高级英语第一册Unit6Blackmail2PPT课件.ppt

Book One Lesson Six BlackmailBy Arthur HaileyArthur Hailey|The author of a number of bestselling novels, Born in Luton, England, in 1920.|He was educated in English schools until 14. After a brief career as an office boy, (勤杂工)he became a pilot and flight lieutenant. (飞行中尉|In 1947 Hailey emigrated to Canada, where he was successively a real estate salesman, business paper editor and a sales and advertising executive.销售和广告主管|In 1956 Arthur Hailey scored 赢得[书面] his first writing success with a TV drama, Flight into Danger, 《险中行》which became a motion picture and a novel, Runway Zero-Eight (1958). 《08跑道》|注:《08跑道》 （Runway Zero-Eight） 是赫利的第一部小说。

起初写的是电视剧，放映后很受观众的欢迎| The sensational Hailey bestsellers include The Final Diagnosis (1959), In High Place (1962), Hotel 《大饭店》(1966), Airport 《航空港》(1968), Wheels 《汽车城》(1971), The Moneychangers 《 钱 商 》(1975). |Though a Canadian himself, he set the scene of most of his works in the United States. |Each of his books deals with one particular field of society. |This is made clear by the titles of his books. |It is this peculiarity of his that is of value to those who are eager to learn about contemporary American society.|Proverbs, popular sayings and witty remarks about money and law.妙语|Good advice is beyond all prices.|Penny wise, pound foolish.|小事聪明,大事糊涂|All that glitters is not gold.|闪闪发光的未必都是金子；人不可貌相|Money is a good servant but a bad master.|钱是一个很好的仆人,却绝对是最坏的主人。

Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.用于教育之金钱决不虚掷Money talks.有钱能使鬼推磨|Rich people are poor people with money.|Money is the best lawyer.|金钱是最出色的律师Money has no smell.|金钱无所谓香臭Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience and truth may be drowned.|金钱有如无底的大海，可以淹没人格、良心和真理|Money answers all things.|Money begets (breeds, gets, draws) money.钱能生钱Money is the best passport.|The Mills of God grind slowly but surely.“上帝的磨盘转动很慢，但是却磨得很细，”|Heaven’s vengeance is slow but sure.上帝的惩罚是缓慢而确实的Justice has long arms.|天网恢恢疏而不漏。

Cleverness may overreach oneself.|聪明可能弄巧成拙；聪明反被聪明误|Seven deadly sins in Christianity基督教的七宗罪|那么多宗教，整齐划一地将耐心视为高风亮节，比如基督教，抗拒七宗罪的诱惑，需要七大美德的守护，而耐心就在其列Pride is a braggart. 骄傲|Lechery is a villain. 好色|Envy is a fellow. 嫉妒|Wrath is a cook. 狂怒|Avarice is a heartless usurer. 贪婪|Sloth is a lazy person. 懒惰|Glutton is a drunkard. 饕餮， 贪食|Some more suggested questions.|13. What does the word “declare” imply?|14. The significance of the CIGAR.|15. The house detective.|16. The Duke.|17. The Duchess.|18. Can you foresee what is in store for the house detective?|19. In what way would you like to continue the story?|-mail|surface mail|水陆路信件；普通平信邮件|airmail|航空邮件|e-mail|junk mail垃圾邮件；邮寄宣传品|blackmail|black-|~ ivory|~ball|~ eye|~-letter day 凶日，不吉利的日子|~ list黑名单；沉船登记簿|~ man|~ magic魔法；巫术|~ jack/flag闪锌矿；铁闪锌矿；黑旗（表示囚犯已被处决）；海盗旗；黑旗令（赛车可能有故障）|~ hearted黑心的；黑心肠的；心黑；坏心肠的|~ heart黑心；黑心病|~guard adj. 粗鄙的；满口脏话的n. 恶棍；说脏话的人vt. 辱骂vi. 捣乱；耍流氓|~ Friday耶稣受难日。

