Thames Waters词汇

resemblance 相似 verge 边缘 pathetic 可怜的 Thames 泰晤士河 Oxford 牛津城 cattle n. 牛 calf n. 小牛，牛犊 Dallas Mavericks 达拉斯小牛队 cow n. 奶牛 ox n. 斗牛，公牛 太监牛

Cambridge 剑桥城 destroy v. 破坏（具体意思） ruin 毁坏（名声，名誉，抽象意义） the scandal ruins...

over smoking ruins my health.

I'm ruined.=I'm down and out.=I'm down fall.=I'm broke. ruth n. 怜悯，同情 sympathize v. 同情 ruthful a. 有同情心的 mercy n. 怜悯 merciless 无情的，残忍的

marble-hearted flinty-hearted 无情的 heartless benefaction n. 为教堂的捐款 beneficiary 受益人 benefactor 施主

donation n. 捐款 donator 捐款者

endowment n.为研究、学校的捐款/上天捐给你的才能，智慧

I'm endowed with courage. 我浑身是胆。

gift,talent 天赋，资质

I have a gift(talent) for... make up for 其他手段 make up for the test 补考 I will do a make up. 我要去补考。

compensate v. 经济手段 nature 本质 essential/in character suffer 经受 I suffer a cold.<I suffer from a cold.

suffer from=havecatch suffer 强调痛苦 shake to 随着...而振动 The building shakes to roaring wind. to,with,from 表原因

I'm tired from standing. roar n.轰鸣，吼叫，怒号; vi. 吼叫，怒号；v.滚动，咆哮

The man roared the boy into silence.

The man looked the boy into silence. shift 轮班职工 I'm on day/night shift.. export 出口 import 进口

lumber 隆隆地前进 loads of 大批（车辆） show of 一群（鱼）

hither an thither=here and there throng v. 挤满 distributor 配电盘 camshaft 凸轴轮

seat 中心 Beijing is the seat of China. hub n. 中心 heart n.  centre trans- 越过去，穿越 transpacific a. 横渡太平洋的，太平洋彼岸的

translate v. 翻译 transport v. 运输 transplant v. 移植，移种 change （部分）改变 transform 完全改变

Wealth transforms his character(nature). epoch 时代 epoch breaking 划时代的

era/age new era 新时代 usher in the new era 走进新时代 usher 领进 resemble v. 相似

He takes close/strong resemblance to his dad. theatre 教坛，教室。 meter=metre

verge 边缘（抽象） He is on the verge of disaster. 大难临头

brim n. 边，轮缘 the brim of a cup/hat brink n. (水的）边缘； cliff n. 悬崖，绝壁 the edge of knife 刀刃

margin n. 页面的空白/水周围的边缘 Water margins 水浒传 fringe n. 边缘 extinct v.

rarefied a. 高雅的；稀薄的 rarefy v. 稀薄，稀少

rarefied fashion; rarefied style; rarefied taste 高雅的... pathetic 可怜的 sympathetic a. 有同情心的 （想人所想）

pity n. pitiable 可怜的 lamentable a. 可悲的 deplore v. 表示悲痛 deplorable 可怜的 The peace which Oxford once knew...拟人用法拟人  personification

There is/are great changes in our family.

=My family experienced/witnessed/saw so many changes in the past 20 years. The peace...has been swept...

should always have... 注重加重语气 swept away 扫掉了 The harmony in my family is swept away. in character 本质上 academic to commercialized Industrial Revolution 工业革命

courts=classrooms/teaching area

shake to...随着。。。振动而摇摇欲坠 I woke up to a large sound noise. taking the next shift-school bus lumber 轰轰隆隆地穿越 loads of motor-engines 大批内燃机引擎

are hurried 表状态 thronged=crowded population 一般不可数 knows no studies 什么都不懂，对学业一无所知 follow the crowd 走风潮，随大众 doomsday 末日

theoretically 理论上而言 an old seat of learning and tradition 学术和传统的中心

old-new  tradtion--wealthy might be expected to...虚拟语气

some interesting children driving force 推动力

That one hundred flowers are blossomed. 百花齐放 It might have been thought that... 虚拟语气，表明事实正好相反

It 形式主语指that从句

radiate out 辐射：spread；that is everyone can be one.

That is everyone possibly can be trained/educated.

transform the lives of the workers 彻底改变工人的生活 That...引导从句；this has not happened 作主语

may be the fault of the university 或许是大学的失误

tend to 身不由己 which the certainly not (era) of the 20th century

and (live) upon a planet which... bear 拥有 little resemblance (几乎不)相似

war-torn 饱受战争折磨 poverty-hit area 贫民区

 

ideal理想状态 far from reality 脱离现实 Utopia n. 乌托邦，理想的完美境界

get down to the roots; so far away from me the fact remains that it is the theatre at

which...强调句型 which 古式用法，It is...that is... on the verge of extinction 处于灭绝的边缘 disaster/collapse/bankruptcy/death/despair

I was on the verge of despair.

and... the only fruit of...唯一的果实

the dust in the streets 街上的灰尘 反语，表讽刺 and a pathetic sense of...一种可悲的感觉 hangs over 弥漫，悬挂 L14 How to Grow Old

oppress vt. 忧郁，压抑 depressed in low/high spirits

I'm a little down. feel blue justification n. 正当理由 reason-why You have the justification to beat back

justifiably ad. 无可非议的 resonable/unquestionable/unmistakable/explicable cheat sb. out of money 骗某人的钱 cheat in test deceive 欺骗情感  hoax=play trick 玩笑性质的欺骗 abject a. 可怜的，下贱的，卑鄙的 pathetic 可怜

ignoble a. 不体面的，可耻的，卑鄙=disgraceful=infamous impersonal a. 超越个人感情影响的 impersonal interest 广泛的爱好 impersonal verb 无主动词:It is raining hard. ego n. 自我 egoism 个人主义 altruism 利他主义 ego-trip 利己行为 egocentric a. 自我中心者的 recede vi. 退去 retreat 撤退 the economy recedes

bit by bit 渐渐地=little by little

increasingly ad. 日益，不断 I am increasingly wealthy/fat/moneyed/moneyless.

merge vi.融合  merger n. 兼并 merge oneself into the mass 打成一片 The beams merge into darkness.落日的余晖融入黑暗 passionately ad. 激昂的 dispassionate

fervent/ardent 炙热的，热情洋溢的 visible a. 易觉察的 vision n.  visual a. visible to the naked eyes 可以被肉眼看到的 invisible man 隐形人

visibility 能见度 painlessly ad. 毫无痛苦地 do sth. painlessly 不费吹灰之力 effortless/trouble free painstaking a.费力的，辛苦的

waterfall n. 瀑布 She wears waterfall. 她有着披肩长发。

vitality n. 精力 vigor 精力，活力 animation 活泼，又生气

weariness n. 疲惫感 worn out a. 疲倦的=dog-tired/fatigued/drained 课文注释5星级

killed in battle/in action 在战争中阵亡 battle 前不加定冠词 bitter 心情压抑，痛苦=painful in the thought 一想到=thinging at the thought/idea/mention/sight of 一...到

cheat of  剥夺 rob of/divest of/deprive sb. of sth.

joys and sorrows/ups and downs/thick and thin 人生的酸甜苦辣

in him to do：对他而言，在他看来 in him 插入语

waters 水域