赞美的话+作者的话 单词汇总.doc

1.make room 给 ... 让出地方原句再现：“Readers familiar with Margaret Atwood, Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje and Carol Shields should learn to make room on the map of contemporary Canadian fiction for the formidable Yann Martel.” 2. talent n. ①天才 ②天赋；才能，才艺 原句再现：Laced with wit, spiced with terror, it’s a book by an extraordinary talent.” 3. a well-polished pearl 擦得亮闪闪的珍珠’s an adventure tale so filled with love for the animal kingdom that it ought to roar是一个冒险传说,充满着对动物王国的爱以至于应该咆哮. 8. roar v. 咆哮 原句再现：t’s an adventure tale so filled with love for the animal kingdom that it ought to roar这是一个冒险传说,充满着对动物王国的爱以至于应该咆哮. 9. approachable a. 易接近的; 易交谈的, 平易近人的 原句再现：one of the strangest but most approachable novel in years这些年里奇怪的小说之一,但是是最能够接近的小说 10. consist of v. 由…组成, 由…构成, 由…合成 原句再现：consist only of a young boy在于它只是一个年轻的男孩子 11. terrific adj. 极好的, 好极了的, 很了不起的 it’s fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore《少年派》是一本极好的书 12. absorbing a. 引人入胜的 原句再现：it’s fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore这是新鲜的，独创的，机智的，曲折的以及吸引人的知识 13. sip v. 啜饮, 一点一点地喝 原句再现：which evokes an intellectual humming-bird compelld to sip deep from every possible blossom智慧的蜂鸟不得不啜饮每一朵花 14. Astonishing adj. 令人惊讶的 原句再现：but it is a story so magical. so playful. so harrowing and astonishing that it will make you believe imagination might be the first steep. 一个有魔力的，有意思的使人震惊的故事以至于将会使你相信想象可能是你的第一步。 1. ignore v. 忽视; 忽略 原句再现：Then readers ignored it之后读着忽略了它 2. despite prep. 尽管, 虽说, 虽然 原句再现：Despite my best efforts at playing the clown or the trapeze artist, the media circus made no difference. 尽管我最大的努力施在了玩小丑或者荡秋千的艺术家身上，那些媒体没有造出任何不同。 3. make no difference un. 没关系; 没有差别; 并无不同, 没有什么影响, 无动于衷 原句再现：It made no difference 4. vanish v. 销声匿迹; 完全消失 原句再现：It vanished quickly and quietly. 它很快地消失了 5. illogical (构词法) 派生adj. 缺乏逻辑的, 不合逻辑的, 说不通的, 无条理的, 无意义的 原句再现：This is not so illogical if you realize three things 6. have very little to do with没什么事吗 原句再现：hat a novel set in Portugal in 1939