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Lesson Eight之定义篇
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  辽宁教育出版社于2003年1月出版了《王强口语》系列丛书,丛书共三册,并分别配有语音磁带,适合不同程度的英语学习者使用。以下是《王强口语》第一册第八课的定义篇部分。
  1.guest (n.)

  A guest1 is a person entertained2 in one's house or at one's table.

  2.Monday (n.)

  Monday is the second day of the week.

  3.study (v.)

  To study is to use the mind to learn about something by reading, investigating3, or Memorizing4.

  4.run (v.)

  To run is to go at a pace5 faster than walk.

  5.lovely (adj.)

  Lovely means very beautiful or very pleasing6.

  6.silly (adj.)

  Silly means not very intelligent7.

  7.carefully (adv.)

  Carefully means with great attention to detail8 or safety9.

  8.early (adv.)

  Early means near the beginning of a period of time, or before the usual, expected10, or planned time.
 
  Exercise :

  Accurately define the following terms.

  1. school (n. 学校):teaching/ learning

  2. scientist (n. 科学工作者):science/ work

  3. catch (v. 接住、抓住):seize11/ light12 /motion13

  4. defeat14 (v. 打败):victory

  5. eager (adj. 热切的、渴望):desiring15

  6. general (adj. 一般的):the whole/ specific /detailed

  7. seriously (adv. 认真地、严肃地) :manner

  8. around (adv. 在附近):somewhere

  用法详解

  1.guest: 客人,顾客

  用法:a distinguished guest 贵宾;guest of honor 主宾(为此人而举办的party, dinner等);

  a state guest 国宾;a guest speaker 特邀请来的演说者,嘉宾;a guesthouse 招待所;a guest room 客房,留给客人住的房间;a guest conductor 客座指挥;to receive guests 迎接客人;to show the guests to their seats 把客人带到座位上;to entertain guests 招待、款待客人;an unbidden guest (未经邀请而来了)不速之客 = an uncalled-for guest, unwelcome(welcome)guests 不受欢迎(受欢迎)的客人;

  表达:Be my guest! 请便

  --May I drink it? 我能喝吗?---Be my guest.别客气。

  Be my guest. (讽刺说法)想怎么着就怎么着吧。

  You want to dump me? Be my guest.要把我给蹬了?由你了。

  2.entertain: (v.) 招待、款待

  辨析:相当于treat sb. to …

  He treated me to a yogurt(a movie, a concert, the theater, a disco.)他请我吃酸奶(看电影,听音乐会,看戏,蹦迪)。

  比较:Today's lunch is on me. 今天午饭我请了。 The beer is on the house. 啤酒本餐馆免费派送。

  相关:entertainer 请客者,做东者;entertainment 娱乐,文艺,招待

  用法:He entertained his girlfriend at dinner.他招待他的女友吃饭。They were entertained with all kinds of delicious at a garden party. 他们在花园聚会上吃到了各种山珍海味。

  3.investigate: v.调查、研究、审查

  相关:investigation (n.)调查、研究

  辨析:investigate 强调的是“验证”、“证实”,“to examine”;research 研究、调查强调的是去“发现”、“更正”,“to discover or revise”; 同investigation 搭配常用的有:on 指围绕某一专题或主题;into 指对细节、背景、内情等(深究);in指在某一范围、某一领域内;about 指涉及,有关用法:(1) to investigate a first-degree murder 调查(情节特别严重的)一等谋杀罪


  (2) to investigate at first-hand 直接调查

  (3) to investigate into…对…进行调查

  表达:(1) to begin an investigation of …开始调查…

  (2) to carry on investigation in … in the seminar of Prof.…at the University of …院……大学……教授的研究室从事……方面的研究

  (3) to conduct investigationsintos…对…进行调查、研究

  (4) to make investigations on the subject of literature in ancient China 就古代中国文学这一课题进行深入研究

  (5) to conclude investigation 结束调查

  4.memorize: 记忆,暗自记下

  相关:memory:记忆,记忆力have a good (bad, poor) memory 记性好(坏,糟糕)

  辨析:recite 背诵

  to recite a poem 背出一首诗(强调当众诵读出来); to recite word by word一字不差地背出来; to memorize a poem 背住一首诗(强调记在脑子里);to memorize word by word一字不差地记住

  表达:(1) to awaken many far back memories in the minds of those who…

  在那些……的人心中唤起许多古老的记忆

  (2) to bring back memories of the days when…回想起……的情景

  (3) to cultivate (develop) a good memory 培养良好的记忆力

  (4) to lose one's memory 失去记忆

  (5) a bitter—sweet memory 痛苦和甜蜜交织的回忆

  Visitors to Beijing carried away pleasant memories of the Great Wall. 参观北京的游客们带走了对长城的美好记忆。

  Age dims one's memory. 上了年纪会使人的记忆力变迟钝。

  Mr. Qian Zhongshu was a great scholar of wide reading and a remarkably retentive memory. 钱钟书先生是一个博闻强记的大学者。

  5.pace: 步幅,速度,进度

  辨析:speed 速度;go (run, sail) at full (top) speed 尽全速地(走,跑,航行)而pace 更强调(运动的)幅度、频率 at a good pace 极快地;at a snail's pace (像蜗牛一样)慢吞吞地,爬行地;at a faster pace 更快地;

  用法:(1) to hike at a rapid pace 快步地远足

  (2) At this pace we shall not be in time.照这样的速度下去,我们不可能及时赶到。

  表达:(1) to keep pace with 与…并驾齐驱;赶上…

  (2) to keep pace with the time 与时俱进

  (3) The supply can hardly keep pace with the demand. 供应几乎赶不上需求。

  (4) We should try our best to keep up with the latest developments of the changing world.

