Unit 5 True Height
I never blame failures-------there are too many complicated situations in life, but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.
Word Study
1. sweat:
荀慧生简介
1. v. produce sweat
*The white shirts were sweated through.
*He was sweating after working so hard.
2. n. liquid which comes out from the body through the skin to cool it
(=I was covered in sweat after running to catch the bus.)
2. grace: n.
1) quality of being smooth and elegant, esp. in movement or structure
*She danced with a grace that surprid us.
2) kindness; willingness to do what is right
*She had the grace to say that he was right.
*他勉强地承认他错了。
(=He agreed that he was wrong with bad grace.)
3. mere: adj. nothing more than
光说无济于事。
(=Mere words won’t help.)
4. fantasy: n. (creation of ) imagination
*He lives in a world of fantasy.
CF: fantasy, fancy & imagination
fantasy 通常指无限制的，不受意志支配的，完全脱离现实的空想。例如：
*An amument park full of figures from fairy tales may be called Fantasy Land. 一个游乐园，如果充满了神话故事中的人物塑雕，则堪称虚幻境界。
fancy 强调凭空想象客观世界不存在之事物，这种凭空想象并非完全脱离现实，只是离现实较远。例如：
*Her mind went where fancy took it. 他总是不着边际地胡思乱想。
imagination 是个常用词，最少有贬义，它所表示的想象或想象力可以指对过去的事物的重新构想；也可以指对不存在或不能存在之事物的构想。例如：
*Does she have the imagination to figure out what happened? 她真的富有想象力，能够推想出发生的事情吗？
*The plans reveal a complete failure of imagination. 这些计划显得毫无想象力。
5. numerous: adj. very many
*During the Depression, numerous people wandered from town to town looking for work.
6. passion: n. strong feeling, esp. of love
(=The poet expresd his burning passion for the woman he loved.)
他特别喜欢吃冰淇淋。
(=He has a passion for ice cream.)
7. detail: n. small, particular fact or item
不要遗漏一点细节。
(=Don’t omit a single detail.)
奇妙的水Collocation:
go/enter into details 详细说明
in detail 详细地
8. recur: vi.
1) come or happen again
*If the pain recurs, take this medicine.
你知道循环小数吗？
(=Do you know the recurring decimals?)
2) (of ideas, events etc.)come back
*My first meeting with her often recurs to my memory.
*Thoughts of home and family recurred to the lonely traveler.
3) go back (to sth.) in words or thought
*Let us recur to what you said yesterday.
*Do you mind if I may recur to your idea?
琵琶几根弦
9. coincide: v.
1) (of ideas, opinions, etc.) to be in agreement
*His tastes and habits coincide with tho of his wife.
*The judges did not coincide in opinion.
2) happen at the same time of during the same period of time
Her arrival coincided with our departure.
10. core: n.
1) most important or central part of anything
*The core of the problem is their objection to educational reform.
让我们直入事务的本质。
(=Let’s get to the core of the matter.)
2) hard central part containing the eds of certain fruits, such as the apple
*An apple core is the part of an apple left after the flesh has been eaten.
Collocation:
to the core: 彻底地; 完全地
*She is French to the core. 她是个地道的法国人。
11. alternate:
1. adj. 1) every other or cond
*He works on alternate days.
2) (or two things) happening by turns
这是晴雨交替的一周。
(=This is a week of alternate rain and sunshine.)
*She wears a shirt with alternate stripes of blue and white.
2. v. (cau to ) follow by turns
*We alternated periods of work and rest.脉脉含情
山歌大全
故乡的歌汤姆时而发怒，时而害怕。
(=Tom alternated between anger and fright.)
Collocation:
alternate between 时阿拉伯数字是谁发明的而…时而…
*They alternate between supporting us and opposing us.
alternate in 轮流
*We alternate in doing the houhold chores.
alternate with （使）与…交替
*Sunny weather alternates with rain.
12. vain: adj.
1) too plead with one’s own abilities or looks
*She’s vain of her beauty.
他极其自负。
(=He’s as vain as a peacock.)
2) without result; uless
*After a number of vain attempts to climb the mountain, we were forced to return to camp.
*It is vain to resist.
NB: vain的常用词组是in vain，意为“徒劳地，白白地”
13. emotion: n.
1) any of the strong of feelings of the human spirit
*Love, hatred, fear and grief are emotions
*Jack is a man of great emotion, easily given to tears.
2) strength of feeling; excited state of the feelings
14. be ashamed of: feeling foolish or uncomfortable becau of (sth.)
*You should be ashamed of your behavior!
他由于问了这样简单的问题而感到难为情。
(=He was ashamed of asking such a simple question.)
15. startle: vt. Give a sudden shock or surpri to
>模棱两可的意思
