大学英语(2)知识点总结.doc

发给你功夫 01Unit 1 The Dinner Party1. shortly before WW1 一战前不久 2. track down 追溯，追查3. be seated 就座 4. spring up 突然出现，开始5. outgrow the jumping-on-a-chair-at the sight of a mouse era 不再像过去那样见到老鼠就跳到椅子上6. That last ounce of self-control is what really counts.这多出来的一点自制力才是真正起作用的7. motion to sb 向某人示意 signal to sb 8. whisper sth to sb 向某人嘀咕，耳语 9. the America comes to with a start. 这个美国博物学家突然醒悟了.Startle-----startle10. bait for a snake 蛇的诱饵11. an empty room 一个空房子 a bare marble floor 没铺地毯的大理石地板barely any hair====hardly/scarcely any hair 12. serve the next course 上下一道菜 a course of dish 一道菜 13. frighten sb into doing sth 吓得某人去做…persuade sb into doing sthtalk sb into doing sth threaten sb into doing sth14. out of the corner of his eyes 从他的眼角里15. Stare straight ahead 盯着往前看 16. Not move a muscle 纹丝不动17. Make for 前往 18.Ring out 19. Slam the door shut20. Exclaim21. at the sight of 一看见 at the thought of 一想起22. a heated/spirited discussion 一场激烈的争论22. an example of perfect self-control 一个镇定自若的典范23. A faint smile lights up the hostess’s face.Two spots of color brightened her face.A strange expression came over her face.24. a colonial official 一个殖民地官员25. give a large dinner party 办一个盛大的晚宴26. a visiting American naturalist 美国访问博物学家27. a spacious dining room 宽敞的餐厅 28. the major 少校 the colonel29. feel like doing sth 想要/喜欢做某事 30. commotion 混乱，骚动31. The tone of his voice is so commanding that it silences everyone. 他的语调很威严，让每个人都静下来不出声.32. count three hundred 数三百下 count up to three hundred 数到第三百下 33. sit like stone images 像石雕一样坐着Sit rootedUnit 2 Lessons from Jeffersonbe of interest/important 很有趣/很重要 obtain knowledge from many sources 从许多源头获取知识 personal investigation 个人调查appoint him to a committee 派他去一个委员会study papers on the subject 研究该课题的文件发给你功夫 11make on-the-spot observations 做现场观察By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class.无论是论出身还是论教育，杰弗逊都属于最高的社会阶层.noble persons 贵族 persons of noble origins 出身高贵的人persons of humble origins 出身卑微的人go out of one’s way to do sth 特意/专门去做某事 a cooking pot 做饭的锅If you will only do this, you may find out why people are dissatisfied. 如果也只有你愿意这样做，你才可能发现为什么人民不满意.Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it.上帝赋予你一个判断正确和错误的头脑，就运用它吧.form a correct judgment 形成正确的判断 not hesitate a moment to do sth 毫不犹豫地去做某事 the former and the latter 前者和后者In a free country, there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength.在一个自由的国度，总会有冲突的意见，而这正是力量的源泉.It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive.让自由保持活力的是冲突而不是绝对的一致.There are two sides to every question. If you take one side with effect, those who take the other side will of course resent your actions.每个问题都有两面.如果你有力地站在一方，那么另一方的人必定会憎恨你的行动.be chained to customs 受习俗的禁锢 lose its usefulness 失去它的效用 No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. 任何一个社会都不能制定出永久的宪法或永久的法律.He didn’t fear new ideas, nor did he fear the future.他不惧怕新观点，也不惧怕未来.I steer my ship with hope, leaving fear behind.我满怀希望驾驶着帆船，把恐惧抛在身后 .be based on knowledge 以知识为基石men of his age===peer 同龄人practice crop rotation and soil conservation 施行作物轮作和土壤保持standard practice 标准的做法 be superior to any other in existence比现存的任何做法都优越 be inferior to 不如…Of all Jefferson’s many talents, one is central.在杰弗逊的诸多才能中，其中一个是重要的.He was above all a good and tireless writer.首先，他是个优秀的不知疲倦的作家.Ageless-----parentless-----timeless31. complete works 全集 32. when the time came to do sth 当该做…的时候 33. the task of writing it was his. 撰写的任务都落在他的肩头了.34. We hold those truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.]我们坚信这些不言而喻的事实：人人生而平等.Every is born equal.35. He left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples.发给你功夫 21他给他的同胞留下一笔丰富的思想遗产和范例.36. owe a great debt to 归功于…. ====Be indebted to 37. Only a nation of educated people could remain free. 只有一个由受教育的人民组成的国度才能保持自由.Unit 3 My First Jobapply for a teaching job 申请一份教学工作 go from bad to worse 每况愈下enter university 进入大学 in a suburb of London 在伦敦的郊区be very short of money 手头很紧Without a degree and with no experience in teaching, my chances of getting this job were slim. 一无学历，二无教学经历，我得到可能性是微乎其微.Chances of doing are/were……做某事的机会是……It proved an awkward journey. 这一路原来真是麻烦。

a ten-minute bus ride 十分钟的车程a walk of at least a quarter of mile 步行至少四分之一英里9. as a result 结果….. with the result that…Result in….. .Result from…..too depressed to feel nervous 太沮丧了就感觉不到紧张了four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner 四个角上各有一个冬青灌木struggle to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main road 经受着从繁忙的大街上吹来的烟尘，挣扎着努力活下来a sandy-colored moustache 一个沙色的小胡子\a wrinkled forehead 布满皱纹的前额with an air of surprised disapproval 一种吃惊的，不以为然的神态sth smell of ….闻起来有…味道The room smells of unpleasantly stale cabbiage.房间发出一股烂白菜的味道，闻上去很不舒服。

ink marks 墨水渍 judging by….. 依据….判断proceed to do sth 继而去做…接下来去fix me with his bloodshot eyes 用他那充满红血丝的研究那个盯着我a vital part of 是…极为重要的组成部分 mumble sth to sb 向某人咕哝什么grunt/murmur/whisper sth to sbhave little in common 没有什么共同语言 I had said the wrong thing. 我说错了话 teach them in。