大學(xué)英語泛讀第二冊課件

TheLadyonPembertonStreet

AlbertDiBartolomeo

istheauthorofthenovelsTheVespersTapesandFool'sGold.HereceivedhisM.A.inCreativeWritingfromTempleUniversity.HehaswrittenanumberofshortstoriespublishedinliteraryjournalsandisafrequentcontributortotheCommentaryPageofthePhiladelphiaInquirer.2019-1Lead-inquestionsWhowastheladyonPembertonstreet?Attheageof65,aretiringage,mostpeoplewilljustrelaxthemselves,havefunorenjoylife.Whydidshecarrysuchadirtyandtiringjob?2019-2TextcomprehensionPartI–knowingMableHowardQs:1.HowdidtheauthorandhiswifeknowMable?2.Whatdidtheyknowabouther?2019-3TextcomprehensionPartII–TheCleanSweepQs:1.Didwefindanythingdifferentaboutthelady?Whatarethey?2.Howdidshefeelaboutthosecarelesslitter-throwers?3.Howdidshetreatmeformyhelp?2019-4TextcomprehensionPartIII—TheAlleyGateQs:1.WhathappenedtotheAlleyGate?2.Howdidtheladyreacttothefact?3.Whatdidshedecidetodo?2019-5TextcomprehensionPartIV—TheBlockCleaningQs:1.WhatdidshedobeforeallneighborsstartedcleaningtheBlock?2.Howdidpeoplereflectuponherinstructions?3.Howdidtheauthorchangehisattitude?2019-6TextcomprehensionPartV–TheDebtQs:1.WhathappenedtoMablethisyear?2.Whoownedthedebt?3.WhywastheauthorproudtocallMable“mycaptain”?2019-7Wordsandphrases

decay:theprocessorresultofbeingdestroyedbynaturalcausesorbynotbeingcaredfor(=ofdecaying)腐爛；腐朽enchanting:attractiveandpleasing迷人的；令人陶醉的；使人喜悅的beloved:lovedverymuchbysomebody;verypopularwithsomebody鐘愛的；深受喜愛的withinone’smeans:量入為出地（生活）rowhouse:排屋handy:skilfulinusingyourhandsortoolstomakeorrepairthings手巧的；有手藝的dilapidated:offurnitureandbuildingsoldandinverybadcondition破舊的；破爛的；年久失修的2019-8Wordsandphrasesvacant:ofaseat,hotelroom,house,etc.empty;notbeingused空著的；未被占用的blind:coveringforawindow,especiallyonemadeofarolloffabricthatisfixedatthetopofthewindowandcanbepulledupanddown窗簾；（尤指）卷簾rap:aquicksharphitorknock扣擊；快速的敲擊reedy:ofavoiceorsoundhighandnotverypleasant尖利刺耳的fierce:especiallyofpeopleoranimals尤指人或動物angryandaggressiveinawaythatisfrightening兇猛的；兇狠的；兇殘的frail:especiallyofanoldpersonphysicallyweakandthin瘦弱的2019-9Wordsandphrasestough:strongenoughtodealsuccessfullywithdifficultconditionsorsituations堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的；健壯的；能吃苦耐勞的；堅(jiān)韌不拔的sinew:

/?s?nju?/astrongbandoftissueinthebodythatjoinsamuscletoabone肌腱hawk:astrongfastbirdofprey(=abirdthatkillsothercreaturesforfood)鷹；隼prey:ananimal,abird,etc.thatishunted,killedandeatenbyanother被捕食的動物；獵物handiwork:workthatyoudo,orsomethingthatyouhavemade,especiallyusingyourartisticskill手工（藝）；手工（藝）制品ontheside:inadditiontoyourmainjob作為副業(yè)；兼職；在正事之外2019-10Wordsandphrasesluscious:

/?l???s/havingastrongpleasanttaste美味的；甘美的；可口的pleasantry:/?plezntri/afriendlyremarkmadeinordertobepolite客氣話；客套escort:togowithsomebodytoprotectorguardthemortoshowthemtheway護(hù)衛(wèi)；護(hù)送utilitypole:電線桿,多用電桿inscribe:towriteorcutwords,yourname,etc.ontosomething在…上寫（詞語、名字等）；題；刻swish:tomovequicklythroughtheairinawaythatmakesasoftsound;tomakesomethingdothis唰地（或嗖地、呼地等）揮動；（使）快速空中移動2019-11Wordsandphrasesscatter:tomoveortomakepeopleoranimalsmoveveryquicklyindifferentdirections散開；四散；使分散；驅(qū)散mutter:tospeakorsaysomethinginaquietvoicethatisdifficulttohear,especiallybecauseyouareannoyedaboutsomething嘀咕；嘟囔vial:小玻璃瓶crack:alineonthesurfaceofsomethingwhereithasbrokenbutnotsplitintoseparateparts裂紋；裂縫riffraff:(總稱)烏合之眾;賤民adjective微賤的disgust:astrongfeelingofdislikeordisapprovalforsomebody/somethingthatyoufeelisunacceptable,orforsomethingthatlooks,smells,etc.unpleasant厭惡；憎惡；反感2019-12Wordsandphrasesvestibule:anentrancehall,forexamplewherehatsandcoatscanbeleft前廳，門廳（如可放衣帽處）scrawl:towritesomethinginacarelessuntidyway,makingitdifficulttoread馬馬虎虎（或潦草）地寫mailslot:信箱入信口insomnia:theconditionofbeingunabletosleep失眠（癥）alley:

