主题：放弃永远比坚持容易！赖世雄中级(下)笔记

半路出家，期望自己可以像这里的很多前辈一样，努力坚持下去，从头开始点滴积累，必有收获：）没怎么在计算机上做过笔记，想着帖在这里，只是希望是对自己的一个鞭策和监督，有问题也可以大家一起讨论：） 放弃永远比坚持容易！赖世雄中级(上)笔记 http://bbs.wwenglish.org/dispbbs.asp?boardid=1&id=57095 Lesson 75 The Amish Reading: 　In the heart of America, in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, live some people who are not your typical Americans. In order to lead simple lives, they don’t use cars. Instead, they drive horse-drawn buggies. They don’t use electric lights, either, not to mention telephones. They make their own clothing which looks ancient. And, to make matters worse, they don’t speak English but German among themselves. 　These people are the Amish. They settled in America almost 300 years ago. Most of them are farmers who stay away from the temptations of the city. As modern life becomes more and more complicated, the Amish way of life seems to make more and more sense. Vocabulary & idioms： the Amish=Amish people in the heart of: Anna's apartment is in the heart of the city state Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana typical : Charles has a typical Boston accent in order to lead a/an…life/lives : Eric prefers to live a quiet life in the country. dream a/an...dream: John dreamed a sweet dream of his girlfriend last night. sigh a/an...sigh horse-drawn: The bride arrived in a horse-drawn carriage of the wedding ceremony. buggies, buggy instead: Instead, they drive horse-drawn buggies. electric light: Before the electirc light was invented.people used lamps. not to mention=not to speak of =to say nothing of (let alone=much less) : I love apple pies, not to mention/not to speak of/to say nothing of apples telephone clothing,clothes=(U), brand-name ancient to make matters worse,主语+动词:=what’s(even/far) worse what’s (even/far) better what’s more,…=moreover,…= furthermore,…. German settle, settle down : It's about time for Fred to get married and settle down. I'm busy now, but i'll surely settle the matter with you later. farmer stay away from: Be smart and stay away from bad company. temptation（诱惑）: the official couldn't resist the temptation and took the bribe(贿赂) complicated.: This is a complicated world we live in. a/the/one’s way of life: the farmer's way of life is very simple. make sense: it makes sense to plan your future carefully.

5/15 复习,补充: Instead,=On the contrary, buggies=wagons I can’t affort a Ford(car),not to mention a Benz. to make matters worse=what’s worse: John did not prepare his report, to make matters worse/what’s worse he was late for the meeting. stay away from=keep away from=avoid As modern life becomes more and more complicated, as= when what he said didn’t make any sense make no sense make a lot of sense His speech makes sense/makes a lot of sense. make sense of…….=understand. I can make sense of what he just said. a sense of humour is a great asset for a person. a good business sense 有经济头脑 in a sense: 在某一方面,就某种意义上来说 Substitution: In the heart of Amrercian, in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohia and Indina, live some people who are not your typical Americans. By the door stood a little boy. In this mountain roam several fierce lions. (roam: 游荡,闲逛,徘徊,漫游 roam about the forest在林间徘徊,to roam about the country漫游全国) (fierce: 凶猛的 a fierce dog,猛烈的a fierce storm,勇猛的a fierce fighter,强烈的a fierce light,令人难受的,讨厌的a fierce silence) They don’t use electric lights, either, not to mention telephones. The miser won’t even lend you one dollar, not to speak of US$1000. The boy can’t even write Chinese, let alone English.

