Venus金星的

大學(xué)英語精讀第二n.supposedVenusbeing金星人

冊(cè)單詞表satellite

n.spacecraftthatgoesroundthe

UNITl.IsThereLifeonEarth?planetearthandsendsbackradioand

NEWWORDStelevisionsignals;heavenlybodythatgoes

roundaplant（人造）衛(wèi)星

humorous

signal

a.funny;thatmaksrspeoplelaugh

n.信號(hào)；暗號(hào)

幽默的

astronomer

humor

n.personwhostudiesthescienceof

n.

thesun,moon,starsandplanets

essay天文學(xué)家

散文，隨筆

n.telescope

excitement

n.instrumentwithspecialglasses

n.thestateorqualityofbeing

usedfbrseeingdistantthings

excited

extremelyJ

planetad.very極端,非常

n.largebodyinspacethatmoves

extreme

roundastarcsp.roundthesun行星

a.

Venusian

feasibilityJ

a.oforhavingtodowiththeplant

ad.possibilityofbeingcarriedor

done可行性conclude

feasiblev.

a.reporter

mannedv.personwhogathersnewsfora

a.occupiedbyoneormorepersonsnewspaper,magazine,orradioorTV

載人的station記者

saucercompose

n.淺碟；茶托vt.makeup,form組成，構(gòu)成

flyingsaucerconcrete

n.飛碟n.buildingmaterialmadebymixing

conferencecementwithsand,smallstonesandwater

n.meeting混凝土

pressconferenceatmosphere

n.meetingarrangedbyanimportantn.allthegassesroundtheearth;air

persontowhichnewsreportersareinaplace大氣；空氣

invitedtolistentoastatementoraskcarbon

questions記者招待會(huì)n.碳

technologymonoxide

n.技術(shù)n.一氧化物

conclusiondeadly

n.decisionofopinionreachedbya.causingdeath;likelytocausedeath

reasoning結(jié)論致命的

gashover

n.氣體vi.stayinornearoneplaceintheair

sundve盤旋

vi.remainalive;continuetoliveorconsolidated

exist活下來；幸存a.untied;combined聯(lián)合的

vt.remainaliveafter;livelongerthanconsolidate

經(jīng)歷…后還活著；比…活得長vt.

sur\'ivalbelt

n.n.areathathassomespecialquality;

programzone［地)帶

n.planofwhatittobedone計(jì)劃indicate

concernvt.show

vt.beofimportanceorinterestto;indication

haveaneffecton涉及，關(guān)系到n.

oxygenpollute

n.氧，氧氣vt.make(air,water,soil,etc.)dirty

originallywithmanmadewaste污染

ad.formerly起初，原來pollution

originaln.

a.unfit

hazarda.notgoodenough;notsuitable

n.dangerparticle

n.粒子；微粒formation

emitn.sth.thatisformed;wayinwhich

vt.sendout散發(fā)，射出sth.isformed形成（物）

emissionskyscraper

n.n.verytallbuilding摩天大樓

crashscrape

v.（causeto）breakintopiecesvt.rubwithsth.roughorsharp刮，

violendy墜落；猛撞擦

smashproceed

v.（causeto）breakintopiecesvi.continueafterhavingstopped

violently（使）碎裂（停頓后）繼續(xù)進(jìn)行

stalagmitefund

n.石筍n.sumofmoneysetapartor

projectionavailableforaspecialpurpose資金；基

n.sth.thatstandsoutfromasurface金

凸出物billion

typen.onethousandmillion

n.aparticularkind,classorgroupzilch

類型，種類n.zero;nothingatall

granite

n.hardgreystoneusedforbuilding

PHRASES&EXPRESSIONS

花崗巖

(be)knownas出

alsopubliclycalled;namedgiveoff

以…聞名，通常名叫emit;sendout發(fā)出；散發(fā)出

nameaftersetback

givethesamenameas以…名delaytheadvanceof

J

字命名developmentof耽擱；阻礙

asto

about,concerning關(guān)于

PEOPERNAMES

baseon/upon

useasabasisorfoundationfor

ArtBuchwald

以…為基砒把…基于

阿特?布奇沃德

foronething...(foranother)

Venus

inthefirstplace...(inthesecond

金星

place)

Manhattan

becomposedof

曼哈頓（紐約市中心）

haveasmembersorparts由...

