英语词汇学教案下.doc

Chapter 2 Semantic Changes Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment. He received a public censure for his dishonorable behavior. “Change of meaning is a commonplace, and indeed it would appear to be fundamental in living language… almost every word we use today has a slightly different meaning from the one it had a century ago.”---Quirk Contents 1. Generalization Extension of meaning, the stretching of meaning, refers to the widening of a word’s sense until it covers much more than what it originally conveyed. Polysemic words bullish Its impossible to reason with such a bullish man. Perhaps both the factors coincided to encourage the stock market to take a bullish view./bearish view. We are very bullish about the future. defuse Ten Iraqi soldiers including 2 pipeline security officers were killed as they attempted to defuse a bomb attached to an oil pipeline. You defuse a dangerous situation by treating it like a bomb and removing its fuse. cookbook A cookbook is a book that contains information on cooking, and a list of recipes. Here is a short cookbook showing you the steps you can follow in writing and organizing your own tests. layman A layman challenges a priest on his teachings. He implies that it is impossible for a layman (like me!) to hold any opinion on matters scientific. Proper names If you find your kids borrowing money from friends, co-workers or from you unusually frequently, you should better be argus-eyed. Since narcissism is universally inherent in all of us--and we are almost always unconscious of it--it affects nearly everything we do. The Watergate scandals were a series of political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the indictment（控告） of several of Nixons closest advisors and ultimately his resignation. The United States is raising a Frankenstein by providing hardware to that country. Technical terms alibi: In the Latin language alibi means somewhere else. An alibi is the plea or mode of defense un