5/18 Lesson 76 Live and let live Paul and Wendy are talking about the Amish. P: What do you plan to do in the summer, Wendy? W: To be frank, I haven’t make any plans, What about you? P: I’m thinking of going to Indiana. W: What on earth for? P: To tell the truth, I want to see how the Amish people live. W: What for? From what I hear, they’re boring people. To be honest, I think they’re kind of weired. P: Nonsense! In fact, their simple way of life is quite appealing to me. W: Well, to each their own, I guess. P: Exactly, I with more people would just live and let live. Key points: Live and let live=You live your life the way you want and let others live theirs the way they want. 自己活也让别人活. 得饶人处且饶人 well said what do you plan to do=what do you planning on I am planning to see Mary=I am planning to seeing Mary To be frank(with you),…=Frankly speaking,=To tell (you) the truth,…. =to be honest,= honestly speaking make a plan You should make a plan for your future. aspire: vi aspire after: 渴望,追求. aspire after truth追求真理; aspire after knowledge立志求知识 aspire after wealth渴望发财 aspire to: 渴望,热望. aspire to fame追求名誉和地位, aspire to become an author What about you=how about you What about going to the movies tonight=how about going to the movies tonight? What do you say to going to the movies tonight? Paul Paula Pauline think of doing sth=consider doing sth What on earth for? What for…=Why… on earth=in the world=the heck Who is he?à who on earth／in the world／the heck is he? What were you taking about?à What on earth／in the world were you taking Who the hell is he?(电影里,较粗鲁) From what I hear,…..: From what I hear, the whether is supposed to be nice tomorrow. boring bored be bored with…=be fed up with…=be sick of…=be tired of… I was bored with his speech.= I was tired of his speech. yawn:打哈欠 He is yawning, because he is bored. bore: n. 指人指事 He is such a bore The speech / movie is a bore. It's bore to little children having to go to school every day. weird: a.怪异的,离奇的. weird clothes. weird ideas weirdie: n.怪人,怪物,怪事 oddball: adj, n. 古怪的, 怪人 He is an oddball kind of…=a little+形,副, 有点儿, 有几分: It’s kind of /a little cold today. She kind of hoped to be invited. 她有被邀请的希望 a kind of man, a sort of +名: 一种 of a kind: 同类的,(质量)低劣的. coffee of a kind:质量低劣的咖啡 nonsense: n. 胡扯 No one listens to him because he always talks nonsense. appealing: a. We saw a appealing movie last night. That girl over there is appealing. =attractive appeal: vi. That girl really appeals to me appeal to +人, 吸引某人 appeal to sb for sth: 恳求 I appealed to Peter for loan, but the miser refused me. To each one’s own: Live and let live: each person has his own way of thinking or his way of doing things.人各有所好. exactly=correctly exactly true: 千真万确

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5/18 Lesson 77 Think Before You Speak Sometime we say things without thinking. Very often a thoughtless remark may hurt others’ feeling or cause a misunderstanding or an embarrassment. We must, therefore, always think before we speak. Once I told an old friend how beautiful his girlfriend looked when I saw them together at a movie theater the other day. Unfortunately, I made a mistake. It happened that she wasn’t with my friend. She was with someone else. I had let the cat out of the bag, so to speak. I’d never been so embarrassed in my life. I certainly learned my lesson, but at a very high price. His girlfriend never spoke to me again! And to make matters worse, it is rumored that they eventually broke up. You never get any will if you give up halfway. persist: vi: You should persist in learning anything. Don’t give up halfway. persist in the study of English Think before you speak. 三思而后言. Look before you leap. 三思而后行. leap: vi. 跳,跃 very often= in most cases, in many cases, thoughtless thoughtful be thoughtful of :对…很体谅 Every one like Sam because he is so thoughtful of others. remark: 一句话 make…remark: He made stupid remark. statement.(比较正式的话) make…. feeling feelings: 感情=emotions: You hurt my feelings. embarrassment embarrass: His careless remark embarrassed us all. Once=Once upon a time. the other day storm movie theater=movie house =cinema(比较文绉绉) make a mistake=make an error mistake A for B. I mistook Mary for Joan. article It happened that…It turned out that…原来是….. let the cat out of the bag.无意中泄露了秘密 revealed the secret Our surprise party was not a surprise because Linda let the cat out of the bag. …,so to speak. 可以这么说,….. John knows many words, Hs is, so to speak, a walking dictionary. scholar: 学者 learn one’s lesson : I have learnt the lesson (in) the hard way. teach sb a lesson at a high price at a price of :以…的代价 He has attained his goal at a high price. attain to make matters worse,…=What’s (even/far)worse,… The siger was lat for his concert. To make matters worse, he lost his voice. Don’t cheat me. 不要骗我. Don’t cheat on me. 不要玩弄我的感情. cheat on: 对…不忠 cheat sb.(out) of sth.骗某人的东西 rumor: vt. n.谣传 It is rumored that…. =Rumor has it that =Words has it that… It is rumored that the man is in fact a woman. I heard a rumor that the headmaster is leaving. break up break up with sb

