36 A change in a million.docx

1.credulous 輕信的，特別容易相信的gullible adj. glbl輕信的 gullible tourist輕信的游客nave(字母a和i要分開(kāi)發(fā)音) 十分天真，幼稚（缺少經(jīng)驗(yàn)）nave girl 天真的女孩credible 可信賴(lài)的，可相信的(Credible means able to be trusted or believed)a credible friend可信賴(lài)的朋友credit信用 credit card信用卡reliable adj 可靠的(People or things that are reliable can be trusted to work well or to behave in the way that you want them to)She is efficient and reliablea reliable source of information 可靠的信息來(lái)源incredible 難以置信的very difficult/strange to believeincredulous 不輕信的 an incredible story of 5days living in a deserted island 難以置信的在荒島上生活了五天的故事unbelievable extremely surprising fabulous 極好的，美妙的；（美貌）驚人的；寓言般的，難以置信的The scenery and weather are fabulous 天氣和景色都極好Despite his fabulous wealth, he is very much a man of the people盡管他腰纏萬(wàn)貫，卻非常親民fabulist 寓言家dragon and other fabulous creatures3.improbable 不可能的；probable可能的（這兩個(gè)詞的主語(yǔ)不用人）possible可能的its possible for him to win the game他有可能應(yīng)得比賽likely 主語(yǔ)可以用人He is likely to win the game他可能會(huì)贏得比賽the only possible solution唯一可能的解決方式The most probable result最有可能的結(jié)果the most likely story 最有可能的事3.obscure 1 not well-known, not important無(wú)名的，不重要的，默默無(wú)聞的 an obscure village 不知名的小村莊 a obscure poet/teacher不知名的詩(shī)人/老師2very difficult to understand,難懂的，費(fèi)解的 obscure legal phrases 難懂的法律名詞3obscurity 默默無(wú)聞的 live in obscurity 默默無(wú)聞的生活 die in ovscurity 默默無(wú)聞的死去 remain in obscurity 依舊默默無(wú)聞4 maid 少女，姑娘 maid servant 女仆 man servant男仆 civil maid人民公仆footman 侍者（專(zhuān)為客人開(kāi)門(mén)的）retainer 家奴，家臣an old and reliable family retainer 一位忠誠(chéng)可靠的家奴henchman 黨羽，心腹（政客的）5. presume1（不肯定的）認(rèn)為，相信，推測(cè)，If you presume that something is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain-had he been home all the week?他一周都在家里嗎？-I presume so 我想是這樣The thief was missing and presumed dead 這個(gè)小偷下落不明，被認(rèn)為是死了。2擅自主張，冒昧；I wont presume to question your judgment 我不會(huì)冒昧質(zhì)疑你的判斷They are resentful that outsiders presume to meddle their affairs 他們非常憎恨外人擅自調(diào)停他們的事務(wù)assume1假定，假設(shè)，以為（you think it is true, sometimes is wrong）It is misconception to assume the two continents are similar關(guān)于這兩個(gè)大洲是相似的假設(shè)是錯(cuò)誤概念Historians assume that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture 歷史學(xué)家認(rèn)為日歷是隨著農(nóng)業(yè)的產(chǎn)生而出現(xiàn)的。2承擔(dān)（責(zé)任），掌管（權(quán)力），奪取Mr. Cross will assume Chief Executive with a team of 4 directors 克洛斯先生將會(huì)出人首席執(zhí)行官一職，下面有四位經(jīng)理；Once there is no president, the power will be assumed by extremist 如果沒(méi)有總統(tǒng)的話(huà)，權(quán)力將會(huì)落入極端分子手中3呈現(xiàn)，具有 In his dream, mountain assumes enormous importance. 在他的夢(mèng)中，山具有至關(guān)重要的餓作用。We can safely assume that (something is certain that)我們完全可以認(rèn)為resume （start again after a pause） （短暫停留之后）繼續(xù)Resume the exercise of sovereign of Hongkong 恢復(fù)對(duì)香港行使主權(quán)sovereign svrn主權(quán)n.