Week 44

DAY216

L46-6: Do it yourself

I was not surprised to find that machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it, for the simple reason that I was left with several curiously shaped bits of metal which did not seem to fit anywhere. I gave up in despair.The weeks passed and the grass grew. When my wife nagged me to do something about it, I told her that either I would have to buy a new mower or let the grass grow. Needless to say our house is now surrounded by a jungle. Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn mower which I have promised to repair one day.

知识点：

单词：

reassemble/ˌriːə'sembl/

v. assemble once again, after taking something apart重装；再聚集；再汇编

eg. He can strip and reassemble a machine gun in the dark.

他能摸着黑儿把机枪拆开再装上。

eg. The crowd reassembled in front of the state house.

人群在州议会前又聚集起来了。

SYN

meet again 再次遇见

reconvene 重新集合

reunite 再结合

congregate 使集合

collect 收集

reconstruct 重建

rebuild 重建

repair 修理

mend 修理

restore 恢复

curiously/'kjʊəriəsli/

adv. 好奇地；奇异的

in a manner differing from the usual or expected;

with curiosity;

eg. I see his eyes curiously stare on me.

我看见他的眼睛好奇地盯着我。

eg. A fawn behind the tree looked at us curiously.

树后面一只小鹿好奇地看着我们。

eg. His clothes were curiously old-fashioned.

他的衣服式样陈旧古怪。

eg. Her remarks were curiously lacking in perception.

她的评论缺乏洞察力，这真让人费解。

shaped/ʃeɪpt/

adj. shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort); having the shape of

具有...形状的；合适的；有计划的；动词shape的过去式和过去分词形式

eg. The fish is shaped like a fish.

那片云形如一条鱼。

eg. Have regular haircuts to keep your style nice and shaped.

定期去剪头发可以使你的发型保持漂亮得体。

nag/næɡ/

副词: naggingly 名词: nagger 过去式: nagged 过去分词: nagged 现在分词: nagging 第三人称单数: nags

驽马，老马，劣马

<口>好唠叨的人;小马;唠叨，嫌言怨语

<口>矮小马;不停的责骂;旧汽车;竞赛马

eg. I have never seen a nag like this one.

我从来没见过这样的矮小马。

eg. The nag has been with Henry for so many years that it is hard for him to part from it.

这匹老马跟随亨利这么多年了,亨利很难与它分离。

vt./vi.

1.纠缠不休;唠叨

If someone nags you, they keep asking you to do something you have not done yet or do not want to do.

2.不断困扰;使不得安宁

If something such as a doubt or worrynags at you, ornags you, it keeps worrying you.

近义词：chatter,murmur,mumble

nag (at )sb数落，唠叨sb

his wife nagged （at） him all day long.

bitch at sb老公对老婆说的

eg. Stop bitching at me！

eg. Don't nag me!

别在我面前唠叨！

eg.Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can.

别唠叨了 —— 我会尽快做的。

eg. She nagged him into doing what she wanted.

她向他唠叨，使他不得不去做她所要的事。

eg. The problem had been nagging me for weeks.

那问题把我困扰了几个星期.

buried/'berɪd/

adj. placed in a grave;埋在地下的

动词bury的过去式和过去分词.

eg.用作形容词 (adj.)

"the hastily buried corpses"

The lorry was destroyed by a buried mine.

卡车被一枚埋在地下的地雷炸毁。

The archaeologist unearthed a buried treasure last year.

去年,那位考古学家发掘了埋在地下的一个宝藏。

rust　 /rʌst/

n. 铁锈；锈菌；赤褐色

vi. 生锈；变成锈色

vt. 使 ... 生锈；损害

形容词: rustable 过去式: rusted 过去分词: rusted 现在分词: rusting 第三人称单数: rusts

eg. If I rest，I rust.

jungle　 /'dʒʌŋɡl/

adj. 丛林的；垃圾的

n. 丛林；密林;生存竞争激烈残酷之处，为生存而残酷斗争的地方;杂乱的一堆，一堆混乱的东西，错综复杂的事;危险地带;丛林音乐（20 世纪 90 年代初发端于英国的一种流行快步舞曲，歌词多涉柏油丛林，即城市生活）;生死关头

eg. 用作形容词 (adj.)