  我们应该尽力赶上变化世界的最新发展。

  6.pleasing: adj. 令人高兴的,令人愉快的

  相关:pleasingly adv. 令人愉快地;pleasure n. 高兴,愉快;to read for my own pleasure 为自得其乐而读书;pleasure seeker n. 玩乐的人,寻欢作乐的人

  用法:a pleasing girl 可爱的女孩儿;She's pleasing in appearance. 她的长相可人。

  表达:be pleasing to the eye (ear, mind) 悦目的(悦耳的,令精神愉快的)

  7.intelligent: a. 聪明的,有才智的

  相关:intelligence 智力,聪明;an intelligence test 智力测验;intelligence quotient 智商(I.Q.)

  用法: She looks intelligent. 她看上去很灵。

  表达:a person of high intelligence 高智能的人;a man with average intelligence 头脑一般的人;a person of ordinary intelligence 智力普普通通的人

  8.detail: 细节,(画的)局部

  相关:detailed adj. 有细节的,详细的;a detailed description 详细的描述

  用法:(1) to avoid (leave out) unnecessary details 避免 (省略掉)不必要的细节

  (2) You should learn to omit all the minor details. 你该学会把不重要的细节省略掉。

  表达:(1) in detail 详尽地,详细地;

  (2) gosintosdetail(s) 详细说明,逐一叙述

  (3) to work out the details 把细节搞出来;

  Every detail is worked out. 每一个细节都弄出来了。

  Can you explain it in detail? 你能不能详细解释一下?

  I'll come back to this in more detail later. 待会儿我还会回过头来更加详细地解释这一点。

  Our boss wentsintosgreat detail about the new project. 我们老板极其详细地解释了这个新项目。

  9.safety: (n.) 安全

  辨析:security 安全,指有防卫的、不大可能遭到危险、恐惧的状态;safety 指危险已过或不用恐惧的状态;我们说It is safe in the harbor. 海港里很安全。This is an excellent port secure from every wind. 这是个避风的良港。This is a safe place.这里很安全。

  比较:safety officer (工厂负责生产安全的)安全员;security guard (保护建筑物或维持秩序的)保安人员;safety for life and property 生命、财产的安全;safety in aviation 航空安全;traffic safety 交通安全;

  用法:(1) to ensure the safety of thousands of lives保护上千万条性命的安全;

  (2) to threaten nation security 威胁这个国家的国家安全

  10.expected: (adj.) 期望中的,期望的

  相关:expectation (n.) 期望;expect (v.) 期望

  用法:(1)He's anxiously expecting a letter from his fiancée. 他急切期待着收到他未婚妻的信。

  (2) Do not expect too much of him. 别对他期待过多。

  表达:(1) to meet expectation 和期待的相符;

  (2) to fail to meet expectation 期待没有得到满足;

  (3) to really one's expectation 实现一个人的期待;

  (4) What do you expect from him? 你还能从他那儿期待到什么?

  (5) The result was beyond my expectation. 结果大大出乎我的意料。

  (6) I did it in expectation of a reward. 我是指望着有所回报才做的。

  (7) The owner of the house is unwilling to sell in expectation of a better price. 屋主不愿现在就卖掉房子,他想等个更好的价再说。

  11.seize: (v.) 抓住,捉住;

  用法:to seize an opportunity 把握机遇;to seize the point 抓住要点

  表达:to seize one by the hand (ear) 抓住某人的手(耳朵);A great fear seized upon him.极大的恐惧占有了他。

  12.flight: (n.) 飞,飞行

  相关:fly (v.) 飞

  用法:a bird in flight 飞翔的鸟儿;to make a test flight试飞

  表达:a flight of wild geese. 一队飞翔的大雁

   Flight 088 for Detroit is boarding now. 飞往底特律的088号班机现在开始登机。

  13.motion: (n.) 运动

  用法:be in motion 在运动中;a body in motion (物理) 运动中的物体; The train was in motion. 火车在开。

  相关:motionless (adj.) 不动的,静止的;motionlessly (adv.) 静止不动地

  表达:motion pictures=movie 电影

  14.defeat: (v.) 击败、战胜

  辨析:口语中常用beat来表示“获胜”,I'll beat him this time. 这次我会赢他。

  用法:to defeat the enemy 打败敌人;He was badly defeated in a game.他在比赛中惨败了。

  15.desire: (v.) 想要,渴望

  相关:desire (n.)欲望、要求

    用法:(1) We sincerely desire to … 我们真心希望……

  (2) I strongly desire to… 我强烈地渴望……

  (3) She desires him for her husband.她极想让他成为自己的丈夫。

  表达:(1) a moderate desire 适度的欲望;

  (2) uncontrollable desire 无法抑制的欲望;

  (3) a wicked desire 邪念;

  (4) the desire for power 权利欲;

  (5) the desire of fame 虚荣心;

  (6) a desire to learn 求知欲
  Lesson Eight相关链接
  Lesson Eight之对话篇
  Lesson Eight之习语篇
  Lesson Eight之抢答篇



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