自 现象级英语
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, 1992 (Translated by Alan R. Clarke)
Self-Study
1 He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows.
心里想 tell oneself that + 从句
必须要做某事 would/will have to do sth
厚的书 thick books
2 crook 牧羊人用的曲柄手杖
3 Thinking about that for a moment, he realized that it could be the other way around: that it was he who had become accustomed to their schedule.
the other way around/ round: happening in the opposite way
4 the proprietor of a dry goods shop
proprietor 所有人，业主，老板 近义词：owner，master
dry goods
剑桥词典
5 He always demanded that the sheep be sheared剪羊毛 in his presence, so that he would not be cheated.
demand 从句 + 虚拟式，动词原形
in his presence 他在场的情况下
6 "How did you learn to read?" the girl asked at one point.
7 her bright, Moorish eyes went wide with fear and surprise 头韵 went wide with ...
8 The day was dawning.
dawn verb
9 he gathered his jacket closer to his body gather：拢起衣服，裹紧
10 His parents had wanted him to become a priest, and thereby a source of pride for a simple farm family.
thereby: because of this, as a result of this action
11 And he gave the boy his blessing. 祝福
If you have been blessed, be a blessing. ---Bill Campbell
Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
12 a large flock of sheep 一大群羊
13 All they think about is food and water. 句型All sb thinks about is sth.
仿写： All he thinks about is fame. 想成名的某男
14 理发 have a haircut
15 It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting 句型 It's a possibility of doing X that makes life interesting.
仿写： It's a possibility of exploring the unknown that makes life interesting.
16 "Very interesting," said the woman, never taking her eyes from the boy's hands, and then she fell silent.
比较 take one's eyes off sb/ sth
17 I didn't come here to have you read my palm.
read one's palm 看掌纹
18 A shepherd always takes his chances with wolves and with drought, and that's what makes a shepherd's life exciting. 句型
take one's chances: do something risky with the hope of success.
19 strike up a conversation 攀谈，搭讪
20 leaf through the book 随便翻书
21 "And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
When you really want something, all the universe always conspires in your favor.
conspire: (of events or circumstances) seem to be working together to bring about a particular result, typically to someone's detriment.
22 beginner's luck 新手的好运 luck is on one's side You're in luck.
whet one's appetite 勾起某人的兴趣，增加某人的欲望
23 The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.
24 everyone about him went to their knees and placed their foreheads on the ground
下跪 go to one's knees, fall to one's knees 磕头 place one's forhead on the ground, touch one's forhead to the ground
25 miss out on an opportunity 错过机会
26 without a cent to his name 一文不名
He had not a cent in his pocket.
27 both you and I needed to cleanse our minds of negative thoughts 把心头的负面思想净化掉
28 The Englishman spent most of his time with his books. 大多数时候都在看书
29 Maktub.阿拉伯语 = It was written. it was always meant to happen/to be.
30 the Nile overflowed its banks 尼罗河泛滥
31 He was at home with the silence of the desert.
32 date palm 海枣，椰枣
33 Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity. 一日即永恒
34 No one fails to suffer the consequences of everything under the sun. 雪崩时没有一片雪花是无辜的
All things are one, the boy thought. 万物互联
35 perform miracles 创造奇迹
36 Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time. 谚语
Day 1
作者：巴西人 Paulo Coelho 记住人名，便于与人交流
1sycamore 悬铃木 /ˈsɪk.ə.mɔːr/
2 I'll see to it. 我来办。 我来做。
I'm on it.
I'll do it.
3 stray 迷失的
An animal had strayed during the night
stray dog/cat 流浪狗、流浪猫(野狗、野猫)
4 a thick book 一本厚书
tome 大部头（如《战争与和平》）, primer 入门书
5 发音 mysterious /mɪˈstɪr.i.əs/
6 be accustomed to sth习惯于， be used to sth
7 the other way around 反之亦然
one way, or the other way 阴谋阳谋
8 a blessing in disguise 塞翁失马焉知非福
1 There was a time when I ...句型
There were times when ...