We should have cut away the jungle brush.

我们本应该把丛林的灌木砍掉。

This jungle juice will knock you for a loop.

你喝了这种烈酒会醉倒的。

用作名词 (n.)

There's not much jungle 100 miles inland.

eg. 向内地100英里处丛林较少。

辨析jungle, wood(s)
这两个词都有“森林”的意思。其区别是：
wood(s)可译为“树林,丛林”,指面积比较小的森林,而且接近人烟处;
jungle指极其稠密、难以通行的热带丛林。例如:
eg. I am fond of rambling about in the woods.
我喜欢在林中徘徊。
eg. They cut a path through the jungle.
他们在热带丛林中开辟出一条路。

词组：

Be surprised to do对做某事很惊讶

Needless to say 不必说，不用说

句式：

I give up in despair. 无奈之下只好放弃/无可奈何，只好罢休

长难句、语法：

Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn mower which I have promised to repair one day.

Buried somewhere in deep grass过去分词修饰lawn mower，因为后面有which定从，故将过去分词短语挤到前置位置了。

精妙翻译：

I was not surprised to find that machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it.

译文：那台割草机仍然一动不动，对此我倒并不感到吃惊。这句译文没有直接译为不工作，一动不动很形象。而且翻译时要根据表达需要调整语序。

I gave up in despair.

译文：我无可奈何，只好罢休。这句译文很简洁，又表达很到位。

DAY217

L47-1: Too high a price?

Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over-industrialized planet. When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it, burn it, turn it into something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it. We keep trying all four methods, but the sheer volume of rubbish we produce worldwide threatens to overwhelm us.

知识点：

单词：

sheer/ ʃiə(r)/

1.[only before noun] used to emphasize the size, degree or amount of sth

(用来强调事物的大小、程度或数量)

eg. The area is under threat from the sheer number of tourists using it.

这一地区由于游客人数太多而面临威胁。

eg. We were impressed by the sheer size of the cathedral.

大教堂的宏大规模给我们留下了深刻的印象。

2.[only before noun]

complete and not mixed with anything else

完全的；纯粹的；十足的

SYNutter

eg. The concert was sheer delight.

这场音乐会是一次十足的享受。

eg. I only agreed out of sheer desperation.

我一时情急才同意的。

3.very steep 陡峭的

eg. sheer cliffs / slopes 悬崖峭壁；陡坡

eg. Outside there was a sheer drop down to the sea below.

外面是一道陡坡，直插大海。

4.(of cloth, etc. 织物等) thin, light and almost transparent

又薄又轻几乎透明的

eg. sheer nylon 透明尼龙

sheer away / off (from sth) 急转，急拐(避开某物)

to change direction suddenly, especially in order to avoid hitting sth

eg. (figurative)Her mind sheered away from images she did not wish to dwell on.

她有意不去想那些她不愿多想的事情。

overwhelm/ˌəuvəˈwelm / verb [often passive]

1.to have such a strong emotional effect on sb that it is difficult for them to resist or know how to react

(感情或感觉)充溢，难以禁受

be overwhelmed with/by sth

SYNovercome

eg. She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt.

她感到愧疚难当。

eg. The beauty of the landscape overwhelmed me.

秀丽的风光令我深深地陶醉。

2.to defeat sb completely

压倒；击败；征服

SYNoverpower

eg. The army was overwhelmed by the rebels.

军队被叛乱者完全击败了。

3.to be so bad or so great that a person cannot deal with it; to give too much of a thing to a person

压垮；使应接不暇

eg. We were overwhelmed by requests for information.

问讯使我们应接不暇。

4.(literary)(of water 水)

to cover sb / sth completely

淹没；漫过

SYNflood

词组：

come to do sth 开始做sth

句式：

A is the price sb pay for B

eg. Disease is the price we pay for the so-called joy of smoking.

eg. Loneliness is the price we pay for the success.

→损失A对B来说算不上什么(代价太大)：

1.It's （not） worthwhile to sacrifice A for B

2.B be well（not） worth A

3.A be a small（high） price to pay for B

eg. The rise in status is well worth the loss of money.