簡(jiǎn)歷，摘要6.wicked wkd adj,壞心眼的，邪惡的，缺德的，淘氣的；the wicked stepmother壞繼母malignant mlgnnt adj，惡性的，惡毒的；a malignant tumor惡性腫瘤a benign tumor良性腫瘤；bnan，良性的 tumor tju:ma malignant look兇狠的眼神vicious adj邪惡的，惡毒的，兇猛的He was a vicious and cruel man他是一個(gè)邪惡殘忍的人vicious rumor 惡意的流言 vicious attack兇狠一擊evil evil thoughts邪念evil deeds罪惡行徑sinful罪孽深重的 devious adj卑鄙的，奸詐，陰險(xiǎn)，狡猾a devious man 卑鄙的人By devious means, she tracked another woman她通過(guò)不正當(dāng)手段追查到另外一個(gè)女人7plot 密謀（usually against a person or a government）plot our revenge 謀劃我們的復(fù)仇計(jì)劃plot against the government 陰謀推翻政府plot to do sth with sb scheme, 密謀，圖謀，秘密籌劃（make secret plans to gain something for themselves）scheme to get ones revenge intrigue ntri:g make secret plans to harm or deceive people 1（書(shū)面用語(yǔ)）密謀陰謀，political intrigue政治陰謀；a powerful story of intrigue, passion and betrayal 一個(gè)關(guān)于陰謀，激情和背叛的動(dòng)人心魄的故事2vi （奇怪的事物）迷住，激起好奇心the novelty of the situation intrigues him 周?chē)h(huán)境獨(dú)具匠心，吸引了他；intrigue against the tyrant密謀推翻暴君conspire v圖謀不軌conspire with sb to do sth 與某人一起謀不軌之事conspire to rob the bank 密謀搶銀行conspire to overthrow the government 密謀推翻政府8. downfall (突然失去社會(huì)地位)（家，國(guó)的）倒臺(tái)，垮臺(tái)the scandal lead to the familys downfall這樁丑聞導(dǎo)致這個(gè)家庭的瓦解;gambling and drinking brought about his downfall賭博和酗酒毀了他；Laziness is his downfall 懶惰是他失敗的原因；downpour一場(chǎng)大雨the downpour of rain has flooded the tiny village 一場(chǎng)大雨淹沒(méi)了村莊。snowfall下雪，降雪waterfall瀑布9.conspire 共同促成發(fā)生conspire to do sth the bad weather and car trouble conspire to ruin our vacation 糟糕天氣和汽車(chē)故障毀了我們的假期Poverty and illness conspire to throw him into despair 貧窮和疾病使他陷入絕望10.resemblence 長(zhǎng)得相似bear resemblance to sb 與某人長(zhǎng)得相似bear strong/close/striking resemblance to sb與某人長(zhǎng)得很像/驚人相似bear a little resemblance to sb與某人長(zhǎng)得不像look like長(zhǎng)得像take after his fater長(zhǎng)得隨父親11.scorn n.嘲弄，挖苦pour scorn on 嘲弄dont pour bitter scorns on persons in miserable conditions不要對(duì)陷入困境中的人冷嘲熱諷；The press poured scorns on his private collection of painting 媒體對(duì)他的私人藏畫(huà)不屑一顧pour laughters on him嘲笑他pour curses on sb.惡意咒罵；sniff at sb不屑一顧，輕視，嗤之以鼻pour money/dollars into education 對(duì)教育進(jìn)行金錢(qián)投資The eccentric sniff at the snobbish 這個(gè)怪人對(duì)勢(shì)利小人嗤之以鼻pour cold water on sth對(duì)某事潑冷水pour oil on flames火上澆油Despite all the scorns I was poured, I followed my path盡管我收到冷嘲熱諷，我堅(jiān)持走自己的路12acquaint認(rèn)識(shí)Be acquaint with sth/sb 熟悉某人；Become/get fully acquaint with 十分熟悉I become acquainted with the news over the radio我是從廣播上得到這個(gè)消息的acquaint sb with sth把某事告知某人 I acquaint my boss with my ideas我把自己想法告知了老板acquaintance kwentns n 熟人，相識(shí)，對(duì)有了解make sbs acquaintance 認(rèn)識(shí)某人Its my privilege to make your acquaintance 認(rèn)識(shí)你真是三生有幸have a passing/nodding acquaintance of sb 與某人有點(diǎn)頭之交13 reunite 團(tuán)聚，重逢be/get reunited with 重聚the long lost brothers get reunited after having been separated for many years失散多年的兄弟在分開(kāi)多年后重逢united 聯(lián)合，結(jié)合 the united kingdom 英國(guó)；the united states 美國(guó)make an united effort 共同努力a united family 和諧家庭re作為前綴時(shí)的用法relive(在回憶中)再次回味，重溫，體驗(yàn)theres no pointing in reliving the past 回味過(guò)去沒(méi)有任何意義revive 使復(fù)活，使恢復(fù)， revive the hope 重燃希望return to ones home重返家園united front課文講解：1. a chance in a million 千載難逢的機(jī)會(huì)，萬(wàn)分之一的機(jī)會(huì)one in a million 百里挑一，難得的 a wife/teacher/writer難得的好妻子/老師/作家a million一般為種夸張的說(shuō)法，類(lèi)似夸張用法還有下面的句子I am so tired that I think I can sleep a year我都困死的了，我覺(jué)得我可以睡一年make ones ear bleed震耳欲聾的a single piercing scream that can be heard in London 一聲刺耳的尖叫，在倫敦都能聽(tīng)到。