2 each day is like all the others 千篇一律
monotonous, boring 无聊
3 flowing 飘逸的 flowing black hair
瀑布般的头发 with black hair cascading over her shoulders
1 pull the wool over one's eyes 蒙骗某人
1 the raven hair 乌黑的头发
2 Why are you just a shepherd? 弱读are you
3 The girl asked at one point. 连读 girl asked 其中l结尾的词容易与后面的词连读 ，如LA
4 avoid，evade，sidestep避免，躲避
5 His days would never be the same again.
turn my world upside down 改变了我的世界
6 seamen salesmen 语音 复数的men 读 /mən/
被生活的日常困住1 theology 神学 美[θiˈɑːlədʒi]
2 summon up the courage 鼓起勇气 screw up/ work up/ muster up the courage
3 give the boy his blessing 支持某人
省略
1 英语中省略的原则是 省略之后没有歧义
2 wind up, end up
3 women /ˈwɪmɪn/ 复数注意发音
4 be tired of, have had enough of 受够了
I've had enough of Beijing. 我受够北京了
5 ask for her hand 向她求婚
6 take a chance 冒险
Don't take your chances. 你别冒险啊
7 stable 马厩 读音/bl/
当局者迷旁观者清
1 发音清楚、准确之后，演出来要加上演绎、情感
2 sample the new wine 这里sample 动词，体验，相当于taste
sample different jobs 体验不同的工作
Day 2
作业
1 如果想把阅读材料转化为口语材料，需注意细节
2 过去时与原形同形不同音
read/ read(past tense) lead/ lead (铅)
1 leaf through 很快地翻书，翻一翻 flip through the book
认真阅读 read sth carefully, peruse /pəˈruːz/
peruse
1 Salem 美[ˈseɪləm] 塞勒姆
1 destiny，personal legend
1 nourish/ˈnɝː.ɪʃ/ , textile /ˈtek.staɪl/
1 at the point where ...
on the cusp where
cusp 两个星座的交接点，分界线
2 I know it like the back of my hand. 如数家珍，太熟悉了
3 风或雨变大 pick up 变小 let up
推荐阅读 奚恺元 《别做正常的傻瓜》除了物质上的东西，更加关注精神和心理上的东西。
1 纠结 be torn between A and B, choose between A and B
2 Beginner's luck新手幸运, 新手光环 third time's the charm 第三次一定成功
3 whet one's appetite 让某人更有胃口，让某人尝到甜头
1 The moral of the story 故事的寓意是…… /ˈmɔːr.əl/
1 元音要读得长一点
2 marvel /ˈmɑːr.vəl/
3 哈佛幸福课 Happiness
1 rat race 疯狂竞争，虚无主义 nihilism /ˈnaɪ.ə.lɪ.zəm/ 享乐主义 hedonism/ˈhed.ən.ɪ.zəm/
Day 3
作业 打节拍：区分主重音、次重音和非重音，重音要读的长
1 originated/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.eɪtid/ 主重音在ri 次重音在na，actually /ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li/
2 发音工具 forvo
3 fancy schmancy 强调漂亮，真漂亮
XX schm...
1 In money there was magic.
Money talks. 有钱能使鬼推磨
In God we trust.
In Pizza we crust.
In you I trust. / In this class, there's magic.
2 omen预兆
1 他说得对，他懂行He knows what he is talking about.
装逼 He doesn't know what he is talking about.
know one's stuff, know one's onions
2 treat sb to dinner 请某人吃饭 区别于 invite sb to dinner what is the difference between invite sb to dinner and treat sb to dinner? | Yahoo Answers
3 nearby /ˌnɪrˈbaɪ/
1 偷听 eavesdrop，隔墙有耳 Walls have ears.
listen attentively to their conversation
overhear 无意中听到
2 错过miss out on an opportunity
3 conspire 合谋，act in harmony toward a common end 共同致使
churn out 贬义 大量炮制，也可以表示大量产出（无贬义）
4 in a foreign/ strange country, 外国 alien 国外
I'm an alien. 我是外国人
1 一直盯着某人 never take one's eyes off sb
put/keep tabs on sb/sth 紧盯着
1 trajectory 轨迹
2 lament 吐槽，后悔，难过
1 到底该做什么，不该做什么呢
1 新的identity身份 从shepherd变成adventurer 给自己贴上新的标签
2 农夫山泉 We're not manufacturers of water, we are porters of nature. 我们不生产水,我们只是大自然的搬运工。
1 sadden verb 被影响，使悲伤 make someone sad
2 as much an adventurer as ...