金钱的损失对地位的提高来说算不了什么.

when you come to think about it, 当你开始考虑……时，

when it comes to doing/sth 当提到……时

列举类别：

1.there are ways/kinds/sorts/types/categories/classes…

2.fall into …categories

3.be devided into…classes

抱怨负担太重：

we keep doing sth but the sheer volume of sth（可加后置定语）threatens to overwhelm us

精妙翻译：

threatens to overwhelm us

有把我们覆盖的危险

物做主语，有……的危险

人做主语，威胁……

DAY218

L47-2: Too high a price?

Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet. The need to produce ever-increasing quantities of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution. Industrialized farming methods produce cheap meat products: beef, pork and chicken. The use of pesticides and fertilizers produces cheap grain and vegetables. The price we pay for cheap food may be already too high: Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in cattle, salmonella in chicken and eggs, and listeria in dairy products.

知识点：

单词：

ever-increasing

ever-的前缀：不断……的

farm养殖

pork /pɔ:k/ （尤指新鲜的）猪肉

→来自古法语porc,猪，野猪，来自拉丁语porcus,猪，来自porko,小猪，来自perk,挖，拱，词源同farrow,furrow.引申词义猪肉。由印欧语的动作词干来命名相关动作的人或物为印欧语的常用命名法。

pesticide/ ˈpestisaid / n.杀虫剂

fertilizer/ˈfəːtəlaizə(r)/ n.化肥

dairy英/'deəri/美/'deri/

dairy products/produce milk, butter, cheese etc

乳业 dairy industry

derry与dairy

/e/与/eə/

derry/'deri/民谣，歌谣

句式：

A只是B的原因之一

A be only part of the problem of B（doing sth）

sb需要做A结果导致了B

the need to produce ever-increasing quantities of A leads to B

精妙翻译：

The need to produce ever-increasing quantities of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution.

日益增长的对廉价食物的需求导致了另一种形式的污染。

DAY219

L47-3: Too high a price?

And if you think you'll abandon meat and become a vegetarian, you have the choice of very expensive organically-grown vegetables or a steady diet of pesticides every time you think you're eating fresh salads and vegetables, or just having an innocent glass of water! However, there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noise.

知识点：

单词：

vegetarian 英 /ˌvedʒəˈteəriən/ 美 /ˌvedʒəˈteriən/

n. a person who does not eat meat or fish.

Eg. Yasmin sticks to a strict vegetarian diet. 亚斯明坚持不沾一点儿荤腥。

organically英 /ɔ:'ɡænɪklɪ/ 美 /ɔ:'ɡænɪklɪ/

adj. Organic methods of farming and gardening use only natural animal and plant products to help the plants or animals grow and be healthy, rather than using chemicals.

Eg. Organic farming is expanding everywhere. 有机农业正在各地迅速发展起来。

innocent英 /ˈɪnəsnt/ 美 /ˈɪnəsənt/

adj. ~ (of sth) not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done sth wrong.

Eg. He was sure that the man was innocent of any crime. 他确信那个男人没有犯任何罪。

insidious 英 /ɪnˈsɪdiəs/

暗中为害的；隐伏的;潜在的;不知不觉间加剧的 Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed.

词根Sid/sed=sit：

assiduous/sedulous勤勉的，伏案工作的

sedativesediment沉淀物

preside先坐的president

reside回家住在residence住的地方

subside平息

subsidiary坐在下面的

affect 英 /əˈfekt/ 美 /əˈfɛkt/

v. [often passive] to produce a change in sb/sth.

Eg. How will these changes affect us. 这些变化对我们会有什么影响？

urban 英 /ˈɜ:bən/

adj. [usually before noun] connected with a town or city.

