英语自考本科高级英语笔记-下册-Lesson_Eleven_2

Lesson Fifteen Is America Falling Apart Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1 a castellated townThis is a town built in the style of a castle.2the hammer and sickle painted on the rumps of public statuesThe hammer and sickle is the symbol of the Communist Party in Italy. It shows that the Communist Party was active at that time.3 a thousand-lira note shrunk to the slightness of a dollar billThis tells us that the Italian money was very much depreciated (贬值) at that time.4the open markets are luscious with esculent colorthe open markets are full of delicious fruits and vegetables in mouth-watering color.5…the human condition is humorously accepted.Italians accept their difficult living condition with a sense of humor.6… but the next Wednesday's return of an old Western is something to look forward to.…but an old American film about cowboys to be re-showed next Wednesday is something the local people look forward to.7What matters is… the wresting of minimal sweetness of the long-known bitterness of living.For many years they have been living a bitter life, yet they can still get through effort the least amount of pleasure out of the bitter life. This is what is important to them.8…prewar, if one thing went wrong the day was ruined; postwar, if one thing went right the day would be made.…before the war people felt everything was going on fine and they were unprepared for anything to go wrong. So if anything went wrong, they would be in a bad mood, feeling the whole day was spoiled. But after the war, if one thing went right, people would be in high spirits, feeling the whole day was nice.9…the Kafka feeling that the whole marvelous fabric of American life is coming apart at the seams.… the feeling that the whole of American society is breaking down fundamentally, which is similar to the feeling described in Kafka's novels.come apart: fall to pieces 破掉，碎掉The teapot just came apart in my hands.10The run-down rail services of America are something I try, vainly, to forget.The railway services of America are extremely bad, I try to forget them, but I failed to.11American individualism…wishes to manifest itself in independence of the community.American individualism…finds its expression in being independent of or being different from other people in the community.12Once let the acquisitive instinct burgeon, and there was ruggedly individual forces only too ready to make it come to full and monstrous blossom.As soon as the acquisitive instinct begins to grow, strong individual forces will develop it fully, which is something outrageous.ruggedly individual forces: often termed rugged individualism, the disguised, hot pursuit of practical and realisticinterests of an didividualonly too ready to make it come to full and monstrous blossom:very ready to make the acquitive instinct develop fully.13This self-elected deprivation was a way into the nastier side of the consumer society.I myself chose not to buy an automobile and that led me to see the more disgusting side of the consumer society.14The nightmare of filth, outside and in, that enfolds the trip from Springfield, Mass., to Grand Central Station would not be accepted in backward Europe.The filth inside the trains and along the railway line from Springfield to New York is so horrible that it would not be accepted in backward Europe.15The more efficiently self-contained the home seems to be, the more dependent it is on the great impersonal corporations…When the home is efficiently equipped with all sorts of gadgets, it becomes dependent on the great indifferent corporations.The more the home is thus equipped, the more dependent it is on the latter…16Skills at the lowest level have to be wooed slavishly and exorbitantly rewarded.Even workers doing the least skilled jobs have to be begged to come and paid much too high.17And doctors…know their scarcity value and behave accordingly.And doctors…know their great value because there are not enough doctors to meet the needs and therefore charge excessive medical fees.18Planned obsolescence is not conductive to pride in workmanship.Articles that are designed to break or wear out quickly do not help people to take pride in their work.19On another level, consumption is turning sour.… consumption is becoming something unpleasant.20Indestructible plastic hasn't even the grace to undergo chemical change.to have the grace to do something means to be polite enough to do something proper.明智地做某事，爽爽快快地做某事He had the grace to say that he was sorry.Here it is used humorously to refer to the fact that goods made of plastic cannot be recycled.21Awareness of this is a kind of redemptive grace, but it has not led to repentance and a revolution in consumer habits.Awareness of this is a kind of compensation for their guilty feelings about consumption. Yet it has not noticeably brought about deep regret for or a drastic change in the way they consume.22… they don't noticeably clamor for a decrease in the number of owner-vehicles.…they don't demand loudly a decrease in the number of private cars.23America has always despised its teachers and, as a consequesnce, it has been granted the teachers it deserves.America has always looked down upon its teachers, as result, it deserves to have the kind of teachers it gets.as a consequence: as a result 结果He's never studied hard, as a consequence, he's never passed examinations.24The quality of first-grade education…could not…be faulted on the level of dogged conscientiousness.You could not find fault with the teachers for the quality of first-grade education. The teachers were conscientious and determined to do a good job.on the level of: in the aspect of, in connection with25But there seemed to be no spark, no daring, no madness, no readiness to engage the individual child's mind as anything other than raw material for statistical reductions.但是除了把孩子的头脑当作进行数字计算训练的原料以为，似乎不存在能使孩子开动脑筋的火花，胆识，激情与愿望。

