自考高英上册Lesson 8.ppt

1. For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible.快一年了，大部分时间我都泡在家里、店铺、学校和教堂里，就像一块旧饼干，又脏又难以下咽。 p108 Sop: vt. 将…放在液体中蘸或浸泡--sop bread in soup vi. 湿透；渗透wet out?,?sink --I was sopped through in the rain this morning. inedible ： not fit to be eaten 不可食的，不宜食用的 2. Her skin was a rich black that would have peeled like a plum if snagged, but then no one would have thought of getting close enough to Mrs. Flowers to ruffle her dress, let alone snag her skin.她的皮肤深黑迷人，如果被挂住就会像李子皮一样剥落，但没有人敢离她近点，碰皱她的衣服，更不要说挂住她的皮肤了。 p108 peel： came off in stips or flakes 剥落，脱皮。如：The wall-paper seems to be peeling off. 墙纸看来要剥落了。 --Peel: vt. 除去(水果等)的皮 --peel a banana, an apple If snagged: if it had been snagged If it had been town open by something Let alone: 更不必说without reference to，or considering --- He doesn?t have money for food ，let alone amusements. 他连吃饭的钱都没有，更甭说娱乐了。 3. She didn’t encourage familiarity. p109 She did not give people the courage to become intimate with her.她不太喜欢亲近. familiarity [f?m?l??r?t?]?亲密而不拘礼仪 --You should not address your teacher with such familiarity.你不该这么冒失地称呼你的老师. familiarity 熟悉,通晓 --His familiarity with the local languages surprised me. Adj. familiar 熟悉的,通晓的 --Every pupil is familiar with such facts. --Such facts are familiar to every pupil. Familiar: too informal, more friendly and informal than is acceptable 过分亲密的,冒失的 --The children are too familiar with their teacher. 这帮小孩对老师过于随便. Intimate: close--He is my intimate friend. 4. Like women in English novels who walked the moors (whatever they were) with their loyal dogs racing at a respectful distance.她就像英国小说中的女人，走在沼泽地里（不管是什么地方），一群忠实的狗奔跑在她们的身旁，并与她们保持一定的距离以示尊敬。 p109 Respectful (to, toward sb., of sth.): feeling or showing respect恭敬的,表示尊敬或尊重的 Eg.--The boy was well-mannered and respectful toward the aged. Respectable: 体面的,值得尊敬的 --The professor is also a respectable old man. Respective: 分别的,各自的 --After class, we went off to our respective