Eg. urban areas 城镇地区

Eg. urban life 城市生活

invade/ inˈveid /

to enter a country, town, etc. using military force in order to take control of it

武装入侵；侵略；侵犯

词组：

have the choice of … or … 在……和……之间选择

Eg. You have the choice of A or B. 你可以在 A 或 B 中挑选。

句式：

have the choice of A or B

AB选其一

there be an even more insidious kind of A that particularly affects B and invades C，and that is D

前面吊起胃口，隐藏的A……，后面揭示

长难句、语法：

every time you think … water! 时间状语从句，或理解为n做状语。every time=whenever=no matter when

精妙翻译：

如果你想放弃肉类而变成一位素食者，那么你可以两者择一：或是选用价格昂贵、有机培植的蔬菜，或是当你认为在享用新鲜色拉和新鲜蔬菜或饮用一杯无害的水时候，实际上每次都在吃进杀虫剂。

However, there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noise.

但是，还有一种更加隐蔽有害的污染，它专门影响城镇地区，侵袭我们的日常生活，那就是噪音。

DAY220

L47-4: Too high a price?

Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by and actually assist burglars to burgle. Car alarms constantly scream at us in the street and are a source of profound irritation. A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.

知识点：

单词：

scream/ skriːm / vt.n.

因伤痛、恐惧、害怕、激动等尖叫或尖笑，并持续一段时间

screech/skri:tʃ/人发出尖叫声；机器发出粗糙而又刺耳的声音

shriek/ ʃriːk / 因生气、激动、害怕而尖叫或尖声呼号

profound/ prəˈfaund /深邃的，深远的，深刻的，巨大的；deep的升级版

eg. profound shock

eg. profound social changes

eg. have a profound influence/effect/impact on sth

词根：pro-向前，fundus底部

fundamental

incessant/ inˈsesnt /

never stopping 不停的；持续不断的

SYNconstant

eg. incessant noise / rain / chatter 不间断的噪音 / 阴雨 / 絮叨

eg. incessant meetings 接二连三的会议

=relentless/ riˈlentləs / adj.

not stopping or getting less strong 不停的；持续强烈的；不减弱的

SYNunrelenting ：

eg. her relentless pursuit of perfection

她对完美的不懈追求

eg. The sun was relentless.

太阳还是那么热。

refusing to give up or be less strict or severe 不放弃的；严格的；苛刻的；无情的：

eg. a relentless enemy

残酷的敌人

词组：

go off

1.+sb/sth

stop liking对…不再喜欢；失去对…的兴趣

eg. I started to go off the idea.

我开始对这一想法失去兴趣了。

2.（爆炸装置）爆炸；（枪）开火 If an explosive device or a gungoes off, it explodes or fires.

gun/horn/bomb+go off

3.(电器设备）停止运转 If an electrical devicegoes off, it stops operating.

4.进行；进展 If you say how an organized eventwent off, you are saying whether everything happened in the way that was planned or hoped.

5.（食物或饮料）变质，腐败 Food or drink thathas gone offhas gone bad.

range from A to B

在A和B的幅度之间变动

on a scale在……等级

rate sth评定为……=rank

rate as sth…

句式：

a recent survey of … revealed surprisingly that…

精妙翻译：

A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.

最近一个有关噪音的作用的调查（令人吃惊地）指出，夜间连续不断的狗叫声，在一个从1级至7级的等级上应列为最严重的噪间污染。

PreviousWeek 43 NextWeek 45

Last updated 4 years ago

Was this helpful?

Week 44

DAY216

L46-6: Do it yourself

知识点：

单词：

reassemble/ˌriːə'sembl/

v. assemble once again, after taking something apart重装；再聚集；再汇编

eg. He can strip and reassemble a machine gun in the dark.

他能摸着黑儿把机枪拆开再装上。

eg. The crowd reassembled in front of the state house.

人群在州议会前又聚集起来了。

SYN

meet again 再次遇见

reconvene 重新集合

reunite 再结合

congregate 使集合

collect 收集

reconstruct 重建

rebuild 重建

repair 修理

mend 修理

restore 恢复

curiously/'kjʊəriəsli/

adv. 好奇地；奇异的

in a manner differing from the usual or expected;

with curiosity;

eg. I see his eyes curiously stare on me.

我看见他的眼睛好奇地盯着我。

eg. A fawn behind the tree looked at us curiously.

树后面一只小鹿好奇地看着我们。

eg. His clothes were curiously old-fashioned.

他的衣服式样陈旧古怪。

eg. Her remarks were curiously lacking in perception.

