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高级英语Dictation--Lesson 3 Blackmail

高级英语Dictation--Lesson 3 Blackmail
高级英语Dictation--Lesson 3 Blackmail

Dictation--Lesson3Blackmail

1.神经紧绷,紧张到了极点。The nerves were excessively frayed.

2.早已借故将女佣支开。Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented

errand.

3.慢条斯理地从口中拿下呛人的雪茄,敲掉烟灰,…失了准头。Taking his time,

Ogilvie removed the offending cigar,knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward….He missed.

4.乐得咯咯直笑in an appreciative chuckle

5.压低了他那极端刺耳的尖嗓音He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto

voice.

6.马上瞪了他一眼,以示警告。His wife shot him a swift,warning glance.

7.“我们的事与你有何相干?”"In what conceivable way does our business

concern you?”

8.“还是检查一下的好。”"There's things it pays to check."

9.肇事逃逸。committed a hit-and-run

10.“你在胡扯些什么呀?”"What are you talking about?"

11.“别演了,夫人。这可不是闹着玩儿的。”"Don't play games,lady.This is for

real."

12.面泛桃红Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of the cheeks.

13.凶相毕露,先前装出的那副温和劲儿荡然无存。The words spat forth with

sudden savagery,all pretense of blandness gone.

14.这会儿全城上下都闹翻了。This city's burnin'mad.

15.逃之夭夭。then high-tailed it

16.定会对肇事者严加惩处。they'll throw the book

17.假如我照章办事的话and if I do what by rights I should,

18.讲公道in fairness,

19.“要是你们想另寻出路,不妨就直说了吧。”"'f you want it the other way,just

say so."

20.不肯轻易就范。did not yield easily.

21.“你这下流的恶棍,竟敢撒野,真是狗胆包天!”“You unspeakable blackguard!

How dare you!”

22.也不禁为之一震。flickered for an instant

23.“这恐怕也不是个办法,老婆子。不过这样试试也好。”"It's no go,old girl.I'm

afraid.It was a good try."

24.“这还有点像话,”“现在我们总算是谈到点子上了。”"That's more like it,"

"Now we're getting somewhere."

25.一言未发she made no comment.

26.昨晚,入夜不久Last night,early on,

27.你若不过份挑字眼的话,if you're not too fussy.

28.同一些有头有脸的人物with a real swinging party

29.瞒天过海got their little secret tucked away

30.我生性好奇I got a curious nature

31.“你知道得这么多……说给你听也无所谓了。"You know so much...I suppose it

doesn't matter.

32.探长连啧舌头,表示责备。The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly.

33.你拿不出任何真凭实据……”You can't possibly prove..."

34.你俩都是一副惊魂未定的样子,Looked right shaken,too,the pair of you.

35.觉得有点儿不对劲儿,On a hunch...

36.“事已至此,急也无益,"Well now,there's no call for being hasty."

37.“我倒是希望你们俩能想出点儿什么办法来。”"I was hoping that you folks

could suggest something."

38.“你说得再难听,我也不会在乎的。”"Whatever names you call things don't

matter to me.”

39.那根本没用it would do no good.

40.控制自己那如脱缰野马般的思绪。kept firm,tight rein on her racing mind.

41.讨论的仿佛只是一些无关紧要的家常琐事,而不是什么人命关天的大事。In

the last few minutes the conversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself.

42.袖手旁观。a tense but passive spectator of the exchange

43.既然躲不过,就只好迎刃而上。What was inevitable must be accepted.

44.为她的姿色所倾倒。fell victim to her charms.

45.这样做可能要冒风险,但总比在此坐以待毙好。It would be hazardous,but no

more than waiting here for certain detection.

46.熟悉地形knowing the terrain

47.对地图都不怎么在行。Nor was either of them adept at using maps.

48.言谈举止都有可能暴露自己的身份而引起别人注意。their speech and manner

would betray them,making them conspicuous.

49.不动声色。her expression did not change.

50.要是我们不干呢?"And the alternative?"

51.话说得斩钉截铁。The statement was unequivocal.

52.探长那圆滚滚的肉脸涨得通红。the house detective's bulbous countenance

reddened

53.她高高颧骨的俏脸上展露出一副霸道的神态。her handsome,high cheek boned

features set in their most imperious mold.

54.厉声呵斥道。Her voice was a whiplash.

55.优柔寡断或举棋不定no vacillation or dallying

56.要想赢大钱,就得下大注。When you were playing for the highest stakes,

you made the highest bid.

57.恰到好处,使结果能保证万无一失。She must do so in such a way as to place the

outcome beyond any doubt.

58.她不动声色地继续说道,she continued evenly,

59.一阵沉默。The silence hung.

60.扭转时局。turn the tide of the current/present situation.