各种颜色 的 应 用 ,如 谚 语 或 俗 语 ...black lie：用心险恶的谎言black Friday：耶稣受难日；不吉利的星期五；复活节前之礼拜五black and blue：遍体鳞伤的 ....|~ death 黑死病（14 世纪蔓延欧亚两洲的鼠疫）|blackmail: the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or a group|blackmail sb. into doing sth.|He had blackmailed her into sailing with her.|His former mistress tried to blackmail him.|We do not pay blackmail.|Some people use emotional blackmail.情感勒索|The rascal tried to blackmail the clerk into helping him draw the money, but he failed.勒索店员|house detective|(公寓、饭店、银行、公司等的)警卫(人员)|on the house|免费；由店家出钱|house-made wine|house flag|1. 游艇的私人旗|2. (商船的)公司旗|3. 【航海学】|(商船的)公司旗|(游艇的)船主旗|declare: to make known publicly, explicitly, formally, or officially, according to rules, customs, etc.|声明; 表明[书面]|*Our government has tonight declared war against/on Germany.|*Jones was declared the winner of the fight.|*I declare Tom Sawyer elected!|*I declare the 2nd session of the preliminary meeting of CPC opens!|declare: to state or show with great force so that there is no doubt about the meaning断言；发表意见；表明态度；|He declared that he was right.|He declared his position.|He declared himself (to be) an honest man/innocent.|#to make a full statement of property for which money may be owned to the government 宣告破产|Have you anything to declare (e.g. silk goods, tobacco, wines, electric appliances, cars, motor cars, etc.)?|pronunciation|suite n. 英[swiːt] 美[swit]（一套）家具；套房；|suede英[sweɪd] 美[swed]n. 小山羊皮|decor英['deɪkɔː; 'de-] 美[de'kɔr]n. 装饰，布置|corps英[kɔː] 美[kɔr]n. 军团；兵种；兵队；（德国大学的）学生联合会|depot英['depəʊ] 美['dipo]仓库；停车场；航空站|quay英[kiː] 美[ki]码头|vineyard英 ['vɪnjɑːd; -jəd] 美['vɪnjɚd]葡萄园|almond 英['ɑːmənd] 美['ɑmənd]杏仁|#fray: to break threads in (part of a garment, esp. sleeves, collar of elbows) by hard wear使磨损|*Long wear had ~ed the collar and cuffs of his old shirt.袖口|*The beggar’s shirt was ~ed at the neck.|*Cheap fabric soon frays.|*The electrical wire is ~ing and could be dangerous to handle.|#to cause the threads (in a rope or the edge of material) to separate instead of remaining close.散口的|*She found it difficult to make a nylon dress, because the material frayed so quickly when she cut it.|#to cause (a person’s temper, nerves, etc.) to become worn out; to strain (the nerves, temper, etc.) almost to breaking point|* The argument frayed their nerves.|*Her nerves were frayed by the noise in the street.|*Temper began to fray in the hot weather.|be eager for the fray| 唯恐天下不乱|#dispatch, despatch|to send off (to a place or for a stated purpose)|to dispatch letters|to dispatch invitations|to dispatch a telegram|to dispatch a messenger|to dispatch a boy to buy beer|dispatch |#to put a quick end to; to finish off promptly (a piece of work, business, food, etc.)|*We soon dispatched the chocolate cake.|*He dispatched his lunch and hurried to the station. |dispatch|#euph. to kill (usu. officially and according to plan); to put to death|*He dispatched the bear with one blow on the head.|*to dispatch a criminal|#message carried by a government official, or sent to a newspaper by one of its writers|新闻专电，急件，快邮|*The Xinhua News Agency receives dispatches from all parts of the world everyday.新华社|#dispatch:speed and effectiveness|*He did the job with great dispatch.|他速速干完了工作。

