大学英语综合教程4Unit7.ppt

Unit 7 The Monster By Deems Tayor words undersized adj.not as big as normal 小于正常（或一般）的 e.g.an undersized baby 比正常婴儿小的婴儿 translate： 由于长时间的重活和欠缺足够的食物与照顾，他比一般的孩子矮小。 Due to long hours of hard work and insufficient food and care, he was undersized. oversized adj.过大的，硕大的，大的超过正常的 agony n.extreme physical or mental pain （精神或肉体的）极度痛苦 e.g. During that year of agony and the following year of my grieving, everything stopped for me. 在那一年的痛苦和接下来整整一年的悲恸中，我生活中的一切都停止了. translate： 听到这个消息，他十分痛苦的瘫倒在地板上。 On hearing the news,he collapsed in agony on the fioor. delusion n.a false belief or opinion 迷惑，欺骗；错觉；幻想 e.g. Dont go getting delusions of grangeur.不要变得妄自尊大。 He is under the delusion that I am going to cheat her.他错误的认为我要欺骗他。 self-delusion 自欺欺人 delude v.欺骗；哄骗 delusive adj.不真实的，虚假的 grandeur n.the quality of being great and impressive in appearance 宏伟；壮丽；堂皇 e.g. He is wholly concerned with his own grandeur. 他只关心他自己的显赫地位。 translate： 那阅兵式宏伟的场面是无法用语言来形容的。 No words can express the grandeur of that parade. conceit n.excessive pride in oneself自负；骄傲自大 e.g. He emits confidence without coceit.他表现出自信但不骄傲。 adj.conceited 自负的；骄傲自大的 adv.conceitedly 自负地；骄傲自大地 rolled into one 融为一体；集于一身 e.g. Banks are several businesses rolled into one.银行集数中商业活动于一身。 translate： 他既是工人又是作家。 He is a worker and a writer rolled into one. exhausting adj.making sb. feel very tired使人疲惫不堪的；令人筋疲力尽的 She was too exhausted and distressed to talk about the tragedy. 她太疲惫和忧伤了，不想谈论那场悲剧。 v. 耗尽；使…精疲力竭； We have exhausted all our material resources. 我们已用完了所有的物资。 tiresome: irritating or boring 讨厌的;烦人的 e.g. It would be too tiresome to wait in the queue. ～some是形容词后缀，其意为“有…倾向的”，它加在某些动词或名词之后，使该词变为具有主动意义的形容词。如：troublesome、bothersome、tiresome, awesome. mania: n. extremely strong enthusiasm for sth., esp. among a lot of people狂热；狂躁；热衷 e.g. The country has a mania for soccer. She has a mania for driving fast cars. Synonym:craze; fad; obsession harangue: n. a long, forceful speech that someone makes to persuade other people to accept his opinions.