高级英语第一册第七课lesson7 expressions.pptVIP

1 tacky (P4) n. 俗气的, 花哨的，破旧的；（油漆、胶水等）未干透的 The hunter lived in a tacky old cabin in the woods. 那个猎人住在树林里一间又老又破的小棚屋里。 The paint is still tacky to the touch. She looks tacky in that dress. 2 sidle (P9) sidle up/over to sb/sth sidle along/past/away She sidled over to me and asked if I recogrized her. 3 shuffle （P9) 拖着脚步走；因（紧张、厌烦等）坐着脚乱动或站着走来走去；洗牌；翻动；推诿 Walk properly, don’t shuffle. 好好走， 脚别蹭地。 人群缓慢地移动，走出剧院 The crowd shuffled out of the theatre . He shuffled the papers (around) on the desk, pretending to be busy. Don’t shuffle, give us a clear answer. 别躲躲闪闪的，给我们一个明确的答复。 He tries to shuffle his work off onto others. She shuffled out of the chores by saying she felt ill. 她说她不舒服，把杂事都推掉了。 Give the cards a good shuffle. a shuffle in the Cabinet 内阁改组 4 dingy（P10) adj. 肮脏的，邋遢的，无生气的； 昏暗的 He lived in a dingy room in a cheap hotel in order to save money. 为了省钱，他住在一个低级旅馆中又黑又脏的房间里。 dingily adv dinginess n 5 make-believe (P11) n 假装，幻想；adj. Dreamers always indulge themselves in make-believe. 爱做白日梦的人总喜欢沉溺于幻想之中。 6 flicker(P12) （灯光或火焰）闪烁，摇曳；（情感）稍纵即逝 The candle flickered and then went out. 蜡烛忽亮忽暗，接着就全熄了。 A slender hope still flickered within him. 他心中仍闪现出一线希望。 她的脸上闪过一丝微笑。 A faint smile flickered across her face. The leaves flickered gently in the breeze. 7 stumble (P13) v. 绊脚； （说话、演奏）出错；蹒跚； I stumbled over a tree root. 树根绊了我的脚。 She stumbled over the unfamiliar word but then continued. 她碰到不认识的字愣了一下，接着又往下念。 The child stumbled through a piece by Chopin. 那孩子演奏肖邦的曲子很多流畅。 他太紧张，讲话时结结巴巴的。 He was so nervous that he simply stumbled through the whole speech. Police investigating tax fraud stumbled across a drugs ring. 警方在调查瞒税案件时意外地发现了一个贩毒集团。 He read well, with only several stumblings. 他读得很好，只有几个小错误。 stumbling-block 障碍物；绊脚石 8 furtive(P15) adj. 偷偷摸摸的，鬼鬼祟祟的 a furtive glance 偷偷的一瞥 furtive movements 诡秘的活动 The man’s furtive manner gave rise to the suspicion of the theft among the policemen. 那个男人鬼鬼祟祟的样子，引起警察怀疑盗窃案是他所为。 9. scalding (P15): 措辞尖锐的，贬低的 Critics made a scalding review of