新概念英语第四册笔记整理：Themes and Variations

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New words and expressions 生词短语

precarious a. 不稳定的perilous 山势险恶的，危险的

poverty n.贫困

I live in poverty. / I’m poverty-stricken. / My family is

poverty-stricken.

constitute vt. 构成 constitute a menace 构成威胁

compatible with 和……处的来

incompatible

The meal is tolerable. 这饭还说的过去。

The meal is intolerable 这饭真差。

virgin work 处女作 virgin soil 处女地 virgin voyage 处女航 Virgin Mary 圣母玛利亚

apt a.易于 apt to / be apt to theme song 主题歌

Notes on the text 课文注释

populations 表示各地的人口

to one another 相互之间有关系

to natural resources 和自然资源也有关系

the growing poverty in the midst of growingpoverty=people become poorer and

poorer

e.g. The growing prosperity in the midst of growingprosperity enables men

to travel worldwide.

permanent=long time, enduring 长期的，永久的(lasting)

permanent love 永久的爱 / permanent friendship 持久的友谊 / permanent member

永久会员

And not only to peace, but also to democratic institutions and personal

liberty. (无谓句)

liberty 自由度，个人自由

I love my sister, my brother…also my grandmother. (强调 grandmother)强调句

…, constitutes a permanent menace to peace, also to democratic institutions

and personal

liberty.(语气较弱)

freedom 用途很广 I enjoy freedom. 今天我休息。

liberty 政治上的自由 Statue of Liberty 自由女神像

numbers=population

dog-eat-dog 人吃人

lucrative job 肥缺 / cut figure out 崭露头角

tend 强调无意识的 e.g. He tends to rise early. 他习惯于早起。

intend 强调有意识的 e.g. He intends to rise early. 他爱早起。

labour force 劳动力

surplus 剩余 surplus value 剩余价值 labour surplus 剩余劳动力

purchasing power 购买力

accumulated 堆积的，蓄积的(open-handed)

tyranny n. 残暴

political and economic power=countries

wielders 统治者

此句话的意思可表示为：It is impossible for him/for individual to get anything under

the ruthless

nature and the merciless government.

power: America is a superpower. 美国是超级大国。

above all 首要=among other things 表示强调说法democracy:

to build a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

(Lincoln)

(民有、民治、民享)

unless=if…not

favour: 恩惠 in the boss’s favour. 这是老板的大红人 He is the boss’s favourite.

(很吃香)

He is a diplomat. 他左右逢源，很会来事。

withdraw: 取走

and: 句式连接

My mother is a doctor, and my father is a driver.

My mother is a doctor. And my father is a driver.

be certain=be sure of

means 手段，方法 by means of 通过……手段

live on: 依靠……而生活 I live on rice/noodle.

live by one’s hands 靠劳动 live by the mountains 靠山吃山，靠水吃水

feed on

out of 从……出来 out of reason / He did out of impulse. 他出于冲动。

virgin territories 新的国度

make a fresh start 重新开始

financially independent 经济独立=economically independent

financially dependent on my parents 需要父母给钱

Mentally I would rather you stay. 打心眼里我是真舍不得你走。

be in a position to=be able to

这位教授有资格能对这个事件发表看法。

The professor is in a position to air on this topic.

press upon=press on 施加压力给……

be apt to=tend to

government control 政府控制

capital 资本

it is no accident 决不是偶然

centralized : (I want to build a cradle for security. (Stalin))

Aldous Huxley (奥尔德斯?赫胥黎) (1894-1963 英国作家，他最著名作品 Brave New World (美

丽新世界)描绘了以科学方式组织的理想社会的恐怖情景)

Aldous Huxley is No. 1 humorist in Britain. (林语堂)

Arnold 阿诺德：英国著名作家(Aldous Huxley’s uncle)

Tomas Huxley (严复《天演论》，Aldous Huxley’s grandfather)

The Statue of Liberty: 碑铭(1886 年，法国送给美国)

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe

free. The wretched

refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the Homeless, tempest-tossed to

me. I lift my lamp

beside the golden door!”

“给我你那劳累，贫穷，蜷曲渴望呼吸自由的身躯，可怜被遗弃在你们海岸的人群们，交给

我吧，那些无家可归的、颠簸流离的人们，我在金色之门高举明灯迎接他们”

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