3 the well-heeled 有钱人 the rich
stingy folks 省钱的老百姓
4 nevertheless 重音在less
5 cleanse/klenz/ ： to make sth completely clean 发音 cleanse my face 洗脸
1 成长的意义在于重新定义与解读
Day 4
作业
极速练习的目标：体会英语节奏的轻重缓急，暴露平时忽略的问题
1 sword /sɔːrd/，treasure发音
2 搞定语音的捷径：把一段话反复练，练好
3 随时练习英语的方法：子母法、数字法
连读 lmnop，qrs
1 luck is on one's side 如有神助
Luck is not on my side. 运气不好
Lucky you. 运气好
2 the Koran 古兰经 /kəˈrɑːn/
Muslim /ˈmʌz·lɪm,ˈmʊs-,ˈmʊz-/
3 oblige
Don't oblige. 不要有求必应，学会拒绝
4 Mecca 麦加
1 The morning reading has become a mecca for advanced English language learners.
1 all the time 重音在time，注意常见词的固定语调
2 hold sb back
1 bucket list 遗愿清单
2 mute不会说话的
the mute （冒犯的说话）哑巴
3 better the devil you know than the devil you don't
1 hook，grabber 洗脑，抓人，吸引人的东西
Beauty is the great seducer of men. 爱美之心人皆有之
Your necklace is a grabber.
2 well表示嗯，filler，轻松的读出来
1 everything else there is to know about crystal 非常熟悉
1 Come to your blessing. Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. 塞翁失马焉知非福
Few people have been blessed and cursed as much as XX.
2 Maktub = it's written 注定的
set in stone
We're our choices.
1 stretch 时间拉长
A week has stretched into a decade.
2 worst case scenario 最糟糕的结果: The worst possible thing that could happen.
You have nothing to lose
3 fall back on sth 大不了回去做什么
1 Manhattan-bound train, Beijing-bound flight 驶向，飞往
Where are you bound/ headed? 去哪儿
2 a lot of different people
a hodgepodge of friends 形形色色的
3 strike up a conversation, start a conversation
pick up a conversation 接话
4 mount up 骑上去，上马
mount police 骑警
bad mouth 说坏话
5 the rain picked up变大 / let up变小
the wind stopped
6 nostalgia /nɑːˈstæl.dʒə/ 对往事的怀念
7 intuitive 直觉 hunches 预感
8 treacherous 背叛的，不可信的
1 lap it up 照单全收
drink the Kool-Aid
Day 5
作业
1 魔法石 英国版 philosopher's stone贤者之石 , 美国版 sorcerer's stone
1 活在当下
It's your calling.
1 Beginner's luck.
It whets your appetite with a taste of success.
2 mercury /ˈmɝː.kjə.ri/ 水银
mercurial adj 反复无常的，变幻莫测，难以捉摸
1 show/ teach sb the ropes 教授，示范 teach sth to the boy
1 elixir /iˈlɪk.sɚ/ 灵丹妙药，长生不老药 panacea, silver bullet, cure-all
1 a mania for simplifying everything
1 emerald /ˈem.ə.rəld/
活在当下
1 be at home with sth
2 might be a memory 此刻将来可能会成为回忆
晨中复习
1 pick up 捡起来，加剧 let up 变小
2 因祸得福 a blessing in disguise, 知足常乐 count your blessings
3 等等，别着急 hold your horses, 试水 test the water/ waters
the waters 水域
4 stickler
Day 6
1 A picture is worth a thousand words. 一图胜万言
less thinking, more feeling
1 surreal 超越现实 It looks like The Thousand and One Nights.
The truth is stranger than fiction. 太扯了
1 镀 chrome-plated, chrome-coated 铬合金，铬chrome /kroʊm/
finish抛光
2 Englishman，Englishmen /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ.mən/ 单复数读音相同
3 revolver左轮手枪，arms武器，disarm 放下武器，放下防备
A smile can disarm people. 放下戒备
A Farewell to Arms 永别了武器
恐婚 I develop a gamophobia/ fear of marriage/ commitment phobia
I have commitment issues. 害怕承诺
1 金风玉露一相逢 When I met him, the past and the future become unimportant.
1 materialize 实现 一般用在否定句中
The relationship didn't materialize. 这段关系没成
1 penetration 参悟
2 per se 本身
3 从地球消失 off the face of the earth
We haven't seen each other for ages. It seems that you have disappeared off the face of the earth.
everything under the sun =everything , any given thing on the face of the earth
1 guess at the future
2 seer 预言家，先知
Day 7
这句话中s音很多，烟与味道
suffuse充满，布满，fill，tinge, heavy with
The air is heavy with the scent of ripe apples.
1 eye 做动词 sight 动词
I holidayed in Paris. 我在巴黎度假
I jetted 坐飞机
2 capricious 反复无常的 treacherous 不可信的
mercurial 善变的
1 no worse than 都一样, 没什么区别
2 turban 头巾 yarmulke /ˈjɑːr.mʊl.kə/ 犹太人戴的圆顶小帽
genie 妖怪，精灵
1 pursue his destiny, in pursuit of his destiny 注意节奏
1 预言 prognostication , forcast
prognosis 预判，预测 What's your prognosis?
