黑暗版阅读真题解析1999 Text 4
重点词汇:
startle /5stB:tl/ (使吃惊)即start+le,start开始,le拼音"了",监考老师说:考试"开始了",于是同学们"大吃一惊"。Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subject.诗歌应当既不寻常又不唐突,它深入人心不是以其本身,而是以其主题使心灵震动或惊奇。
husbandry /5hQzbEndri/ (n.耕作;饲养)看作husband+(d)ry,让丈夫(husband)口干舌燥(dry)的事→耕作;饲养。
feverishly /5fi:vEriFli/ (激动地,狂热地)←fever+ish+ly。
indefinitely /in5definitli/ (不确定地)即in+de+fin+ite+ly,in-否定前缀,de-向下,fin词根"界限",-ite形容词后缀,-ly副词后缀,"不能下定界限地"→不确定地。definite(明确的)←de+fin+ite。参define(下定义;限定),2002年Text 4。Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite actions.自由并不仅仅是人权宣言,自由在于使这些宣言化为明确的行动。
restriction /ris5trikFEn/ (限制,约束)即re+strict+ion,re-一再,strict单词"严厉的",-ion名词后缀,"一再严厉的事"→约束;动词形式为restrict←re+strict。Read your job description but never be restricted by it.读工作任务条例但不可受其限制。
molecular /mEu5lekjulE/ (分子的)即mole+cul(e)+ar,mole单词"痣",-cule后缀表示"小",-ar形容词后缀,于是"像小痣一样的"→分子。分类记忆:molecule分子;atom原子;neutron中子;proton质子;nucleus原子核;ion离子。If the molecules in one drop of water could be converted into grains of sand, there would be enough sand to build a concrete highway, half a mile wide and one foot thick, from New York to San Francisco.假如一滴水里的分子可以变为沙粒,形成的沙子就足以建造一条半英里宽、一英尺厚的混凝土公路,从纽约直到旧金山。
legislation /7ledVis5leiFEn/ (立法;法规)看作leg+is+lat(e)+ion,leg词根"法律"(参allegation宣称,2003年Text 2),is是,late迟的,-ion名词后缀,"法律是迟的"→旧法律难以适应新事物→所以要不断"立法"→"立法"之产物即"法规"。Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.通货膨胀就是那种无须立法便可实施的征税方式。
consensus /kEn5sensEs/ (意见一致)即con+sens(e)+us,con-一起,sense感觉,-us名词后缀,"共同的感觉"→意见一致。consensus - ①the security blanket of the insecure ②the negation of leadership 多数人的意见--①不安全的安全覆盖物 ②领导的对立面。
nuclear /5nju:kliE/ (核的,原子核的)即nuc+le+ar,nuc=nut坚果,-le后缀表示"小",-ar形容词后缀,"像小坚果一样的"→原子核的。nucleus(核心,原子核)←nuc+le+us名词后缀,复述形式为nuclei /5nju:kliai/ 或nucleuses。Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.职业足球有如核战争,其中没有赢家,只有幸存者。
embryo /5embriEu/ (胚胎;胚胎的)即em+bryo,em-"使",bryo词根"膨胀的"(联想bra),"正蓬勃生长的"→胚胎。
impose /im5pEuz/ (v.强加;征税)即im+pose,im-加强前缀,pose词根"放","强制性地放"→强加→引申为:征税。When one has had to work so hard to get money, why should he impose on himself the further hardship of trying to save it?已经是为了赚钱而不得不如此辛苦地工作,为什么还要把极力省钱这种更苦的事强加给自己呢?
ethical /5eWikEl/ (伦理的,合乎道德的)←eth+ical,eth词根"道德",-ical后缀;ethics(伦理,伦理学)←eth+ics后缀表"学科"←研究道德的学问。ethics - aesthetics from within 伦理学--出自内心的美学。
explicitly /iks5plisitli/ (明晰地;坦率地)即ex+plic+it+ly,ex-(=out of),plic词根"折叠",-it形容词后缀,-ly副词后缀,"没有折叠地"→完全显露地→清楚地。参complicated(复杂的;难解的),2002年Text 2。
panel of experts 专家小组;up in the air 悬而未决。