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1、Wild China (Tasting Notes)New words & Expressions1. versatile vstal adj. 多才多藝的;通用的,萬能的;多面手的eg: The more versatile the tool, the less you can predict how people will use it. 這個工具越多才多藝,你越難以預計人們可以用它來做些什么。2. exclusively ksklusvl adv. 唯一地;專有地;排外地eg: These are not involved as exclusively as ministers in “
2、soul-work”,but they certainlycultivate the inner life more than the third group. 他們雖不像牧師那樣專門做“靈魂方面的工作”,但是肯定比第三群體更注重于建造人類的生命。New words & Expressions3. burrow br vi. 探索,尋找;挖地洞,挖通道;住入洞,躲藏起來;鉆進某處;偎依著 vt. 挖掘,挖出;在挖洞(或通道);使躲入洞穴 n. (兔、狐等的)洞穴,地道;藏身處,住處eg: To get the deeper truth we need to burrow deeper into
3、 the hobbit holeand. The Oxford English Dictionary is the place to do that. 為了獲得進一步的事實,我們需要更加深入地挖進霍比特人的洞穴,而牛津英語詞典正是一個挖掘之處。4.predator predt n. 動 捕食者;動 食肉動物;掠奪者eg:Another example is the gradual collapse of life on coral reefs once the primary predator is removed from the balance. 另一個例子是,一旦鯊魚這個主要捕食者從生態(tài)
4、平衡中消失,珊瑚礁上的生命就會逐漸崩潰。5. betray btre vt. 背叛;出賣;泄露(秘密);露出跡象eg: Some of us betray ourselves by the need to seek approval from others. 有些人背叛自我,只因需要從別人那得到認可。6. ingenuity ,ndnjut n. 心靈手巧,獨創(chuàng)性;精巧; 精巧的裝置eg: And as the president said last week, no one should bet against the American worker, American business a
5、nd American ingenuity. 此外,正如總統(tǒng)上周所言,任何人都不應該小看美國的工人、美國的企業(yè)和美國的獨創(chuàng)性。7. noxious nks adj. 有害的;有毒的;敗壞道德的;eg: Regulators must put an end to the noxious combination of privileged status and conditions of interest. 監(jiān)管當局必須終止這種特權(quán)地位和利益沖突的有害組合。8. sinister snst adj. 陰險的;兇兆的;災難性的;左邊的eg: But I think the actual explan
6、ation is less sinister. 但我認為實際上并沒有那么陰險。9. offspring fspr n. 后代,子孫;產(chǎn)物eg: We are the offspring of one of Her many kingdoms. 我們是她眾多王國中某一個的后裔。10. juveniles dvnln. 少年(juvenile的復數(shù)形式);稚氣eg: Results show that, regardless of race, juveniles with unpopular names are more likely to engage in criminal activity.
7、 結(jié)果表明,不考慮種族因素,有著不常用的名字的少年更容易從事犯罪活動。11. infrastructure nfrstrkt n. 基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施;公共建設(shè);下部構(gòu)造eg: However the riverbed mesh is not an isolated infrastructure. 然而,河床網(wǎng)不是一個孤立的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施。12. treacherous tret()rs adj. 奸詐的,叛逆的,背叛的;危險的;不牢靠的eg: His treacherous actions brought down ruin on himself. 他的背叛行徑使他身敗名裂。13. deceptive ds
8、eptv adj. 欺詐的;迷惑的;虛偽的eg: We may choose to keep personal information from other people, not to be deceptive but simply because its none of their business. 我們在和他人接觸時有時會對自己的個人信息有所保留,這不是欺騙,只是說這跟他們沒有關(guān)系。14. intricate ntrkt adj. 復雜的;錯綜的,纏結(jié)的eg: In this article, you learned about some of the more intricate p
9、roblems that can occur in class loading. 在這篇文章中,學習了一些在類裝入中可能發(fā)生的更復雜的問題。 Key Expressions bring light to 給帶來光明 open up打開;開發(fā);開始;展示;揭露 a range of 一系列;一些;一套 pay off 付清;取得成功;賄賂;報復 be confined to 受限于 natural defence 天然屏障 tear up 撕毀;撕碎;拉掉1. Bamboos tough reputation is such, that another bamboo specialist was
10、 known by the Chinese as, The Iron Eating Animal.結(jié)構(gòu)分析:此句中such為代詞,be known as 以而著稱,以而聞名; specialist 專家;其形容詞是special。參考譯文:參考譯文:竹子堅硬的名聲是如此的顯赫,另竹子堅硬的名聲是如此的顯赫,另一個食竹高手被認為是中國的一個食竹高手被認為是中國的“攻堅專攻堅專家家”。 Key points: 難句小case2.In a matter of minutes, the flowers precious golden pollen squeezes from the stamens a
11、nd begins to fall, showering onto the captive beetles below.結(jié)構(gòu)分析: In a matter of 大約,左右;pollen vt.傳授花粉給 n. 花粉; stamens n.雄蕊;showering onto為結(jié)果狀語。參考譯文:參考譯文:一會兒,花朵珍貴的金色花粉從雄蕊中一會兒,花朵珍貴的金色花粉從雄蕊中掙扎而出并下墜,陣陣灑落在被俘獲的甲蟲身掙扎而出并下墜,陣陣灑落在被俘獲的甲蟲身上。上。 3. Seduced by the irresistible perfume, the beetles are sure to pay
12、a visit, so ensuring pollination, and another generation of incredibly big, smelly flowers.結(jié)構(gòu)分析:Seduced by 受誘惑,主語為the beetles ; irresistible不可抗拒的,其反義詞為resistible;be sure to do 確定做某事; pay a visit 造訪; pollination授粉;參考譯文:參考譯文:無法抗拒的味道引誘甲蟲再次造無法抗拒的味道引誘甲蟲再次造訪,保證了授粉得以施行訪,保證了授粉得以施行, 也因此保證了這也因此保證了這種碩大的、發(fā)出難聞氣味
13、的花得以傳宗接種碩大的、發(fā)出難聞氣味的花得以傳宗接代。代。 4. When the tree bark is scored刻痕刻痕, it yields copious sticky sap, so bitter and tacky that nothing can feed on it.結(jié)構(gòu)分析:When 引導時間狀語從句;yield vt. 屈服;出產(chǎn);放棄 vi. 屈服,投降 n. 產(chǎn)量;收益; copious adj. 豐富的;很多的;多產(chǎn)的; tacky adj. 俗氣的;發(fā)黏的;缺乏教養(yǎng)或風度的;feed on v. 以.為食;以.為能源參考譯文:參考譯文:當樹皮被刮開便流出了豐沛的粘液,沒當樹皮被刮開便流出了豐沛的粘液,沒有任何動物能夠以這種又苦又粘的液體為食。有任何動物能夠以這種又苦又粘的液體為食。Exercises大黃蜂 長臂猿空地摔倒緊密的季風季風危險的禁令