Zog

組成

佐格（姓氏）

asfaras...beconcerned

Edison

tothedegreethatitmattersto

愛迪生（姓氏）

就…而言

Glom

stickup

格洛姆（姓氏）

standupright;project直立；突

a.big;havingmuchspace廣闊的；

寬闊的

dining

UNIT2,TheDinnerPartyn.餐廳

NEWWORDSbare

a.notcovered(withacarpet);empty

heated

不鋪地毯的；赤裸的；光禿的

a.withstrong,excited,andoften

marble

angryfeelings熱烈的;激烈的

n.大理石

unexpected

rafter

a.notexpected意外的

n.oneoftheslopingbeamsthat

naturalist

support椽

n.onewhomakesaspecialstudyof

onto

plantsoranimalsoutdoors博物學(xué)家

prep.toapositionorpointon至“…

(尤指直接觀察動(dòng)植物者)

之上；向…之上

shortly

veranda

ad.Soon;(in)alittletime不久，馬

n.陽臺(tái)

上

spirited

colonial]

a.fullofspirit;lively

a.oforrelatedtoacolonyor

Joutgrow

colonies殖民地的

vt.lcavebehind,asonegrowsolder

spacious

ormoremature長大得使…不再適用;

成長得不再要slightly

mousead.alittle稍微地

n.鼠slight

eraa.

n.時(shí)代，年代motion

majorvi.giveasignalbymovingthehand

n.少校orhead打手勢;點(diǎn)（或搖）頭示意

crisiswiden

n.timeofdifficulty,danger,etc.危機(jī)v.makeorbecomewider

ouncebait

n.盎司;少量n.foodusedtoattractfish,animals,

argumentorbirdssothattheymaybecaught誘餌

n.discussionbypersonswhocobra

disagree;dispute爭論;辯論n.poisonoussnakefoundinIndia

hostessandAfrica眼鏡蛇

n.女主人likely

musclea.probable可能的

n.肌肉impulse

contractn.suddenwishtodosth.沖動(dòng)

vi.becomeshorterorsmaller收縮commotion

contractionn.noisyconfusionorexcitement混

亂;騷動(dòng)

tonefaint

n.qualityofvoiceormusic語氣;音a.weak,indistinct微弱的；不明顯

調(diào)的

commandingcrawl

a.authoritative威嚴(yán)的vimoveslowlybypullingthebody

forfeitalongtheground爬行

vt.sufferthelossof(sth.)asa

punishment(作為懲罰而)失去

rupee

UNIT3.LessonfromJefferson

n.monetaryunitofIndia,Pakistan,

NEWWORDS

etc.盧比

imagedeclaration

n.statue雕像n.documentcontaininganopen

emergepublicannouncement宣言

eorappear(fromsomewhere)independence

emergencen.freedomfromthecontrolof

n.others獨(dú)立

slamobtain

vt.shutloudlyandwithforce砰地vt.鴕tthrougheffort獲得

關(guān)上source

hostn.placefromwhiches;place

n.manwhoreceivesguests男主人whereariverstarts(來)源；源頭

personalhumble

a.doneinperson;belongingtoaa.lowinposition地位低下的

person親自的；個(gè)人的origin

investigationn.parentage;birth;beginning血統(tǒng)；

n.detailedorcarefulexamination調(diào)出身；起源

查gardener

investigaten.personwhoworksinagarden

vt.eitherforpayorasahobby園丁

appointwaiter

vt.put（sb.）inaposition任命n.personwhoservesfoodtothe

appointmenttablesinarestaurant（男）侍者

n.nobleman

committeen.貴族

n.agroupofpeoplechosenfordissatisfyJ

specialduties委員會(huì)vt.hangoverdangerously;uttera

capitolthreatagainst使不滿

n.（美國）州議會(huì)大廈threaten

canoevt.hangoverdangerously;uttera

n.lightboatmovedbyapaddle獨(dú)threatagainst威脅

木舟threat

on-the-spot

a.attheplaceoftheaction現(xiàn)場的reject

vt.refusetotake,believe,useoflatter

consider拒絕a.nearertotheend后面的；后半

rejection的

n.n.thesecondoftwopersonsor

nephewthingsjustspokenof后者

n.thesonofone'sbrotherorsisterconflict

errorn.beopposed;clash沖突

n.mistake;sth.donewronglyn.disagreement;clash;fight

falseunquestioning

a.nottrueorcorrecta.givenordonewithoutquestionor

judgmentdoubt

n.opinion判斷，看法agreement

hesitaten.havingthesameopinion(s);

vi.feeldoubtful;beundecided猶豫,thinkinginthesameway同意；一致的

遲疑不決criticism

hesitationn.unfavourableremarksof

n.judgments批評(píng)

