English Words Learning and Memorizing
? Word List
? 1,ban [bAn] (banned; banning)禁止,取
缔 (书刊等 ) (to prohibit esp,by legal means
or social pressure.)
? Smoking is banned in school,
? 在学校禁止吸烟。
? Swimming is banned in this lake.
? 禁止在这湖里游泳。
? 同义词,bar,forbid,prohibit
? We bar smoking here,我们这里禁止吸烟。
? His parents forbid him wine.
? 他的父母不准他喝酒。
? Smoking is forbidden in the concert hall,
? 演奏厅内不准吸烟。
? Smoking is strictly prohibited in the
process of handling explosive materials.
?,在处理易爆物时,严格禁止吸烟。”
? 2,oust[ aust ]剥夺,取代,驱逐 (to
expel or to throw out)
? [搭配用法 ]oust (intruder,newcomer,ruler )
? from (seat,place,position,office)
? to oust the president 把总统赶下台
? oust sb,from office 把某人撤职
? 3,roost [ ru:st]栖息 (to perch on a
branch)
? rooster [ 5ru:stE]公鸡
? 4,emaciate[ i5meiFieit ]使憔
悴,使消瘦
? (to cause to grow thin or weak,especially
as a result of starvation.)
? A long illness had emaciated my father,
? 长期卧病使我父亲瘦弱了。
? 5,linger[ 5liN^E]逗留,闲荡 (to be
slow in leaving,especially out of reluctance;
tarry.)
? linger over one's work 磨洋工
? Winter lingered,冬天迟迟不去。
? We lingered away the whole summer at the
beach.
? 我们在海滩上消磨掉整个夏天。
? Lingerer n.
? linger on (人 )苟延残喘 ; (习俗 )历久犹存
? Match the word on the left with its
definition on the right.
? 1,ban a,prohibit,forbid
? 2,oust b,drive out,eject
? 3,roost c,go slowly as if unwilling
? to leave
? 4,emaciate d,become very thin
? 5,linger f,perch
? Choose the words to complete the following
sentences.
? 6,Some traditions on long after
they have lost their meanings,
? 7,The police moved with alacrity
[ E5lAkriti ](敏捷 ) to the
disorderly mobs(闹哄哄的人 ).
? 8,A dozen years in a prison had poor
? old George,who had once weighed more
than three hundred pounds but now weighed
less than ninety.
? 9,I want to all outsiders from our
discussion on security.
? 10,The eagle wrapped its claws around the
branch on which it,
? Word List
? 1,fraud [ frC:d ]欺骗 (an act of deceiving
or misrepresenting)骗子 (a person who makes
deceitful pretenses,defraud,cheat)
? People who tell your future by means of a pack of
cards are frauds,
? 用一叠纸牌为你占卜未来的人都是骗子。
? 2,modification[ 7mCdifi5keiFEn ]
修改,修正 (a slight change,an alternation,a
result of modifying.)
? The law,in its present form,is unjust; it needs
modification.
? 现行的法律是不公正的 ; 它需要修改。
? paraphrase [ 5pArEfreiz ]释义,意译
重述
? (a restatement of something that someone has said
or has written.)
? paraphrase an obscure passage in modern English
用现代英语意译一段晦涩的文字
? 4,skirmish [ 5skE:miF ] n.小冲突 (a minor
battle or dispute,argument)
? 5,specimen[ 5spesimin,-mEn ]范
例,样品 (an example from a group or species of
something)
? He collects specimens of all kinds of rocks and
minerals,
? 他采集各种岩石和矿物的标本。
? example,representative,sample,
? Practice
? Match the word on the left with its
definition on the right.
? 1,specimen a,translation
? 2,paraphrase b,sample
? 3,modification c,deceit
? 4,fraud d,a slight change,
? alternation
? 5,skirmish e,small fight,brief
? encounter
? Choose the new words to complete the
following sentences.
? 6,The politician’s conviction
[ kEn5vikFEn ] for tax
jeopardized
? his future in public life.
? 7,As a geologist,she collects of all
kinds of rocks and minerals,
? 8,My boss accepted my proposal with some
minor,
? The two unfriendly countries often engage
in border,
? 10,If you Shakespeare’s works
into modern-day English,you will
understand the story but loose the nuances
? [ nju:5B:ns,-5C:ns](细微
差别 )of meaning,
? 白宫的故事
?
