高英第四课 28——30段.ppt

 1.sulphur: 硫磺 sulphurous:地狱般的，狂热的，尖刻的，刻毒的2.dispatch: a. a report sent to a newspaper by journalist who is working in a foreign country（驻外记者发给报刊的）新闻报道，电讯with dispatch:quickly and efficientlyHe carries out his duties with dispatchb. a message or report sent quickly form one military officer to another or between government officials(军事人员或政府官员之间的）急件，快信3.run sb out of: (informal)force sb to leave a place  4. refer to sb/sth:to describe or to be connected with sb or sth.5. yokel:people who dont have much education or understanding of modern life,especially used to describe a person comes from the countryside.6. telegraph:电报telegraphist:a person who sent messages by telegraph H.L.门肯穿着短裤，一边吹着电扇，一边写出了一些含辛辣讽刺意味的电讯文稿。由于他在文中将当地居民称作“乡巴佬”，因此人们议论着要将他驱逐出镇。二十二个报务员每天要拍发十六万五千字的报道这场庭审的电文。 　 7.collapse: to fall down or fall in suddenly The roof collapsed under the weight of the snow.  If you work too hard, your health may collapse. Their marriage collapsed.8.throng: n. a crowd of people v.to go somewhere in large numbers群集，拥向 The children thronged into the hall.throng with sb/sth(be thronged with sb/sth)：to be full of people cars,ect.挤满（人、汽车等）The street was thronged with people. 9.resume:begin again or continue after an interruption. Well stop here and resume working at 2 oclock.resume your seat/place/position:to go back to the seat or place that you had before.恢复席位、地位、职位10.squat: v. 蹲坐，偷住，擅自占用 n.偷住的房子 to live in a squat擅自住在他人空着的房子里 adj.short and wide or fat 矮而宽的，矮胖的 a squat tower矮而粗的塔  a squat muscular man矮壮的男人perch：to land and stay on a branch（鸟类） 栖息，停留； to sit or to make sb sit on sth（使）坐，坐在gawk:to stare at sb/sth in a rude or stupid way  由于天气炎热，加之又担心古老的法庭地板会因承受不住人群的重量而坍塌，审判活动改在户外枫树荫下继续进行。前来观审的有两千多人，他们有的坐在长条木凳上，有的蹲在草地上，有的趴在停放着的汽车的车顶上，还有的人则从窗户里傻呆呆地伸长脖子向外张望。　 11.prosecute v.t. : to start legal proceedings against (sb) 告发，检举，起诉（某人） e.g. to be prosecuted