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Lesson 15—The Damned Human Race

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I. Word Study

II. Phrases and Expressions

III. Word Building

IV. Grammar

Language Language StudyStudy

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study

Word list:

1. allegiance

2. appease

3. degenerate

4. grace

5. loose

6. prior

7. rabid

8. scruple

9. vulgarity

10. wantonly

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study1. allegiance

n. loyalty or the obligation of loyalty, as to a nation, sovereign, or cause

Examples:

national allegiance

Kate switched her allegiance to anther party.

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study2. appease

v. to bring peace, quiet, or calm to

Examples:

appease one’s anger

appease one’s hunger

appease one’s curiosity

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study3. degenerate

v. to fall below a normal or desirable state a. having declined, as in function or nature, from a former or original state

a degenerate species

a degenerate king

a degenerate member

退化的物种

堕落的国王

堕落分子

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study 4. grace

n. a quality pleasing for its refinement or charm

Examples:

She answered their questions with grace

and dignity.

He had the grace to say he was wrong.

More examples

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fall from grace

be in one’s good graces

be in one’s bad graces

grace


Translation

失宠

被某人喜欢

被某人讨厌

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a. not fastened/restrained/contained

Examples: Her hair hung loose to her shoulders. The window is noisy because it is loose. a loose translation 不严格的翻译

5. loose

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study6. prior

n. preceding in time or order

Examples:

I’m sorry I have a prior engagement.

a prior choice

n. priority

v. prioritize

Word formations

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a. violent, fanatical; of or affected by rabies 狂犬病

Examples: be rabid with anger 暴怒

a rabid dog 疯狗

7. rabid

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8. scruple

v. to hesitate through the demands of conscience or principles n. an uneasy feeling arising from

conscience or principle that tends to hinder action

Examples:

She did scruple to tell him the truth.

They drove the people away without scruple.

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study9. vulgarity

n. the quality or condition of being vulgar

vulgar a. deficient in taste, delicacy, or refinement

vulgar habits

a vulgar display of wealth

vulgarities of talking loud

a

a

1. 极粗俗的习惯

2. 俗不可耐的炫富

3. 高声说话的粗俗样子

Translation

n

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study10. wantonly

ad. cruelly; mercilessly

wanton a.

Examples:wanton aggression 恶意侵害The weeds grew in wanton profusion.in a wanton mood 以闹着玩的心情

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List:

1. in the course of

2. odds and ends

3. sneer at

4. take revenge

II.II. Phrases and Phrases and ExpressionsExpressions

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pp. during

Examples:The machine broke down in the course of adjustment.

Don’t be absent-minded in the course of studying.

1. in the course of 在 ······ 过程中


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n. small articles of various kinds, without much value

Examples: The old round tin filled up with countless

other odds and ends.

He only heard some odds and ends.

2. odds and ends


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v. to scorn at

Examples:

They often sneered at the poor deaf woman.

That politician was sneered at in the newspaper.

3. sneer at

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v. to do sth. to punish sb. who has harmed you

Examples: He’ll never take revenge. That’s his revenge.

They took revenge for the unfair treatment.

4. take revenge


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III.III. Word BuildingWord Building

List:

Prefix—macro-

—micro-

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macroclimatemacroclimate

prefix

root

macro-: large

macroeconomics

macrobiotics

macrophysics

宏观经济

长寿饮食法

宏观物理学

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micro-: small

microeconomics

microscope

micriowave

微观经济

显微镜

微波

microclimatemicroclimate

prefix

root


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IV.IV. GrammarGrammarEuphemismEuphemism

Definition:a substitution of an agreeable or

inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

Example:…in our day in England a man is fined ten

shillings for beating his mother nearly to death with a chair, and another man is fined forty shillings for having four pheasant eggs in his possession without being able to satisfactorily explain how he got them. (Para. 9)

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Euphemism as a figure of speech, therefore, is more than just saying something unpleasant in a pleasant way.

It is a recognition by man of man’s own imperfection, and at the same time a recognition by man that he belongs to better things. It is play acting, but none the worse for that. It is a false word substituted for the true word in order to soften the shock of reality. —Hilaire Belloc

EuphemismEuphemism

IV.IV. GrammarGrammar

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