He concluded the negotiation with dispatch.|他迅速结束谈判He showed his ability in the dispatch of business.|他表现出赶办事情的能力He sent the letter by dispatch.|他以快邮寄出他的信|errand: a short journey to carry out a particular task, made to get sth. or to carry a message使命；差事；差使|to send sb. on an errand|to run an errand for|to go on an errand for|I’ve no time to go on errands for you!|He was sent on an errand.|#fool’s errand: an effort that is seen in the end as useless, fruitless, pointless|徒劳无功的工作|send sb/go on an fool’s errandpoochpoodlegreyhoundAlsatianColliePekineseSha Peiterrier小猎犬spanielDalmatianspitzShih Tzudogbitchpup(py)A living dog is better than a dead lion.长卷毛狗杂种狗灵提灰狗（一种猎犬）；狼狗长毛垂耳狗柯利牧羊犬北京狗沙皮狗短毛狗丝毛犬狮子狗公狗母狗小狗|flip: move, toss, push or throw sth with a quick jerk; flick 掷；轻击|*She flipped off her dark glasses.|*She flipped a few coins on to the bar.|*Mary flipped a speck of dust off from her trousers.一粒灰尘；灰尘|obese: grossly fat or overweight|obesity|corpulent|['kɔrpjələnt|肥胖（大）|stout|肥硕的|gross|肥壮 |thick-set|矮胖而健壮|heavily-built|身材厚实|humpty-dumpty|矮胖，短粗 |incongruous: not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of sth; incompatible|The duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath.|incongruous: strange, unexpected, or unsuitable in a particular situation|The new theatre looks utterly incongruous in its setting.|It seemed incongruous having a dance-band at the funeral.|falsetto: a voice that is unusually or unnaturally high; a method of voice production used by male singers, esp tenors to sing notes higher than their normal range|He was singing falsetto in this role.|Cf. yodel 用真假嗓音互换地唱；约德尔（Yodel）是瑞士传统音乐中中最具特色的一种山歌唱法。

它源于瑞士阿尔卑斯山区牧民呼唤羊群、牛群的喊叫声|Jaguar: an expensive sportscar made in Britain美洲豹汽车公司；美洲虎|Rolls Royce劳斯菜斯（世界顶级豪华轿车）|Peugeot |n. 法国标致（法国汽车公司）|Range Rover|路虎揽胜（车型名称）|emission—emit:|produce; discharge|Coal-fired power stations continue to emit large quantities of sulphur dioxide.|She emitted a sound like laughter.|emission of heat, a sigh, breath, light, smell, sound, gas, radiation, etc.|carbon dioxide emissions|shoot: to eject or impel by a sudden release of tension; to move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction|The pedestrians shot angry glances at the pickpocket.|After the lecture, the students shot various (an avalanche of) questions at the speaker.|Rents have shot up in the last few days in NY because of the terrorist attack.|A brilliant idea shot into his confused mind.|The film was shot in California by the Chinese first-class photographer and director, Zhang Yimou.|She shot him a distrustful look.|bamboo shoots|bean shoots豆芽|rice shoots箭笋|wild rice shoots茭白；茭笋|Double-meat rice shoots双笋肉片饭|lotus and wild rice shoots莲花和茭白|Smoke shoots bacon rice烟笋腊肉饭|the new shoots of the rosebush|It pays to check.: to be profitable or worthwhile to check|It pays to think before you speak.|It’ll pay to keep a diary in English.|It paid to visit London, Paris for vivid European culture and civilization.|It pays to get some professional advice before you make a decision.|Getting some qualifications now will pay dividends红利；股息 (=bring a lot of advantages) in the long term.|It would pay you to ask if there are any jobs going at the London office.|spit (spat, spat): eject saliva (blood, liquid) forcibly from the mouth, st. as a gesture of contempt or anger. |Todd spat in Hugh’s face.|Some young men just spat into the lovely lake.|The child spat out the nasty pill.孩子们讨厌的药丸吐了出来|You’d better call the doctor. The child has been spitting up blood all morning.|utter in an aggressive or hostile way唾弃|She spat abuse at the jury.|口水战|“Go to Hell!” she spat.|be the spit (the dead spit) of (look exactly like)与某人简直一模一样[非正式]|Felix is the spit of Rosa’s brother.|Spit blood: feel or express vehement anger气得吐血|It was enough to make anyone spit blood!|adversary: one’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute|Davis beat his adversary in the quarter-finals.戴维斯在四分之一决赛中击败他的对手。

