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1、第五十三課Inthepublicinterest1.revolve,evolve,involverevolvev.旋轉(zhuǎn),轉(zhuǎn)動。Theroombegantorevolve,thenhefainted.屋子開始旋轉(zhuǎn),然后他就昏倒了。evolvev.發(fā)展,演變。Agricultureevolvedslowlyoverthousandsofyears.幾千年來,農(nóng)業(yè)發(fā)展得很緩慢。evolveastyleofone"sown.逐漸形成了自己的風(fēng)格involvev.需要,包含;使卷入,牽涉。Gettingadriver'slicenceinvolv
2、eslearninghowtodrive,studyingtherulesoftheroad,andtakingatest.要得到駕駛執(zhí)照需要學(xué)習(xí)開車,學(xué)習(xí)交通規(guī)則,還要經(jīng)過考試。2.safeguardvt保護(hù),捍衛(wèi)tosafeguardsthfrom/against;保護(hù)措施,防范措施舒服佳Theagreementwillsafeguardthenewspapersfromgovernmentinterference.這項(xiàng)協(xié)議保護(hù)報紙不受政府干預(yù)。bodyguard保鏢blackguard歹徒3.grievancen[U]委屈,不平的
3、事,牢騷(+against)Hehadbeennursingagrievanceagainsthisbossformonths.幾個月來他對老板一直心懷不滿。注意和grievevi悲傷,悲痛grievance區(qū)分4.correspondencen[U]來往信件,來往書信thecorrespondencecolum讀者來信專欄ThelibriaryboughtallthecorrespondencebetweenNopoleanandhismistress.respond-反應(yīng)correspondentn記者correspondvi(wi
4、th)與---相一致;Whathesaysdoesn’tcorrespondwithwhathedoes.他言行不一。8.justifysth(tosb):togiveanexplanationorexcuseforsthordoingsth對—做出解釋;對---辯解ThePrimeMinisterhasbeenaskedtojustifythedecisiontotheParliament.要求首相對這一決定對議會做出解釋。Youdon’tneedtojustifyyourselftome.你不必像我解釋你的理由。justifieda
5、dj(in)havingagoodorproperreason合理的,有正當(dāng)理由的Ishejustifiedinhiscriticisms?他的批評有道理嗎?IthinkI’mcompletelyjustifiedinaskingforherresignation.我認(rèn)為我要求他辭職是完全合理的。9.Beopento1.樂于接受愿意考慮:discussionsuggestion2.容易遭受:beopentocold/attack10.policemaninquestion=policemanconcerned第五十五課Fromtheea
6、rth:Greetings1.generatevt產(chǎn)生gen-生generation一代人ngenius天才ingeniousgenetics遺傳學(xué)eugenics優(yōu)生學(xué)oxygen氧,氧氣hydrogen氫氣,氫2.blotn(+out)Cloudsblottedoutthesun.云遮住了太陽。bl-遮蔽,模糊blur使模糊blockvt阻塞blockade封鎖nblundervin跌跌撞撞,犯錯4.endeavorn,vtfm.anattempttodosth,esp.somethingnewordifficult努力Please
7、makeeveryendeavortoarriveontime.請盡量按時到達(dá)。Iwillendeavortodomybestformycountry.我將竭盡全力報效國家。attempt,try,endeavour,strive這些動詞均含有“試圖,努力,力圖”之意。attempt:較正式用詞,側(cè)重已經(jīng)開始,且希望完成,但常隱含著不一定有預(yù)期的結(jié)果。try:普通用詞,可與attempt換用,但強(qiáng)調(diào)努力或嘗試,后跟不定式表示努力或爭取;后跟動名詞表示嘗試。endeavour:正式用詞,指盡最大努力、認(rèn)真地克服困難去做某事。strive和
8、endeavour一樣,表示付出巨大努力,但strive側(cè)重勞累與緊張,而不強(qiáng)調(diào)努力的結(jié)果很多情況下每段的開頭句是這段的中心句,但是本篇文章第一段的開頭句“Recentdevelopmentsinastro