研究生英語閱讀教程(提高級)Lesson 2

1、Language Points Clich 英 n.陳腔濫調(diào)陳腔濫調(diào) I know thats a clich, but some clichs are true. 我知道這是陳腔濫調(diào)，但是有些陳腔濫調(diào) 則是正確的。 apocalypse n.世界毀滅；圣經(jīng)新約之世界毀滅；圣經(jīng)新約之啟示錄啟示錄；天啟；大災難；天啟；大災難 vCivilization is on the brink of apocalypse. 文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。 vHe proposed a series of measures that might ward off the environmental apocalyp

2、se. 他提出了一系列可能避免環(huán)境災難的措施。 rip v.撕裂；扯開撕裂；扯開 n.裂口；裂縫；撕裂裂口；裂縫；撕裂 v I ripped my stocking on a nail. 一個釘子掛破了我的襪子。 vYou should rip the cover off the box first. 你首先應當把這個盒子的封套扯掉。 hover v.盤旋；徘徊；靠近（某事物），維持在某種不確定的狀態(tài)盤旋；徘徊；靠近（某事物），維持在某種不確定的狀態(tài) n.盤旋盤旋 vAfter the alien spacecraft had hovered over the park for a short

3、 time, it vanished. 那只外星來的宇宙飛船在公園上空盤旋了一會兒之 后就不見了。 vHe hovered nervously in the doorway. 他在門口緊張地來回踱步。 unforgiving adj.不原諒的；不可寬恕的不原諒的；不可寬恕的 He made an unforgiving error under mistaken notion. 在錯誤的觀念指導下 ,他犯了不可寬恕的錯。 lest conj.惟恐；以免；擔心惟恐；以免；擔心 vHe took a flashlight lest it should get dark before he retur

4、ned. 為了預防回來以前天就黑了，所以他帶著手 電筒。 vI got up early lest I should miss the train. 我早起以免錯過了火車。 evoke vt.喚起；引起喚起；引起 vSongs can evoke old memories. 歌曲可以喚起往日的回憶。 vPieces of fine art may evoke emotional or spiritual responses in us. 一件件精美的藝術(shù)品可以喚起我們情感和精神上的 響應。 overlay v.覆蓋；鍍；鋪覆蓋；鍍；鋪上面上面 n.覆蓋物；重疊；鍍金覆蓋物；重疊；鍍金 vOve

5、rlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. 要包上純金,四圍鑲上金牙邊。 vAn overlay of wood covers the brick wall. 磚墻上覆蓋了一層木板。 sarin n.沙林；甲氟膦酸異丙酯沙林；甲氟膦酸異丙酯(一種用作神經(jīng)性毒氣一種用作神經(jīng)性毒氣 的化學劑的化學劑) The Sarin is one of most terror-stricken chemical toxicants now. 沙林毒劑是目前化學恐怖威脅最大的一類毒 劑。 stoical adj.堅忍的；禁欲主義的堅忍的；禁

6、欲主義的 Thus he trudge along, stoical and uncomplaining. 他就這樣堅忍無怨地蹣跚而行。 adversity n.不幸；災難；逆境不幸；災難；逆境 vHardship disposes man to meet adversity. 艱苦能讓人適應逆境。 vHis struggle with adversity is fruitless. 他徒與不幸掙扎而毫無結(jié)果。 dissect v.解剖；切細；仔細研究；詳細分析解剖；切細；仔細研究；詳細分析 In spite of this some brave scientists did dissect

7、bodies. 盡管如此，一些勇敢的科學家仍堅持解剖人 體。 surreal adj.超現(xiàn)實的；離奇的超現(xiàn)實的；離奇的 vIf this sounds surreal, let me refine the last statement. 如果這聽上去有些超現(xiàn)實，那么讓我來提煉一下最 后一句吧。 vMeeting you here like this is positively surreal! 像這樣與你在此相逢真好比一場夢!. recur vi.重現(xiàn)；再發(fā)生重現(xiàn)；再發(fā)生 vThis kind of problem is likely to recur. 這類問題可能還會發(fā)生。這類問題可能還會

8、發(fā)生。 vThe dream recur throughout her life. 這個夢在她的一生中反復出現(xiàn)。這個夢在她的一生中反復出現(xiàn)。 soothe v.緩和；使安靜；安慰緩和；使安靜；安慰 vHe smeared some balm on his hand to soothe the pain. 他在手上涂了些藥膏來止痛。 vHe tried to soothe the crying child. 他試著去哄那個在哭的孩子。 flatiron n.熨斗熨斗 The table was badly charred by a flatiron. 這張桌子被熨斗燒焦。 upbeat n.上升

9、；上升；音音弱音拍弱音拍 adj.樂觀的樂觀的 Indicators for earnings momentum remain upbeat with more earnings upgrades than downgrades. 收益上升勢頭依然持續(xù)，對收益向上的調(diào)整多過向 下的調(diào)整。 The presentation ended on an upbeat note. 展示簡報以樂觀的語調(diào)結(jié)束。 hysterical adj.歇斯底里的；異常興奮的；歇斯底里的；異常興奮的；十分可笑的十分可笑的 vHis hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.

