新概念英语笔记第四册“Seeing-hands”.docx

nbsp;  纯的/货真价实的
-a solid rubber ball            实心的
-a sphere is a solid figure形状. [sfɪə]  立体的（形状）
2.safe[seɪf]
n.1.保险箱    2.冷藏柜/室     3.避孕套     adj.1.安全的       2.可靠的/保险的
-a locked safe  一个锁着的保险箱
mission [kə'mɪʃ(ə)n]n.1.委员会      2.考察团/代表团       3.手续费/佣金
   4. 委任/授权      5.服役/良好的运行     6.正式声明      7.委任状/授衔令
   8. 犯罪/罪行      9.特殊任务
vt.1.委托/任/任命       2.订购/下单     nbsp;3.使承担(任务、责任等)
4.opaque[əʊ'peɪk]adj.1.不透明的     2.不传热的      3.不反射光的     4.难理解的
-opaque screen 不透明的隔板/遮掩物
- screen[skriːn] n. 1.屏/幕/ 隔板    2. 掩护(物)    3. 筛选/滤网    4. 屏幕/银幕
             5. [the screen]电影业/电影界      6. 挡风玻璃
v.1.隔开      2.掩护     3.遮住(out)      4.筛选       5.把…放映到银幕上
  6. (用摄影机)拍摄/拍电影
A shower with an opaque glass door
Something you cannot see through: opaque/frosted
-frosted['frɒstɪd]adj.1.磨砂的      2.毛面的    frosted glass
-frost[frɒst]n. 1.霜     2. 结冰/冻结    
v.1.用霜装饰     2.使(表面/外表)粗糙       3.(用霜)覆盖      4. (霜)冻坏/毁坏
-lotto['lɔtəu]n.落托数卡牌戏(一种纸牌赌博，常称作 bingo) 一种对号码的牌戏
5.slipper['slɪpə] n.1.拖鞋    2. 滑动的人(或物)
6.blindfold ['blaɪndfəʊld]n.眼罩    vt.挡住…的视线；    adj/adv.被蒙住眼睛
-blind[blaɪnd] n.1. the blind 盲人        2.隐藏地/躲避地          3.隔板    
4.遮人耳目之物/挡箭牌/幌子
v.1.使不能看见      2.挖眼睛 nbsp;     3.使丧失洞察力/蒙蔽
        adj.1.看不见的     2. blind to无视于…/对…熟视无睹的    
3.不合理的/没有原因的/没有证据的
Notes on the text:
How did Vera discover she had this gift of second sight?
- Vera['vɪrə]薇拉
- second sight  超视力/千里眼
第一段
1．句子分析
Several[ˈsevrəl] cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls. One case concerns an 11-year-old schoolgirl Vera Petrova, who has normal vision but who can also perceive 宾things 状语1 with different parts of her skin, 状语2 and through solid walls.
- Russia['rʌʃə]n.1.俄罗斯
             2.苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟(苏联的全称,1917年建立, 1991年已解体)
[亦称作 Russia， Soviet Union， 略作 U.S.S.R.， USSR]
- Russian['rʌʃən] n. 1.俄语      2.俄国人      adj.1. 俄国的   nbsp;  2.俄语的
-detect[dɪ'tekt] v. 1.发现       2.判断        3.侦察
- finger['fiŋɡə] n.1.手指      2.指针/指状物        vt.1.伸出     2.用手指拨弄
vi.1.用指触摸       2.拨弄
-normal vision  正常视觉
-normal['nɔːməl]n.1.标准/惯例      adj.1.正常的       2.直角的
- vision['vɪʒən] n.1.幻象/憧憬    2.视力   3.视觉   4.幻想物  
-perceive[pə'siːv]v.1.通过感官意识到(看到/听到/闻到/感觉到/尝到/触到)   2.意识到了/理解
-deceive[dɪ'siːv]v. 1.不忠/背叛      2. 欺骗/哄骗
-conceive[kən'siːv]v.1.想到/想出     2.以为/认为    3.怀孕
-sieve[sɪv]n.1.筛子/滤网       v.筛选
-grieve[griːv]v.1.感觉悲伤/悲伤过度     2.使悲痛
-achieve[ə'tʃiːv]v.(经努力)实现/获得/达到
-retrieve[rɪ'triːv]v.1.重新得到/找回       2.恢复      3.回忆
-relieve[rɪ'liːv]v.1.减轻/缓和         2.给…解除负担(或义务等)           3.免除
     4.使平静/镇静         5.从伤害/废墟中解救           6. 吐露自己的烦心事
     7.偷relieve sb of sth     8.同意免除/解除……
*分隔句*
In the Soviet Union several cases have been reported recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers.
为了避免主谓相隔太远，将定于放于谓语后
While I was waiting to enter university ,I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post 教师岗位at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived.
正常语序：While I was waiting to enter university, I saw a teaching post 定语advertised in a local newspaper at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived.
(地点状语分割谓宾，避免头轻脚重。)
- advertise ['ædvətaɪz] v.1. 对……的在意     2.为……做宣传/打广告  