prefercritic

vt.likcbetter;choose(onething)n.personwhomakesjudgments

ratherthan(another)更喜歡；寧愿aboutthegoodandbadqualitiesofsth.;

preferencepersonwhopointsoutmistakes評(píng)論家；

批評(píng)者

cnncizen.話語;評(píng)論

vt.evil

philosophyn.sth.bad;sin邪惡，罪惡

n.哲學(xué)a.ver),bad邪惡的，壞的

resentidealism

vt.feelangryorbitterat對(duì)…忿恨;n.理想主義;唯心主義

對(duì)…不滿arch(a)eologyr

actionn.studyofancientthings,

n.theprocessofdoingthings;esp.remainsofprehistorictimes考古學(xué)

sth.done行動(dòng)過程；行動(dòng)rotation

customn.輪作;旋轉(zhuǎn)

n.習(xí)慣，風(fēng)俗rotate

perpetualv.

a.never-endinggoingonforalongconservation

timeorwithoutstopping永恒的;連續(xù)不n.protectingfromlossoffrom

斷的beingusedup保護(hù);保存

constitutionconserve

n.憲法;章程vt.

livingsuperior

a.alivenow活(著)的a.果)odorbetterinqualityorvalue

remark較好的;優(yōu)的

vt.say;comment說;評(píng)論說superiority

n.writer

existencen.apersonwhowritesesp.asaway

n.thestateofexisting存在ofearningmoney作家

influencepublish

vt.havcaneffecton影響vt.havc(abook,etc.)printedandput

architectureonsale出版

n.artandscienceofbuilding建筑volume

術(shù);建筑學(xué)n.book,esp.oneofasetofbooks

constantlyJ卷;冊(cè)

ad.continuously;frequently不斷地;thrill

經(jīng)常地vi.haveaveryexcitingfeeling非常

constant激動(dòng)

a.self-evident

performa.clearwithoutproof不言而喻的

vt.do,carnrout做，履行create

talentvt.make(sth.thathasnotbeenmade

n.specialnaturalability才能，天資before)創(chuàng)造

centralcreation

a.chief;main;mostimportant主要n.

的anniversary

tirelessn.theyearlyreturnofaspecialdate

a.neverorrarelyge:tingtired周年紀(jì)念日

countryman托

n.apersonfromone'sowncountryacton

周胞actaccordingto按照…行事

legacyleavebehind

n.sth.thatonepersonleavestoabandon;falltotakeorbring

anotherwhenhedies遺產(chǎn)丟棄;留下，忘帶

oweinexistence

vt.欠（債等）;應(yīng)把…歸功于existing存在

debtaboveall

n.somethingowedtosomeoneelsemostimportantofall首先，尤

債（務(wù)）其是

educate

vt.train;teachhowtoread,write,

PROPERNAMES

think,etc.

BruceBilven

PHRASES&EXPRESSIONS

布魯斯?布利文

ThomasJefferson

gooutofone'sway（todosth.）

托馬斯.杰斐遜

takeparticulartrouble;makea

GeorgeWashington

specialeffort特地

喬治.華盛頓

leave...to

AbrahamLincoln

leavesb.inchargeof交托，委

亞伯拉罕?林肯

theDeclarationofn.

Independenceinterview

《獨(dú)立宣言》n.面試；接見；會(huì)見

theJamesRiveradvertise

詹姆斯河vt.makcknowtopeoplebyprinting

LafayJetteanoticeinanewspaper,etc.orby

拉斐特broadcastingontelevision,ets.為…做廣

France告

法國advertisement

Heavenn.

上帝；天堂local

Philadelphiaof,specialto,aplaceordistrict

費(fèi)城（美國港市）當(dāng)?shù)氐?地方性的

post

n.joborposition職位

suburb

UNIT4.MyFirstJob

n.outerareaofatownorcity,where

NEWWORDS

peoplelive郊區(qū)

applyslim

vi.writetoaskfor(ajob,a.small,slight;slender微小的;苗條

mcmbcrship.ctc.),csp.officially申請(qǐng)的

applicationdepress

vt.makesad使沮喪n.hairgrowingontheupperlip小

depression胡子

n.disapproval

brickn.unfavorableopinionorfeeling

n.磚dislike不贊成;不滿

gravelcolonel

n.礫石n.上校

evergreenprivate

a.withgreenleavesthroughoutthen.soldierofthelowestrank列兵;

year常綠的士兵

shrubbootlace

n.lowbushwithseveralwoodyn.shoelaceforahighshoeorboot

stems灌木靴帶

fumeundo

n.strong-smellingsmoke,gasorvt.untie,unfasten解開淞開

vapour濃烈難聞的煙汽,汽ah

headmasterinterj.(acryofsurprise,pity,pain,joy.