自考“高级英语”笔记（11）Lesson 13 work 1. Exceedingly irksome a. exceeding：extraordinary or exceptional exceedingly：extremely 极其。

b. irksome irk ：to annoy ，esp. in a provoking or tedious way 令人讨厌。

如：It irks ane to do such tedious work. 做这样无聊的工作让我相一致感到厌烦. irksome；tending to irk 令人厌倦的，厌烦的。

-some . 加在名词，动词或形容词上构成形容词。

另如：lonesome 孤独的，冷落的；quarrelsome 受吵架的；troublesome 麻烦的；wearisome 使人疲劳的，令人厌烦的。

2. an excess of work… excess ：more than or above what is necessary 超过部分，过多。

如：You should pay for the excess. 你应该支付超过部分。

Excess of sorrow laughs，excess of joy weeps. 悲极而笑，喜极而泣。

an excess of anger / an excess of enthusiasm 极其愤怒/热情。

carry something to excess 把事情做得过火。

in excess of 超过。

如：He spent in excess of his income. 他过度奢侈，入不敷出。

3. provided （that）：conj. if and only if；on condition that. 如果，只要。

如：Provided （that）there is no opposition，we shall proceed to carry out the plan. 如果没有反对，我们就开始执行计划。

高级英语下册Lesson One1.The lower your position is, the more people you are afraid of . (1)—此处采用了‖the + 比较级…+ the + 比较级…‖结构，表示‖越…，就越…‖，前者是状语从句，后者是主句。

E.g. the more, the better 越多越好。

The harder she worked, the more progress she made. 她工作越努力，进步越大。

2. And all the people are afraid of the twelve men at the top who helped found and build the company and now own and direct it. (1)—who found and build the company and now own and direct it为men 的定语从句。

另外注意，found 意为‖创立、设立‖。

E.g. The People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. 中华人民共和国于1949年成立。

这里不要与find 的过去分词found 混淆，因常用的搭配形式为help (to) do sth.3. In the normal course of a business day…(3)—in the course of为固定词组，意为‖在…当中‖。

E.g. In the course of the discussion many constructive opinions were heard.在讨论当中，听到了很多具有建设4. Green is afraid of me because most of the work in my department is done for the Sales Department, which is more important than his department,… (3)—which is more important than his department为the Sales Department的非限时性定语从句。

