公共英语四级名师讲义:核心内容讲解(城市)

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(一) 重点词汇讲解

trace back to 追溯到

[例句] His family can trace its history back to the 10th century.

[译文] 他的家庭可追溯到十世纪。

absurd adj.不合理的,荒谬的,可笑的

[例句] He looks absurd in that hat!

[译文] 他戴着那顶帽子看起来真可笑。

corruption n.腐坏;腐化;败坏

[例句] The new military rulers said that the previous government had been riddled with corruption.

[译文] 新的军事统治者说,前政府已经腐败透顶。

authentic adj.可靠的,可信的;真的

[例句] He thoguht he would win because of an authentic testimony.

[译文] 因为一份可靠的证词,他认为他会赢。

renovation n.修复,整修

[例句] The old house needs renovation.

[译文] 这幢老房子需要重新装修。

subsidy n.补助金;津贴

[例句] This industry depends for its survival on government subsidies.

[译文] 这个待业靠政府的津贴维持生存。

(二) 核心短语讲解

1. split...open劈开。 形容词open做动词split的宾语补足语。如:THe wood was split open by an ax.木头被一把斧子劈开了。

2. wear away冲刷(河底,河道)。如:The water woe the bottom of the canal aaway for many years.许多年来,水流一直冲刷眷运河的底部。

3. make some discoveries有了一些发现。 短语的构成与make some mistakes 相同。如:The scientists have made a big discovery lately.最近,科学家们有了一个重大的发现。

4. as far as 直到,到......的程度,就......而言。如:The house can dat back as far as 100 years.这座房子的历史可以追溯到100年前。

5. be full of 充满。 相当于be filled with。如:The bottle is filled with water. 瓶子里充满了水。

6. some day将来某一天。 与somedaye不同,someday表示将来总有一天。如:

7. How come? 怎么会这样呢? 相当于why,表达困惑或不解。用于非正式文体,是典型的口语化短语中。

8. much more 多得多 修饰比较级时,还可以用以下几个词,如:far,a bit , a little, a lot等。如:

This fair is much more comfortable.这把椅子要舒服得多。

9. seek to 尝试去做,试图去做。 相当于try to 的意思同。如:I try to make friends with her.我试着与她交朋友。

10. the majority大多数。 意思同most of。与之意思相对的是:the minority of 少数。如:The majority of boys are interested in electronic games.大多数男孩都对电子游戏感兴趣。

11. ride a bike 骑自行车。 ride表示“骑,乘”。如:He got on his bike and rode slowly off down the road. 他骑上自行车慢慢地沿着公路走。

12. count on指望,依靠,期待。 意思同rely on, depend on。如:I don't count on having the chance to study abroad.

我不指望有机会出国学习。

13. happen to碰巧。如:I happened to meet a friend of mine in the high school in the street yesterday.我昨天在大街上碰巧遇到了我高中时代的一个朋友。

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