英语四级之新概念第三册笔记精讲：Lesson 01 A

A Puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮

        New words and expression 生词和短语

　　学习词汇时仅知道汉语语义是不够的，要把单词放在语句中体会其应用

　　学习关键句结构是则要把它放在段落结构或文章里

　　puma n.美洲狮

　　spot v.看出, 发现

　　= see, pick out, recognize, catch sight of 强调结果, 辨别出, 看见, 识别, 发现

　　-- A tall man is easy to spot in the crowd.

　　-- He has good eye for spotting mistakes.

　　同意词：

　　-- find：强调发现的结果 / find out：查出事实真相

　　-- discover：做出重大发现 / notice：注意到

　　-- observe：观察 / watch：观察活动中的人或画面

　　Spot n.斑点

　　-- There is a white spot on the shirt.

　　on the spot有两个含义：

　　1> 立刻, 马上(at once, immediately)

　　-- Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave on the spot.

　　2> at the place of the action 在现场

　　-- Wherever she is needed, she is quickly on the spot.

　　Evidence n.证据(不可数名词)

　　Evident adj.明显的, 显然的 / evidently adv.明显地, 显然

　　Evidence = proof (n.证据)

　　-- When the police arrived, he had already destroyed the evidence.

　　in evidence 显而易见的

　　-- He was in evidence at the party.

　　Accumulate v.积累, 积聚(强调积累的过程)

　　-- As the evidence accumulates, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.

　　Gather vt.聚集, 把某人召集在某处

　　-- The teacher gathered his students in the class

　　Collect vt.搜集, 采集

　　-- Do you collect stamps? Yes, I collect stamps as my hobby.(n.业余爱好)

　　Assemble v.集合, 集会 / 装配

　　-- A large number of people assemble on the square.

　　Hoard vt.大量的储存 (-- hoard up = store up 储藏)

　　-- The squirrel hoards up nuts for the cold winter (squirrel n.松鼠)(nut n.坚果)

　　amass vt.积聚(主要用于诗歌和文学作品)

　　-- The clouds amassed above the hills

　　Oblige v.使…感到必须

　　feel obliged to do sth 感觉有必要做某事

　　-- I feel obliged to say no to his demand(n.要求, 需要)

　　be obliged to do sth 被迫做某事

　　-- They were obliged to sell their car to pay their debts off.(debt n.债务)

　　hunt v.n.追猎, 寻找 (hunt for)

　　-- The experts from London zoo began to hunt (v.) for a puma.

　　-- The hunt (n.) for the puma proved the difficult. (prove vt.证明, 证实)

　　search 搜寻某处为了寻找到某人或某物

　　-- The police were searching the forest for the missing boy.

　　run after 强调追赶, 追求

　　-- look, a dog is running after a cat

　　-- what are you run after in your life

　　seek = pursue v.追寻(理想)

　　chase v.追赶 (-- They are chasing a thief / They are running after a thief)

　　blackberry n.黑莓 / berry n.浆果

　　human being 人类

　　corner v.使走投无路, 使陷入困境 作为动词, 经常使用被动语态

　　-- The thief was cornered at last

　　-- The problem cornered me.

　　corner n.角落

　　-- at the corner of the street -- in the corner of the room -- on the corner of the desk

　　Trail n.一串, 一系列

　　trail vt. 跟踪, 追踪(= follow)

　　-- The police trailed the criminal to the place where he was hiding (criminal n.罪犯)

　　Print n.印痕

　　Cling v.粘 (clung, clung, clinging)

　　-- She is always clinging to her mother.

　　-- He clung to the hope that he would succeed. 他怀有成功的希望

　　stick v.粘住 (-- stick the envelop)n.信封

　　stick to 坚持 (-- stick to the plan / stick to one’s promise)n.许诺

　　sticky adj.粘的 (-- sticky fingers)

　　convince v.使…信服

　　1>convince sb of sth -- I convince him of my honesty.(n.诚实, 正直) 我使他相信我的诚实。

　　2> be convinced that… -- I am convinced that she is honest girl.(adj.诚实的, 正直的)

　　somehow adv.不知怎么搞地, 不知什么原因

　　= by some means, in some way, for some reason unknown

　　-- I’ll get the book back somehow. 无论如何我要把这本书取回来。

　　-- I got lost somehow 不知怎么搞地, 我迷失了。

　　Somewhat adv.稍微, 有点, 有些 (= a little)

　　-- The price is somewhat higher than I expect.(high adj.高的)

　　disturb v.令人不安

　　disturbing adj.令人不安的 / disturbed adj.感到不安的

　　surprising adj.令人惊讶的 / surprised adj.感到惊讶的

　　exciting adj.令人激动的 / excited adj.感到激动的

　　wild adj.野性的, 野生的

　　investigate v.调查, 研究

　　description n.描写, 描述

　　extraordinarily adv.特别地，非常地，格外

　　similar adj.相似的, 类似的

　　attack vt.攻击

　　difficult adj.困难的, 艰难的 difficulty n.困难, 难点

　　rabbit n.兔, 野兔

　　paw n.手掌, 手爪

　　fur n.毛皮, 毛, 软毛

　　bush n.矮树丛

　　fully adv.充分地, 完全地

　　collector n.收藏家, 征收者