她的评论缺乏洞察力，这真让人费解。

shaped/ʃeɪpt/

adj. shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort); having the shape of

具有...形状的；合适的；有计划的；动词shape的过去式和过去分词形式

eg. The fish is shaped like a fish.

那片云形如一条鱼。

eg. Have regular haircuts to keep your style nice and shaped.

定期去剪头发可以使你的发型保持漂亮得体。

nag/næɡ/

副词: naggingly 名词: nagger 过去式: nagged 过去分词: nagged 现在分词: nagging 第三人称单数: nags

驽马，老马，劣马

<口>好唠叨的人;小马;唠叨，嫌言怨语

<口>矮小马;不停的责骂;旧汽车;竞赛马

eg. I have never seen a nag like this one.

我从来没见过这样的矮小马。

eg. The nag has been with Henry for so many years that it is hard for him to part from it.

这匹老马跟随亨利这么多年了,亨利很难与它分离。

vt./vi.

1.纠缠不休;唠叨

If someone nags you, they keep asking you to do something you have not done yet or do not want to do.

2.不断困扰;使不得安宁

If something such as a doubt or worrynags at you, ornags you, it keeps worrying you.

近义词：chatter,murmur,mumble

nag (at )sb数落，唠叨sb

his wife nagged （at） him all day long.

bitch at sb老公对老婆说的

eg. Stop bitching at me！

eg. Don't nag me!

别在我面前唠叨！

eg.Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can.

别唠叨了 —— 我会尽快做的。

eg. She nagged him into doing what she wanted.

她向他唠叨，使他不得不去做她所要的事。

eg. The problem had been nagging me for weeks.

那问题把我困扰了几个星期.

buried/'berɪd/

adj. placed in a grave;埋在地下的

动词bury的过去式和过去分词.

eg.用作形容词 (adj.)

"the hastily buried corpses"

The lorry was destroyed by a buried mine.

卡车被一枚埋在地下的地雷炸毁。

The archaeologist unearthed a buried treasure last year.

去年,那位考古学家发掘了埋在地下的一个宝藏。

rust　 /rʌst/

n. 铁锈；锈菌；赤褐色

vi. 生锈；变成锈色

vt. 使 ... 生锈；损害

形容词: rustable 过去式: rusted 过去分词: rusted 现在分词: rusting 第三人称单数: rusts

eg. If I rest，I rust.

jungle　 /'dʒʌŋɡl/

adj. 丛林的；垃圾的

eg. 用作形容词 (adj.)

We should have cut away the jungle brush.

我们本应该把丛林的灌木砍掉。

This jungle juice will knock you for a loop.

你喝了这种烈酒会醉倒的。

用作名词 (n.)

There's not much jungle 100 miles inland.

eg. 向内地100英里处丛林较少。

辨析jungle, wood(s)
这两个词都有“森林”的意思。其区别是：
wood(s)可译为“树林,丛林”,指面积比较小的森林,而且接近人烟处;
jungle指极其稠密、难以通行的热带丛林。例如:
eg. I am fond of rambling about in the woods.
我喜欢在林中徘徊。
eg. They cut a path through the jungle.
他们在热带丛林中开辟出一条路。

词组：

Be surprised to do对做某事很惊讶

Needless to say 不必说，不用说

句式：

I give up in despair. 无奈之下只好放弃/无可奈何，只好罢休

长难句、语法：

Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn mower which I have promised to repair one day.

Buried somewhere in deep grass过去分词修饰lawn mower，因为后面有which定从，故将过去分词短语挤到前置位置了。

精妙翻译：

I was not surprised to find that machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it.

译文：那台割草机仍然一动不动，对此我倒并不感到吃惊。这句译文没有直接译为不工作，一动不动很形象。而且翻译时要根据表达需要调整语序。

I gave up in despair.

译文：我无可奈何，只好罢休。这句译文很简洁，又表达很到位。

DAY217

L47-1: Too high a price?

知识点：

单词：

sheer/ ʃiə(r)/

1.[only before noun] used to emphasize the size, degree or amount of sth

(用来强调事物的大小、程度或数量)

eg. The area is under threat from the sheer number of tourists using it.

