新编英语教程6 Unit 7 Beauty.doc

Unit 7 Lame (l.2) (Note 1): weak; unsatisfactory 站不住脚的；差劲的，蹩脚的 E.g.: a lame excuse 站不住脚的借口 lame counterfeits of the original 原件的拙劣复制品 Sleeping too long is a lame excuse for being late. 睡过了头不能成为迟到的充足理由。 lame duck 无能者 lame-brain [美俚]笨蛋, 傻瓜 lame as a tree 极跛的 lamely: feebly, weakly, unsatisfactorily paradoxical (l.5): seemingly self-contradictory; incongruous; puzzling paradox (n.): a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true 似是而非的评论；看起来自相矛盾但可能正确的说法 E.g.: It is a paradox that racial discrimination and protection of human rights should coexist in the same country. seductive (l.6) (Note 6): attractive; charming; captivating a seductive smile 诱人的微笑 a seductive offer 有吸引力的提议 ※ Use seductive very carefully. When seductive is used to describe a woman, the word has a derogatory connotation. pedagogical (l.7): teaching pedagogy 教学法；教育学 wary (l.10): heedful; careful; cautious; distrustful; guarded; suspicious 谨慎的，小心翼翼的；警惕的 E.g.: Having been taken in several times by street pedlars, he is now very wary of them. facility (l.11) (Note 9): quality which makes learning or doing things easy or simple; absence of difficulty or effort 熟练，灵巧；技巧，技能；流畅 E.g.: play the piano with facility 技巧娴熟地弹钢琴 facility of style 流畅的文体 set / turn adrift (l.15): leave (someone or a boat) to float on the water, without direction 使（船）漂流；使漂泊着没有着落；撇弃…于不顾 E.g.: The sailors, after quarrelling with their captain, set him adrift on the ocean in an open boat. lose prestige (l.16): lose significance, lose prominence on the defensive (l.19)(Note 15): prepared for disapproval or attack; acting in a way that is intended to protect oneself 防御立场；被动 E.g. We took a defensive attitude in the negotiation. 我们在谈判时取守势。 defensive war 保卫战, 自卫战 defensive works防御工事 Ant. on the offensive demean (l.22): (formal) lower in the opinion of oneself or others 降低…的身份；有辱…的人格；贬损 E.g.: demean oneself by taking a bribe 因受贿而为人不齿 overtone (l.22): things that are sugges