2014年公共英语四级辅导：阅读精讲8

　　1.

　　situate vt.使位于某地

　　e.g.It is said that they will situate a monument on the hillside

　　据说他们要在山坡上建一座纪念碑。

　　The new gymnasium is situated at the eastern extremity of the city.

　　这座新体育馆位于城市的东端。

　　2.

　　paradise: the Garden of Eden.伊甸园,乐园

　　e.g.paradise bird风鸟，极乐鸟

　　paradise valley [美]世外桃源(指美国西部)

　　tax paradise避税港

　　This club is a sportsmans paradise. (喻)这个俱乐部是运动爱好者的乐园。

　　These forests are a hunter’s paradise. 这些树林是猎人的乐园。

　　on a hot day a dip in the sea is a sheer paradise.

　　热天洗个海水澡是十分令人惬意的事。

　　3.

　　accordingly adv按照;据此;于是 因此;所以

　　e.g.He was asked to leave the city and accordingly he went.

　　有人叫他离开该城市,所以他就走了

　　4.

　　regular adj.规则的, 有秩序的, 经常的

　　e.g.a regular customer 老主顾

　　Johns our regular caller. 约翰是我家的常客。

　　a regular air service定期航班

　　a regular meeting例会

　　keep regular hours过有规律的生活

　　He is an odd old man and keeps exactly regular hours.

　　他是一个很怪异的老人，过着极有规律的生活。

　　Do you want king size cigarettes or regular size?

　　你要长枝的还是一般(长短)的香烟?

　　5.

　　little wonder

　　(Its) no /little/ small wonder (that...) 难怪...,...并不奇怪

　　no wonder 难怪;并不奇怪;当然

　　e.g.No wonder he is not hungry; he has been eating sweets all day.

　　难怪他不饿，他整天在吃糖果。

　　--His spoken English is so excellent.

　　--That’s for sure. He once lived in Chicago for more than two years.

　　--No wonder/little wonder.

　　No wonder his spoken English is so excellent, He once lived in Chicago for more than two years.

　　6.

　　scared adj. 害怕的，恐惧的

　　e.g.I was scared of the big dog. 我害怕这条大狗。

　　You needn’t be so scared; I don’t think it is so scaring. 别害怕，没什么可怕的。

　　The small animals were scared like anything when they saw a tiger walking towards them.

　　当看到一只老虎向它们走来时,这些小动物吓得像什么似的。

　　7.

　　vegetation n. 植被一个地区的植物;植被

　　e.g.The protection of natural vegetation has been placed on the agenda.

　　自然植被的保护已经提上日程了。

　　The luxuriant vegetation of tropical forest is a great attraction for many tourists.

　　热带森林的茂盛草木对很多旅游者很有吸引力。

　　The vegetation is lush on the Hawaiian Islands.

　　夏威夷岛上的植被很葱翠