新編英語教程5第三版unit twoThe Great Escape

1、Unit Two The Great Escape Paragraph 1 1. Initial adj. You use initial to describe something that happens at the beginning of a process. 最初的 Eg: The initial reaction has been excellent. 最初的反應(yīng) 極好 n. Initials are the capital letters that begin each word of a name. For example, if your full name is Mich

2、ael Dennis Stocks, your initials are M.D.S. (姓名的) 大 寫首字母 v. If someone initials an official document, they write their initials on it, to show that they have seen it or that they accept or agree with it. 簽姓名的首字母于 2. Outlay is the amount of money that you have to spend in order to buy something or st

3、art a project. (必 要的) 費(fèi)用 capital outlay 資本支出，基建投資 initial outlay 開辦費(fèi)用，創(chuàng)始費(fèi)用 vt.花費(fèi) invest, cost, spend, expend n.經(jīng)費(fèi)；支出；會(huì)計(jì)費(fèi)用 expenditure, fee, charge, cost 3. assumption n. If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real

4、 proof. 假設(shè) on the assumption that 假設(shè) fundamental assumption n. 基本假定 adj. assumed 假定的；假裝的 assumptive 假定的；設(shè)想的；傲慢的 vi. assume 裝腔作勢；多管閑事 vt. assume 承擔(dān)；假定；采??；呈現(xiàn) 4. manoeuvre n. a skillful or careful movement 熟練（謹(jǐn)慎）的動(dòng)作 ; a skillful action intended to deceive someone or achieve something 策略，花招 v. (+adv./pr

5、ep.) move or turn (sth.) skillfully, esp. sth large and heavy 巧妙地移動(dòng)（大而重的物件） use cleverly planned and often dishonest methods to get the result that you want. 誘使，策劃 5. worth .V-T If something is worth a particular amount of money, it can be sold for that amount or is considered to have that value. 值錢

6、 A local jeweler says the pearl is worth at least $500. 一位本地珠 寶商說這顆珍珠至少值$500。 Worth combines with amounts of money, so that when you talk about a particular amount of moneys worth of something, you mean the quantity of it that you can buy for that amount of money. 價(jià)值的 I went and bought about six dol

7、lars worth of potato chips. 我 去買了價(jià)值約六美元的土豆片。 PRON Worth is also a pronoun. 可維持 (一段時(shí)間) 的 Theres really not very much food down there. About two weeks worth. 那里真的沒什么食物了。大約能維持兩周的。 6. myriad myriad or myriads of people or things is a very large number or great variety of them. 大量; 各種各樣 They face a myria

8、d of problems bringing up children. 他們?cè)?撫養(yǎng)孩子上面臨著各種問題。 . Adj. myriad means having a large number or great variety. 大 量的; 各種各樣的 The magazine has been celebrating pop in all its myriad forms. 該雜志一直在贊美各種形式的流行音樂。 a myriad of 大量的；無數(shù)的 A myriad of lights twinkled like stars in the distance. 遠(yuǎn)處有無數(shù)盞燈像星星一樣閃爍。

9、7. bump: hit something forcefully e.g.: when backing, she bumped the car behind her. bump into: meet sb. accidentally. e.g.: Just imagine! I bumped into a childhood friend when touring Seoul. Paragraph 2 1. sophisticated sfstketd adj. having a lot of experience of life, good judgment about socially

10、important things such as art, fashion老于世故的，有判 斷力的，有鑒賞力的 a sophisticated machine, system, method etc is very cleverly designed and very advanced and often works in a complicated way(機(jī)器，系統(tǒng)，方法等)精密的，高級(jí)的，尖端的。復(fù)雜的 having a lot of knowledge and experience of difficult or complicated subjects and therefore a

11、ble to understand them well富有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的，老練的，精通的 adj. complicated, experienced, involved, detailed, exquisite 2. shun v. If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them. 有意回避 e.g.: From that time forward everybody shunned him. 從那時(shí)起，人人都有意回避他。 vt.避開，避免；回避 escape, shy off 3

12、. affluent adj. If you are affluent, you have a lot of money. 富裕的 Cigarette smoking used to be more common among affluent people. 吸煙過去在富人中更為普遍。 affluent society 小康社會(huì)；富足社會(huì) n. The affluent are people who are affluent. 富人 The diet of the affluent has not changed much over the decades. 富人的飲食數(shù)十年來沒怎么變。 ad