Which school is our adversary in this week’s football game?|The United States and Germany were adversaries during the two world wars.|Gamblers found a formidable adversary in the new district attorney.赌徒们找到了一个强大的对手在新的地方|Cf. antagonist敌手|Hamlet and his uncle were antagonists.|throw the book at: charge or punish sb. as severely as possible or permitted|严惩；严厉处罚/斥责|throw a chest|挺胸而立|throw （cast) a damp over sb.|使沮丧；使…失去乐趣|throw cold water on sb.|throw a wet blanket on sb.|对…泼冷水|throw a lie in sb.’s face|当面戳穿谎言|throw (give) a sop to Cerberus|贿赂 冥府看门狗 冥府守夜犬 |以贿赂收买|throw a spanner/wrench into the work 扳手 从中捣乱；完全弄糟|throw (shed) light on|对加以说明；使人明白|throw dust in sb.s eyes欺骗；迷惑|throw a sprat to catch a mackerel 鲭（产于北大西洋）；马鲛鱼；鲱属小海鱼|吃小亏占大便宜|More for “book”:|kiss the book = to kiss the Bible before vowing吻《圣经》宣誓read sb. like a book = to see through sb.|take a leaf out of another's book = to follow suit|examine the book = to check the account book|cook the book = to falsify the account book伪造；篡改做假帐fancy: |fancy diving|花样跳水|fancy skating|fancy fair|（英）小商品市场|fancy ball|化装舞会|fancy dress|化装舞会所穿着的服装|fancy birds|奇珍异鸟|fancy fresh fruit|特级鲜果|fancy man|情夫|fancy woman|情妇|fancy house|妓院|fancy price|高昂的价格|fancy shoes|别致的鞋子|fancy-free: adj.|未（订）婚的；可自由谈爱的|to fancy oneself:|自以为（了不起）|Oh, fancy meeting you here!|Fancy his believing it!|他竟然相信了，多稀奇呀！|Fancy having to wait all afternoon!|哎呀，竟要等一个下午！|by rights|公正地；恰当地；正当地；合理地；根据正当权利|in justice|Do what I should do in justice (report what I know to police headquarters) and a group of policemen will come over here so fast that you wouldn’t be able to see them moving.|in fairness|play fair (fair play)|respect for the rules or equal treatment of all concerned pig|pigsty|pigtail (cf. ponytail)|pig it (cf. rough it)|1. [口语]住在肮脏的环境里；像猪似的挤在一起生活|2. [美国俚语](因喘不过气来或吃力而)停止奔跑；放慢速度；(因懦怯)退却|to teach a pig to play on a flute|live like pigs in clover红花草生活优裕，养尊处优|Pigs might fly (if they had wings).无稽之谈(如果他们有翅膀。

when pigs fly (when Dover and Calais meet…)？？？？wither: (of a (of a plant) plant) become become dry and dry and shriveled shriveled for lack of for lack of moisture/ moisture/ because ofbecause of extreme extreme heat or heat or coldcold|The grass has withered to an unappealing brown. (withered leaves)|The flowers soon withered.|The sun withered (up) the grass.|她已色衰Her beauty has withered.|她的希望渐渐幻灭Her hopes withered.mortify sb mortify sb with a with a scornful scornful look or look or manner; to manner; to reduce to reduce to silence; to silence; to make make speechlessspeechless/incapable /incapable of actionof action|She withered him with a scornful look.|她轻蔑的一瞥使他自感羞愧。

无言以对/无言以答）|警官恶狠狠地朝那阿飞看了一眼，使他畏缩 |The police officer withered the hooligan with a look.self-assurance自信|excessive self-confidence, imprudence|自负，傲慢，大胆，厚颜|life assurance (E)[保险] 人寿保险|fire, accident, labor, life, insuranceflicke: move move irregularly/irregularly/unsteadily unsteadily with a with a quick, quick, light, light, wavering wavering motion; motion; flutter; to flutter; to burn or burn or shine shine fitfully or fitfully or with a with a fluctuating fluctuating lightlight|I like watching the leaves flickering in the wind.|我喜欢观看在风中摇曳的树叶。