这一地区由于游客人数太多而面临威胁。

eg. We were impressed by the sheer size of the cathedral.

大教堂的宏大规模给我们留下了深刻的印象。

2.[only before noun]

complete and not mixed with anything else

完全的；纯粹的；十足的

SYNutter

eg. The concert was sheer delight.

这场音乐会是一次十足的享受。

eg. I only agreed out of sheer desperation.

我一时情急才同意的。

3.very steep 陡峭的

eg. sheer cliffs / slopes 悬崖峭壁；陡坡

eg. Outside there was a sheer drop down to the sea below.

外面是一道陡坡，直插大海。

4.(of cloth, etc. 织物等) thin, light and almost transparent

又薄又轻几乎透明的

eg. sheer nylon 透明尼龙

sheer away / off (from sth) 急转，急拐(避开某物)

to change direction suddenly, especially in order to avoid hitting sth

eg. (figurative)Her mind sheered away from images she did not wish to dwell on.

她有意不去想那些她不愿多想的事情。

overwhelm/ˌəuvəˈwelm / verb [often passive]

1.to have such a strong emotional effect on sb that it is difficult for them to resist or know how to react

(感情或感觉)充溢，难以禁受

be overwhelmed with/by sth

SYNovercome

eg. She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt.

她感到愧疚难当。

eg. The beauty of the landscape overwhelmed me.

秀丽的风光令我深深地陶醉。

2.to defeat sb completely

压倒；击败；征服

SYNoverpower

eg. The army was overwhelmed by the rebels.

军队被叛乱者完全击败了。

3.to be so bad or so great that a person cannot deal with it; to give too much of a thing to a person

压垮；使应接不暇

eg. We were overwhelmed by requests for information.

问讯使我们应接不暇。

4.(literary)(of water 水)

to cover sb / sth completely

淹没；漫过

SYNflood

词组：

come to do sth 开始做sth

句式：

A is the price sb pay for B

eg. Disease is the price we pay for the so-called joy of smoking.

eg. Loneliness is the price we pay for the success.

→损失A对B来说算不上什么(代价太大)：

1.It's （not） worthwhile to sacrifice A for B

2.B be well（not） worth A

3.A be a small（high） price to pay for B

eg. The rise in status is well worth the loss of money.

金钱的损失对地位的提高来说算不了什么.

when you come to think about it, 当你开始考虑……时，

when it comes to doing/sth 当提到……时

列举类别：

1.there are ways/kinds/sorts/types/categories/classes…

2.fall into …categories

3.be devided into…classes

抱怨负担太重：

we keep doing sth but the sheer volume of sth（可加后置定语）threatens to overwhelm us

精妙翻译：

threatens to overwhelm us

有把我们覆盖的危险

物做主语，有……的危险

人做主语，威胁……

DAY218

L47-2: Too high a price?

知识点：

单词：

ever-increasing

ever-的前缀：不断……的

farm养殖

pork /pɔ:k/ （尤指新鲜的）猪肉

pesticide/ ˈpestisaid / n.杀虫剂

fertilizer/ˈfəːtəlaizə(r)/ n.化肥

dairy英/'deəri/美/'deri/

dairy products/produce milk, butter, cheese etc

乳业 dairy industry

derry与dairy

/e/与/eə/

derry/'deri/民谣，歌谣

句式：

A只是B的原因之一

A be only part of the problem of B（doing sth）

sb需要做A结果导致了B

the need to produce ever-increasing quantities of A leads to B

精妙翻译：

The need to produce ever-increasing quantities of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution.

日益增长的对廉价食物的需求导致了另一种形式的污染。

DAY219

L47-3: Too high a price?

知识点：

单词：

vegetarian 英 /ˌvedʒəˈteəriən/ 美 /ˌvedʒəˈteriən/

n. a person who does not eat meat or fish.

Eg. Yasmin sticks to a strict vegetarian diet. 亚斯明坚持不沾一点儿荤腥。

organically英 /ɔ:'ɡænɪklɪ/ 美 /ɔ:'ɡænɪklɪ/

adj. Organic methods of farming and gardening use only natural animal and plant products to help the plants or animals grow and be healthy, rather than using chemicals.