英语自考本科高级英语笔记-下册-LessonTwelve2Lesson Twelve The Everlasting Witness Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1 a thousand and one felicitous birdsa great number of birds singing merrily2Marian's brother-in-law read the English page, as dedicated as a nice little boy reading the funnies…the English page refers to the special page printed in English of the local paper.the funnies are comic strips in newspaper.Her brother-in-law read the English page with such great interest and attention that he did not join in the conversation. 3Theresa's bright smile had always been her mark and now, childless and with a husband beyond war age, and a life both ordered and gay, it looked as if that smile had justified itself.Theresa always had a bright smile which is typical of hercharacter. It seemed reasonable for her to have the smile. Her husband was beyond war age so she did not have to worry about his being drafted for war. And they were leading an orderly and happy life without their children living with them.4Marian opened her mouth to tell them what she had done the night before and then she closed it on brioche, no words.She opened her mouth to say something, and then she changed her mind and bit the brioche instead, saying nothing.5the trip to Mexico was for her to find herself, get back on her feetthe trip to Mexico was for her to find out what kind of situation she was in and get rid of her mental suffering and return to her normal condition.on one's feet: be in good health after an illness 痊愈，复原It's nice to see you on your feet again.6who was Jerry's stepfather and therefore involved multifoldly in her sufferingJerry's stepfather was worried about his wife and, for her sake, about her son.7For the matter she would drive herself and keep the whole event within her control.She would drive her own car to the cinema. In this way she could have all the freedom and plenty of time to decide what to do, when to do it and how long it should take.8But that part had not worked because she hadn't been able to let it work.That part refers to her husband's assumption that she would not be able to find the newsreel in Mexico.But she was determined to find, and in fact had found three cinemas that had the newsreel on show. And because of that, herhusband's assumption hadn't worked. In other words, it hadn't come true.9She had to manage him alone, had sometimes failed him, had sometimes been burdened too greatly.She alone had had to teach him how to behave, had sometimes disappointed him by not meeting his needs, and had sometimes had to bear too much work so as to keep the family going.10…but this had not given him a retroactive father for the twelve-thirteen-fourteen-year-old times of crisis.…but this had not given him a father whose help he had needed most in his difficult early teens. It is believed that the early teens are a critical period of time for the growth of a boy.11She could hardly remember now what happened to her after the notification.She could hardly remember now what happened to her after she was notified her son was missing in action.12Nightmares of looking for him over hills of rubbled dying…She had nightmares in which she was looking for him amony the dyi ng soldiers lying in rubbles over one hill after another…13Once two indolent people in the seats next to theirs delayed them…Once two impolite people in the seats next to theirs were so lazy as not to stand up in time for them to pass…14Her husband was lost to her.She was so absorbed in the newsreel that she forgot about the presence of her husband.15But she knew that no emotion was pertinent.Watching those shining new weapons for death, she could not help but become emotional and her hands and her neckbegan to sweat. But she knew that it was not a time for her to bring in any emotion.pertinent: having to do with the matter in hand.16She felt her blood pricking along her temples and there was pressure in her chest below the hollow.She felt a sharp pain along ther temples as if the blood was bursting out and there was pressure on her heart.17So strong a hope must play delaying games.Marian strongly hoped to see Jerry, but at the same time she was afraid that it might not be Jerry. So, psychologically, she tried to put off that decisive moment for fear of being disappointed, thus feeling as if the scene was delayed in coming.18She got out of her seat still unconscious of her husband.This shows that her mind was fully occupied by what she had seen in the picture.19We ain't going to play up to this and grin from ear to ear to make out we're well off…We are not going to make use of this film to gain anything for ourselves and grin ear to ear to show that we are in pretty good condition.We are not going to put on smiles and look nice so as to pretend for the film we are happy as prisoners of war.play up to: flatter 献媚He always plays up to his political bosses.be well of: provided with enough supply 供应充裕的He is well off for bright ideas.20That was hope and she had to feed it.She had the feeling that the newsreel should last a little longer, and that gave her hope that her son might be still alive.She must keep this hope alive and go to see the newsreel in21Up to now Theresa went with her, or dropped her and picked her up.Up to now Theresa either went with her to the flower market, or drove her there, let her get out of the car and then drove back, and then came back at an appointed time to take her back home.22This is the day. But what day?This is the day for her to go and see the newsreel alone, to find out if her son is in the newsreel. But is it going to be a satisfying day? Will she see her son in the newsreel or not? These are Marian's inner thoughts.23…she would simply ma ke waiting womanly and rational.she would endure all her emotional distress like a woman, waiting for her son to come back in a patient and reasonable manner.24The uncertainty was at last behind her.She no longer felt uncertain about her son's life. She had made a decision.25Now she could go, whatever was that need for buying flowers, taken care of.No matter what need it was for buying flowers, she had that need taken care of when she left the flowers in the woman's place. So now she could go to the cinema.26Everything was getting ready for this moment.This moment refers to watching the newsreel.27Either she could tolerate.she had made a decision, so she felt she could endure either-her son's death or his being alive.28It did not occur to her that the newsreel might not be there.She did not think of the possibility that the newsreel might29She came in the middle of a French costume picture.A French costume picture is a film in which the actors wear French historical clothes (古装片).30She had long ago given the boys names.。

