新概念第三册Lesson 36 A chance in a million 百万分之一的机遇 【New words and expressions】 生词和短语 ●credulous adj. 轻信的 ●improbable adj. 不大可能的 ●obscure adj. 不起眼的 ●maidservant n. 女仆,女佣 ●presume v. 假定 ●wickedly adv. 心眼坏地,居心叵测地 ●plot v. 密谋 ●downfall n. 倒台,垮台 ●naïve adj. 天真的 ●unacceptable adj. 不能接受的 ●conspire v. (事件)巧合促成 ●incredible adj. 难以置信的 ●resemblance n. 相似 ●scorn n. 嘲弄,挖苦 ●acquaint v. 使了解 ●reunite v. 使团聚 ●assume v. 假定,认为 L35-05_36-01 end 9’34” L36-02 begin 9’32” ■credulous adj. 轻信的 (修饰人) credible: 可信的,可靠的 (修饰事物) Eg: The story he told us is credible. incredulous incredible believable Eg; He demanded for believable explanation unbelievable ■improbable adj. 不大可能的 ■obscure adj. 不起眼的 Eg: The bus stopped at an obscure little town 令人费解的 An obscure figure can be seen through the fog. vague 多用于比喻意,指不明确说明而造成的模糊不清 ■maidservant n. 女仆,女佣 ■presume v. 假定 vt. presume that presume: 假定 (根据过去的经验和感觉作出决断) assume : 武断的,把尚未证实的作为依据,与事实不相符合 Eg: Let us assume that your words are fact suppose : 最普通的用词,猜想、陈述自己的看法 Eg: I suppose that it was my fault. ■wickedly adv. 心眼坏地,居心叵测地 ■plot v. 密谋 The criminals were plotting to rob the bank. conspire: 众多人合谋做重大的犯法勾当,犹指反叛,不用于修饰单个人 scheme: 某人暗中设计狡诈的手段来谋求自己的私利 The man is scheme for power. ■downfall n. 倒台,垮台 ■naïve adj. 天真的 ■unacceptable adj. 不能接受的 ■conspire v. (事件)巧合促成 vi. The weather and car trouble conspire to spoil ourvacation. ■incredible adj. 难以置信的 ■resemblance n. 相似 likeness: 最普通的用语,比resemblance意味要强 bear a strong resemblance to sb. or sth. The girl bears a strong resemblance to her sister. such a resemblance resemble 特别是指外观或外在性质的相似 similarity:性质、特色、程度的相似 The two envents which happened at the same time have got similarity similar to sth. or sb. They have got close likeness. L36-02 end 9’32” L36-03 begin 9’14” ■scorn n. 嘲弄,挖苦 pour scorn on pour contempt on pour ridicule on 对……嘲弄,挖苦,斥之以鼻 pour heap Eg: He poured scorn on his wife’s suggestion. look down upon / think scorn of 藐视 contempt: 蔑视,强烈谴责某人或某事低贱、卑鄙,语气强于scorn despite: 语气较弱,表示嘲弄 Eg: His suggestion was dismissed with scorn. His face showed the scorn he felt. ■acquaint v. 使了解 be acquainted with sth. 对……有所了解 acquaint sb. with sth. / acquaint sb. of sth. 告之某人某事 make a person acquainted with sb. 介绍某人同另一个人认识 Let me make ... acquainted with you (正式用法) acquaintance n. 熟人 ■reunite v. 使团聚 ■assume v. 假定,认为
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