大学英语第2册Unit10 笔记整理.docxVIP

UNIT 10Notes on the TextPompeii: an ancient Italian city on the Bay of Naples, which was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.Author: Robert SilverbergStructure:Pt.1 Brief AccountPt.2 Detailed DescriptionLanguage Highlight1/Nothing lives inPompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards…1)不断使用连词and以达到语气强调的效果2) beetle: The Beetles 披头士/ The Beetle 甲壳虫汽车2/It died suddenly, in a terrible rain of fire and ash. = fire and ash fell like rain.这里a rain of的使用就如同a storm of 属于metaohor3/The tragedy struck on…v.a)突击；攻击Police fear that the killer may strike again.警方担心杀人犯可能再次下手。b)(不用于进行时) (想法或念头)突然想到；一下子想起；猛地意识到 An awful thought has just struck me.刚才我脑子里突然闪过一个可怕的念头。c) 给（某人以…）印象；让（某人）觉得How does the idea strike you?你觉得这个主意怎么样？d) 擦，划（火柴）；击出（火星）to strike a match on a wall在墙上擦火柴e) 开采出；钻探到They had struck oil!他们开采出了石油！f) 行进；加劲走We left the road and struck off across the fields.我们下了公路，穿过旷野往前走。g)strike fear, etc. into sb/sbs heart (formal)使某人感到恐惧等strike gold打开成功（或财富）之门；踏上通往成功（或财富）之路He has struck gold with his latest novel.他凭借最新的一部小说叩开了成功之门。strike a pose/an attitude摆出某种姿态strike a blow for/against/at sth维护（或损害）某种信念或原则等He felt that they had struck a blow for democracy.他感觉他们维护了民主制度。strike a bargain/deal达成（对双方都有利的）协议h)strike out独立出去；自立谋生/(AmE,informal)失败；砸锅I knew it was time I struck out on my own.我知道我该独立谋生了。The movie struck out and didnt win a single Oscar.那部影片砸锅了，奥斯卡奖一项都没得着。strike up (with sth) | strike up sth(乐队等)开始演奏The orchestra struck up and the curtain rose.管弦乐队奏起音乐，幕启。strike up sth (with sb)(和某人）建立友谊，开始来往，交谈起来He would often strike up conversations with complete strangers.他爱和根本不相识的人攀谈。n. （珍贵东西的）意外发现；（尤指石油的）发现;（有损声誉的）不利因素，打击4/Beneath the protecting shroud of ash…n.裹尸布；寿衣/ (literary) 覆盖物；遮蔽物 The organization is cloaked in a shroud of secrecy.这个组织笼罩着一种诡秘的气氛。a shroud of smoke一片烟雾v.(黑暗、云、织物等) 覆盖；隐藏；遮蔽The city was shrouded in mist.城市笼罩在雾霭之中。隐瞒；保密His family background is shrouded in mystery.他的家庭背景蒙上了神秘的色彩。5/There were still loaves of bread in the ovens of … n.一条（面包）a loaf of bread half