part one vocabulary review
1.vaguely
有三种解释含糊不清、心不在焉以及稍微.在这里应该是第三种意思稍微slightly,有点儿。例如说:虽然他的声音很熟悉但我记不起他是谁:i couldn't remember who he was although his voice was vaguely familiar.
2.glamorous
表示非常刺激、吸引人、与众不同的意思,甚至有奢侈奢华的意思。比如说光鲜亮丽的明星。在这里应该是学生都很渴望了解我们这独特有魅力刺激的工作。例如你心目中令人向往的工作是什么?what's you glamorous work in your mind?
3.get away with
这个词组我超级有印象,前不久单词课开课第一天我问了这个词组,差点没被骂死。字典里面直译翻译为成功做坏事却没被谴责,我翻译不好理解不了。朗文译为应付我一下子理解了。我们拿最近hit movie《天才枪手》举例,学生应付作业却通过考试?how can student get away with homework but pass the exam?
4.with gusto:with enthusiasm
5.on the side:do part-time job
6.PSYCHE:your deepest feelings and thoughts in your mind
e.g.to rebulid our pashche,we should take the passive mind away.
7.pumpous:表示浮夸,文中有个短语put on airs可以用来解释这个单词
8.faddish:风靡一时it will not remain for a long time
e.g. a faddish style of clothes
9.stupefied:to surprise or shock sb
10.obsess
这个单词我在这两章实在是见了太多次忍不住去查到底是什么意思,文中还有obsessive,它的形容词。obsess有两种意思,第一种和spellbound意思有点像,但这个是动词使...痴迷,比如说她美的令我神魂颠倒
e.g.she is absolutely so beautiful that obsessed with me.
第二种意思是对某事过分牵挂,念念不忘,be obsessing about sth。而obsessive的意思就是迷恋,obsessive有名词和形容词,当作名词时表强迫症患者,表adj时有种贬义的痴迷,过度的迷恋。生活中有人对干净有种痴迷,即所谓洁癖,我们可以说an obsessive concern with cleanliness.
11.revere代表admire and respect,是一种正式用法。在这里用一下我在单词书学的phrase verb,look up to sb,这里的look up to就是表示respect and admire them.
12.absurd有两种意思,第一种就是ridiculous,第二种就是悖论paradox的意思
e.g.it seems an absurd idea.
13.slung/argot:一个句子里面为了表达行话、隐语、俚语这个意思用了两个词,后文中还出现了jargon、locution。还有一个词叫terminology:(各行业、社会认可的)通用术语,专门名词。
14.truism为老生常谈,我觉得这个和前面rules of thumb意思有点相近,后者是经验之谈。an obvious truth.
e.g.Tom's speech was a collection of cliches and truism.
15.achor:to provide a feeling of support,支柱支撑
straggling:lose one's way掉队、迷路、落伍
16.dwell本身意思是to live somewhere,在这里是动词短语dwell...on/upon sth有两种意思,一种是to think or talk a lot about sth which would be better to forget.沉湎于最好忘记的事情,也就是这件事情是不好的,唠叨赘述不快的事情。另一种是to look at sth for a long time.
17.coax和上文的cajole是一个意思,deceive,to make sb do sth by talking to them and being very nice to them.甜言蜜语哄骗
18.inquisitive:asking too many questions and trying to find out too many details about something or someon八卦、过分打听别人的事情。还有一种意思是interested in a lot of different things and wanting to find out more about them好学的,爱刨根问底,好奇的,兴趣广泛的
19.stumble有两种意思,一种是you put your foot down awkwardly while walking,踉踉跄跄地走。另一种是have a pause before saying.。在文中是短语动词stumble...on,to discover sth/sb by accident.意外发现,偶然遇见。还有另外一个短语动词stumble into sth,无意间涉足某事.
20.self-esteem:the feeling of being satisfied with your own abilities, and that you deserve to be liked or respected自尊心,有个动词短语和它意思一样self-respect
•to have high/low self-esteem
•raise/build/boost sb'sself-esteem
PART TWO summary
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非常赞同zinsser说的写文章要有人文关怀与温暖,文章表达要清晰不要凑字数,去除冗杂。要有热情,读者是第一个感受你的风格的,精简文章是为了更有效传达你要表达的情感。世界上没有两片相同的树叶,所以做你自己就好了,写作是一个自我审视的过程,所写的文字穿透你的灵魂。不要说难懂的行话,在现实生活中奥巴马当年的口号yes,we can既简单又深入人心。很多人揶揄说川普说的词汇简单甚至四级以下的都能听懂,每周的总统电台演讲没有了奥巴马演讲式的徐徐道来,但他传达的意思更是简易的。私以为不仅写作如此,日常交流亦是适用zinsser文中所说,表达要清晰不要陈词滥调,一二三点表述自我意见,有逻辑,一个人说话的内容往往看得出背后的内心。
早上在图书馆待了四个小时,在看如何阅读一本书和我的职业是小说家。前者看的比较多,私以为书中的观点和zinsser有点相似,现代媒体传达给我们的信息是加工过的,他们所使用的陈词滥调阻碍了我们的理解能力。后一本书第一章的标题很有意思,小说家是宽容的人种么?因为还未看完下次再分享。
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