movebacksuddenly,oftenshowingapainfulexpression2.againsttherulesandregulationsoftheschool3.moveslowlyandquietly4.whichcannotbeexcused,inexcusable5.wishingtodoharm6.smallandweak7.puttingalotofpeopletodeath8.lazily9.personwhopretendstobesomebodyheisnot10.inkeepingwith(theconditionintheclassroom)WBexplaininyourownwords1.anumberofteachers,oneafteranother,tooktheplaceoftheirownteacher;noneofthemremainedcalminfrontofthem.Theydrewbackinfear,feltfrightened,unabletodealwiththesituation,andfinallyleftinahurry.2.Ihadgoodreasonnottohaveconfidenceinmythumb,thatistosay,IdidnotthinkIwasabletokeeptheboysundercontrol.3.Itwasclearthattheheadmasterthoughttheyhadmadenoprogress/theyhadaccomplishednothing.4.Everythingwaswrong.Ijustwantedtopleasetheboys,andIwasonlythinkingofgivingin/surrender.5.Thenoisecomingfromitmadeiteasytofindtheclassroom.6.themostunfortunatepartofthesituationwasthatIcouldn’tsayclearlyorexactlywhatimproperthingstheywered