新概念英语第四册 L26-L27
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Lesson 26
Virtue and a fast Gun
New words and expressions
supreme
a. 首屈一指
super
超级
supreme court
最高法院
supreme people’s court
最高人民法院
intermediate
中级
supremacy
n.首屈一指male supremacy
大男子主义male
supremacist 大男子主义者
grey ma
re 胜过丈夫的妻子second
to none 最高的
India is second to China in
population.
second to 仅次于
protagonist
n.主角
antagonist
反面角色
leading role 主角
supporting role
配角
extra 跑龙套starring 领街
outlaw
n.亡命徒
outlaws in the green
wood 绿林好汉
brigand
地匪，流窜犯
highway man
打劫的
fake 假的
deliver 给
framed
a.遭到陷害的
sheriff
n.司法长官
vicious
a.恶毒的
fake
假的
venomous
恶毒的 heinous 恶毒的
malicious 邪恶的
gossipn.
流言蜚语
rumor 谣言，传闻
It is rumored that he robbed
the bank.
gossip monger
传谣言的人
in short
总之
in brief /in a word
总之
environment
n 环境
surrounding
环境
under the environment
在……情况下
environment makes
man.环境造就人
vanished
a.消失了的
absurdlyad
荒诞的
arena
n.竞技场
amphitheater
圆形剧场 political arena
政治舞台
bullflighting 斗牛
encroaching
a.渐渐渗入的
encroach 侵犯
American culture is encroaching globally.
penetratin
渗入 His speeh is penetrating.
India
n.印第安人
bewilder
vt.使手足无措
wilder 迷茫
baffle/muddle 迷乱的
dizzy 昏的
disorient 使……失去方向
alien
a. 外来的
alien product
洋货
alien word
外来词eg.sofa,jeep,café,coolie,kotow；
alienate
v.远离
taboo
n.戒律
forbidden words
disinherit
vt.剥求……的继承权
damn it
inherit 继承
inheritance 继承权
undeclared
a. 未经宣布的
hypocrisy
n. 伪善
hypocrite
伪君子
hypocritical 过于挑剔
chicanery
n. 诈骗
chicane
v.骗（以-ry结尾的名词没有复数
如machinery,pottery,jewelery
cheat,deceive,hoax
cheat
骗钱财
deceive one’s
feelings
hoax:play
trick(哄小孩)
anarchy
n.混乱
monarchy
君主制 chaos
n. 混乱
chaotic
adj.混乱
lawless
adj.非法的 turbulence
n.骚乱
impending
a.迫近的
approaching
靠近
imminent 迫近的
immolation
n. 杀戮
immolate vt. 杀
sacrifice
n. 祭祀品
code
n. 准则
Notes on the text
课文注释
William s.Hart
William:first/given/Christian
name
s.:middle name
Hart :last name
Western stars
西部片影星
for
因为
unlike
与……不同
appear in nothing but
仅仅出现于
nothing
but 仅仅
He is
nothing but liar.他是骗子。
He is
anything but liar 他不是骗子
he is
nothing but angry.他很生气
he is
anyghing but angry.他不生气
Gary Cooper
Puritan
清教徒
comedy
喜剧
unchallenged=matchless
It was
……强调句式
1．
vast west
2．
Indians
3．
hero.
devise=design
upright
正直
film maker
制片人
good-bad man
本质好，偶尔做坏事的人
tramp
流浪者
Chinese Amercian
美籍华人（根在前）
noble:1.rich
2.noble
minded
out of impulse
一时冲动
cowherd/comman
牧童
suspect
嫌疑犯
He was made
Chairman.他被选为主席
abuse power
滥用权力
rangy
落魄的人
minor figure
小人物
in short
in conflict with
与……有冲突
frontier
此处意思是广阔的西部
unwillingly
outsider
局外人
contemporary
同时代的人，当代的
modern
现代的
know sth. of
略有了解
关于“西部在消失”的背景常识
Jefferson
the declaration of
Indepedence 独立宣言
Louisiana
路易斯安那
Mississippi
密西西比河
ambassador
大使
hire
租用
fight across
难以定夺
（将在外，君命有所不受）
gold rush
淘金热
hero
英雄
mythology
神话
although
让步状语从句
no……more……构成最高级
romanticized
此处指作成电影（浪漫化）
indelible effect
不可磨灭的印象
join hands=coexist
并存
solid basis
虚构
同位句
conflict是
arena的同位语
accustomed to
做后置定语
意思是used to
习惯于
unhorsed
放弃戎马生涯
overcame
击退
comment
评论
relatively
相对的
do=find it
pleasan
Lesson 27 The Personality
of Man
New words and expressions
loom
vi.
阴森的逼近（带贬义）
Eg: The shadow of the impending war looms
ahead/large/big. 即将来临的战争的阴影正在迫近
Eg: It was approaching the Spring
Festival(vocation), the examinations were loomed up.
春节快到了，考试也正在迫近
Eg: A high mountain looms ahead.
一座大山横在面前
manifest
adj. 明显的
S: visible adj.
明显的，显著的
patent
n.
专利； adj.
