自考高级英语下Lesson 12 The Everlasting Witness

1、Lesson Twelve The Everlasting Witness felicitouswell-chosen and suitable OPP infelicitous Her choice of music is felicitous. 她选择的音乐很适当.serene very calm or peacefulagainst seen with something else behind or as a background映衬 It is important to know what colors look good against your skin.dedicated so

2、meone who is dedicated works very hard at what they do because they care a lot about it: dedicated to The Woodland Trust is dedicated to preserving our native woodland. ordered well arranged or controlled有序的；整齐的有序的；整齐的a well-ordered householdnewsreel a short film of news that was shown in cinemas in

3、 the past新闻短片be/get back on your feet to have enough money again, or to be successful again after having problemsI need to get back on my feet again and forget all this. Heal to become mentally or emotionally strong again after a bad experience, or to help someone to do this The trauma of divorce ca

4、n often be healed by successful remarriage.for that matter used to say that what you are saying about one thing is also true about something else同样地 Ben never touched beer, or any kind of alcohol for that matter.fail somebody to not do what someone has trusted you to do SYN let somebody down I feel

5、Ive failed my children by not spending more time with them. Burden & load be burdened with/by something： to have a lot of problems because of a particular thing使负重；装载；烦扰使负重；装载；烦扰 load somebody (up) with something： to give someone a lot of things, especially things they have to carry大量给予retroacti

6、ve descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously对以前的人或事有作用的pertinent directly relating to something that is being considered SYN relevant相关的 pertinent to The last point is particularly pertinent to todays di

7、scussion.bemused looking as if you are confused SYN bewildered a bemused expression bemused by He looked slightly bemused by all the questions.prick prick (up) your ears： if you prick up your ears or your ears prick up, you listen carefully because you have heard something interesting Jay pricked up

8、 his ears when I mentioned a vacation.So strong a hope must play delaying games Marian strongly hoped to see Jerry, but at the same time she was afraid that it might not be Jerry. So, psychologically, she tried to put off that decisive moment for fear of being disappointed, thus feeling as if the sc

9、ene was delaying in coming. renewal when an activity, situation, or process begins again after a period when it had stopped renewal of Spring is a time of renewal.That was hope and she had to feed it. She had the feeling that the newsreel should last a little longer, and that gave her hope that her

10、son might be still alive. She must keep this hope alive and go to see the newsreel in other cinemas.play up & play up to play something up: to emphasize something, sometimes making it seem more important than it really is: 强调强调 Play up your strongest arguments in the opening paragraph. play (som

11、ebody) up: British English informal if children play up, they behave badly调皮调皮 Jordans been playing up in school. play (somebody) up: British English informal to hurt you or cause problems for you折磨折磨 My knees been playing me up this week. play up to somebody: to behave in a very polite or kind way

12、to someone because you want something from them企图博得企图博得 . 的好感；的好感； 讨好讨好 Connie always plays up to her parents when she wants moneyNurse & milk nurse：if a woman nurses a baby, she feeds it with milk from her breasts milk：to take milk from a cow or goat Run head on into:迎面撞上Jerk & tremble jerk

13、：to move with a quick sudden movement, or to make part of your body move in this way急动；猛拉急动；猛拉 tremble：to shake slightly in a way that you cannot control, especially because you are upset or frightened发抖，战栗，抖颤 putter：to walk or move slowly and without hurrying fumble：to try to hold, move, or find so

14、mething with your hands in an awkward way摸索；笨手笨脚地做摸索；笨手笨脚地做Shudder to shake for a short time because you are afraid or cold, or because you think something is very unpleasant Maria shuddered as she stepped outside. shudder with I shudder with embarrassment whenever I think about it. shudder at She s

15、huddered at the thought that she could have been killed. occur to somebody if an idea or a thought occurs to you, it suddenly comes into your mind It had never occurred to him that he might be falling in love with her.enunciate to pronounce words clearly and carefully清晰地发音pent-up pent-up feelings or

16、 energy have not been expressed or used for a long time years of pent-up anger and frustrationbe riveted on/to/by something if your attention is riveted on something, you are so interested or so frightened that you keep looking at it钉牢；集中；吸引钉牢；集中；吸引 All eyes were riveted on her in horror.grimace to twist your face in an ugly way because you do not like something, because you are feeling pain, or because you are trying to be funny扮鬼脸，作怪相，装鬼脸，作苦相 grimace at She grimaced at her reflection in the mirror.t