The candle flickered in the wind.|蜡烛在风中闪烁摇曳The last faint hope flickered up and died.|最后一线微弱的希望闪了一下，即刻熄灭了|The hope still flickered within her that her husband might be alive under the ruins of the WTC.|她在内心仍存一线希望：丈夫被压在世贸大楼废墟底下还活着His flicker of enthusiasm in the work was made to believe that he was serious.|他在工作中一阵热情的闪现让人相信他是认真的A number of American film companies intend to make three-dimensional flickers in quantity.|美国一些电影公司拟大量制作立体电影interject: make a sudden remark between othersmake a sudden remark between others|Every now and then the speaker interjected some witty remarks.|那演说者不时插入一些机智的评语。

She interjected the odd question here and there.take one’s time: not hurry从容行事 |You can take your time to pay the debt you owe me.time|to beat time|to serve one’s time|to take time by the forelock|to have time (hanging) on one’s hands|to make time|to be ahead of one’s time|to be behind the times|time and a half|time and motion study|time belt (zone)|time bomb|time capsule|time-consumer|time gun|time-honored|timekeeper|time limit|timeserver|time spirit|“That’s more like it.” is always said when a second thing said by the other person sounds more reasonable, plausible, less objectionable than the first one. sardonic: being being scornful, scornful, cynical; to cynical; to mock;mock;to convey to convey contemptcontempt，， 冷峻的轻视冷峻的轻视|sarcastic: intending to hurt the feelings, to inflict pain by deriding, taunting|多是伤人的|satirical: intending to make a person or thing appear foolish or absurd|表轻视但不一定会伤人感情|ironical: a humorous or sarcastic form of expressing in which the intended meaning of what is said is directly opposite to the usual sense|（用反语以）讽刺，幽默；出乎意料|Our efforts to cheer him up produced only a sardonic smile.|The teacher’s sarcastic comment about the girl’s essay made her cry.|We were all amused by the satirical comparison of life at college and in the army.|“What a fine day!” when said on a stormy day is an ironical remark.|blackguard: |scoundrel, |villain, |knave, |rascal, |rogue, |scampout of the way: improper; unusual荒谬的；不适当的，不成体统的荒谬的；不适当的，不成体统的；不寻常的；；不寻常的；|He declared that he would set fire on the company to revenge his best friend Joe. But he had done nothing out of the way yet.|I didn't go to the party for I was afraid that I might say something out of the way.|go out (of) one’s way: 特别费心；格外努力；比往常多做；特地 try one’s best|We’ll go out of our way to make our foreign guests feel at home.|You needn’t go out of your way on my account.|尽力|have it both ways: 脚踏两条船；见风使舵；忽左忽右|If you keep on having it both ways in love affairs, you’ll suffer penalty from both sides.|脚踏两只船|mend one’s ways:|I’ll mend my ways under the frank criticism of my friends and relatives.|改邪归正;改过自新onomatoonomatopoeia:poeia: more more instances instances (animals)(animals)|Lions roar.|Pigs/hogs grunt. (动动物的物的) 咕噜声咕噜声|Bulls/oxen bellow/low/rout.|Cows low/moo.牛叫牛叫|Sheep/goats|baa/bleat.（羊）咩（羊）咩咩叫咩叫|Horses neigh/whinny.马嘶马嘶声声|Asses/donkeys bray.驴叫声；喇叭声驴叫声；喇叭声|Cats mew/purr/meow/miaow.猫叫|Rats/mice squeak/squeal.尖叫|Frogs croak.蛙叫声Cocks crow/ 鸡鸣cock-a-doodle-doo.. 公鸡的喔喔啼声公鸡的喔喔啼声|Hens cackle/cluck.咯咯叫咯咯叫|Chickens cheep/pip.唧唧声唧唧声;(幼鸟幼鸟)鸣鸣叫叫|Ducks quack.onomatoonomatopoeiapoeia: more more instancesinstances|Geese cackle.|Doves/pigeons coo.|Crows/ravens caw/croak.|Sparrows chirp.|Bees hum/buzz/boom/drone.|Beetles drone/boom.|Flies buzz.|Insects chirrup/cheep.|Crickets chirr.|Mosquitoes buzz.|Birds twitter/chirp/cheep.|Wolves howl.|Snakes hiss.|Owls tu-uha/hoot.|Dogs bark/bay/howl/growl|snarl/yap/whine/yelp/bowwow|Giraffes? onomatoonomatopoeia:poeia:|babble 婴儿咿呀学语声|giggle|hum |hush|murmur喃喃低语|yo-heave-ho哟嗨嗬|boom (zoom)轰隆|clack (clatter)咔嗒，铿锵|clink 叮叮|crack劈啪爆裂声|thud咚|thump噔噔|thwack啪|birr机器噪声|clattle咔嗒声|pop砰砰声onomatonomatopoeia:opoeia: |plonk 落水声|splash溅水声|squash喀吱声|squeak叽叽声|squawk嘎嘎声|whiz 飕飕声|clip-clop（马蹄）得得声|tick-tack（钟表）滴答声|rub-a-dub（鼓）咚咚声|jinglejangle玎玲铛琅|puff-puff（火车）喷气声|pit-a-pat劈劈啪啪|pitter-patter|rat-tat-tat（机枪）咕咕咕声Lobby:Lobby: a a room providing a space out of which one or more otherroom providing a space out of which one or more other rooms learooms lead, typically one near the entrance of a public buildingd, typically one near the entrance of a public building 大大厅；休息室；会客室厅；休息室；会客室|a group of people seeking to influence politicians or public officials on a political issue (the Third House)第三宫|游说议员的团体|lobbyist 院外活动集团成员|lobbyer|lobbyman/-mən/ [美国英语]|院外活动集团的成员；说客|(戏院或剧场等的)收票员|lobbyismn. 院外活动；游说；疏通]liquor: an alcoholic drink, esp. one made by distillation, as whiskey or rum (neat whiskey纯威士忌酒). 朗姆酒]wine: mainly grape wine (sweet or dry wine)甜型葡萄酒 ;不甜葡萄酒 ]soft drinks: non-alcoholic, like soda pop汽水| chaser: a mild drink, taken with or after liquor饮烈酒后喝的饮料word|May I have a word with you?|He had words with his brother last night and it seemed that they would never be reconciled .|No word has come from the front.|Please send word as soon as possible.|The boy kept his word.信守着自己的诺言|His word is as good as his bond.他的话如契约一样可靠。