Lesson Thirteen Selected Snobberies Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1There are certain disfiguring and mortal diseases about which there has probably never been any snobbery.Probably there has never been anybody who is snobbish about diseases which destroy the looks and are incurable.2adolescent consumption-snobsteenagers who suffer from TB and feel superior because of it.3to fade away in the flower of youthto die gradually when young4the final stages of the consumptive fadingthe last stages of TB when the patient is weakening and dying5the complacent poeticizings of these adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic.These teenage TB patients feel so satisfied with themselves that they romanticize their illness. They are so ignorant that people both sorry for and annoyed at them.6whose claim to distinctiontheir demand that they are different and should be respected.7…exasperation is not tempered by very much sympathy.…our exasperation is not reduced by sympathy. We have no sympathy for those snobs. We only feel exasperated.8problematical diseasesWhethe they are really ill at all is rather doubtful. The author indicates that these rich people are not really ill.9…of which now some, now others take pride of place in general esteem.At one time some snobberies are generally regarded as the most popular or fashionable; at another time other snobberies are regarded so.10The snobbery of culture, still strong, has now to wrestle with an organized and active low-browism The snobbery of culture now has to fight with low-browism which is very active and effectively acted upon by large numbers of people.11Even in France, where the existence of so many varieties of delicious wine had hitherto imposed a judicious connoisseurship and has led to the branding of mere drinking as a brutish solecism, …In France, the existence of so many different kinds of wonderful wine has set up the authority of the French people on judging the quality of wines and has led them to reard drinking alcoholic drinks as an uncivilized offense against good social manners.12… for well-brought-up men and well-brought-up womem of all ages, from fifteen to seventy, to be seen drunk, if not in public, at least in the very much tempered privacy of a party.If well-brought-up men and women still can't be seen drunk in public, at least now it is all right for them to be seen drunk in a party, which, though not very private with the guests around, is less public than in front of the public eyes.13Organized waste among consumers is the first condition of our industrial properity.If our industry is to develop quickly so the capitalists can make even more money, the first thing these people need to do is to deliberately produce things of poor quality that will not last long, or things that are easily dated in style. This way the consumers have to keep buying things.14…and you have the gospel of any leader of any modern industry.Any leader of any modern industry will accept this as the principle and act upon it.15The newspaper do their best to help those who help them.The newspaper do their best to help the industrialists who pay them millions and millions a year for advertisements.16The value of snobbery in general, its humanistic "point"…The value of snobbery in general, its value concerning human beings…17The society-snob must be perpetually lion-hunting…The society-snobs must try constantly to have famous people as their guests at social getherings or parties, or just try to get acquainted with them.18…because it compels the philistines to pay at least some slight tribute to the things of the mind and so helps to make the world less dangerously unsafe for ideas than it otherwise might have been.Those people who do not like or understand good art, music, literature, etc. and do not think they are important (here the author uses this word to refer to the people in power who only pay attention to material things) will have to at least show a little bit of respect for the products of the mind (ideas), instead of banning or not welcoming them. Thus it will be less dangerous and unsafe for things of the mind.pay (a) tribute to: show respect or admiration 表示敬意或推崇By erecting this statue we have paid a tribute to the memory of the founder of our university.19Each hierarchy culminates in its own particular Pope.Each group of people has its most highly esteemed snobbery.20People who possess sufficient leisure, sufficient wealth, not to mention sufficient health, …can not expect us to be very lavish in our solicitude and pity.Don't expect us to be generous in showing our concern and pity to those people who are leisured, wealthy and healthy.not to mention: without mentioning 更不用说We are too busy to take a long holiday this year, not to mention the fact that we can't afford it.21Even in France the American booze-snobbery, … is making headway among the rich.The American booze-snobbery starts to be popular among the rich people even in France.make headway: make progress 有进展Their scientific experiment has made much headway.22Thanks to modern machinery, production is outrunning consumption.Owing to modernized machines, production exceeds consumption.thanks to: owing to; as the result of 由于，因为Thanks to your help I passed the exam.23…the producer must do his bit by producing nothing but the most perishable articles.The producer tries his best to produce goods that go back easily only.do noe's bit: perform one's share of task 做份内之事 ; give as much help as is expected of one 尽力帮助The old professor did his bit to help the students finish the experiment.nothing but: only, meerly 只有，仅仅，只不过Nothing but a miracle can save him.24Which in fact he does do - on an enormous scale and to the tune of millions and millions a year - by means of advertising.Producers spend millions of dollars on advertisement to encourage modernity-snobbery greatly.On an enormous scale: to a large degree 大规模地They are preparing for war on an enormous scale.to the tune of: to the amount of 总数高达His company was fined to the tune of ten thousand dollars.by means of: through, with the help of 借，用Thoughts are expressed by means of words.25Then we shall condemn all snobberies out of hand.We shall scold all snobberies at once.out of hand: at once 立即The situation needs to be dealt with out of hand.。