2.句子分析
This ability was first noticed by her father. One day she came into his office and happened to put her hands on the door of a locked safe. Suddenly she asked her father why he kept so many old newspapers locked away there, and even described the way they were done up in bundles.
-keep sth done .
-lock away   把……锁藏在……
-in bundles   成捆/捆装  
-bundle['bʌndəl] n.1.包裹     2.捆/束    a bundle      3.一大笔钱.    
     v.1.把……捆起来bundle up       2.把…集成一簇/束        3.压紧
      4.与情人和衣同床而睡(新英格兰旧时的一种求爱习俗)
-do up：v. 1.捆/包        2.把……打扮漂亮          3.装修
-do with： 喝     I am really thirsty. I could do with a drink.
-do away with: 1.废除        2.弄死  
The government did away with free milk for schoolchildren in the 1970s.
-do up ：装修
I hear the new owners plan to do up that old place.
-do without :没有…也行; 凑合
You'll have to do without sugar in your coffee. I forgot to buy some more.
-do sb out of :骗走某人......
He cheated me! He did me out of my share of the money.
- cheat[tʃiːt] n.1.欺骗      2.作弊      3.骗子     vt.欺骗/骗取      vi.欺骗/作弊

第二段
1.句子分析
Vera's curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific[saɪən'tɪfɪk] research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near介词靠近where she lives, and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commission of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federal Republic.
-talent['tælənt]n.天才/人才               a lot of talent 很多天才
-talents['tælənts]n.才能/天资/天赋         a lot of talents很多才华
-bring… to the notice of   “使……注意……”
-institute['ɪnstɪtjuːt]n. (促进科学/教育/艺术等的)组织/学会/学社/协会
        v.1.创办/创立 2.提起（诉讼）
- curious['kjuəriəs] adj.1.古怪的/特别的     2.好奇的
- April['eɪprəl]n.四月
- federal['fedərəl]n.1.联邦军队的士兵      2.联邦政府的执法官
            adj.1.联邦国家/政府的     2.联邦的/联合的
- republic[ri'pʌblik]n.1.共和国           2.共和政体
- ministry['ministri]n.1.全体宗教领袖    2. (政府)部办公楼     3.政府部门     4.牧师职责
2.句子分析
During these tests she was able to read a newspaper through an opaque screen and, stranger still, by moving her elbow over a child's game of Lotto she was able to describe the figures and colours printed on it; and, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet.
-elbow['elbəʊ]n.1.肘部/肘关节     2.(河流/道路等的)急弯    3.L形弯管= elbow pipe
     4.哺乳动物/鸟类肘关节     5.衣服袖子上的肘部       v.1.用肘推/挤    
-outline['aʊtlaɪn]n.1.轮廓     2.大纲     3.示意图/图解  
vt.1.写概要/大纲      2.绘画草图/样图       3.描画…轮廓;
-stranger still ['streɪndʒə]比较级    更奇怪的是
-figure['fɪgə]n.1.插图/图解    2.身体/身躯    3.数字    4.名人    5.轮廓/形状/样子
           6.(用数字表示的)钱  a figure of 17 was suggested [什么鬼]
           7.对某人的印象       8.财产    9. (用于比喻的)修辞语言
           10.图样/设计
         v.1.判断/推测(可能性)    2.想像/设想   3.(用算术)计算/用数学表示
      nbsp;   4.理解
- stocking['stɔkiŋ]n. 长袜
- make out   1.辨认出/理解    2.写出    3.假装  
I couldn't make out what I had done to annoy her,
As far as就......而言I can make out ,he has never been married.

