黑暗版阅读真题解析1997Text 4

重点词汇：

corrupt /kE5rQpt/ （腐败的v.贿赂）即cor+rupt，cor-一起，rupt词根"打破"，"全部被糖衣炮弹打破了"。同根词：bankrupt→bank银行+rupt→破产的；interrupt→inter+rupt→打断。Heaven is above all yet: there sits a judge that no king can corrupt.苍天高于所有的人：那里坐着一位法官，任何国王都无法贿赂。

responsibility /ris7pCnsE5biliti/ （责任；职责）是responsible（见2001年Passage 2）的名词形式。A democracy in which everybody had an equal responsibility in everything would be oppressive for the conscientious and licentious for the rest.所有的人对所有的事都负有同等义务的民主，对勤恳负责的人是重负，对其余的人是放纵。responsibility - the price every man must pay for freedom 责任--每个人都必须为自由而付出的代价。

property /5prCpEti/ （财产；性质）←proper固有的+ty名词后缀；参proper，1998年Passage 1。Property has its duties as well as its rights.财产既有权力也有义务。Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.懊悔是老年人的天性。

impatiently /im5peiFEntli/ （不耐烦地）即im+patient+ly，im-否定前缀，patient耐心的，-ly副词后缀；去ly即为形容词impatient。The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.耳朵往往偷懒，渴望熟悉的东西，为意料之外的事情而震惊；眼睛则偏于急躁，渴望新奇的东西，由于重复而生厌。

latitude /5lAtitju:d/ （纬度；言行的自由度）即lati+tude，lati-(=lateral)，-tude名词后缀。Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make latitudes and longitudes.没有什么比得上有朋在远方更使地球显得如此巨大，他们构成了纬度和经度。

irritate /5lAtitju:d/ （v.激怒），名词形式为irritation，与irrigation（1998年Passage 1）一字母之差。An epigram is a half-truth so stated as to irritate the person who believes the other half.警句是一半的真理，只讲一半以便激怒相信另一半的人。

compromise /5kCmprEmaiz/ （v.n.妥协；折中）即com+promise，com-一起，promise答应，"对别人的要求全部答应"→妥协；"对各方的要求一起答应"→折中。There is no place for compromise in war.战争中没有妥协的余地。All life is essentially the contributions that come form compromise.整个人生基本上是妥协的结果。compromise - ①the art of dividing a cake so that everybody believes he or she got the biggest piece ②simply changing the question to fit the answer ③the most honest way to dissatisfy both parties 折中--①一种分蛋糕的艺术，使每个人都相信自己得到了最大的一块 ②简单地改变一下问题，使之适合于答案 ③使双方都不满意的最可靠办法。