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LessonOne 1.And it isan activityonlyof humans. And conversation is an activity found onlyamonghumanbeings. 2.Conversation is not for making a point. Conversation is notfor persuadingothers to accept our ideas orpoints ofviews. 3.In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared tolose. Infact,people whoare good at conversation will not argue to winor force others to accepthis ideas. 4.Bar friends are notdeeply involved ineach other’s lives. People who meeteachother for a drinkin the barofapub arenotclose fri ends fortheyarenot deeply absorbedin each other’s private lives. 5.....it couldstillgo ignorantlyon... Theconversation couldgo on without anybody knowing who wasright orwrong. 6.There are cattleinthe fields ,butwesitdown tobeef. These animalsare called cattlewhen they are alive and feed in the fields,but when we sitdown atthe table toeat,we calltheir meet beef. 7.The new ruling classhadbuilta culturalbarrieragainst him bybui lding theirFrenchagainsthisown language. The newruling class by using French instead of English made it hardfor theEnglish to accept orabsorb theculture of the rulers. 8.English had comeroyallyinto its own. English receivedproper recognition and was used by the King once more. 9.The phrasehas alwaysbeenused a little pejorativelyand even facetiously bythe lowerclasses. The phrase, the King’s English,hasalways been used disrespectfully and jokingly b ythe lower classes.(The working peopleoften mock theproper andformal language ofthe educated people.) 10.The rebellionagainst a culturaldominanceis still there. As theearlySaxon peasants , the working peoplestill haveaspiritof oppositi on tothe cultural authority of the ruling class. 11.Thereis always a great danger that“ words will hardeninto thingsfor us.“Thereis always agreatdanger ,as Carlyle put it, that wemight forget that wordsare only symbols and take them forthingstheyare supposed torepresent. a.However intricate thewaysin whichanimalscommunicate witheachother, they do not indulge inanything thatdeservesthe nameofconversation. 不管动物之间的交流方式多么复杂,它们不能参与到称得上是交谈的任何活动中。 b.Argument may often be a part ofit, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. Thereis no winning in conversation. 争论会经常出现于交谈中,但争论的目的不是为了说服。交谈中没有胜负之说。 c.Perhaps it isbecause ofmy upbringing inEnglish pubs thatI think bar conversation has a charm of its own. 或许我从小就混迹于英国酒吧缘故,我认为酒吧里的闲聊别有韵味。

高级英语第三版第二册张汉熙1-6-8课课后翻译知识讲解

Unit1 1. However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation. 不管动物之间的交流方式多么复杂,它们不能参与到称得上是交谈的任何活动中。 2. Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. There is no winning in conversation. 争论会经常出现于交谈中,但争论的目的不是为了说服。交谈中没有胜负之说。 3. Perhaps it is because of my upbringing in English pubs that I think bar conversation has a charm of its own. 或许我从小就混迹于英国酒吧缘故,我认为酒吧里的闲聊别有韵味。 4. I do not remember what made one of our companions say it ---she clearly had not come into the bar to say it , it was not something that was pressing on her mind---but her remark fell quite naturally into the talk. 我不记得是什么使得我的一个同伴说起它来的---她显然不是来酒吧说这个的,这不是她事先想好的话题----但她的话相当自然地插入到了交谈中。 5. There is always resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules for “English as it should be spoken .” 下层社会总会抵制上层社会企图给“标准英语”制定得规则。 6. Words are not themselves a reality ,but only representations of it ,and the King’s English ,like the Anglo-French of the Normans , is a class representation of reality. 词语本身并不是现实。正如诺曼底人讲的英格鲁--法语一样,标准英语是一个阶层用来表达现实的形式。

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Lesson One 1.And it is an activity only of humans. And conversation is an activity found only among human beings. 2.Conversation is not for making a point. Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our ideas or points of views. 3.In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose. In fact , people who are good at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his ideas. 4.Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other’s lives. People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not close friends for they are not deeply absorbed in each other’s private lives. 5.....it could still go ignorantly on ... The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong. 6.There are cattle in the fields ,but we sit down to beef. These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feed in the fields , but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meet beef. 7.The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language. The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it hard for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers. 8.English had come royally into its own. English received proper recognition and was used by the King once more. 9.The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. The phrase , the King’s English ,has always been used disrespectfully and jokingly by the lower classes.(The working people often mock the proper and formal language of the educated people.) 10.The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. As the early Saxon peasants , the working people still have a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class. 11.There is always a great danger that “ words will harden into things for us. “ There is always a great danger , as Carlyle put it , that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent. a.However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation. 不管动物之间的交流方式多么复杂,它们不能参与到称得上是交谈的任何活动中。 b.Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. There is no winning in conversation. 争论会经常出现于交谈中,但争论的目的不是为了说服。交谈中没有胜负之说。 c.Perhaps it is because of my upbringing in English pubs that I think bar conversation has a charm of its own. 或许我从小就混迹于英国酒吧缘故,我认为酒吧里的闲聊别有韵味。 d.I do not remember what made one of our companions say it ---she clearly had not come into the bar to say it , it was not something that was pressing on her mind---but her remark fell quite naturally into the talk. 我不记得是什么使得我的一个同伴说起它来的---她显然不是来酒吧说这个的,这不是她事先想好的话题----但她的话相当自然地插入到了交谈中。 e.There is always resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules for “English as it should be spoken .” 下层社会总会抵制上层社会企图给“标准英语”制定得规则。

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