13、j.富裕的；豐富的；流暢的 abundant, fluid, full, fluent, luxurious Paragraph 3 From all such fears camping releases him. Granted, a snobbery of camping itself, based upon equipment and techniques, already exists; but it is of a kind that, if he meets it, he can readily understand and deal with. There is no supe

14、rior they in the shape of managements and hotel hierarchies to darken his holiday days. 露營便人們免除了這些憂慮。誠然，露營地本身也存在以 露營裝備和方式取人的勢利現(xiàn)象，但如果有這種情況，露 營者也容易理解，知道如何對(duì)付，但在露營地里根本不會(huì) 有管人的人上人和酒店里的等級(jí)制度來種露營者的假日 過得陰郁低沉。 1. snobbery snbri n.勢利的性格 , 勢利行為；勢利 話 snob snb n. 勢利小人，勢利眼；假內(nèi)行 2. hierarchy hai,r:ki n. 層級(jí)；等級(jí)制度 socia

15、l hierarchy 社會(huì)等級(jí)；社會(huì)階層 hierarchy system 體系；分級(jí)系統(tǒng) inheritance hierarchy 繼承層次；繼承體系；繼承階 層架構(gòu) hierarchy of needs 需要層次；需求層次理論 knowledge hierarchy 知識(shí)體系 Paragraph 4 1. worship w:ip n. 對(duì)神的崇拜(或崇敬) 禮拜；禮拜儀式 崇拜，崇敬；敬仰；愛戴 n.崇拜；禮拜；尊敬 respect, church, praise, exercise vt.崇拜；尊敬；愛慕 honor, love, regard 2. entail v. make

16、it necessary to do sth 使必須做 某事，需要 e.g. My job entailed being on call 24 hours a day. Paragraph 5 inclement adj. (formal) inclement weather is unpleasant because it is cold, rainy etc. (天氣) 惡劣的，寒冷的 n. inclemency Paragraph 6 insularity ,insjulrti n. 1. 島國 2. 與外界隔絕的生活狀況 3. (思想、觀點(diǎn)等的)褊狹性；僵化刻板 insularity

17、n. 來源：insular 海島peninsula 半島 island 島，由島無往外逃生的可能性可聯(lián)想到封閉， 偏狹 narrow minded / small minded / short sighted / provincial 沒有眼光的 insulated 隔絕的 insulated body 絕緣體 cater vi.滿足需要; 迎合 cater to sb. / cater for sth. e.g. Exercise classes cater to all levels of fitness. 訓(xùn)練課照顧到各種健康狀況。（考慮到） Provide and serve food

18、 and drinks at a party, meeting etc, usually as a business (在婚禮、派對(duì)等場合) 提 供餐飲服務(wù); 承辦酒席 exclusive adj. so expensive that not many people can afford to use or buy 高級(jí)的，昂貴的 avilable only to particular people, so that only they can have, do or use 獨(dú)有的，獨(dú)享的 exclusive report/interview/coverage 獨(dú)家報(bào)道/采訪/披 露 exc

19、lusive right to sale sth 專賣權(quán) exclusive shop 專賣店 exclusive of : not including 不包括，排除在外 E.g. our prices are exclusive of sales tax. vie with : complete very hard with sb in order to get sth.與抗?fàn)?vie with one another爭先恐后 vie with each other互相攀比 vie with sb for sth為了與某人抗?fàn)?Paragraph 7 But most probably it

20、 will all depend upon campers themselves： how many heath(荒地) fires they cause; how much litter they leave; in short, whether or not they wholly alienate landowners and those who live in the countryside. Only good scouting is likely to preserve the freedoms so dear to the heart of the eternal Boy Sco

21、ut. 但最重要的或許是露營者自己，即他們引起了多少場野火野火， 留下了多少垃圾?？傊?，他們是否弄得土地的主人和鄉(xiāng)間 的居民同他們反目。只有優(yōu)良的童子軍活動(dòng)才能保持不朽 的童子軍所衷心熱愛的各項(xiàng)自由。 Alienate eiljneit vt. Do sth that makes sb unfriendly or unwilling to surport you使疏遠(yuǎn),離間；與反目 Dont alienate us.不要挑撥離間。 I alienate my mom.我和母親疏遠(yuǎn)了。 詞根：alien adj. alien 外國的；相異的，不相容的 alienated 疏遠(yuǎn)的；被疏遠(yuǎn)的 alienable 可讓與的，可轉(zhuǎn)讓的 n. alien 外國人，外僑；外星人 alienation 異化；疏遠(yuǎn)；間離效果（alienation effect） eternal /tnl/ a. 永久的 = immortal 不朽的 adv. eternally 永恒地；不朽地 n. e