2.Bring sth to a conclusion 使結(jié)束They made a united effort to bring the work to a good conclusion. 他們共同努力，圓滿(mǎn)完成了工作come to an end停下來(lái)come to a stop/halt停下來(lái)come to/arrive at an agreement 達(dá)成協(xié)議/一致draw a conclusion下結(jié)論draw a distinguish between 與劃清界限3.coincidence 巧合，偶然by coincidence/accident巧合的是/意外的是I am fond of writing, and by a funny coincidence， so is he. 我喜歡寫(xiě)作。巧合的是，他也喜歡。Not a coincidence/more than a coincidence 不是巧合4.wildly 瘋狂的 （strong feeling or expressing uncontrollable）go wild with sth./run wild with sth. 對(duì)非?？駸醫(yī)he crowd went wild as Michael Jackson stepped on stage MJ登上舞臺(tái)的時(shí)候，人群開(kāi)始騷動(dòng)起來(lái)The small boy went wild with his fathers promise of buying his a present 聽(tīng)到父親許諾會(huì)給他買(mǎi)個(gè)新玩具，小男孩欣喜若狂。wilderness 荒野，（草木從生的）荒地，不毛之地；退出政壇，下野in a wilderness（從權(quán)利中心退出）退出政壇，下野the outs 在野黨the ins在朝黨the ruling party執(zhí)政黨5.long-lost失散已久的long-face wife長(zhǎng)臉妻子；long-living king長(zhǎng)壽的國(guó)王long-last love持久的愛(ài)情long-lifer battery耐用電池6. circumstance 情況，情勢(shì)；環(huán)境，場(chǎng)合under no circumstance 無(wú)論如何也不Under/ no circumstance will I give up my job 無(wú)論如何我也不會(huì)放棄工作under no circumstance could you betray your country 無(wú)論如何也不能背叛祖國(guó)be in easy circumstance生活條件不錯(cuò) we, in part, admits that a certain set of circumstance has enabled justice works of its own accord我們部分承認(rèn)，一系列特定的環(huán)境使正義自動(dòng)起了作用。Surroundings 周?chē)h(huán)境，周?chē)ㄖ颕t took me a few days to get used to surroundings我花了幾天時(shí)間去熟悉周?chē)h(huán)境situation （某一特定時(shí)刻的）局勢(shì)，形勢(shì)，周遭環(huán)境（抽象）political/economical/financial situation 政治/經(jīng)濟(jì)/財(cái)務(wù)形勢(shì)setting環(huán)境，場(chǎng)景，地點(diǎn)Roman is a good place for romance羅馬是適合談情說(shuō)愛(ài)的地方Child brought up in privileged setting在特權(quán)環(huán)境下長(zhǎng)大的孩子們an farm house in beautiful setting周?chē)h(huán)境優(yōu)美的農(nóng)舍quotation (商業(yè))行情，行市， stock market quotation股票行情7.Anyone but/except a nineteenth century novelist would find it incredible除了十九世紀(jì)小說(shuō)家外的每個(gè)人都會(huì)覺(jué)得難以置信Anything but=not at all一點(diǎn)也不They did not tell the secrets to anyone but their wives 除了妻子之外，他們沒(méi)有把秘密告訴任何人。He is anything but anxious about his lost mother-in-law他一點(diǎn)都不擔(dān)心走失的岳母Tramps will give up anything but freedom流浪漢們一點(diǎn)也不會(huì)放棄自由的、nothing but只不過(guò)，不外乎What he told me was nothing but a lie他告訴我的只不過(guò)是一個(gè)謊言all but=almost I all but stumbled by a stone我差點(diǎn)被石頭絆了一跤nothing of not極其 The young man who is making speech is nothing of not smart正在演講的年輕人極其聰明last but one/last but two倒數(shù)第二，倒數(shù)第三He lives last but on in the street他住在這條街的倒數(shù)第二戶(hù)But, adv只有，僅僅 I f I can, I but come soon如果可能的話(huà)，我早來(lái)了you can but try你只能拼拼8.grandfather clock老式坐地鐘ago 用于此刻起某段時(shí)間以前before用于過(guò)去某段時(shí)間起以前a walking tour徒步旅行on a six-nation tour六國(guó)訪問(wèn)on a fishing tour在釣魚(yú)途中on a sea journey在海上旅行途中9.