高级英语课文详解.ppt

Mark Twain suggested that an ingredient was missing in the America ambition when he said : what a robust pepole ,what a nation of thinkers we might be , lf we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges . 翻译：马克吐温觉得，美国式的抱负中缺少一个成分。他说：如果我们能偶然的彻底放松一下，使我们的棱角保持锋利，那么我们的民族将会是一个多么富有朝气，多么善于思考的民族啊。;ingredient 成分，原料， 因素，要素 eg: our skin cream contains only natural ingredients . 我们的护肤霜只包含天然成分。 occasionally [??ke???n(?)li] adv. 偶尔，间或；“occasional”的派生 eg: We occasionally meet for a drink after work. 我们下班后偶尔相聚小酌。 ;robust adj 1 强健的，强壮的 eg: she was almost 90, but still very robust 她将近90岁了，但身体仍然十分强健。 2 结实的，耐用的，坚固的 3 (体制或结构)强劲的，富有活力的 robust economic growth 强劲的经济增长 4 坚定的，信心十足的 noun：robustness ;lay ourselves on the shelf: relax, rest or stay away from all this crazy struggle for success edge [?d?] n.边；优势（悬崖、峭壁的）边缘，端；锋利，尖锐 vt.在…上加边界；使渐进；给（刀刃）磨边，使锋利；修整 vi.慢慢向前移动，侧身移动 noun: 锋利，尖锐 eg: a knife with a sharp edge 刀刃锋利 renew our edges: keep our edges sharp ;renew vt. 重新开始；使更新；使恢复；补充 vi. 重申，重复强调；重新开始 vt :renew your health 恢复你的健康 vi :There was renewed fighting yesterday. 昨天战斗重新打响了。;Personal tragedy haunted his entire life , in the deaths of loved ones:his father dying of pneumonia when Sam was 12；his brother Herry , killed by a steamboat explosion ,the death of his son , Langon , at 19 mouths . 译文：可悲的是马克吐温的一生却笼罩在悲剧和不幸的阴影中，他的亲人相继离他而去;他12岁时，父亲便因肺炎而去世；他的兄弟亨利在一次蒸汽船爆炸事故中丧生，他的儿子朗顿才十九个月就夭折了。;haunt verb 萦绕在心头，缠绕：长期困扰 eg :The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life. 破产的耻辱可能会让他余生不得安宁。 Vi 尤指鬼魂重回或常去 eg :His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum. 据说他的鬼魂经常敲着玩具鼓出没在其中的一些房间里。 noun :〈方〉鬼或其它超自然物体；常去的地方 The college library is a favorite haunt. 大学图书馆是人们喜欢的地方。 ;haunted adj. 闹鬼的；受到折磨的；令人烦恼的 haunt”的过去式和过去分词 adj （表情）焦虑的，忧心忡忡的 eg: She looked so haunted, I almost didnt recognize her. 她愁容满面，我差点儿没认出她来。;