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5/19 Lesson 78 Believe It or Not 信不信由你 in trouble/ in big trouble in hot water on the hook Andy & Andrew: a common boy’s name; (Andrew: can be used as a family name, Andrews.) Jenny & Jennifer: is always a girl’s name; the Bible:圣经 Believe it or not, 主+动 =Whether you believe it or not,….. Believe it or not, the ten-year-old boy can solve math problems designed for university students. previous: a.先前的 the one before we are talking about. profit: 盈余 In the previous month, we made more money. So who did you go to the movies with? (who 取代whom) Who do you love?(不用whom) go to the movies(复数): 去看电影. Ivan goes to the movies whenever he’s free. Let go to the movies tonight. Let see/watch a movie tonight. take in a movie: 看一场电影 take in sth: entertainment: 娱乐 take in a show/ a game / a football game. What do you mean NOBODY?= What do you mean by saying nobody? What do you mean by doing….? What do you mean by smoking in here, this is a non-smoking section. What do you mean by laughing at / hitting me? means: n. 财富.He is a man of means.(a rich man) mean: a. 吝啬的,低劣的,卑鄙的…..He is very mean, even though he is a man of means. Don’t shout at me. Allow me to explain. shout at: yell at: 对…喊叫 sore: 肌肉拉伤的酸痛 Allow me to do=Let me do let up: 停止 The rain has just let up. allow doing: I don’t allow smoking in here. allow for=consider: 体谅 We should allow for Peter’s age, let’s stop walking up the mountain any more. explain: vi. vt. explain to sb.: You should explain to me what has just happened. expect: vt. expect sb to do sth:期望某人…You can’t expect your parents to help you all your life. expect that…预期….We expect that the typhoon(台风) will not cause too much damage. expect to do: 期望….We expect to finish this project by next month. make a excuse make up a story = invent a story =fabricate a story =formulate a story stammer: n.v.结巴 Do you expect me to believe you? = Do you expect me to buy your story? = I don’t believe you. You can believe what you want. I’ll never get you to tell me the truth, I guess. You are very silly. Don’t beat around bush. get sb to do= make sb do 使/叫… get sb done….把…. I had dinner with your brother last night. =I dined with your brother last night. had dinner=dined womanly: a. 像女人的,有女子气质的;

5/20 Lessone 79 The Weaker Sex? 女人是弱者? Who says that women are the weaker sex? Sixteen-year-old Kelly Williams from St. Petersburg, Florida is the first female wrestler to fight against boys and beat them. Who would have thought that possible not so very long ago? Her success, though, has angered some people. They say she should have been banned from wrestling because it will cause the boys to think impure thoughts. When asked about this, Kelly said, “People live in their own worlds and nobody has the right to force their values on others.” Should women be allowed to wrestle with men in competition? What do you think? The weaker sex?=Are women the weaker sex? Who says that…. Who says that Peter is fat? Everybody. Peter is not only fat, he is obese. Who says that he won’t come? Who says that he is nice? obese: a. : extremely fat; grossly overweight. 肥胖的,肥大的. diet : 节食No sugar in my coffee, please; I'm dieting to go on a diet: People who are on a diet mustn't have chocolate. lose weight weak sex: n.性别 Women shouldn’t be considered the weaker sex nowadays. How do you tell the sex of a mouse? She is sixteen years old. I like that five-year-old(做形容词,year不加s) boy . hyphen: - 连字号 from: 籍贯,出生地. My father is from Boston. female male wrestler: n. 摔跤手 wrestle: vi.vt. (与…)摔跤. Tom wrestled James and beat him. beat: vt.=defeat win I bet you can’t beat/defeat me in tennis.(不能用win, win不能接人作宾语,而须用比赛,奖品做宾语) Who would have thought that possible not so very long ago? 虚拟语气. should have + 过去分词. I should have finished my homework last night, but I watched TV instead. would have could have might have Who would have thought that possible not so very long ago? (that that’s possible) though 然而 anger: vt. angry: a. be angry at +事 be angry with +人 ban: vt. 下令禁止,查禁 be banned from doing sth. Students are banned from smoking in school. be barred from doing sth. be prohibited from doing sth. ban sb from doing. His father banned him from smoking. bar sb from doing prohibit sb from doing think+ adj.+ thoughts : 有…的想法 think of: I was thinking of Mary. positive: 正面的. I was thinking positive/good thoughts. optimistic: 乐观的. laugh a/an+ adj. +laugh When asked about this,….=When she was asked….. When I am rich, I will be a car. àWhen being rich,…àWhen rich,…. impure: a . 淫猥的,污秽不洁的. The impure water force A on B: We shouldn’t force our ideas on others. values: n. 价值观(复数), value价值. what’s the value of this painting. value: vt: 珍惜,重视 I value my teacher’s advice on whether to go abroad to study or not. Everybody should do he/her job(or their jobs). have the right to: Children have the right to be educated. What do you think of Peter How do feel about Peter How do you like Peter

