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Wild China (Tasting Notes)New words & Expressions1. versatile vstal adj. 多才多艺的；通用的，万能的；多面手的eg: The more versatile the tool, the less you can predict how people will use it. 这个工具越多才多艺，你越难以预计人们可以用它来做些什么。2. exclusively ksklusvl adv. 唯一地；专有地；排外地eg: These are not involved as exclusively as ministers in “soul-work”,but they certainlycultivate the inner life more than the third group. 他们虽不像牧师那样专门做“灵魂方面的工作”，但是肯定比第三群体更注重于建造人类的生命。New words & Expressions3. burrow br vi. 探索，寻找；挖地洞，挖通道；住入洞，躲藏起来；钻进某处；偎依著 vt. 挖掘，挖出；在挖洞（或通道）；使躲入洞穴 n. （兔、狐等的）洞穴，地道；藏身处，住处eg: To get the deeper truth we need to burrow deeper into the hobbit holeand. The Oxford English Dictionary is the place to do that. 为了获得进一步的事实，我们需要更加深入地挖进霍比特人的洞穴，而牛津英语词典正是一个挖掘之处。4.predator predt n. 动 捕食者；动 食肉动物；掠夺者eg:Another example is the gradual collapse of life on coral reefs once the primary predator is removed from the balance. 另一个例子是，一旦鲨鱼这个主要捕食者从生态平衡中消失，珊瑚礁上的生命就会逐渐崩溃。5. betray btre vt. 背叛；出卖；泄露（秘密）；露出迹象eg: Some of us betray ourselves by the need to seek approval from others. 有些人背叛自我，只因需要从别人那得到认可。6. ingenuity ,ndnjut n. 心灵手巧，独创性；精巧; 精巧的装置eg: And as the president said last week, no one should bet against the American worker, American business and American ingenuity. 此外，正如总统上周所言，任何人都不应该小看美国的工人、美国的企业和美国的独创性。7. noxious nks adj. 有害的；有毒的；败坏道德的；eg: Regulators must put an end to the noxious combination of privileged status and conditions of interest. 监管当局必须终止这种特权地位和利益冲突的有害组合。8. sinister snst adj. 阴险的；凶兆的；灾难性的；左边的eg: But I think the actual explanation is less sinister. 但我认为实际上并没有那么阴险。9. offspring fspr n. 后代，子孙；产物eg: We are the offspring of one of Her many kingdoms. 我们是她众多王国中某一个的后裔。10. juveniles dvnln. 少年（juvenile的复数形式）；稚气eg: Results show that, regardless of race, juveniles with unpopular names are more likely to engage in criminal activity. 结果表明，不考虑种族因素，有着不常用的名字的少年更容易从事犯罪活动。11. infrastructure nfrstrkt n. 基础设施；公共建设；下部构造eg: However the riverbed mesh is not an isolated infrastructure. 然而，河床网不是一个孤立的基础设施。12. treacherous tret()rs adj. 奸诈的，叛逆的，背叛的；危险的；不牢靠的eg: His treacherous actions brought down ruin on himself. 他的背叛行径使他身败名裂。13. deceptive dseptv adj. 欺诈的；迷惑的；虚伪的eg: We may choose to keep personal information from other people, not to be deceptive but simply because its none of their business. 我们在和他人接触时有时会对自己的个人信息有所保留，这不是欺骗，只是说这跟他们没有关系。14. intricate ntrkt adj. 复杂的；错综的，缠结的eg: In this article, you learned about some of the more intricate problems that can occur in class loading. 在这篇文章中，学习了一些在类装入中可能发生的更复杂的问题。 Key Expressions bring light to 给带来光明 open up打开；开发；开始；展示；揭露 a range of 一系列；一些；一套 pay off 付清；取得成功；贿赂；报复 be confined to 受限于 natural defence 天然屏障 tear up 撕毁；撕碎；拉掉1. Bamboos tough reputation is such, that another bamboo specialist was known by the Chinese as, The Iron Eating Animal.结构分析：此句中such为代词，be known as 以而著称，以而闻名； specialist 专家；其形容词是special。参考译文：参考译文：竹子坚硬的名声是如此的显赫，另竹子坚硬的名声是如此的显赫，另一个食竹高手被认为是中国的一个食竹高手被认为是中国的“攻坚专攻坚专家家”。 Key points: 难句小case2.In a matter of minutes, the flowers precious golden pollen squeezes from the stamens and begins to fall, showering onto the captive beetles below.结构分析： In a matter of 大约，左右；pollen vt.传授花粉给 n. 花粉； stamens n.雄蕊；showering onto为结果状语。参考译文：参考译文：一会儿，花朵珍贵的金色花粉从雄蕊中一会儿，花朵珍贵的金色花粉从雄蕊中挣扎而出并下坠，阵阵洒落在被俘获的甲虫身挣扎而出并下坠，阵阵洒落在被俘获的甲虫身上。上。 3. Seduced by the irresistible perfume, the beetles are sure to pay a visit, so ensuring pollination, and another generation of incredibly big, smelly flowers.结构分析：Seduced by 受诱惑，主语为the beetles ； irresistible不可抗拒的，其反义词为resistible；be sure to do 确定做某事； pay a visit 造访； pollination授粉；参考译文：参考译文：无法抗拒的味道引诱甲虫再次造无法抗拒的味道引诱甲虫再次造访，保证了授粉得以施行访，保证了授粉得以施行, 也因此保证了这也因此保证了这种硕大的、发出难闻气味的花得以传宗接种硕大的、发出难闻气味的花得以传宗接代。代。 4. When the tree bark is scored刻痕刻痕, it yields copious sticky sap, so bitter and tacky that nothing can feed on it.结构分析：When 引导时间状语从句；yield vt. 屈服；出产；放弃 vi. 屈服，投降 n. 产量；收益； copious adj. 丰富的；很多的；多产的； tacky adj. 俗气的；发黏的；缺乏教养或风度的；feed on v. 以.为食；以.为能源参考译文：参考译文：当树皮被刮开便流出了丰沛的粘液，没当树皮被刮开便流出了丰沛的粘液，没有任何动物能够以这种又苦又粘的液体为食。有任何动物能够以这种又苦又粘的液体为食。Exercises大黄蜂 长臂猿空地摔倒紧密的季风季风危险的禁令
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