/??li/anarrowpassagebehindorbetweenbuildings（建筑群中間或后面的）小街，小巷，胡同head:tomoveinaparticulardirection朝（某方向）行進(jìn)2019-13Wordsandphrasesabreast:nexttosomebody/somethingandfacingthesameway并列；并排；并肩disrepair:abuilding,road,etc.thatisinastateofdisrepairhasnotbeenlookedafterandisbrokenorinbadcondition失修；破??；破損slat:oneofaseriesofthinflatpiecesofwood,metalorplastic,usedinfurniture,fences,etc.（家具、柵欄等上的）板條，窄條，橫檔seeone’spoint:明白某人的意思crude:ofpeopleorthewaytheybehaveoffensiveorrude,especiallyaboutsex冒犯的，粗俗的，粗魯?shù)腸afeteria:arestaurantwhereyouchooseandpayforyourmealatacounterandcarryittoatable.Cafeteriasareoftenfoundinfactories,colleges,hospitals,etc.自助餐廳；自助食堂2019-14Wordsandphrasesgradeschool:[美]小學(xué)commence:

/k??mens/tobegintohappen;tobeginsomething開始發(fā)生；開始；著手sawdust:verysmallpiecesofwoodthatfallaspowderwhenwoodiscutwithasaw鋸末length:thesizeormeasurementofsomethingfromoneendtotheother長；長度rectangle:aflatshapewithfourstraightsides,twoofwhicharelongerthantheothertwo,andfouranglesof90?長方形；矩形enameled:coveredordecoratedwithenamel上了瓷漆（或瓷釉）的；用搪瓷（或琺瑯）裝飾的affix:/??f?ks/tostickorattachsomethingtosomethingelse粘上；貼上；附上2019-15Wordsandphrasesplacard:

/?pl?kɑ?d/alargewrittenorprintednoticethatisputinapublicplaceorcarriedonastickinamarch標(biāo)語牌；廣告牌；招貼；海報(bào)admonish:tostronglyadvisesomebodytodosomething力勸；忠告flier:asmallsheetofpaperthatadvertisesaproductoraneventandisgiventoalargenumberofpeople?。◤V告）傳單rouse:towakesomebodyup,especiallywhentheyaresleepingdeeply喚醒；使醒來combativeness:beingreadyandwillingtofightorargue好戰(zhàn)的；好斗的；好爭論的vanish:todisappearsuddenlyand/orinawaythatyoucannotexplain（莫名其妙地）突然消失2019-16Wordsandphrasesincongruous:strange,andnotsuitableinaparticularsituation不合適的；不相稱的；不協(xié)調(diào)的eclipse:tomakesomebody/somethingseemdullorunimportantbycomparison使失色；使相形見絀；使喪失重要性gush:tofloworpoursuddenlyandquicklyoutofaholeinlargeamounts（從…中）噴出，涌出，冒出hydrant:消防栓phalanx:

/?f?l??ks/agroupofpeopleorthingsstandingveryclosetogether密集的人（或東西）；方陣shimmer:toshinewithasoftlightthatseemstomoveslightly發(fā)出微弱的閃光；閃爍glisten:ofsomethingwettoshine閃光；閃亮2019-17Wordsandphrasesinfectious:contagiousfestive:typicalofaspecialeventorcelebration節(jié)日的；喜慶的；歡樂的wipe:torubasurfacewithacloth,etc.inordertocleanit;torubsomethingagainstasurface,inordertoremovedirtorliquidfromit擦；拭；抹；揩；蹭proclaim:topubliclyandofficiallytellpeopleaboutsomethingimportant宣布；宣告；聲明stopby:過去坐坐；順路造訪puttogether:組裝vacuumcleaner:anelectricalmachinethatcleansfloors,carpets,etc.bysuckingupdirtanddust真空吸塵器2019-18Wordsandphrase