Lesson One The Company in Which I work Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1All these twelve men are elderly now and drained by time and success of energy and ambition.All of them are elderly now and are exhausted, both physically and mentally, by long years of striving to fulfill their ambition for success.2They seem…always courteous and mute when they ride with others in the public elevators.They always show good manners and do not say a word when they ride with others in the elevators that all company members can use.3They …make promotions…They … decide who are given higher positions…4…and allow their names to be used on announcements that are prepared and issued by somebody else.These announcements have to bear their names to be authoritative. Although they do not prepare and issue theseannouncements, they must allow their names to be used on them.5Nobody is sure anymore who really runs the company (not even the people who are credited with running it), but the company does run.Even the managers at different levels who are thought to be managing the company don't know who really manages the company. This is because their responsiblities are limited. They are also afraid of their superiors. They appear to be running the company, but they do not have the final say. Nevertheless, the company goes in working order.6I will bypass him on most of our assignments rather than take his time and delay their delivery to people who have an immediate need for them.I will ignore him on most of our assignments and deliver them directly to people who need them. I prefer to do so becauseI do not want to take up his time and delay their delivery.7Green distrusts me fitfully.Green distrusts me from time to time.8He truns scarlet with rage and embarrassment if he has not seen or heard of it.His face turns red because of rage and embarrassment. He is extremely angry because the narrator does not show due repect to him as his boss. He feels embarrassed because it is considered his neglect of duty not to have seen or heard of it.9They are always on trial…They are always examined to see how well they do…10The strain, …, to look good on paper; and there is much paper for them to look good on.They work hard…to make their performances look good in written form, even if their performances may not be that good in reality. And there are a lot of documents such as records and reports, on which they have to make themselves look good.11When they are doing poorly, they are doing terribly.When they are doing badly, that is, when they fail to sell products, they are getting along terribly, that is, they are havinga terrible time.12When a salesman lands a large order or brings in an important new account…When a salesman obtains a large order of goods from a client or brings in an important new account receivable…13They are a vigorous, fun-loving bunch when they are not suffering abdominal cramps or brooding miserably about the future.Apart from this physical trouble in digestion, they are also worried about their future. Otherwise they are vigorous, struggling for success.14who he feels has a grudge against him and is determined to wreck his careerwho he feels has resentment against him and is determined to ruin his careers. This reveals the horrible human relationship in the corporation. People bear ill will against each other.15that they squander generously on other people in and out of the company.that they are generous in spending money on other people.16The company, in fact, will pay for their country club membership and all charges they incur there…The company encourages salesmen to establish good relationship with their clients, so it will pay the fees for them to be members of country clubs, and pay them back the money they spend there.17…it is difficult and dangerous for unmarried salesmen to mix socially with prominent executives and their wives or participate with them in responsible civic affairs.This is to indicate the danger of possible love affairs between unmarried salesman and the wives of prominent executives.With such a fear, prominent executives don't like to mix socially with unmarried salesmen. Yet prominent executives are the company's important clients, whom it cannot afford to lose. So the company does not employ unmarried salesmen in order to avoid such a difficult and dangerous situation.18They thrive on explicit guidance toward clear objectives.They succeed and become prosperous by following their boss's clearly expressed guidance.19There must be something in the makeup of a man that enables him not only be a salesman, but to want to be one.A man must have some special character and temperament to want to be a salesman.20…all that does matter is that the information come form a reputable source.…what is important is that the information should come from a respected source. So long as the source is reputable, they don't mind whether or not the information suits their individual case.21They are not expected to change reality, but merely to find it if they can and suggest ingenious ways of disguising it.This satirizes the nature of their work, which is to use some clever ways to cover up reality.22…in converting whole truths into half truths and half truths into whole ones.…in changing the whole truth into a half truth and changing a half truth into the whole truth. In either case, deception is done.23I am continuously astonished by people in the company who do fall victim to their own propaganda.This is a satire on the people who are deceived by their own propaganda.to fall victim to something: to become a victim of, or be deceived by something.24who graduated from a good business school with honors.who graduated from a good business school with special excellence, or at a level higher than the most basic level.This implies that they shouldn't have been deceived since they are intelligent people.25We goose-step in and goose-step out, change our partners and wander all about, and go back home till we all drop dead."to goose-step" originally means to march without bending the knees.We get inot and out of the company in a seemingly important but actually foolish manner. After work, we go out withpeople from other departments instead of our working partners and stay out late having fun and then go back home till we are so tired out as to fall asleep at once. We live like this day after day till we die.26This makes my boredom worse.This makes me feel even more bored.27I rejoice with tremendous pride and vanity in the compliments I receiveI feel extremely proud and self-conceited when I receive compliments.28I began constructing tables of organization…I began making systematic arrangements by way of tables…A table is a list of facts, information, etc. arranged in columns.29I call these charts my Happiness Charts.Happiness Charts are charts in which one can find happiness. Only when he was arranging these charts could he forget about his agony and feel happy.30These exercises in malice never fail to boost my spirits…Every time I do these exercises with ill desire to harm others, I feel I am in a much better mood…This is a dark satire on his inability to do anything against those he dislikes.31to whom the company is not yet an institution of any sacred meritto those young people the company is not yet an organization that has any important worth. If the company has any excellence that is extremely important to them, they will be loyal and stick to the company, instead of taking it as a temporary place to work.32…he would give you a resounding No!, regardless of what inducements were offered.…no matter what incentives might be offered, he would still say loudly that he would not work for the company all his life.33He makes it clear to me every now and then that…He makes it clear to me from time to time that…every now and then: from time to time 时而，不时He goes shopping with his wife every now and then.34And I will bypass him on most of our assignments rather than take up his time…And I will not let him know on most of our assignments in order not to occupy his time…take up one's time: occupy one's time 占用某人的时间You shouldn't take up the manager's time.35Most of the work we do in my department is, in the long run, trivial.Most of the work we do in my department is of small importance ultimately.in the long run: ultimately 最终地，终极地He will lose money in the longrun.36They are…, always on the verge of failure…They are always on the border of failure.on the verge of: very close to, on the border of 处于……的边缘The bride was on the verge of committing sucide.37for fear they may start doing worse.They are afraid that they may start doing worse.for fear: in order that…should not occur 以免…；唯恐...I daren't tell you what he did, for fear he should be angry with me.38For the most part, they are cheerful, confident and gregarious…。