3.句子分析
Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders ['ʃəʊldə] had a similar ['sɪmɪlə] sensitivity. During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and indeed, except when(she was) blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin. It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.
- experiment[ik'speriment, ek's-]
- knee[niː]n. 1. (人或动物的)膝盖/膝关节     2.(长裤/长袜等的)膝部
-sensitivity[sensɪ'tɪvɪtɪ]n.1.敏感性/敏感度     2.敏感的感觉  
3.对于病毒敏感性/易感染性     4.人表达能力
-sensitive['sensɪtɪv] n.有灵异能力的人      adj.1.灵敏的/敏感的      2.易受影响的    
3.能够意识        4.有关国家机密的      
-sensitize['sensɪtaɪz]v.使敏感    vi.变得敏感
-sensitive skin敏感性皮肤  
-sensitive plant [plɑːnt]n. [植]含羞草  
-the moment that=as soon as  一......就......

He said he’d phone you the moment he got home.
(From that moment on =after that time 从那时起) we were the best of friends.
In that moment  (false)
At that moment  (true )      在那时
At that moment, everything stopped.
-as far as  adv.1.至于/就…而言      2.直到

*状语从句中主语谓语的省略*
and, indeed, except when (she was) blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.
在时间状语从句中，当谓语动词是be而且主语又与主句的主语一致或是it时，常常把状语从句中的主语和be省略。
Michael Jackson was fond of singing ['sɪŋɪŋ] when (he was) yet a child.
-fond of [fɒnd]adj.喜爱/爱好/嗜好
-singing['sɪŋɪŋ]n.1.唱歌行为     2.歌声      adj.1.唱歌似的        2.轻柔流畅的
-sing[sɪŋ]v.1.用歌声传递      2.唱歌      3.发出悦耳的声音       4.泄露机密
-song[sɒŋ]n.1.歌曲        2.一种与众不同的/很有特色的声音       3.唱歌行为
     4.鸟发出的有特色的叫声             5.小数目/低价
 6.宋朝Song dynasty['dɪnəstɪ]n.王朝/朝代
I got acquainted with him while (I was ) on a visit to New York.
- on a visit 在访问中
- acquaint[ə'kweɪnt]vt.1.介绍      2.使熟悉     3.通知/告诉(with，of)

- acquaintance[ə'kweɪnt(ə)ns]n. 1.熟人   2.相识(with someone)   3.了解/知道(with)

知识拓展：
David Copperfield has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as the greatest illusionist of our time. In addition to decades of network television events活动, worldwide tours , and “Dreams and Nightmares,” the critically acclaimed Broadway show that set box-office records, he has been featured on the covers of Forbes, Architectural Digest and Esquire. He is 定语the thirteenth highest paid entertainer in the world. Copperfield has elevated the ancient art of magic to new heights and redefined重新定义it along the way.
- David Copperfield['deivid] ['kɔpəfi:ld]大卫·科波菲尔（狄更斯小说中的人物）；
大卫·科波菲尔（著名魔术师）
- hail[heɪl]n.1.冰雹       2.热情的问候      v.1.为…喝彩       2.来自hail from
         3.向…打招呼；    4.打信号招呼(车、船等)    5.下冰雹
- hail as  称赞…为…
- alike[ə'laɪk]adj.相似/相同的    adv.以同样的方式/类似于
- illusionist[i'lju:ʒənist]n.1.魔术师     2.预言家
- network ['netwə:k]n.1.
- decades of  数十年/数十个
- tour[tʊə]n.1.旅游/旅行      2.巡回演出      v.1.旅行      2.巡回演出
- critically acclaimed['krɪtɪklɪ][ə'kleɪmd]广受好评
- set … records创记录
- box-office  adj.票房的/票房收入的
- feature['fi:tʃə]n.1.特色/特征     2. (电影的)正片/长片/故事片      3.特写文章/专题文章    
      v.1.具有一个特征       2 (书刊)特载      3.显摆/卖弄
- elevate['eliveit]v.1.使升高      2.给予一个提升/分给一个较高的位置
- elevate to  提升为/提拔至
- redefine ['ri:di'faind]v.1.重新定义    2.重新定义一个单词/字
- along the way 沿途/一路上

He has vanished the Statue of Liberty, walked through the Great Wall of China, flown through the air and made audience members disappear and reappear [riːə'pɪə] in places they would never expect.
- vanish['væniʃ]v.1.使神秘的消失不见   2.消失不见/变得不明显   3.快速的消亡/灭亡/减少
- Statue of Liberty ['stætʃu]['lɪbətɪ] (美国纽约港的)自由女神像