2015.03.24《了不起的盖茨比》学习笔记.docx

《The Great Gatsby》Chapter 12015.03.05 Helplessly[h?lpl?sli]:无助地；无能为力地If you are helpless, you do not have the strength or power to do anything useful or to control or protect yourself.Parents often feel helpless, knowing that all the hugs in the world wont stop the tears.家长们常常感到无能为力，知道世上所有的拥抱也不能止住眼泪。Pathfinder[p?θfa?nd?]：探路者，探险者；开拓者，开创者Original[?r?d??nl]：n/原件；原作；原物。adj/原始的；最初的；独创的；新颖的。If something such as a document, a work of art, or a piece of writing is an original, it is not a copy or a later version. When you have filled in the questionnaire, copy it and send the original to your employer.You use original when referring to something that existed at the beginning of a process or activity, or the characteristics that something had when it began or was made.The original plan was to go by bus.Casually[k??j?rl?]:adv. 放松随便地；偶然地；临时地；休闲地If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.A casual event or situation happens by chance or without planningCasual clothes are ones that you normally wear at home or on holiday, and not on formal occasions.Casual work is done for short periods and not on a permanent or regular basisConfer[k?n f?]: vt授予，给予；vi协商To confer something such as power or an honour on someone means to give it to themThe constitution also confers large powers on Brazils 25 constituent states.When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.He conferred with Hill and the others in his office.Burst [b?st]:vi. 爆裂;溃决；闯入(into)；突然活跃vt. 爆裂；溃决n. (突然地)一阵If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.If a dam bursts, or if something bursts it, it breaks apart because the force of the river is too great.If a river bursts its banks, the water rises and goes on to the land.A burst of something is a sudden short period of it.Convicti