新概念英语3学习笔记Lesson 24

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　　New words and expression 生词和短语

　　Skeleton n.骷髅 (n.(动物之)骨架, 骨骼, 基干, 纲要, 万能钥匙)

　　Closet n.壁橱, 衣橱, 碗橱

　　a skeleton in the cupboard=a skeleton in the closet=a family skeleton 家丑

　　-- It is time to bring the family skeleton out of the cupboard. 该是公开家丑的时候。

　　skeleton key 万能钥匙

　　reduced to a skeleton 瘦得皮包骨

　　-- He has had nothing to eat for a couple of days so he has been reduced to a skeleton.

　　Seemingly adv.表面上地

　　Respectable adj.体面的, 雅观的

　　-- The tie is for respectable people only. 这条领带只适合体面的人戴。

　　Decent adj.正派的, 端庄的, 有分寸的, (服装)得体的, 大方的

　　Graceful adj.优美的，优雅的

　　Deserving respect 可敬的

　　-- deserve(vt.应受, 值得) respect(n.尊敬, 敬重)

　　Respectable adj.可敬的, 有名望的, 高尚的, 值得尊敬的

　　Respectful adj.尊重人的, 有礼貌的

　　-- A respectable person is respectful to others. 受人尊敬的人也会尊敬别人的。

　　Respective adj.分别的, 各自的

　　-- All the students returned to their respective classrooms.

　　Conceal v.隐藏, 隐瞒 (比hide更加正式, 语气更强)

　　Conceal sth. from sb.

　　-- He concealed his disappointment from his friends.(disappointment n.失望)

　　-- He concealed his debts from his wife.

　　Hide vt.vi.(hid, hidden, hiding)隐藏, 把…藏起来

　　-- When her mother came in the little girl hid behind the curtain.(很口语话)

　　Vivid adj.生动的(活泼的)

　　adj.鲜明的, 鲜艳的(光线、色彩等)

　　-- a vivid color 鲜艳的颜色 / vivid blue 碧蓝色

　　adj.传神的, 栩栩如生的

　　She gave the police a vivid de脚本ion of the accident. 她对警察生动地描述了这次事故。

　　比较级more vivid / 最高级the most vivid

　　Dramatic adj.令人激动的, 扣人心弦的(戏剧性的, 生动的)

　　Vivid adj.清晰的

　　-- The dramatic scene is still vivid in his mind. 那扣人心弦的一幕在他脑海中仍很清晰。

　　Exciting adj.令人兴奋的, 使人激动的(没有dramatic那么强烈)

　　Striking adj.引人注意的, 显著的, 惊人的

　　ruin v.毁坏

　　heroine n.女主人公

　　fiction n.小说(虚构, 编造)---- 集合名词, 小说的总称, 不可数

　　novel n.小说, 长篇故事(某一部具体的小说)

　　-- I prefer reading fiction to hearing about real events. 我喜欢阅读小说而不喜欢听真实的事件。

　　varying adj.不同的

　　vary vi.vt.改变, 变化

　　-- The weather varies from day to day. 天气一天天变化。

　　Varying=Various(adj.不同的, 各种各样的)=different kinds of

　　Different adj.不同的(与…不一样)

　　-- My idea in different from yours.

　　medicine n.医学

　　Guestroom n.(家庭中的)来客住房

　　Unpack vt.(从箱中)取出

　　Stack v.(整齐地)堆放, 排放

　　-- Stack up the books.

　　-- The housewife is stacking up the clothing.

　　Stack n.摞, 叠, 大堆, 堆栈

　　-- a stack of papers 一摞报纸 / a stack of books 一大堆书

　　Underclothes n.内衣

　　Underclothing n.内衣, 贴身衣裤

　　Underwear n.内衣裤

　　Drawer n.抽屉

　　petrify v.使惊呆

　　shock vt.使…震惊 n.打击, 震动

　　dumbfound vt.使惊愕;使惊呆;使目瞪口呆

　　Petrified adj.感到震惊的 / Petrifying adj.令人震惊的零

　　-- At the new I was petrified.

　　dangle v.悬挂

　　sway v.摇摆

　　unsympathetic adj.不表同情的, 无动于衷的

　　be unsympathetic to sb. 对某人不表示同情

　　-- I told him about my experience but he was unsympathetic to me.

　　Sympathetic adj.同情的,表示同情的, 感到同情的

　　-- The manager was sympathetic (to me), but he could do nothing (to help me).

　　这位经理表示同情,但他无能为力。

　　Unsympathetically adv.无同情心的, 冷淡的

　　Sympathetically adv.同情地, 怜悯地

　　Sympathy n.同情, 同情心

　　In sympathy=sympathetically

　　medical adj.医学的

　　stranger n.陌生人 secret n.秘密

　　close adj.近的, 紧密的, 亲密的 adv.接近, 紧密地(s读z)

　　closest adj.最靠近的

　　youth n.青春, 青年时期, 初期 n.少年, 青年们

　　detective n.侦探 adj.侦探的 shirt n.衬衫, 衬衣

　　slightly adv.轻微地, 有一点, 略, 苗条地

　　dash vt., vi.突进, 飞跑

　　once upon a time adv.从前

　　Text 课文

　　Who was Sebastian?

　　We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible

　　secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.

　　How引导宾语从句

　　has some terrible secret=has a skeleton in the cupboard=has a skeleton in the closet 家丑

　　which引导的定语从句修饰secret

　　seemingly adv.表面上地(=from appearance)

　　-- a seemingly respectable person 表面上受人尊敬的人

　　The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation.

　　Possess=own=have got

　　to describe this sort of situation 来描述这种场景(做定语用来修饰saying)

　　-- The English language possesses a vivid word to describe her beauty.

　　The terrible secret is called‘a skeleton in the cupboard’.

　　At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation

　　is ruined.

　　Some 某一个(修饰单数可数名词)=a certain

　　Ruin vt.毁坏, 毁灭(泛指新概念, 表示毁坏的过程不是一下完成的)

　　=spoil vt.搞糟, 宠坏 v.扰乱

　　-- The rain ruined my holiday.=The rain spoiled my holiday.

　　Destroy vt.破坏, 毁坏 v.消灭, 摧毁(完全摧毁, 不可修复)

　　-- To tell the patient the truth is to risk destroying his hope.

　　-- The earthquake destroyed almost the entire city.

　　Damage vt.损害, 损坏, 使受损失(可以被修复)

　　-- The car is damaged and it is be repairing now.

　　The reader‘s hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine, a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every

　　one of her five husbands.

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