語(yǔ)法，當(dāng)從句和主句的主語(yǔ)為同一個(gè)時(shí)，可以將從句的主語(yǔ)省略：While (he was )on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman在與妻子進(jìn)行徒步旅行過(guò)程中，他停下來(lái)與一個(gè)工人交談。She hurried home as if hungry 她好像餓了，急急匆匆的跑回家10.commet on 就事情進(jìn)行評(píng)論some critics commented that the film is violent一些批評(píng)家評(píng)論說(shuō)這部電影有暴力情節(jié)make a comment on/about就事發(fā)表評(píng)論No comment 無(wú)可奉告commend 表?yè)P(yáng)，嘉獎(jiǎng) commend sb for sth. the brave solider is commended for his bravery 這個(gè)勇敢的士兵由于勇敢行為收到嘉獎(jiǎng)11.suggest 1建議，提議， to tell someone your ideas suggest doing sth.He suggested going out for dinner他建議出去吃飯suggest sb. for a job建議某人就任某職位2暗示，暗含Theres no evidence suggesting that she intended to suicide 沒(méi)有證據(jù)顯示她打算自殺12.be fully acquainted with 十分熟悉be familiar with/ know well with sth.know the inside of the story熟知內(nèi)情13.needless to say自不必說(shuō)= it goes without sayingAs expected/sure enough14語(yǔ)法The man explained to him family how it was that he was deserted by his unit 主 謂 賓補(bǔ) 賓語(yǔ)從句在賓語(yǔ)從句中，that引導(dǎo)的從句為真正的主語(yǔ)，it是形式主語(yǔ)，how引導(dǎo)方式從句He explained to his boss how it was that the cargoes was lost他向自己老板解釋貨物是怎么丟失的15.seperate theories should never be separated from practice 理論永遠(yuǎn)不能脫離實(shí)踐The man was separated from his unit towards the end of the war戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)快結(jié)束時(shí)，這個(gè)男人與他的部隊(duì)走散了。lose touch with sb.與某人失去聯(lián)系be scattered/have no news with sb.失散16.make ones way 辛苦前行 After being separated from his family in the air raid, he made his way to countryside和家人在空襲中走散后，他去了鄉(xiāng)下only hard work can lead to succeed if you want to make your way in the world如果你想愛(ài)這世上活出名堂，只有努力工作make for 1朝方向走去At 8:00， I made for school八點(diǎn)鐘時(shí)，我往學(xué)校走去2對(duì)有好處，適合These books make for enjoyable reading這些書(shū)適合閱讀17.Assuming 假定，認(rèn)為assume 1承擔(dān)，擔(dān)任，就職 the president will assume office on August 82裝出，假裝the man assumed well-informed but in fact he knew very little65credulous kredjls輕信的，易受騙的；Lesson36 A chance in a million 萬(wàn)分之一的機(jī)會(huì)We are less credulous than we used to be in the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -most of them wildly improbable. Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maid-servant was really the heros mother. A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the heros down- fall. And so on. Modern readers would find such naive solutions totally unacceptable. Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.A German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman, recently found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before. While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After th