盘点历年真题中的大学英语六级词汇.docVIP

盘点历年真题中的大学英语六级词汇 Ⅰ. The singer Michael Jackson’s story, although unusually brutal and extreme, is illumination when considering musical prodigy.(2013. 06 阅读 Text1) 　　【翻译】当想到音乐天才的时候，歌手迈克尔·杰克逊的故事给我们带来了启示，虽然他的故事非常地残忍、极端。 【词汇】 1. brutal a. 残忍的，野蛮的 例：Murder is a brutal crime.谋杀是一种残暴的犯罪行为。 2. illumination n. 阐明，解释;照明;启发 例：I got great illumination from what he said.我从他说的话里得到很多启发。 3. prodigy n. 天才，奇迹 例：She is a child prodigy.她是个神童。 Ⅱ. Accounts suggest that he was subjected to cruel beatings and emotional torture ,and that he was humiliated constantly by his father. What sets Jackson’s family apart is that his father used his reign of terror to train his children as musicians and dancers. (2013. 06 阅读 Text1) 【翻译】有报道称他曾遭受毒打和精神上的折磨，经常被其父羞辱。杰克逊家庭破裂就是因为他的父亲用他的恐怖统治来训练他的孩子们成为音乐家和舞者。 【词汇】 1. subject v. 使遭受 例：She was subjected to four years of beatings and abuse by her husband. 她受了他丈夫四年的毒打和咒骂。 2. torture n. 折磨，拷问 例：He was threatened with torture.他受到了严刑威胁。 3. humiliate v. 使丢脸，蒙羞 例：I don’t want to humiliate him in front of his partner.我不想在他搭档面前令他难堪。 4. reign n. 统治 例：It happened in the reign of ElizabethⅠ. 这件事发生在伊丽莎白女王一世的统治时期。 Ⅲ. Is the lingering shadow of the global financial crisis making it harder to accept extravagant indulgences? (2013. 06 阅读 Text2) 【翻译】是不是全球金融危机挥之不去的阴影使奢侈的放纵更难让人接受? 【词汇】 1. lingering a. 拖延的，逗留不去的 例：The old man is suffering from lingering illness.这位老人正受着常年病痛的折磨。 2. extravagant a. 过度的，奢侈的 例：Don’t be so extravagant, and use your money more wisely. 不要这么奢侈，钱要花在刀口上。 3. indulgence n. 沉溺，放纵 例：to lead a life of indulgence 过着放纵的生活 Ⅰ. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.(2012. 12 阅读 Text3) 【翻译】2005年个人存款率跌至0之后，去年的经济危机带来的动荡促使人们紧闭他们的钱包。 【词汇】 1. dip v. 下沉;浸，蘸 例：The coin has dipped into the river.硬币已经沉到河里了。 2. prompt v. 促使，引起，推动 例：It is the science and technology that has prompted the development of economy.是科学技术推动了经济的发展。 3. snap shut v. 啪地关上，此处的snap是啪的一声的意思，来修饰shut，表达一种快的意思。