高级英语复习笔记
Lesson one: Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us about Ourselves
and Our Society?
1. Rock Superstars
摇滚乐超级明?/p>
rock : rock music , rock ' n ' roll ( or : rock and roll )
摇滚?/p>
早期的摇滚乐是源于美国的民歌
(
folk
)
爵士?/p>
(
jazz
)
勃鲁斯歌?/p>
(blues)
等的一?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
,
其特征是?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
(
rhythm
)
单纯
?/p>
旋律
( melody )
一再重复的歌词和音符的后拍?/p>
( after beat )
2. Rock is the music of teenage rebellion .
摇滚乐是青少年的反叛音乐
a. teenage adj. pertaining to a teenager ( 13
?/p>
19
岁的
)
青少年的
.
其名词形式为
teenager: (13
?/p>
19
岁的青少?/p>
).
b. rebellion : resistance to or defiance of any authority
造反
,
反派
.
?/p>
; a rebellion against old traditions
对旧传统的反?/p>
.
3. By a man
?/p>
s heroes ye shall know him.
你将从一个人崇拜的英雄得知其
?/p>
.
a.
这句句子的句型与英语中常说的
judge
a
man
by
the
company
he
keeps(
以一个人所交的朋友断定其为?/p>
)
很相?/p>
.
b. ye = you
用于古英语或诗歌?/p>
,
是第二人称代?/p>
thou
的复?/p>
.
?/p>
:
Ye are the salt of the earth .
你们是社会的中坚
. (
出自
<<
圣经
>>)
4. '' Midnight Rambler
ramble : walk for pleasure
漫游
,
既可表动?/p>
,
也可作名?/p>
.
?/p>
; They rambled through the woods.
他们在林中漫?/p>
.
5. ...
he
said,
''
Grabs
a
half-gallon
jug
of
water
and
runs
along
the
front
platform, sprinkling its contents over the first rows of sweltering listeners ...
''
a. grab : to seize suddenly , eagerly , or roughly ; snatch
急抓
,
夺取
.
?/p>
: He jumped up from the table, grabbed his hat and ran out of the door.
他从桌子旁跳了起?/p>
,
抓起自己的帽?/p>
,
奔出门去
.
另外
,grab
后面可以跟其他名词或名词短语
.
?/p>
:
grab a shower
快速冲了澡
,
grab a sandwich,
胡乱吃了一个三明治
,
grab a taxi
赶搭出租?/p>
.
有时
,
还可以作不及物动?/p>
.
?/p>
:
He grabbed at the opportunity of going abroad.
他设法抓住这次出国的?/p>
?/p>
b. sprinkle : to scatter drops or particles of water , powder or the like on
洒液?/p>
,
撒粉末等
(
?/p>
......
?/p>
).
?/p>
:
They sprinkled ashes on the icy sidewalk .
他们在积水溜滑的人行道上撒了
?/p>
.
We sprinkle the lawn every day .
我们每天给草坪洒?/p>
.
?/p>
'' sprinkling ''
引导的短语是动词?/p>
'' - ing ''
形式做伴随状?/p>
.
再如
:
They stood there , watching the basketball .
他们站在那里
,
观看篮球比赛
.
6. They surge to follow him, eager to be touched by a few baptismal drops.
a. surge : to move or swell forward in or like waves
如波涛汹涌而至
.
A crowd surged out of the theater .
观众从剧院里蜂拥而出
.
b.
以形容词
''
eager
''
引导的不定式词组在语法功能上起着并列分句的作
?/p>
.
7. Some 14,000 screaming fans were crunching up to the front of the stage at
Capital Center...
a. some : ( before a number ) approximately , about (
在数字前
)
大约
.
?/p>
: some twenty students
大约
20
个学?/p>
.
b. scream to make a loud , sharp cry
尖声大叫
.
'' screaming ''
是动?/p>
scream
?/p>
'' - ing ''
形式作前置修饰语
, '' screaming
fans ''
意为
"
尖声大叫的歌?/p>
"
c. crunch : to proceed with a crushing noise
嘎吱嘎吱地往?/p>
.
?/p>
: The children crunched through the snow .
孩子们嘎吱嘎吱地踩着?/p>
?/p>
.
8. I ought to be crawling on my knees.
a.
crawled
:
to
move
with
the
face
downward
and
the
boys
close
to
the
ground
爬行
.
?/p>
; The bus crawled along .
公共汽车缓慢地行?/p>
.
注意
:
短语
crawl into the favor of one's superiors
表示
"
卑躬屈膝地讨?/p>
上司
".
b. on one's knees :
双膝跪地
.
9. How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship?
a. feel about : consider , think of
觉得
,
感到
.
经常用于疑问句中
,
?/p>
: How do you feel about the suggestion?
你认为这个建议怎么?/p>
?
b. adulation
?/p>
adulate
的名词形?/p>
.
adulate : flatter or admire excessively
过分赞赏
,
奉承
,
恭维
.
?/p>
: One can hardly understand why young people so adulate film stars.
年轻人为什么如此过分赞赏影?/p>
,
真让人费?/p>
.
10. Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown , perhaps because he
acts out your wildest fantasies ?
a. draw : attracts
吸引
.
?/p>
: Some mutual interests draw us together .
一些共同的兴趣把我们吸?/p>
到一块了
.
b. somehow : in some way not specified or known
不知什么缘?/p>
.
?/p>
: Somehow I don't like this novel though it is so popular.
这本小说虽然很流?/p>
,
但不知什么原因我却不喜欢?/p>
.
c. fantasy : imagination , esp. when it is let free and not held back(
自由?/p>
放的
)
想象
,
幻想
,
狂想
.
wildest fantasies ,
最为狂妄的奇想
.
11. These aren't idle questions.
idle : of no real worth or purpose
无聊?/p>
.
?/p>
: idle rumor
无聊的谎言
.
12. Horwitz sees the rock music arena as a sort of debating forum, a place
where ideas clash and crash.
a. see ... as ... : consider ... as ...
?/p>
......
看作
......
b. forum : a meeting place of discussion of matters of public interest
论坛
.
c. a place
?/p>
a sort of debating forum
的同位语
,
后面?/p>
where
引导的句
子是定语从句
,
修饰
a place.
'' ideas clash and crash ''
意为
"
各种思想冲撞
".
13. '' The redefinition, '' Horowitz says '' is a task uniquely performed by
the young...''
'' uniquely performed by the
young ''
是过去分词短?/p>
,
用于修饰前面?/p>
''a task''.
14. It is they alone who combine invention and exaggeration...
a. it is .. who ( that )
是强调句?/p>
.
b. lone : ( after a noun or pronoun ) only(
在名词或代词后面
)
?/p>
,
?/p>
.