雅思考试中易令人误解的词汇解析(一).pdf

智 课 网 雅 思 备 考 资 料 雅思考试中易令人误解的词汇解析（一） 在雅思考试中，碰到陌生的词汇时，我们总是把中文背景带到英文 单词中，从而导致对一些雅思词汇的误解。今天就和智课小编一起看看 雅思考试中易令人误解的词汇，及时纠正错误观念并牢牢记住吧！ 在雅思考试中，碰到陌生的词汇时，我们总是把中文背景带到英文 单词中，从而导致对一些雅思词汇的误解。今天就和智课小编一起看看 雅思考试中易令人误解的词汇，及时纠正错误观念并牢牢记住吧！更对 雅思词汇学习，关注智课外语（ 1. Irony What you think it means: Something that is funny. 你认为单词的含义是：滑稽的事。 What it really means: Contrary to what you are expecting. 单词的真正含义是：事与愿违的。 This is a famous one because so many people get this wrong so often. It’s also kind of hard to explain, so we’ll use an example. The Titanic was boasted about as being 100% unsinkable and then in 1912 it was sunk anyway. That is what is called cosmic irony. When a starving vegetarian eats a pepperoni pizza, that is what is called situational irony. 这是一个典型的单词，因为经常有人用错。解释起来可能有点困难 ，所以我们还是举例说明吧。泰坦尼克号号称100%不会沉没，但1912 年它还是意外沉没了，这就叫“宇宙反讽”。要是某个饿得不行的素食 者忍不住吃了块香肠披萨 ，那就叫“情境反讽”。 There are other kinds too, such as dramatic irony and Socratic irony. Believe it or not, sarcasm is actually irony. When you say something sarcastically, your tone and your words mean two opposite things. That is ironic. Irony can be funny but not everything funny is irony. 当然还有其他分类 ，比如 “喜剧式反讽”和“苏格拉底式反讽”。 不管你信不信 ，irony其实和sarcasm（讽刺 ）是一个意思。当说到某件 事很讽刺时，你的语调和用词意在表达完全相反的两种情况。这就是iro nic（反讽 ）。反讽可以是滑稽的，但并不是所有滑稽的事都可以称得 上 “反讽”。 2. Travesty What you think it means: A tragedy or something unfortunate. 你认为单词的含义是：悲剧或不幸的事。 What it really means: A mockery or parody. 单词的真正含义是：拙劣的模仿或恶搞。 This is another one that people have wrong fairly frequently. You’ve heard people call 9/11 a travesty. Truth be told 9/11 was a tragedy. A travesty is actually a mockery or a parody. One might say that a Weird Al Yankovic album is a travesty. With how often this word is associated with tragedy, we wouldn’t be shocked if that definition were eventually added as an acceptable meaning. Until then, it doesn’t mean anything bad happened.