1 put your courage to test, test your courage 测试
Travelling together is a good way to put a couple to test.
1 wave a magic wand 挥舞着魔杖，brandish威胁或兴奋地挥舞 the sword
2 抬头 rear
rear its head
1 all but one intruders, the only tribesman spared 只剩一个
2 present sb with sth 奖赏
1 oven /ˈʌv.ən/
2 echo 回声 动词
1 paper over 掩盖问题
1 It's not what... It's what... 对仗工整
Sometimes，it's not what we make but what we don't make that counts. 苹果发布会
2 pale
beyond the pale 太过分了，出格了
pale into insignificance 与……相比就黯然失色了
1 knock some sense into sb
1 冥冥之中自有天意
star-crossed lovers 相爱不能在一起的爱人
Day 8
作业
1 区分 bat /æ/，bet /e/放松 听上去像“好了呗”
以偏概全 get /e/, bet/bet/, let's get it
2 语调：在重读音节上做文章，重读的时候常常读三声；训练方式：脑中有图，心中有数
3 言灵 soul of the language, soul of the world
1 fling 一时的快乐
2 gear 齿轮，一套装备 fishing gear 渔具 sleeping gear 帐篷、睡袋等
3 boot camp 新兵训练营，新手训练营
walk you through sth
come to terms with sth
1 learn through action 在行动中感受
2 companion 小伙伴 /kəmˈpæn.jən/
1 除了把英语学好，还要有其他方面的追求
1 listen to your heart 聆听你内心的声音，真诚
2 immerse yourself in sth
1 wage the war 发动战争
2 agitated /ˈædʒ.ə.teɪ.t̬ɪd/ 心慌，不安分，焦虑不安
1 不要害怕焦虑与自我怀疑，证明你想更努力。
1 the moonless sky , fishless, womenless bed 构词法
1 say a lot about sb ， speak volumes about sb
1 Third time's the charm.
beginner's luck 新手好运
1 seldom are you believed 倒装
Day 9
绕口令Betty bought a bit of better butter.
1 炼金术师是智者 a man who understands nature and the world.
1 短句在one thing后面，制造悬念，有层次感
1 wash over 洗刷，淹没，engulf
2 I'm giving in. 屈服
I'm not caving.
1 at the end of the day 最终
1 materialize 实现
2 wander /ˈwɑːn.dɚ/
1 I'm game. = I want to give it a go/ try.
game 猎物
He's the best teacher in the game. 圈子
1 harness the wind 掌控，利用
2 universal /ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/ 区别于universe的重音
1 宾语过长时后置 I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe.
2 精神层面，万物是一样的 we have the same soul.
3 commence 开始 start
1 make a mental note 先记下来
2 compare notes with sb on sth 商量
3 from where I am/ sit/ stand 依我之见
1 go to great lengths to do sth
1 Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World.
1 学会爱自己、爱世界，就会努力了
2 escort 侍从 ，妓女 arm candy
Day 10
作业
1 配乐朗诵 背景音乐不能压过人声，建议找纯音乐（无歌词），放松心态
2 发音：nourish /ˈnɝː.ɪʃ/, war /wɔːr/ 区别于were
3 perfect 形容词/ˈpɝː.fekt/ 动词 /pərˈfekt/
1 bring out the best in you, invoke what you already knew
1 How are you? -A-OK. / Okayish. / Ish. 还行吧
a reddish color 有点红 20ish 二十多吧，二十左右
2 be irritated 生气，exasperated
1 Life might be listening. 注意这种说法
2 This payment goes well beyond my generosity. 我不配
3 monk /mʌŋk/, superstitious /ˌsuː.pɚˈstɪʃ.əs/
1 同一个错误出现三次，是实力不够的问题。同一个坑踩了两次
2 It's so strange. 太奇怪了。- Strange how?
3 还能怎么说？ How else？
4 angel /ˈeɪn.dʒəl/
1 You are a delight. 让大家很开心的人
1 I came prepared. 形容词主语补足语
I visited a friend unannounced. 没打招呼就去朋友家了
The father woke from his dream grateful and crying.
2 The moral of the story 寓意
3 rabbi /ˈræb.aɪ/ 犹太教 拉比
1 I am not worthy that you should come under my roof. /ruːf/ 我不值得，我不配
should 竟然，表达情绪，强调
2 leapt /lept/ leap的过去时和过去分词
3 recur /rɪˈkɝː/ 反复出现、反复发生 recurrent /rɪˈkɝː.ənt/
4 in tatters 衣衫褴褛
in shambles , in spades 大量的 He has talent in spades. 他很有才华
5 conquest 征服， 得到的人
Her eyes welled up...
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