? One of the most recognizable(可辨认的 )
structures(建筑物 ) in the world,one can 't say
they're been to Washington D.C,until they
have seen the White House,The home of the
leader of the free world is open to the public
five days a week from 10 – noon.
? 白宫被称为世界上最易识别的建筑之一。
没有到过白宫,就没有到过华盛顿。这个自由
王国领导人的家,每周五天,从 10点到中午,
向游人开放。
?
? Originally(原来 ) known as the Executive
Mansion(官邸 ),construction(建造 ) of the
White House began in 1792 under the
direction(领导 ) of George Washington,The
structure was not completed until 1800,so
ironically(讽刺地 ) Washington is the only
President not to live there,
? 1792年,乔治 ·华盛顿领导修建白宫作为
总统官邸。讽刺的是,这座建筑 1800年才竣工,
华盛顿成了唯一没在这儿住过的总统。
? The executive mansion was torched(纵火 )
by British troops(军队 ) in 1814,during the
War of 1812,The structural(建筑的 ) damage
caused by the fire was repaired but the
? exterior(外部的 ) sandstone(砂岩 ) walls were
still black with fire damage,The walls were
then painted white,giving birth to the nick
name(呢称 ) "The White House",An act of
Congress(国会 ) made this the official name in
1902,
? 在 1812年开始的战争中,英国人于 1814
年防火烧毁了这座府邸。后来,人们修缮了建
筑,可砂岩墙壁上的黑色痕迹却去不掉。人们
把墙壁粉刷成白色,它也因此而得名“白宫”。
1902年国会以此作为它的正式名字。
? Every President has left his mark(痕迹 )
upon the White House,Thomas Jefferson
added terraces(露台、大阳台 ) to the east
? and west wings(侧厅、厢房 ),Andrew
Jackson installed running water,and Harry
Truman added a porch(门廊 ),Bill Clinton's
addition to the White House was an indoor-
running track(跑道 ).
? 每位总统都在白宫留下一些痕迹。托马
斯 ·杰弗逊为东西厢建造了露台,安德鲁 ·杰克
逊安装了自来水,哈里 ·杜鲁门增加了门廊,比
尔 ·克林顿则带来了室内跑道。
? Language Point:
? 1.public
? (1)做形容词,意思是“公共的、公用的”,
如:
?
? You mustn't do that in a public place.
? 你不可在公共场所做那事。
? (2)做名词,表示“公众、民众”,通常前
面加 the,如:
? The public was provoked to anger.
? 公众被激怒了。
? (3)短语 in public,意思是“公开地、当
众”,举个例子:
? He is going to make a speech in public.
? 他将当众发表演说。
? 2.harm,damage,injure,hurt辨析
?
? (1)harm 的含义侧重于“损害,伤害”,可指
精神或肉体的伤害,程度较轻,如:
? Don't harm your eyes by reading in dim
light.
? 不要在暗淡的灯光下看书而伤害了眼睛。
? (2)injure指“损害,受伤”,着重容貌、
机能的损坏,例如:
? She was injured badly in the accident.
? 事故中她受了伤。
? (3)damage意为“破坏,损坏”,如:
? Hundreds of houses were damaged by
the storm.
?
? 暴风雨毁坏了数百家房屋。
? (4)hurt指“伤害;刺痛”,尤指在精神或
肉体上的伤害,含有强烈的疼痛,例如:
? No feelings were hurt though the criticism
was sharp.
? 批评虽然尖锐,却未伤感情。
句型:
? not until…
? 这个句型从形式上看是否定句,但并非否
定意思。 until也可单独使用,表示“直到 ……
为止”。
? The doctor didn’t start the operation until
the room was bright enough,
?
?
? 医生直到房间里的灯足够亮了,才开始
做手术。
? Not until I began to work did I
realize how much time I had wasted,
? 直到我开始工作,我才认识到了我
已蹉跎了几多岁月。
? 练习:
? 1.我直到他回来才离开。
? 2.汤姆直到做完作业才回家。
?
? 练习答案:
? 1.I will not leave until he comes
back,
? 2.Tom didn’t go home until he
finished his homework,
? 根词
? end
? weekend weekender
? weekends year-end
? unending never-ending
? upend open-ended
? far-end bookend
? by-end dead-end
? double-ender endless
? endlessly endlessness
? endmost