Unit 4

一、詞匯短語

Text I

1．puritan [5pjuEritEn] n. a person who practices or preaches a more strict moral code than that which exists清教徒：His dissolute life is inconsistent with his Puritan upbringing.他的放蕩生活和他的清教徒教養(yǎng)相悖。

2．overshadow [7EuvE5FAdEu] v. a) to make insignificant by comparison; to dominate使(某人)相形見絀或黯然失色：Mary was sometimes overshadowed by the more talkative members of the family.有時(shí)家中更健談的人使瑪麗顯得黯然失色。b) to make an occasion or period of time less enjoyable by making people feel sad or worried使(某事物)令人不快或減少樂趣：His disappearance overshadowed the family.他的失蹤給家庭蒙上了一層陰影。

3．fetish [5fi:tiF, 5fetiF] n. something regarded with extravagant trust or respect被盲目崇拜之物，迷戀物：Do away with all fetishes and superstitions.破除一切盲目崇拜和迷信。He makes a fetish of his new car.他把自己的新汽車奉若神明。

4．flunk [flQNk] v. to fail, especially in a course or examination(使)(考試、某學(xué)科的成績等)不及格：He didn’t flunk out, but his record isn’t so hot.他沒有不及格，但成績很一般。

5．bumper [5bQmpE] n. a usually metal or rubble bar attached to either end of a motor vehicle, such as a truck or car, to absorb impact in a collision(汽車上的)保險(xiǎn)杠，緩沖器：Can you straighten out the dent in the bumper你能將保險(xiǎn)杠上的凹處修理好嗎？ adj. usually large or rich特大的，豐盛的：Farmers have reported a bumper crop this year.據(jù)報(bào)道今年莊稼大豐收。

6．traipse [treips] v. to walk wearily拖著腳步走：We spend the afternoon traipse from one shop to another.我們用了一下午的時(shí)間逛商店，疲憊不堪地逛了一家又一家。

7．licentiousness [lai5senFEsnis] n. a lack of moral restraint, especially in sexual conduct放蕩，無法無天，淫亂：Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.沒有法律，自由也同樣名實(shí)具亡，就是無法無天。

8．swill [swil] v. a) to drink greedily or grossly大口喝，痛飲(尤指酒類)：They sat there swilling champagne.他們坐在那里大喝香檳酒。b) to wash something by pouring a lot of water over it or into it沖洗,刷洗(某物) Swill the car with clear water.用清水沖洗汽車。

9．epitome [i5pitEmi] n. a representative or an example of a class or type縮影：The divisions we see in this school are the epitome of those occurring throughout the whole country.我們在這所學(xué)校中看到的各個部門是全國各校的縮影。

10．damper [5dAmpE] n. something that stops an occasion from being as enjoyable as it was intended to be起抑制作用的因素：Her very presence placed something of a damper on the conversation-in much the same way as it had at school.有她在場，談話往往會變得掃興，這一點(diǎn)仍然象她在中學(xué)時(shí)那樣。

11．reverent [5revErEnt] adj. with a feeling of respect and admiration恭敬的，虔敬的：Be reverent before each dawning day. 要對到來的每一天充滿敬意。

12．mirth [mE:W] n. laughter, amusement or happiness歡樂；歡笑：She thought my mirth improper.她認(rèn)為我高興是不合時(shí)宜的。

13．blaspheme [blAs5fi:m] v. to swear, to use words which show a lack of respect for God or religion褻瀆，辱罵，中傷：After that I ceased to blaspheme, but I cursed my father.從那以后，我不再詛咒上帝，而是詛咒我的父親。

14．scan [skAn] v. a) to examine closely細(xì)查，審視，觀測，嚴(yán)密監(jiān)視：The detective scanned every bit of evidence.偵探仔細(xì)檢查了每一樣證據(jù)。b) read roughly粗略地讀；瀏覽；翻閱：I scanned the newspaper for the information I needed.我瀏覽報(bào)紙尋找自己需要的信息。

Text II

1．thrill [Wril] n. a sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure, or the thing that makes you feel this強(qiáng)烈的興奮、恐懼或快樂感：His speech caused a thrill among the audience.他的演說引起了聽眾的極大興奮。

2．multiplication [7mQltipli5keiFEn] n. a method of calculating in which you add a number to itself a particular number of times乘法：We had multiplication tables drilled into us at school.以前我們上學(xué)得反復(fù)背誦乘法表。

3．flatter [5flAtE] v. a) give a feeling of pleasure or honor to sb.奉承，使高興：I was very flattered by your invitation to talk at the conference.承蒙你邀我在會上講話，深感榮幸。b) to make someone look as attractive as they can使顯得更漂亮：That dress really flatters your figure.這件衣服使你身材顯得更嬌美。

4．sensational [sen5seiFEnEl] adj. a) intended to interest, excite, or shock people - used in order to show disapproval(報(bào)章等) 嘩眾取寵的；聳人聽聞的：a sensational account of a murder謀殺案聳人聽聞的報(bào)道；b) very interesting, exciting, and surprising轟動性的，引起嘩然的：The arrival of a taxi was unusual enough; an unknown woman getting out of it was sensational.來了輛出租車就夠奇怪的了，從里面出來一名陌生女子就更引人注目。

5．triumph [5traiEmf] v. joy or satisfaction at being successful or victorious成功或勝利的喜歡，滿足：I could detect no triumph in his eyes.我在他眼里讀不出勝利的喜悅。

6．vanish [5vAniF] v. a) disappear completely and suddenly消失，消散：With a wave of his hand, the magician made the rabbit vanish.魔術(shù)師手一揮兔子便不見了。b) extinguish不復(fù)存在，絕跡，消亡：Many types of animal have now vanished from the earth.許多動物物種現(xiàn)已從地球上絕跡。

7．riot [5raiEt] n. a) a situation in which a large crowd of people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way, especially when they are protesting about something暴亂，騷亂：They ran riot through the town after the defeat of their team.自己的球隊(duì)輸了以后，他們在小鎮(zhèn)上到處撒野。b) richness or abundance極度豐富：The garden was a riot of color.花園里色彩繽紛。

8．a(chǎn)ffection [E5fekFEn] n. a feeling of liking or love and caring喜愛，愛，熱愛：If the interviewer asked about your family or school speak with loyalty and affection.當(dāng)面試官提到你的家庭和學(xué)校時(shí)，你說話時(shí)要顯得忠誠和熱愛。

9．exaltation [7e^zC:l5teiFEn] n. a very strong feeling of happiness極度的興奮：Her mood of exaltation united her with the others, with the whole marching movement.極度的興奮把她和其他的人，和整個游行示威運(yùn)動聯(lián)系起來。