第5-优雅的手词汇背记.doc

Unit 5 Graceful Hands1. 耗尽了最后的那点力气to spend her last ounce of strength 一分脑力胜似十分财力，而一分实践胜似十分理论。An ounce of brain is worth a pound of wealth while an ounce of practice is worthy of a pound of theory.2. 看穿了我的心思to sense my thoughts A person who is able to sense the change in others’ feelings and respond accordingly is said to be thoughtful and understanding,一个人如果能够感受到别人情绪的变化并能 有所行动，我们就说他善解人意。3. Swell: increase in number, strength, degree There was a swell in population in that country. There was a swell of emotion in her for the poor old man.4. 为她的家人省去了一幕人生插曲to spare her family an episode 在浪漫的恋爱关系 中开诚布公将省去 你很多麻烦。 Being open and honest in romantic relations will spare you a lot of troubles. 5. 他们或许无力面对perhaps they were not equipped to handle 离婚对有些成年人来说或许可以接受，但是他 们的孩子却无力面对这种变故。Getting divorced may be acceptable to some adults, but their children are not equipped for the change, 6. In the total silence, I feel my own pulse quicken and hear my breathing as it begins to match hers, breath for uneven breath (L,42~43) 在一片寂静中, 我感觉自己的脉搏加快了,我听到自己的呼吸开始伴随着她那不均匀的呼吸一起一落 In the face / case (In a state / a climate of …) of …,sb, feels … (从句 ) and …在 ······情况下，某人 感觉 ···, ···。 面对女友的绝情信，他感觉天快塌下来了，并听到内心在嘲弄他是世上最笨的人。In the face of his girlfriend’s Dear John email, he felt the sky was about to fall and heard his innermost being mock him as the most foolish one in the world.在等待那次重要的面试时，我感觉自己的脉搏加快，记忆一片空白。In waiting for that important interview, I felt my own pulse quicken and my memory become a complete blank. 7. There is a swell of emotion within me for this stranger who so quickly came into and went from my life为这位迅速走进又很快走出我生活的 陌生人,我心间涌起了一股感情 。 There is a swell / fit / an outburst /outbreak of … within sb, for sb, who … /sth, that,., 对这个 …… 人 / 事，某人心中涌起了一种（股） ··· 对这位世上第一个横渡英吉利海峡的残疾中国人，我心中涌起一股敬佩之情。There is a swell of esteem within me for this disabled Chinesewho is the first in the world to swim across the English Channel. 对这种既破坏环境又殃及子孙的做法我心中爆发出一股无明火。There is an outburst of inexplicabl