18. …he　burst into a roar of laughter. 他放声⼤笑起来。

burst into：（突然）放声（⼤笑、⾼唱、痛哭） eg ： He burst into tears when he heard the news. 听到那消息后，他放声⼤哭。

eg ： As soon as Mr. Adams entered， his Chinese colleagues burst into singing：“Happy birthday to you！” 亚当斯先⽣⼀进来，他的中国同事就⾼唱起来：“祝你⽣⽇快乐！” eg ： He burst into tears. 他突然哭了。

eg ： He burst into running. 他突然拔腿就跑。

19. “……you'll never see it again. His business　is with other men’s money.”—— He invests other men's. （Most likely he is a broker-a person who buys and sells things， for example， shares in a business， for other people. Maybe he is a banker or he runs an investment company， or that sort of thing.） .你的那⼀英镑是拿不回来了，他做的是别⼈的钱的⽣意。

（前⼀句话是开开玩笑，后⼀句指他是银⾏家或是经营投资公司。

） business　⽣意，商业 bushiness school商学院 business hours营业时间 go into business从事商业，下海经商 20.“I think you ought to have toldme， Alan，” said Hughie in a bad temper， “and have let me make such a fool of myself” “艾伦，你为什么不早告诉我？”休吉⽣⽓地说。

Lesson Ten How Market Leaders Keep Their Edge Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1How market leaders keep their edge.How leading companies in the market keep their competitive advantages.2Choosing one discipline to master does not mean that a company abandons the other two, only that it picks a dimension of value on which to stake its market reputation over the long term.When a company chooses one discipline to master, it does not mean that it must abandons the other two, it only means that it picks one aspect of value and risks its reputation upon the success of that value over a long period of time.3…operationally excellent companies provide middle-of-the-market products at the best price with the least inconvenience.…these companies are run so successfully as to be able to cut down their costs. They provide products of moderately good quality at relatively low prices with the least difficulty for customers to buy.4… offering products that push performance boundaries.These companies offer products with the best and latest performance (quality and fuction, etc.)."to push boundaries of something" means to raise something to the highest point it can reach.5Their proposition to customers is an offer of the best product, period.他们为顾客服务的宗旨是：提供最好的产品周期。

