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更多资料请到网站下载 PAGE 1 - 高级英语复习笔记及讲 Lesson one: Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society? 1. Rock Superstars 摇滚乐超级明星 rock : rock music , rock n roll ( or : rock and roll )摇滚乐 早期的摇滚乐是源于美国的民歌( folk )爵士乐( jazz )勃鲁斯歌曲(blues)等的一种音乐,其特征是具 有强烈的节奏 ( rhythm )单纯的旋律 ( melody )一再重复的歌词和音符的后拍音 ( after beat ) 2. Rock is the music of teenage rebellion .摇滚乐是青少年的反叛音乐 a. teenage adj. pertaining to a teenager ( 13 至 19 岁的 ) 青少年的. 其名词形式为teenager: (13至19岁的青少年). b. rebellion : resistance to or defiance of any authority 造反,反派. 如; a rebellion against old traditions 对旧传统的反叛. 3. By a man’s heroes ye shall know him. 你将从一个人崇拜的英雄得知其人. a.这句句子的句型与英语中常说的 judge a man by the company he keeps(以一个人所交的朋友断定其为人)很相似. b. ye = you 用于古英语或诗歌中,是第二人称代词thou的复数. 如: Ye are the salt of the earth .你们是社会的中坚. (出自圣经) 4. Midnight Rambler ramble : walk for pleasure漫游,既可表动词,也可作名词. 如; They rambled through the woods.他们在林中漫步. 5. ... he said, Grabs a half-gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform, sprinkling its contents over the first rows of sweltering listeners ... a. grab : to seize suddenly , eagerly , or roughly ; snatch 急抓,夺取. 如: He jumped up from the table, grabbed his hat and ran out of the door. 他从桌子旁跳了起来,抓起自己的帽子,奔出门去. 另外,grab后面可以跟其他名词或名词短语. 如: grab a shower快速冲了澡, grab a sandwich,胡乱吃了一个三明治, grab a taxi 赶搭出租车. 有时,还可以作不及物动词. 如: He grabbed at the opportunity of going abroad. 他设法抓住这次出国的机会 b. sprinkle : to scatter drops or particles of water , powder or the like on 洒液体,撒粉末等(于上). 如: They sprinkled ashes on the icy sidewalk .他们在积水溜滑的人行道上撒了灰. We sprinkle the lawn every day .我们每天给草坪洒水. 以 sprinkling 引导的短语是动词的 - ing 形式做伴随状语. 再如: They stood there , watching the basketball .他们站在那里,观看篮球比赛. 6. They surge to follow him, eager to be touched by a few baptismal drops. a. surge : to move or swell forward in or like waves 如波涛汹涌而至. A crowd surged out of the theater .观众从剧院里蜂拥而出. b. 以形容词 eager 引导的不定式词组在语法功能上起着并列分句的作用. 7. Some 14,000 screaming fans were crunching