Trust her. She is a woman of her word.她是个守信的人Never ever go back on your words.不要违背你的话He is a man of few (many) words.|to eat one’s words承认说错话；食言hunch: a feeling a feeling or guess or guess based on based on intuition intuition rather rather than than known known facts facts 预感，预感，疑心疑心|She was acting on a hunch.|I have a hunch that something is going to happen.|hunchback|humpback驼背lick: pass pass the the tongue tongue over over sth., sth., typically typically in in order order to to taste, taste, moisten, moisten, or or clean clean it it (flame, (flame, breeze, breeze, wave)wave)look forward to sth with eager anticipationlook forward to sth with eager anticipation|He licked the stamp and stuck it on the envelop.|He licked at his damaged hand with his tongue.|The flames licked around the wood.|lick one’s wounds养精蓄锐|lick sb’s boot 向某人屈服, 迁就某人, 奉承某人；拍某人的马屁|lick /bite the dust被击倒，被打死； 卑躬屈膝side street: narrow, narrow, less less traveled traveled street street meeting a meeting a main streetmain street|back street: 小街；后街|away from the main streets, esp. in a poor area of a town |boulevard: a wide street in a town or city, typically one lined with trees建] 林荫大道（美）大马路|avenue: a thoroughfare running at right angles to the streets in a city laid out on a grid pattern| [美国英语](城市中的)街道；尤指大街，大路，大道小路，门径，汽车道；[主英国英语](两旁栽树的、从大路通往乡村住宅、别墅、纪念性建筑物等的)小径小巷，边道The The American American SouthSouth|South Carolina|Mississippi|Florida|Alabama|Georgia|Louisiana|Texas |Virginia|Arkansas|North Carolina|Tennessee|Oklahoma|Kentucky|South of the Mason—Dixon line (south of Pennsylvania)discreet: circumspect in circumspect in word or word or deed/able to deed/able to keep silent keep silent about matters about matters where where prudence prudence requires itrequires it|He followed her at a discreet distance.|他小心地保持距离跟着她。