Lesson Twelve Why I write Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1I should have to settle down and write books.settle down: become used to a way of life or job, etc.He soon settled down in the new school and began to work hard.2I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side.I was the middle child among three children, but I was five years younger than my elder brother and five years older thanmy younger brother.3I had a facility with words.I had a natural ability to use words easily and well.4in which I could get my own back for my failure在我自己的小天地里，我能补偿我在日常生活中的失败。

In my private world I could make up (compensate) for my failure in everyday life.5and picture myself as the hero of thrilling adventurespicture here means imagine.6but quite soon my "story" ceased to be narcissistic in a crude waybut quite soon my "story" ceased to be in an offensive and rude way.7my non-literary yearsthe years when I was not engaged in wirting literary works8So hee with difficulty and labor hard/Moved on: with difficult and labor hee,他身负困难和辛劳向前进：身负困难和辛劳的他。

Lesson Twelve The Everlasting Witness Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1 a thousand and one felicitous birdsa great number of birds singing merrily2Marian's brother-in-law read the English page, as dedicated as a nice little boy reading the funnies…the English page refers to the special page printed in English of the local paper.the funnies are comic strips in newspaper.Her brother-in-law read the English page with such great interest and attention that he did not join in the conversation. 3Theresa's bright smile had always been her mark and now, childless and with a husband beyond war age, and a life bothordered and gay, it looked as if that smile had justified itself.Theresa always had a bright smile which is typical of her character. It seemed reasonable for her to have the smile. Her husband was beyond war age so she did not have to worry about his being drafted for war. And they were leading an orderly and happy life without their children living with them.4Marian opened her mouth to tell them what she had done the night before and then she closed it on brioche, no words.She opened her mouth to say something, and then she changed her mind and bit the brioche instead, saying nothing.5the trip to Mexico was for her to find herself, get back on her feetthe trip to Mexico was for her to find out what kind of situation she was in and get rid of her mental suffering and return to her normal condition.on one's feet: be in good health after an illness 痊愈，复原It's nice to see you on your feet again.6who was Jerry's stepfather and therefore involved multifoldly in her sufferingJerry's stepfather was worried about his wife and, for her sake, about her son.7For the matter she would drive herself and keep the whole event within her control.She would drive her own car to the cinema. In this way she could have all the freedom and plenty of time to decide what to do, when to do it and how long it should take.8But that part had not worked because she hadn't been able to let it work.That part refers to her husband's assumption that she would not be able to find the newsreel in Mexico.But she was determined to find, and in fact had found three cinemas that had the newsreel on show. And because of that, her husband's assumption hadn't worked. In other words, it hadn't come true.9She had to manage him alone, had sometimes failed him, had sometimes been burdened too greatly.She alone had had to teach him how to behave, had sometimes disappointed him by not meeting his needs, and had sometimes had to bear too much work so as to keep the family going.10…but this had not given him a retroactive father for the twelve-thirteen-fourteen-year-old times of crisis.…but this had not given him a father whose help he had needed most in his difficult early teens. It is believed that the early teens are a critical period of time for the growth of a boy.11She could hardly remember now what happened to her after the notification.She could hardly remember now what happened to her after she was notified her son was missing in action.12Nightmares of looking for him over hills of rubbled dying…She had nightmares in which she was looking for him amony the dying soldiers lying in rubbles over one hill after another…13Once two indolent people in the seats next to theirs delayed them…Once two impolite people in the seats next to theirs were so lazy as not to stand up in time for them to pass…14Her husband was lost to her.She was so absorbed in the newsreel that she forgot about the presence of her husband.15But she knew that no emotion was pertinent.Watching those shining new weapons for death, she could not help but become emotional and her hands and her neck began to sweat. But she knew that it was not a time for her to bring in any emotion.pertinent: having to do with the matter in hand.16She felt her blood pricking along her temples and there was pressure in her chest below the hollow.She