显著的，明显的
另有：obvious/clear/parent…
mankind
n. 人类
morality
n. 道德
moral
adj.
道德；moral code
道德准则；moral standard
道德标准
to enhance
people’s consciousness of morality
提高人们的道德意识
communicate
vt.
交流，交际
communication n.
交流
enhance
communication between(among) people
加强交流
enhance
communication among nations
增进国际交流
Eg: Language is a tool for communication.
语言是交流的工具
communicative
adj.
communicative means
交流方式
Eg: Language is a communicative tool.
语言是交流的工具
enhance
vt. 增进
enhance
friendship 增进友谊
enhance
cohesion 增强凝聚力
enhance
consciousness/awareness
增强意识
S: boost v.
推进，促进
rein in
force 促进
另有：heighten…
tempo
n. 速率 trickle
n.
涓涓细流
torrent n.
滔滔洪流
evil
n. 恶行
evil
thought 邪念 evil sigh
邪恶的迹象,凶兆（dog bark at midnight）
Eg: Your cough is an evil sign, probably I
will lie in bed.
S: vice n. v.
恶
vice
president 副总统；坏总统
wicked
adj.
邪恶的； wickedness
n.
邪恶
indifferently
ad. 不在乎地
grimly
ad. 可怖地 whimsical
a. 怪诞的
shatter
v. 毁坏
close at hand
附近
twofold
a. 双重的
fold
翻倍的； fivefold
五倍； time
倍数
Notes on the text
课文注释
主题：Social
advancement 社会的进步
loom so large
in the modern world
在现代社会
surely because
引导原因，恰恰因为
progress of a particular kind
一种特别的进步，介词短语作后置定语
particular
特殊的，特别的
more and more
越来越
manifest
明显 Eg: You were walking on the way, he loomed out of
mist.
Although…此句：
in intelligence/morality
在智力/道德方面
undergone: experienced
经历
no general improvement
（注意no的位置）
no
用not
any替换，则…has
undergone no general improvement…
等同于：…has not
undergone any general improvement…
“…, it has made extraordinary
progress in the accumulation of
knowledge.”中it指代人类，（人类的总称,普遍所指时用it）
accumulation
堆积，堆砌 extraordinary progress
显著进步
Although…主题句提出，做原因解释
Knowledge began
to…此句：
be communicated
可以交流，传递 another = another
individual
speech
口语
oral
adj.
口头的
Eg: …
people go hunting.
I found the place where the bears are
inhabited.
With…此句：
with…
随着……
writing = written
language
a great advance
巨大的进步
not only … but also
…
communicated
交流；stored
储存
Libraries made education
possible…此句：
libraries: a place where books
of various kinds are stored
and education in its turn added
to libraries…
add to
增加 in its turn
反过来
in its
turn added to = enrich
丰富
Eg: His
humor added to the ball.
(他的幽默使晚会增色不少。)
Fireworks added to the ball.
（焰火使晚会增色不少。）
Eg:
Harmony among peoples makes world peace possible, and world peace
in its turn enhances harmony.
(民族间的和睦有助于世界和平，而世界和平反过来促进和睦。)
“：”后的句子解释作用
the growth of knowledge
知识的增长
compound interest law
[银行业术语：复利法规则]
which
指代the growth of
knowledge
printing
印刷术
printing 对于知识的发展is a great impetus
impetus
推动力
All
this…此句：all this… 这一切…
comparatively slow
相对较慢 with the
coming of science
科学的到来
with 引导插入语
Eg: 4
years ago, in American telecommunication is not so
popular.
If a person can predict what happens in 30 years, he
is…
It’s really hard mobile phone really so big as first
as…
Then knowledge began
to… 此句：
systematic
系统化
Aristotle
亚里士多德
把知识分类为：
Physics
物理学；Psychics
心理学；Poetics
诗学；Math
数学
The trickle became a stream;
the stream has now become a torrent.
涓涓细流汇成小溪；小溪又变成了奔腾的江河。
Moreover…此句：
as soon as
既然 acquired
获得
account
账户：you can easily and freely get money from
it
What is
called…此句：
What is called
所谓的
all man's nature
人类本质
a balanced development
平衡的发展
but
而
accumulated knowledge
积累的知识
to practical life
作后置定语，实际生活
Eg:
Probably he has many abilities…
Eg:
medical people
医学奇才；English
people 英语人才；doctor
博士；post doctor
博 士后
The problem now facing
humanity is: 总结
The problem now facing humanity
is: 人类所面临的问题是：
As…此句：
as
正如；指代从句knowledge
is… Eg: As is often the case that he
helps others.
他经常帮助他人。
two-edged
双刃的
for good or evil
可好可坏
indifferently
毫不在乎，引申为毫不辨析的
discriminate 辨析，区别
Could…引导虚拟语气的问句
spectacle
壮丽的场面
be more grimly whimsical
更加荒诞无奇
than that
“that” 修饰spectacle
gunner
枪手 shatter
击碎，粉碎 field hospital
野战医院
We have to
ask…此句：
with its ever-increasing power
状语后置
ever-increasing 逐渐增强
