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說解放了散文。8. I frowned, but plunged ahead. (Para. 88)我皺了一下眉頭,但鼓足勇氣繼續(xù)往下講。orare3. To writhe: toagony5. Headwaters: the:thetwoformpilgrim,journeybringmakeleader, esp. ankings horizon.9. Not yet would they veer southward to the caldron of the land that lay below。gogovernment11. Warlord: ainterestanybyjoindividedorisasusedob5:an6. ... you would go far to find another so agreeable. (Para. 63)這么可愛的人可不容易找。rich,etc.slang)put,slang39。ofKeen: (Americanmaintoawayproposeas1.7. Inwardly, I think, the case is very different。nameTo nose: toTo induce: (fml)anskill。Art: 1Draught: aimagegood2.Stage: theIt’s really hard to be original these days, so the easiest way to e up with new stuff is to mix things that already exist.如今想要創(chuàng)新極為困難, 因此最容易的辦法就是把現(xiàn)存的東西糅合在一起, 弄出個新玩意來。revealingcatch: to8. Pocket: antotimeout:ofaftera3. Agenda: programstruggling Lesson threeVocabulary她退出了房間,神色驚異, 好像一小片枯黃的樹葉被風吹走那樣單 薄、脆弱、毫無生氣。 3. She seemed entranced by the music, a little frenzied piano piece with this mesmerizing quality, sort of quick passages and then teasing lilting ones before it returned to the quick playful parts. (Para. 22) 她似乎被這音樂吸引住了。讓這一信念成為我們的戰(zhàn)斗口號。3. ... with a spirit staining toward true selfesteem, the Negro must boldly throw off the manacles of selfabnegation...黑人必須以一種竭盡全力自尊自重的精神,大膽拋棄自我克制的枷鎖。effortfirmlyavoid2. White lie: harmless1. Manhood: thelie,esp.one3. black sheep:person regarded as a disgrace or a failure by other members of his family or group 4. To upset: to6. To strain: toof6. Now early in this century this proposal would have been greeted with ridicule and denunciation, as destructive of initiative and responsibility.在本世紀之初,這種建議會受到嘲笑和譴責,認為它對主動性和責任感起負面作用7. The fact is that the work which improves the condition of mankind, the work which extends knowledge and increases power and enriches literature and elevates thought, is not done to secure a living.事實上,人們從事改善人類處境的工作,從事傳播知識、增強實力、豐富文學財富以及升華思想的工作并不是為了謀生。讓我們銘記道德的蒼穹長又長,但它終將落向正義。 5. The part I liked to practice best was the fancy curtsy: right foot out, touch the rose on the carpet with a pointed foot, sweep to the side, left leg bends, look up and smile.(Para. 49) 我最喜歡練習的部分是花哨的謝幕行禮 動作:先出右腳,腳尖點在地毯上的玫 瑰圖案上,身子側(cè)擺,左腿彎曲,抬頭, 微笑。它的名稱是“心滿意足”。throesforceto, asblastwhomuchtakehowof10. Plunging: extending you just have to have the eye. (Para. 10)You don’t have to look fashionable or attractive in order to find out what will be the future trend。They received a lot from local cultures, but they also kept their own identity. (Para. 38)他們從當?shù)氐奈幕屑橙×撕芏鄸|西, 但也保留了他們自己的本色。orgoodwellthoughtof。airskill2) (pl) sly, cunning tricks fine skill or aptitude in creating or expressing what is beautiful, sep. in visual form7.abilityaand2. I now record the one act for which I take some credit to myself, though the credit rightly belongs to some excellent ancestors of mine who left me a certain sum of money—shall we say five hundred pounds a year—so that it was not necessary for me to depend solely on charm for my living.下面我要說說多少是我自己決定做的一件事情,當然做此事的功勞主要還應(yīng)歸功于我的了不起的祖先,是他們給我留下了一筆財產(chǎn)——比如說每年五百英鎊吧——這樣我就不必完全靠女人的魅力去謀生了。8. To discuss and define them is I think of great value and importance。longactionthefashions,affairsexcellent,To mince: to lessen the force of。pleasuresetof2. Read, then, the following essay which undertakes to demonstrate that logic, far from being a dry, pedantic discipline, is a living, breathing thing, full of beauty, passion, and trauma. (Para. 3)那么,就讀讀下面這篇文章吧,它將想我們展示邏輯并不是一門枯燥乏味、迂腐不堪的學科;恰恰相反,邏輯是一個活生生的事物,充滿美麗、激情和心靈的創(chuàng)傷。9. Maybe somewhere in the extinct crater of her mind, a few embers still smoldered. (Para. 98)也許,在她死火山般的腦袋里,還有一點余火仍在閃爍冒煙。steelhammeredtwist4. Infirm: weakbeginningpointoraatointoplete, perfectunofficial12. To hie: (oldthey must wean their blood from the northern winter and hold the mountains a while longer in their view.They would not yet change the direction southward to the land lying below which was like a large kettle. First, they must give their bodies some time to get used to the plains. Secondly, they did not wants to lose sight of the mountains so soon.10. I was never sure that I had the right to hear, so exclusive were they of all merely custom and pany.I was not sure that I had any right to overhear her praying, which did not follow any customary way of praying, add which I guess she did not want anyone else to hear.11. Transported so in the dancing light among the shadows of her room she seemed beyond the reach of that was illusion。hurry. orabeadsproducehistoricalplace。madebranchesisstreamonebodyword “anvil” ismetalhillock5. I threw open the suitcase and revealed the huge, hairy, gamy object... (Para. 41)我一下子打開了手提箱,露出氣味刺鼻的一團毛乎乎的東西。slang)refusal,Nuts: (Americanhumorous) toorterm7.theIn the swim: conformingrunningtoofferLesson 5Vocabulary6. The consciousness of what men will say of a woman who speaks the truth about her passions had roused her from her artist’s state of unconsciousness.她意識到男人們會如何議論一個敢講有關(guān)激情真話的女人,這使她從藝術(shù)家的無意識狀態(tài)中驚醒了。Nominally: in10.8. Proceeds: (pl) the money or profit derived from a sale, business venture, etc. 9.fora6. a person regarded as being as beautiful, good, innocent, etc. as an angel, esp. Said of women or children. 5.Phantom: ghostlyaprofession1.But I also discovered that cultures are as resourceful, resilient, and unpredictable as the people who pose them.而我同時也發(fā)現(xiàn), 文化, 就像創(chuàng)造文化的民族一樣, 善于隨機應(yīng)變 / 具有應(yīng)變能力, 富有彈性, 而且不可預(yù)測。a9. Toactsomeone, asshangnumberholesthrough: havechangeof在我彈了幾遍后,我 意識到,原來這兩個曲子是同一首歌的 兩個組成部分。 7. ... and her face went blank, her mouth closed, her arms went slack, and she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like a small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless. (Para. 76) 她的臉部失去了表情,嘴巴緊閉,雙臂 無力地垂下。 2. She checked to see if that was possibly one way to pronounce Helsinki before sh