高英第四課28——30段.ppt

,1.sulphur: 硫磺 sulphurous:地獄般的，狂熱的，尖刻的，刻毒的 2.dispatch: a. a report sent to a newspaper by journalist who is working in a foreign country（駐外記者發(fā)給報(bào)刊的）新聞報(bào)道，電訊 with dispatch:quickly and efficiently He carries out his duties with dispatch b. a message or report sent quickly form one military officer to another or between government officials(軍事人員或政府官員之間的）急件，快信 3.run sb out of: (informal)force sb to leave a place,4. refer to sb/sth:to describe or to be connected with sb or sth. 5. yokel:people who dont have much education or understanding of modern life,especially used to describe a person comes from the countryside. 6. telegraph:電報(bào) telegraphist:a person who sent messages by telegraph,H.L.門肯穿著短褲，一邊吹著電扇，一邊寫出了一些含辛辣諷刺意味的電訊文稿。由于他在文中將當(dāng)?shù)鼐用穹Q作“鄉(xiāng)巴佬”，因此人們議論著要將他驅(qū)逐出鎮(zhèn)。二十二個(gè)報(bào)務(wù)員每天要拍發(fā)十六萬五千字的報(bào)道這場庭審的電文。,7.collapse: to fall down or fall in suddenly The roof collapsed under the weight of the snow. If you work too hard, your health may collapse. Their marriage collapsed. 8.throng: n. a crowd of people v.to go somewhere in large numbers群集，擁向 The children thronged into the hall. throng with sb/sth(be thronged with sb/sth)：to be full of people cars,ect.擠滿（人、汽車等） The street was thronged with people.,9.resume:begin again or continue after an interruption. Well stop here and resume working at 2 oclock. resume your seat/place/position:to go back to the seat or place that you had before.恢復(fù)席位、地位、職位 10.squat: v. 蹲坐，偷住，擅自占用 n.偷住的房子 to live in a squat擅自住在他人空著的房子里 adj.short and wide or fat 矮而寬的，矮胖的 a squat tower矮而粗的塔 a squat muscular man矮壯的男人 perch：to land and stay on a branch（鳥類） 棲息，停留； to sit or to make sb sit on sth（使）坐，坐在 gawk:to stare at sb/sth in a rude or stupid way,由于天氣炎熱，加之又擔(dān)心古老的法庭地板會因承受不住人群的重量而坍塌，審判活動改在戶外楓樹蔭下繼續(xù)進(jìn)行。前來觀審的有兩千多人，他們有的坐在長條木凳上，有的蹲在草地上，有的趴在停放著的汽車的車頂上，還有的人則從窗戶里傻呆呆地伸長脖子向外張望。,11.prosecute v.t. : to start legal proceedings against (sb) 告發(fā)，檢舉，起訴（某人） e.g. to be prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit 因行車超速而被檢舉 prosecutor n. :告發(fā)者，檢舉人，起訴方 prosecution n. :告發(fā)，檢舉，起訴 e.g. to make oneself liable to prosecution 使自己可能遭受檢舉 to start a prosecution against sb. 檢舉某人 12.startle:to surpurise sb suddenly使驚嚇，使大吃一驚 startled:吃驚的,13.trump card:sth that gives you an advantage over other people,especially when they dont know what it is and you are able to use it to surprise them.王牌，絕招，殺手锏 play the trump card:take the most decisive course of action which one believes cannot fail.,Darrow sprang his trump card by calling Bryan as a witness for the defense. The judge looked startled . Darrow played his winning card by calling Bryan to give evidence in court on behalf of the defense, which is sth very unexpected, sth quite unheard of, because if you speak for the prosecution you cant be the witness for the defense as you cant be on both sides. That is why the judge was shocked or very mu