10、他那歇斯底里的笑聲使所有的人不知所措。 vHe is hysterical at the sight of the photo. 他一看到那張照片就異常激動。 horde n.群；游牧部落；移動群群；游牧部落；移動群 vA horde of children ran over the office building. 一大群孩子在辦公大樓里到處奔跑。 vThere were hordes of people at the jumble sale. 廢舊貨物拍賣市場上人山人海。 incongruous adj.不協(xié)調(diào)的；不一致的；前后不一的不協(xié)調(diào)的；不一致的；前后不一的 vI found the

11、 scene somewhat incongruous. 我發(fā)覺布景有點不協(xié)調(diào)。 vA joke that was incongruous with polite conversation. 一個與禮貌談話不相協(xié)調(diào)的玩笑。 vIt is a clich, as it is to talk of apocalypse and nightmare, but when something is beyond our experience, we reach for the points of reference we have. （IV 1）(para 2, line 3) vclich: 老生常談

12、；陳腔濫調(diào) vapocalypse: 世界末日 vreach for: 伸手去抓 v說到世界末日和噩夢又是老生常談，但是當事情超出我們的 經(jīng)驗時，我們總會尋找現(xiàn)有的東西作為參照。 vIn Britain, where such vast natural disaster is unknown, perhaps this is the only connection we can make when we see whole communities ripped away by a tsunami, helicopters hovering over raging fires that go o

13、n for miles. (para. 2, line 6) vrip away: 扯掉; 除去 vhover over: 翱翔；懸停；盤旋于 v在英國從未發(fā)生過這種巨大規(guī)模的自然災害，因此當我們看 到整個社區(qū)被海嘯吞沒、直升機在綿延數(shù)英里的大火上盤旋 時，世界末日就是我們唯一能想到的與此相關(guān)的事件 vLest you should ever forget the smallness of being human, the iconic Mount Fuji, instantly recognizable yet somehow different on every viewing, is a

14、n extinct volcano. (IV 2)（para 2, Line 2） viconic: 標志性的 vMount Fuji: 富士山 v唯恐你會忘記作為人類的渺小，標志性的富士山，雖然一眼 即能認出但不知何故每次觀看又呈現(xiàn)出不同景象, 其實就是 一座死火山。 vIn the cities, people wait for and celebrate the cherry blossoms and autumn leaves that spring up from the earth as though to remind us that the concrete and neon

15、are a mere overlay. (para. 5, line 6) vspring up: 涌現(xiàn)；迅速生長；萌芽 voverlay: 覆蓋 v在城市中，人們等待和慶祝從土地中長出的盛開的櫻花和秋 天的紅葉，仿佛在提醒我們，混凝土和霓虹燈只不過是表面 的裝飾物。 vIt surprised me, over the following months that the gas attack seemed to dominate the national media coverage, whereas Kobe, after the initial weeks of horrifying f

16、ootage, slipped somewhat into the background. (IV 3) (para. 7, line 4) vfootage: 影片長度；素材；連續(xù)鏡頭 vslip into: 溜進,悄悄進入 v在隨后的幾個月里，讓我吃驚的是毒氣攻擊似乎占據(jù)了國家 媒體報道的主要內(nèi)容，而阪神大地震經(jīng)過了最初幾周駭人聽 聞的電視報道后，已經(jīng)退居次位了。 vIn Japan the catastrophe is in the past and the present and will be in the future. All practical considerations r

17、elating to earthquakesquake-proof buildings, emergency drills are handled with matter-of-fact efficiency, but the event, where it happens, is often kept at some distance. (para. 8, line 4) v而在日本，災難發(fā)生在過去、現(xiàn)在，還會發(fā)生在將來。所有 與地震有關(guān)的注意事項抗震建筑、應急演練都會以 一種切合實際的效率得到處理，但當災難發(fā)生時，人們卻不 愿更多提及它。 vRather than immersing ou

18、rselves in the language of horror films and the end of the world, when the time is right to try to glimpse this new territory, we might for thought reach for a book by Japans most popular contemporary novelist. (IV 4) (para. 9, line 2) vimmerse: 使浸沒于；沉浸在 vglimpse: 瞥見 v我們不能沉浸在恐怖片和世界末日的語言中；在合適的時間， 如果想

19、要了解這一新的領(lǐng)域，我們可以看看日本最流行的現(xiàn) 代小說家的一本書 vFrom the painful to the surreal to the gently touching, the anthology presents a series of psychological aftershocks. (para. 9, line 7) vsurreal: 超現(xiàn)實的；不真實的 vanthology : 不同作家的作品集 v從痛苦到超現(xiàn)實到自然感人，小說集描繪了一系列 的心理余震。 vIt is in Murakamis nature as a writer to be upbeat, but

20、these are plausible glimpses of optimism. (para. 11, line 2) vupbeat: adj.樂觀的；快樂的；積極向上的 vplausible: adj. 有道理的；可信的 v村上作為一個作家本性是樂觀的，但這種樂觀是有 道理的。 vBut we should resist the temptation to imagine panicking hordes buying up all the food and fleeting the capital as the next part of our horror narrative. (I

21、V 5) (para. 13, line 1) v temptation: 誘惑 vpanic: v. 恐慌 panicking ：恐慌的 vbuy up：囤積；全部買進 v但是，我們不應該總想著成群結(jié)隊恐慌的人們搶空所有食 物、逃離首都，把這些當成是恐怖故事的下一個情節(jié)。 vIn Japan change tends to happen not a dramatically or quickly, but quietly and with small shifts. It seems incongruous that, in the midst of this great catastrophe, the cherry blossoms will soon be out. (para. 14, line 2) vincongruous: adj. 不相稱的；不協(xié)調(diào)的 vcatastrophe: n. 災難；災禍 v在日本，變化往往不會戲劇性