It was not very discreet of you to ring me up at the office.|你往我办公室打太不谨慎了His utterances never gave offense, being discreetly academic.|Cf. discrete: individually separate and distinct|分立的，各别的，不关联的|Speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than discrete units.buy off/over: to get rid of to get rid of (an unjust (an unjust claim, a claim, a blackmailer) blackmailer) by making a by making a payment/bripayment/bribe/corrupt sbbe/corrupt sb|He bought off those who might expose him.|他将可能检举他的人收买了。

He tried to buy them off.|He has been bribed into silence/to say nothing.|to offer/to give/to hand out briberies行贿 |to take briberies/to ask for briberies 受贿受贿 ; 索贿索贿| a slim chance---a fat chance机会渺茫|His excuse was a beaut! (Irony)|他的托词可真妙！|A fat lot of good it did him.|这对他一点好处也没有|roadblock: a bar, barrier or barricade( 街垒；路障)or other object(s) used for closing a road to stop traffic, an enemy, etc.|路障；障碍物|blindage: 掩体object(s) that is used to hide and protect soldiers or other thing from being seen and attacked mould: ( (of a of a person’s) person’s) character, character, nature, etc. nature, etc. considered considered as having as having been been shaped by shaped by family type, family type, education, education, training, training, experience, experience, etc.etc.|He’ll never give up fighting against unjust treatment, if he is made in his father’s mould (if he has the same character as his father).|He is cast in his father’s mould.|(人的)性格，气质，类型|对…的形成施加影响respite: a welcome a welcome period of period of (time), (time), delay, delay, before before suffering a suffering a punishment punishment or fulfilling or fulfilling a dutya duty缓解；缓解；暂缓；暂暂缓；暂时的休息；时的休息；缓期执行缓期执行|The office will be shut till Monday, so we have a few days’ respite before we need to pay the rent.|The refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering.营地；露营|A big cloud brought a respite from the glare of the sun.|一大块云彩暂时遮住耀眼的阳光。

comply: to act in to act in accordance accordance with with another’s another’s wishes, or wishes, or with a with a demand, demand, rule, order, rule, order, etc.etc.|People who refuse to comply with the law will be punished.|我们应该遵从医嘱We should comply with the doctor’s request.|每个公民在出行时都应遵守交通规则Every citizen should comply with the traffic rules and regulations while outing.dally: to be to be slow /to slow /to waste waste timetimedally dally with: to with: to play play with/to with/to play at a play at a love love relation relation with sb with sb of the of the opposite opposite sexsex|Don’t dally or we’ll be late.|The children dallied about in the garden and forgot about dinner.|Don’t dally over your food.|Never dally with a woman you don’t intend to marry.| 浪费时间，消磨时光，虚度光阴；闲混，闲荡，游荡；延误；慢吞吞地干(工作等)(over):|轻率地对待；不很认真(或漫不经心)地考虑(with):stake: sum of sum of money money risked on risked on the the unknown unknown result of a result of a future eventfuture event|He lost his stake when the horse finished last.|They play for high stakes.|I stake my reputation on his honesty.|at stake: at risk|My safety is at stake.|to drive stakes: to put up tents, to settle down|to pull up stakes: to move the house, to resign|to go to the stake: 赴汤蹈火gamble gamble on:on: play play games of games of chance for chance for money/take money/take great risks great risks for the for the chance of chance of winning sth. winning sth. or making a or making a profitprofit|He lost his fortune gambling on the stock exchange/ at cards /in oil shares.石油股份|Don’t gamble with your future.|I’m gambling that you’ll like the way we do things.|Dice City|Las Vegas赌城，指拉斯维加斯。