[精华版]张汉熙高级英语课文详解第2册1-5课
Lesson One
Part One: paragraph 1 --- paragraph 6
1.Lash: v. to move quickly or violently 猛烈冲击、猛打
(1) 暴风雨袭击了海岸的那片树林。 Rainstorm lashed the forest on the coast.
(2) 冰雹无情地打下来。 Hail lashed down mercilessly. (3) The waves are lashing the shore.
(4) A rising wind was lashing the rain against the window.
2.pummel/ pommel: n.v. to beat or hit with repeated blows, esp. with the fist 用拳头连续敲
打
(1) The thief was pushed and pummeled by an angry crowd. (2) 他诱骗那人到角落狠狠揍了他30秒钟。
He trapped the man in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds.
3. Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama 4. California, Las Vegas
5. consult: go to a person or book for information consult sb.: ask sb. for special information, advice consult with sb.: to exchange opinions of sb. 6. Hurricane Betsy:
a powerful Hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic Hurricane season which caused enormous damage in
the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana. 7. A good: at least, full
(1) 我们足足等了三个小时. We waited for a good three hours. (2) 昨晚Bill在酒馆里喝得烂醉. Bill had a good drink at the pub last night.
(3) It is a good five hours to drive to the railway station. (4) His parents gave him a good beating. 8. We can batten down and ride it out.
A metaphor: compare the house in a hurricane to a ship fighting a storm at sea
We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.
9. Batten: to fasten with battens 用压条钉住(或固定)
10. Ride it out: to stay afloat during a storm without much damage. 11. Scud: (of clouds or ships) to move swiftly, glide or skim along easily 疾行、飞驰、掠过
(1) The ship scuds before the wind. (2) White clouds scudded across the sky. 12. Vietnam
(1) A country of southeast Asia (2) Capital: Hanoi (3) The largest city: Ho Chi Minh City (4)
Population: 84,400,000 (5) the Red River (6) the Mekong River Delta 13. Sit out:
(1) It’s hot indoors. Let’s sit out in the garden. sit sth. out: a. to stay to the end of a performance
b. take no part in (esp. a particular dance) (2) The play was boring, but we sat it out.
(3) I think I will sit out the next dance. Part Two: paragraph 7 --- paragraph 27
1. French door: two adjoining doors that have glass panes from top to bottom and they open in
the middle
to throw away; (fig.) to do sth. with a lot of enthusiasm and energy. 2. Fling: to throw violently ;
(1) She flung her shoe at the cat.
(2) The youth got him by the front of his shirt and flung him to the ground. (3) How can you fling your wife away?
(4) He has flung up studies.
(5) She flung herself into her career.
3. shove: push with quick, violent movement. 猛推
(1)人们推推搡搡挤向火车 。People were pushing and shoving toward the train.
(2)警察把剧作家推上警车。Police shoved the playwright into a van. (3) The U.S. government shoved up the export prices yesterday. (4) Shove
over, friend, and let me sit on the seat beside you. 4. douse: plunge or thrust suddenly into liquid; drench; pour liquid over把? 浸在液体里，
使浸透，拨液体在?上
(1) She likes to douse the fruit in cold water . (2) She doused herself with perfume.
(3) Douse your cigarettes. There is gas in the cellar. (4) 他们把汽油浇在一辆汽车上，然后点火焚烧。
They had doused a car with gasoline and then set it on fire. 5. shudder: vi. n. shake or tremble suddenly and violently, as in orror or extreme disgust
(1) He shuddered at the memory.
(2) I shudder to think of the consequences.
(3) She gave a great shudder of pleasure from time to time. 6. Inch: n. vt. vi.—move very slowly, carefully, or with difficulty (1) 她看着他一步步登上楼梯。She watched him inch his way up the stairs.
(2) 救护车爬行般驶向机场。The ambulance inched to the airport. (3) Production of steel and crude oil inched upward.
(4) He inched the gloves on. (5) The river was rising by inches. (6) The car missed him by inches.
(7) He looked every inch the young professor.
(8) Give him an inch (a mile) and he will take an ell (a yard). 7. skim: to move lightly over a surface, not touching; to throw so as to cause to bounce
swiftly and lightly 扔出石块等使掠过(或擦过);在?上掠过
(1) 那孩子扔出一块扁石削过湖面.The child skimmed the flat stone across a lake.
(2) A jetliner appeared to skim buildings in the city. (3) A seagull skimmed the breakers. (4) He just skimmed the headlines.
8. maroon: to leave abandoned, isolated, or helpless使处于孤立无援的境地
(1) He was marooned by mutineers with only a week’s supply of food. (2) Five fishermen were marooned on a rock in a gale.
(3) I am temporarily marooned at home by my injured knee. 9. swath: the space or width covered with one cut of a scythe or other mowing device一刈的面积; 刈幅; 狭长的条或地带
(1) A broad swath of sunlight cut the room in half. (2) a swath of grassland cut a (wide) swath:
(1) He was determined to cut a wide swath with the girls. (2) The storm cut a wide swath through the town.
10. snap: a. to (cause to) break with a sudden, sharp crack (1) Every minute or so I could hear a snap, a crack and a crash as another tree went down.
(2) The branch snapped under the weight of the snow.
(3) 我用力拉鞋带，鞋带啪的绷断了。 The lace snapped when I pulled hard at it.
[精华版]张汉熙高级英语课文详解第2册1-5课
