全新版大学英语2（第二版） UNIT5 语言点

2. (para. 2) in good/excellent/poor health: 健康状况良好/很好/差)

* Living together with her sons, the old woman was very happy and in excellent health. * 因为抽烟抽得很厉害，他的健康状况较差。

(=The man was in poor health due to his heavy smoking. )

3. (para. 4) horrible: adj. causing a feeling of extreme fear or dislike * That fish smells horrible. // a horrible crime/nightmare * 昨晚我做了一个可怕的恶梦。

(=I had a horrible nightmare last night. )

4. (para. 4) suffer from: experience physical or mental pain

* She's been suffering from (= been ill with) cancer for two years. * 他妻子去世时他遭受了很大的痛苦。

(=He suffered quite a lot when his wife left him. )

5. (para. 4) progressive: adj. happening or advancing gradually by stages over a period of time * Cancer is a disease caused by progressive growth of abnormal cells. * 过去几年来，生活水平逐渐下降。

(=There's been a progressive decline in the standard of living over the past few years. )

6. (para. 6) in spite of: (used before one fact that makes another fact surprising) taking no notice of; not being affected by

* In spite of the fact that she was too ill to see anyone, he insisted on visiting her. * 尽管有伤在身，比尔还是会参加周六的比赛。 (=In spite of his injury, Bill will play in Saturday's match. )

7. (para. 6) aid: n. help

* A woman in the street saw that he was in trouble and came to his aid. * 她帮助了一个被困在车内的男人。

(=She went to the aid of a man trapped in his car. )

8. (para. 6) install: vt. place, fix (a piece of equipment) in position for use; add new software to the computer

* The plumber is coming tomorrow to install the new washing machine. * 你能帮我装一下这个软件吗？

(=Can you help me install this software? )

9. (para. 6) optimistic: adj. believing that good things will happen in the future * The doctor said he was optimistic that the little boy would make a full recovery. * 她有信心赢得金牌。

(=She is optimistic about her chances of winning a gold medal. )

10. (para. 6) to a degree: to a certain extent, partly

* To some degree I think that's right, but there are other factors which may affect the

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situation.

* 那部电影有点枯燥。

(=The film was boring to a degree. )

11. (para. 8) Our home was a split-level affair with 14 steps leading up from the garage to the kitchen door.

What is “a split-level affair” ?

(= A room or building that has floors at different heights in different parts. ) Translate the sentence into Chinese.

(=我们家住的是错层式的房子，从汽车间通往厨房门有14级台阶。)

12. (para. 8) I felt that if the day arrived when I was unable to lift one foot up one step and then drag the other painfully after it — repeating the process 14 times until, utterly spent, I would be through — I could then admit defeat and lie down and die. Translate the sentence into Chinese.

(=我觉得如果有一天我无法再抬起一只脚迈上一个台阶，再痛苦地拖起另一只脚——将

这个过程重复14遍，直到精疲力竭爬上去——到那时我就会服输并躺下死去。)

13. (para. 10) hold on to: not give up; not let go of

* I'd hold on to that house for the time being; house prices are rising sharply at the moment. * 他依然努力想保住在政府部门的职位。

(=He was still managing to hold on to his position in the government. )

14. (para. 10) miserable: adj. causing great unhappiness, discomfort, etc.; extremely unhappy * What a miserable existence! How could anyone live in such dreadful conditions! * 过去，农民的生活很痛苦。

(=In the old days the peasants lived a miserable life. )

15. (para. 13) dismiss: vt. put (thoughts, etc.) out of one's mind; remove (sb.) from a position * The committee dismissed the idea as rubbish. * 凡是违反公司规定的人都将被解雇。

(=Anyone who breaks company rules will be dismissed. )

16. (para. 15) bundle: vt. wrap; dress warmly because it is cold

* We're supposed to bundle newspapers before throwing them away. * 你最好穿暖和一点，外面很冷。

(=You'd better bundle up because it's very cold outdoors. )

17. (para. 17) interval: n. a period of time between events, activities, etc. * After an interval of three days the peace talks resumed.

* There's often a long interval between an author completing a book and it appearing in the bookshops.

* 我们每隔一段时间见个面，一般大约一月一次。

(=We see each other at regular intervals — usually about once a month. )

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18. (para. 24) penetrate: v. force a way (into or through sth.); be fully understood * Amazingly, the bullet did not penetrate his brain.

* In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil. * 西方观念逐渐传入东方。

(=Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East. )

19. (para. 24) In the next few frozen seconds the shame and horror of that moment penetrated, and I was sick with an intensity I had never felt before.

Translate the sentence into Chinese.

(=刹那间，时间凝固了，我感到万分的羞愧和震惊。我从来没有这么难受过。)

20. (para. 25) trait: n. a particular quality, esp. of a person’s character * His sense of humour is one of his better traits.

* Arrogance is a very unattractive personality/character trait. * 那个老师上课很有幽默感。

(=The teacher teaches with a trait of humor. )

21. (para. 27) pray: v. speak to God to give thanks or ask for sth.; wish or hope very strongly that sth. will happen or is true

* Let us pray for the victims of this terrible earthquake. * We pray you that the prisoner may be set free. * 我们祈祷明天出远门有个好天气。

(=We're praying for good weather for tomorrow's trip. )

22. (para. 27) awareness: n. knowledge or understanding

* If the manager has no awareness of the problem, then nothing will get done. * 大众对艾滋病的认识与了解有助于控制疾病的传播。

(=Public awareness of AIDS has helped to limit the spread of the disease. )

23. (para. 27) shortcoming: n. weakness that a person or thing has * He is a person with many shortcomings. * We all have our shortcomings.

* 不管谁指出我们的缺点，我们都改正。

(=No matter who points out our shortcomings, we will correct them. )

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