高级英语Unit Five.ppt

Paragraph 11 quit: stop functioning 停止工作，停止活动 E.g.: The engine has quit. 引擎不转了。 Paragraph 12 working order: the state of working well, with no trouble （机器等的）工作状态，运转情况 E.g.: put a watch in good working order 使一块表走时准确 Everything is in working order. 一切正常。 Paragraph 13 baffle: make effective action impossible by confusing 使困惑，难住 E.g.: That question baffled me completely. 那个问题使我完全摸不着头脑。 The police were baffled by the total lack of clues to the murder. 那件谋杀案由于没有一点线索把警方难住了。 Paragraph 13 The scene baffled all description. 那情景难以形容。 aspire: direct one’s hopes and efforts to some great or important aim 渴望；追求；有志于 E.g.: aspire to succeed 渴望成功 Paragraph 13 What does she aspire for? 她向往的是什么？ Broadcasters tried to abandon their native regional accents and aspire to BBC pronunciation. 播音员们力图去掉自己的乡音，渴望达到 BBC的发音标准。 aspire after knowledge 追求知识 Paragraph 14 condition: (especially technical or derogatory) train 训练，使适应；使有准备 E.g.: condition a horse for a race 把马训练得能参加比赛 Her sheltered upbringing did not condition her for life alone in the big city. 她所受的暖房式培养使她不能适应在大城市里独自生活。 Paragraph 14 Our ears have become conditioned to noise. 我们的耳朵对噪音已经习惯了。 Paragraph 2 artifact: an object that is made by man, such as a tool or a decoration, especially one that is of historical interest E.g.: Various artifacts of prehistoric times were discovered during the excavation. Paragraph 2 dispel: remove (false belief, doubt, fear) by proving them wrong E.g.: His encouraging words dispelled all my doubts about my own inability. His calm words dispels our fears. The wind soon dispels the fog. we honor the label “handmade”: we show respect for / think much of the tag which says that the article is made by hand Paragraph 2 “ a single visit to a museum which displays artifacts…….. dispel the notion that quality is dependent on technology” i.e. Look at the artifacts of the pre-industrial era exhibited in a museum and you will see that technology is not the factor that decides th