江(中，小學(xué)的)校長dislike,etc.)啊

sandy-colourcdgrunt

a.ycllowish-rcd沙色的，黃中帶紅vt.咕噥著說出

的unpleasantly

moustachead,令人不愉快地

stale貼

a.notfresh不新鮮的importance

cabbagen.thequalityofbeingimportant

n.卷心菜obviously

crumbad.itcanbeeasilyseen;plainly明顯

n.verysmall,brokenpieceofbread地,顯然

orcake面包屑;糕餅屑o(jì)bvious

carpeta.

n.heavywovenmaterialfircoveringconsist(of)

floorsorstairs地毯vi.bemadeup(of)組成，構(gòu)成

certificaterange

n.證(明)書vi.varybetweencertainlimits(在一

bloodshot定的范圍內(nèi))變動(dòng)

a.(眼睛)充血的cricket

vitaln.板球

a.verynecessary;ofthegreatestset-up

importance必不可少的，極其重要的n.arrangement

mumbledismay

vt.spcak(words)unclcarly含糊地vt.makcdiscouragedorafraid使灰

說心，使害怕

attachalgebra

vt.give(to);fasten(to)把…給予;系,.代數(shù)學(xué)

geometryvi.sth.expectedorconsidered

n.幾何學(xué)probable;possibility期望中的事;展望；

incompetent前景

a.completelyunskillful;notgoodconstitute

enoughatdoingajob,etc.無能力的；不vt.form;makeup;be組成，構(gòu)成

勝任的ultimate

competenta.greatest;utmost;lastorfinal最大

a.oppositeofincompetent的；終極的，最終的

leisureindignity7

n.freetime;timewhichonecann.injurytoone'sdignity；insult侮

spendasonelikes閑暇；悠閑辱

salary

n.fixed(usuallymonthly)payfor

PHRASES&EXPRESSIONS

regularwork薪水

plus

beshortof

prep.withtheadditionof力口(上)

nothavingenoughof缺少

protest

smellof

vi.expressastrongobjection抗議；

have,giveoutthesmellof有...

反對(duì)

的氣味

straw

judgingby

n.稻草；麥桿

forminganopinionbasedon

prospect

attachimportanceto

considerimportant重視

modest

incommon

a.havingorexpressinganottoo

sharedwithsomeoneelse共有

highopinionofone'smerits,abilities,etc.

的,共同的

謙虛的

consistof

yo-yo

bemadeupof

n.游游（一種用線扯動(dòng)使用權(quán)忽

inturn

上忽來的輪形玩具）

oneafteranother輪流

ease

n.freedomfromwork,discomfort,

PROPERNAMES

trouble,difficulty,worry,etc.悠閑；舒適；

自在；安心

London

display

倫敦（英國首都）

n.show展示

CrovJdon

loop

克洛伊登（英國地名）

vt.把（繩等）打成環(huán)

n.圈；環(huán)

strong

n,細(xì)繩；線；弦

balance

UNIT5.ThcProfessorandthe

n.conditionofbeingsteady平衡

Yo-Yo

v.keepinastateofbalance

NEWWORDS

properlyn.causetohavefeelingofannoyed

ad.really;completely非常；完全地disappointment;defeat使沮喪;挫敗

impressfrustration

vt.haveastrongeffectonthemindn.

orfeelingsof給…深刻的印象jealousy

mailn.envy妒忌

vt.sendbypostjealous

poema.

n.pieceofwritinginverse詩vanity

personalityn.stateofbeingtooproudof

n.character個(gè)性oneselforone'slooks,abilities,etc.虛榮

logic心

n.thescienceormethodofbitterness

reasoning邏輯（學(xué)）；推理（法）n.thequalityorstateofbeingbitter

simplicity苦;痛苦

n.thestateofbeingsimple;anresentment

absenceofpretense簡單;簡樸;單純n.feelingthatonehaswheninsulted,

functionignored,injured,etc.怨恨

vi.workambition

intellectualn.strongdesireforsuccess,power,

a.智力的riches,etc.野心，抱負(fù)

frustrateambitious

a.n.sharpinstrumentfortakinghair

immuneoffthebody剃刀

a.有免疫力的;不受影響的shave

immunityvt.cutoff(hairorbeard)witharazor

n.cream

emotion