5/21 Lesson 80 Girls versus Boys Daisy is talking with Samson about Kelly Williams, the female wrestler. D: What do you think, Samson? Should girls be allowed to wrestle with boys? S: I don’t see anything wrong with that. D: Well, wrestling is a contact sport. It’s very physical. S: So? I thought you women always wanted to be equal to men. D: Yes. But this is different. They’ll be grabbing each other. And to win, one wrestler has to lie on top of his or her opponent. S: So what? D: It’s disgusting. Girls just shouldn’t wrestle with boys. S: Gee, Daisy! Maybe you ought to be a nun. D: That’s not funny! You sex maniac! versus: vs. 对….,对抗…This basketball game features the Chicago Bulls versus the New York Knicks. contest: 比赛 petal: 花瓣 conservative: 保守的,守旧的 eg: The researchers made a conservative guess at the population of Tokyo. a conservative estimate 审慎的估计 liberal: 自由的,开放的,慷慨的 eg: a liberal thinker;思想无偏见的人; a liberal donation 慷慨的捐助 What do you think…… What do you think of/about him? How do you feel about him? How do you like him? allow: allow sb to do… My father allow me to drive his car on Sundays. I was allowed to drive his car on Sundays. What do you do on Sundays.(复数,每逢礼拜天) allow doing: I allow smoking here. I don’t allow smoking here. allow 用法与permit完全一样: I don’t see anything wrong with that.=I don’t see anything the matter with that. (with 一定要加) I don’t see anything wrong with children staying up late. stay up: 熬夜,不睡觉 contact: adj.接触的; vt. n. Ice hockey(曲棍球) is a rough contact sport. (rough:激烈的) boxing, basketball physical: adj. 身体的;体能的; n.体格检查 a physical checkup: 身体检查physical training: 体育锻炼 You should have a physical checkup once a year.=You should have a physical once a year. Jeff needs more physical exercise. get in contact with: You should get in contact with our office as soon as you arrive. equal : a. vt. be equal to… Do you really think men are equal to women? Ten plus ten is equal to twenty. equal:=competent: adj.胜任的. vt. He is equal to his job. The swimmer equaled the world record in the Olympic Games. grab: vt.抓,抢夺 The thief grabbed the shoulder bag from the woman and ran off. She grabbed the seat near the fire before I could. And to win= in order to win. lie on top of: 把…压在下面,躺在….上面 opponent:对手 So what?= So? 那又怎么样? I can type twice as fast as you . So what? disgusting: adj. 恶心的,厌恶的. Picking your nose is a disgusting habit. disgusted: adj. 感到恶心 disgust: vt. Your bad behavior disgusts me. spider: 蜘蛛 nun: 修女,尼姑 sex maniac: 色情狂 maniac: n.狂热者 The soccer maniac never misses a game.