Eg. Organic farming is expanding everywhere. 有机农业正在各地迅速发展起来。

innocent英 /ˈɪnəsnt/ 美 /ˈɪnəsənt/

adj. ~ (of sth) not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done sth wrong.

Eg. He was sure that the man was innocent of any crime. 他确信那个男人没有犯任何罪。

insidious 英 /ɪnˈsɪdiəs/

暗中为害的；隐伏的;潜在的;不知不觉间加剧的 Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed.

词根Sid/sed=sit：

assiduous/sedulous勤勉的，伏案工作的

sedativesediment沉淀物

preside先坐的president

reside回家住在residence住的地方

subside平息

subsidiary坐在下面的

affect 英 /əˈfekt/ 美 /əˈfɛkt/

v. [often passive] to produce a change in sb/sth.

Eg. How will these changes affect us. 这些变化对我们会有什么影响？

urban 英 /ˈɜ:bən/

adj. [usually before noun] connected with a town or city.

Eg. urban areas 城镇地区

Eg. urban life 城市生活

invade/ inˈveid /

to enter a country, town, etc. using military force in order to take control of it

武装入侵；侵略；侵犯

词组：

have the choice of … or … 在……和……之间选择

Eg. You have the choice of A or B. 你可以在 A 或 B 中挑选。

句式：

have the choice of A or B

AB选其一

there be an even more insidious kind of A that particularly affects B and invades C，and that is D

前面吊起胃口，隐藏的A……，后面揭示

长难句、语法：

every time you think … water! 时间状语从句，或理解为n做状语。every time=whenever=no matter when

精妙翻译：

However, there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noise.

但是，还有一种更加隐蔽有害的污染，它专门影响城镇地区，侵袭我们的日常生活，那就是噪音。

DAY220

L47-4: Too high a price?

知识点：

单词：

scream/ skriːm / vt.n.

因伤痛、恐惧、害怕、激动等尖叫或尖笑，并持续一段时间

screech/skri:tʃ/人发出尖叫声；机器发出粗糙而又刺耳的声音

shriek/ ʃriːk / 因生气、激动、害怕而尖叫或尖声呼号

profound/ prəˈfaund /深邃的，深远的，深刻的，巨大的；deep的升级版

eg. profound shock

eg. profound social changes

eg. have a profound influence/effect/impact on sth

词根：pro-向前，fundus底部

fundamental

incessant/ inˈsesnt /

never stopping 不停的；持续不断的

SYNconstant

eg. incessant noise / rain / chatter 不间断的噪音 / 阴雨 / 絮叨

eg. incessant meetings 接二连三的会议

=relentless/ riˈlentləs / adj.

not stopping or getting less strong 不停的；持续强烈的；不减弱的

SYNunrelenting ：

eg. her relentless pursuit of perfection

她对完美的不懈追求

eg. The sun was relentless.

太阳还是那么热。

refusing to give up or be less strict or severe 不放弃的；严格的；苛刻的；无情的：

eg. a relentless enemy

残酷的敌人

词组：

go off

1.+sb/sth

stop liking对…不再喜欢；失去对…的兴趣

eg. I started to go off the idea.

我开始对这一想法失去兴趣了。

2.（爆炸装置）爆炸；（枪）开火 If an explosive device or a gungoes off, it explodes or fires.

gun/horn/bomb+go off

3.(电器设备）停止运转 If an electrical devicegoes off, it stops operating.

4.进行；进展 If you say how an organized eventwent off, you are saying whether everything happened in the way that was planned or hoped.

5.（食物或饮料）变质，腐败 Food or drink thathas gone offhas gone bad.

range from A to B

在A和B的幅度之间变动

on a scale在……等级

rate sth评定为……=rank

rate as sth…

句式：

a recent survey of … revealed surprisingly that…

精妙翻译：

A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.

最近一个有关噪音的作用的调查（令人吃惊地）指出，夜间连续不断的狗叫声，在一个从1级至7级的等级上应列为最严重的噪间污染。

PreviousWeek 43 NextWeek 45

Last updated 4 years ago

Was this helpful?