现代大学英语精读4lesson9知识点.docVIP

Language points lesson 9 Paragraph 2 1. The general raised his eyebrows. He seemed hurt. raise one’s eyebrows: to move one’s eyebrows upwards in order to show surprise or disapproval e.g.: Really? she said, raising her eyebrows. This decision caused a few raised eyebrows →be up to your eyebrows in sth: spoken to have more of sth than you can deal with Im absolutely up to my eyebrows in work. [→be up to your neck in sth: infml 1) to be very busy with sth e.g.: Shes up to her neck in work. 2) to be in a difficult situation that is hard to escape from e.g.: Jims up to his neck in debt.] Paragraph 3 2. He saw the dead black eyes of the general on him, studying him. General Zaroff’s face suddenly brightened. Meaning: Rainsford sees the general staring at him with his cold, severe, expressionless eyes. The general was surprised at Rainsford’s responses. brighten (up): to become happier or more excited e.g.: She brightened up a bit when she saw us. 我们开始谈到钱时，他的眼睛为之一亮。 读男朋友的电子邮件时，她面露喜色。 His eyes brightened when we started talking about money Her face brightened up as she read her boyfriend’s email. . Paragraph 4 3. “Tonight,” said the general, “we will huntyou and I.” Notice how the general makes it sound like a fair game. Instead of saying “I will hunt you down, and you can try to slip through my fingers,” he says, “We will huntyou and I.” Paragraph 6 4. “As you wish, my friend. The choice rests entirely with you. But may I venture to suggest that you’ll find my idea of sport more interesting Ivan’s?” Meaning: more interesting than Ivan’s: Ivan, who was deaf and dumb, had been the official flogger of the Czar. When the general’s captives refused to play his game, he would hand them over to Ivan, who would then flog them to death. So here the general was telling Rainsford to choose either to play the game with him and die as a hunter or to be whipped to death by Ivan. (just) as you wish: used in formal situations to tell sb you will do what they want e.g.: “I’d li