[文学]Everyday Use2.ppt

Everyday Use   for your grandmama Part 4 Table of Contents Ⅰ.words rifle: [raifl] vt. to search through and steal everything valuable out of a place抢劫，掠夺(某地): 偷走,盗走 e.g. The thief?rifled?every drawer in the room.? 窃贼洗劫了房内所有抽屉里的东西。 The raccoons?rifled?all the food in the camp.? 浣熊窃走了营地的全部食品。 2. hang back be unwilling to act or move畏缩不前 e.g. The bridge looked so unsafe that we all hung back in fear.? 这座桥看起来这么不安全，我们都害怕地退缩了。  3. piece [pi:s] vt a.to make by joining pieces together拼凑;拼合[(+together)] b. to mend;? to patch (up)修理;修补[(+up)] e.g.Shes?piecing?the torn dress.? 她在补被撕破的衣服。 3. quilt [kwilt] vt.?/ vi.? a.to sew, stitch in layers with padding in between将(钱等)缝入(夹层) Secret letters were?quilted?in his belt.? 密信缝入他的腰带。 b.将...缝出线条图案 The bedcover was?quilted?in a flower design.? 床罩被缝成花卉图案。 c. o scrape together 东拼西凑地编(书);拼凑[(+together)] 4. scrap [skr?p] [C] n. a.small piece, bit碎片,小块 Put the?scraps?of paper in the wastebasket.? 将碎纸片放到废纸篓里。 b.a small amount of sth少量,一点点[S][(+of)] Jimmy does not have a?scrap?of imagination.? 吉米一点想像力也没有。 c.片段,选段[C] She read aloud?scraps?from the letter.? 她高声朗读那封信的片断。 vt.? a.to get rid of (sth. no longer useful or wanted )将...作为废物;将...拆毁 It is high time that the old plane was?scrapped.? 这架旧飞机该报废了。 b. to abandon废弃 We had to?scrap?our plans.? 我们不得不放弃我们的计划。 Cf. bit,?piece,?sheet,?slice,?fragment,?scrap 这些名词均含有“片、块、段”之意。bit:?侧重指微小，一点点，小碎片。piece:?最普通用词，多指从整体上分割下来的东西，可大可小。sheet:?侧重指平整很薄的一张或一片。slice:?多指切得很薄的一片食物。fragment:?指破裂的，不完整的碎片。scrap:?侧重指废弃的零碎之物。 Cf. scrap scrape Scrape vt. [skreip] to remove sth. by rubbing sth. Rough or sharp against it刮,擦;括(或擦)干净;刮落,擦去,削掉[(+off/away/out)] He?scraped?the potatoes before frying.? 他炸马铃薯前先将马铃薯刮皮。 Rub (part of your body) sth. Rough that tears away or injures your skin擦伤;刮破 Mary?scraped?her knee when she fell off her bike.? 玛丽从自行车上摔下来擦伤了膝盖。 贴近而过;勉强通过[Q][(+along/through)] He?scraped?through the narrow opening.? 他勉强钻过狭窄的开口处 n.??[C] 擦伤;擦痕 5. priceles