研究生英語(yǔ)閱讀教程(提高級(jí))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(zāi)難；天啟；大災(zāi)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(zāi)難的措施。 rip v.撕裂；扯開(kāi)撕裂；扯開(kāi) n.裂口；裂縫；撕裂裂口；裂縫；撕裂 v I ripped my stocking on a nail. 一個(gè)釘子掛破了我的襪子。 vYou should rip the cover off the box first. 你首先應(yīng)當(dāng)把這個(gè)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(lái)的宇宙飛船在公園上空盤旋了一會(huì)兒之 后就不見(jiàn)了。 vHe hovered nervously in the doorway. 他在門口緊張地來(lái)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(cuò)誤的觀念指導(dǎo)下 ,他犯了不可寬恕的錯(cuò)。 lest conj.惟恐；以免；擔(dān)心惟恐；以免；擔(dān)心 vHe took a flashlight lest it should get dark before he retur

4、ned. 為了預(yù)防回來(lái)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(cuò)過(guò)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(yīng)。 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(xué)劑的化學(xué)劑) The Sarin is one of most terror-stricken chemical toxicants now. 沙林毒劑是目前化學(xué)恐怖威脅最大的一類毒 劑。 stoical adj.堅(jiān)忍的；禁欲主義的堅(jiān)忍的；禁

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

7、bodies. 盡管如此，一些勇敢的科學(xué)家仍堅(jiān)持解剖人 體。 surreal adj.超現(xiàn)實(shí)的；離奇的超現(xiàn)實(shí)的；離奇的 vIf this sounds surreal, let me refine the last statement. 如果這聽(tīng)上去有些超現(xiàn)實(shí)，那么讓我來(lái)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(chǎng)夢(mèng)!. 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(wèn)題可能還會(huì)發(fā)生。這類問(wèn)題可能還會(huì)

8、發(fā)生。 vThe dream recur throughout her life. 這個(gè)夢(mèng)在她的一生中反復(fù)出現(xiàn)。這個(gè)夢(mèng)在她的一生中反復(fù)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(lái)止痛。 vHe tried to soothe the crying child. 他試著去哄那個(gè)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(lè)觀的樂(lè)觀的 Indicators for earnings momentum remain upbeat with more earnings upgrades than downgrades. 收益上升勢(shì)頭依然持續(xù)，對(duì)收益向上的調(diào)整多過(guò)向 下的調(diào)整。 The presentation ended on an upbeat note. 展示簡(jiǎn)報(bào)以樂(lè)觀的語(yǔ)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(dòng)。 horde n.群；游牧部落；移動(dòng)群群；游牧部落；移動(dòng)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(chǎng)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(jué)布景有點(diǎn)不協(xié)調(diào)。 vA joke that was incongruous with polite conversation. 一個(gè)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(shuō)到世界末日和噩夢(mèng)又是老生常談，但是當(dāng)事情超出我們的 經(jīng)驗(yàn)時(shí)，我們總會(huì)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(guó)從未發(fā)生過(guò)這種巨大規(guī)模的自然災(zāi)害，因此當(dāng)我們看 到整個(gè)社區(qū)被海嘯吞沒(méi)、直升機(jī)在綿延數(shù)英里的大火上盤旋 時(shí)，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(biāo)志性的 vMount Fuji: 富士山 v唯恐你會(huì)忘記作為人類的渺小，標(biāo)志性的富士山，雖然一眼 即能認(rèn)出但不知何故每次觀看又呈現(xiàn)出不同景象, 其實(shí)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(zhǎng)；萌芽 voverlay: 覆蓋 v在城市中，人們等待和慶祝從土地中長(zhǎng)出的盛開(kāi)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(guò)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(zhǎng)度；素材；連續(xù)鏡頭 vslip into: 溜進(jìn),悄悄進(jìn)入 v在隨后的幾個(gè)月里，讓我吃驚的是毒氣攻擊似乎占據(jù)了國(guó)家 媒體報(bào)道的主要內(nèi)容，而阪神大地震經(jīng)過(guò)了最初幾周駭人聽(tīng) 聞的電視報(bào)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(zāi)難發(fā)生在過(guò)去、現(xiàn)在，還會(huì)發(fā)生在將來(lái)。所有 與地震有關(guān)的注意事項(xiàng)抗震建筑、應(yīng)急演練都會(huì)以 一種切合實(shí)際的效率得到處理，但當(dāng)災(zāi)難發(fā)生時(shí)，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(méi)于；沉浸在 vglimpse: 瞥見(jiàn) v我們不能沉浸在恐怖片和世界末日的語(yǔ)言中；在合適的時(shí)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(shuō)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(shí)的；不真實(shí)的 vanthology : 不同作家的作品集 v從痛苦到超現(xiàn)實(shí)到自然感人，小說(shuō)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(lè)觀的；快樂(lè)的；積極向上的 vplausible: adj. 有道理的；可信的 v村上作為一個(gè)作家本性是樂(lè)觀的，但這種樂(lè)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(jìn) v但是，我們不應(yīng)該總想著成群結(jié)隊(duì)恐慌的人們搶空所有食 物、逃離首都，把這些當(dāng)成是恐怖故事的下一個(gè)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(zāi)難；災(zāi)禍 v在日本，變化往往不會(huì)戲劇性