felt a sharp pain along ther temples as if the blood was bursting out and there was pressure on her heart.17So strong a hope must play delaying games.Marian strongly hoped to see Jerry, but at the same time she was afraid that it might not be Jerry. So, psychologically, she tried to put off that decisive moment for fear of being disappointed, thus feeling as if the scene was delayed in coming.18She got out of her seat still unconscious of her husband.This shows that her mind was fully occupied by what she had seen in the picture.19We ain't going to play up to this and grin from ear to ear to make out we're well off…We are not going to make use of this film to gain anything for ourselves and grin ear to ear to show that we arein pretty good condition.We are not going to put on smiles and look nice so as to pretend for the film we are happy as prisoners of war.play up to: flatter 献媚He always plays up to his political bosses.be well of: provided with enough supply 供应充裕的He is well off for bright ideas.20That was hope and she had to feed it.She had the feeling that the newsreel should last a little longer, and that gave her hope that her son might be still alive.She must keep this hope alive and go to see the newsreel in other cinemas.21Up to now Theresa went with her, or dropped her and picked her up.Up to now Theresa either went with her to the flower market, or drove her there, let her get out of the car and then drove back, and then came back at an appointed time to take her back home.22This is the day. But what day?This is the day for her to go and see the newsreel alone, to find out if her son is in the newsreel. But is it going to be a satisfying day? Will she see her son in the newsreel or not? These are Marian's inner thoughts.23…she would simply make waiting womanly and rational.she would endure all her emotional distress like a woman, waiting for her son to come back in a patient and reasonable manner.24The uncertainty was at last behind her.She no longer felt uncertain about her son's life. She had made a decision.25Now she could go, whatever was that need for buying flowers, taken care of.No matter what need it was for buying flowers, she had that need taken care of when she left the flowers in the woman's place. So now she could go to the cinema.26Everything was getting ready for this moment.This moment refers to watching the newsreel.27Either she could tolerate.she had made a decision, so she felt she could endure either-her son's death or his being alive.28It did not occur to her that the newsreel might not be there.She did not think of the possibility that the newsreel might not be there.29She came in the middle of a French costume picture.A French costume picture is a film in which the actors wear French historical clothes (古装片).30She had long ago given the boys names.She had seen the newsreel so many times that she was very familiar with the boy's faces and had given a name to each of them quite some time ago.31…she whispered to herself, forming the words to make them solid.…she actually spoke out the words in a soft voice to herself.32She knew she loves Chris that much because of her pent-up love and terror for Jerry.For a long time, she repressed her love and terror for Jerry and closely confined them to herself. Now she expressed those feelings by way of showing love to Chris.33She remembered faster than lightning many a cold remedy…She very quickly remembered may remedies for curing colds.34He grimaced with his mouth and the hand with the ring was lifted to catch the twitching, trying to hold it.His mouth twisted giving a painful expression and he lifted his hand to catch the uncotrollable jerking of the muscle, trying to stop it.35…and his mother drowned in those vacant eyes.…absorbed in those blank, expressionless eyes, the mother was overwhelmed by grief and fainted away.36She wanted to drive her car, in motion and tension to find rest.She wanted to drive her car to keep herself in motion and tension so that she could forget her worries and grief.37…sat on the curb with his knees doubled over into the gutter.…The idiot sat on the curb with his knees bent over into the gutter.The curb is the edge of the sidewalk along a street.The gutter is a channel at the side of a street for carrying off surface water.38But all the same it did come to the boy who might be Jerry.Nevertheless the film came to show the young man who might be Jerry.all the same: nevertheless 然而，仍然He is not very reliable, but I like him all the same.Thank you all the same.39With her eyes riveted on him she could still see Chris in the back.With her eyes staring at the young man who might be Jerry, she could still see Chris behind the young man.rivet on: fix one's eyes on 凝视Mary riveted her eyes on the scene.。

自考基础英语下册重点笔记：第11课Lesson Eleven Investment Demand重点词汇及短语crucial adj.决定性的，关系重大的reference n．参考emphasize n．强调，相当于stimulus n．刺激物，激励物，其复数形式为stimulitake the lead领导，带头in bulk大量地come up against面对……困难，遇到……问题national income国民收入the life of a government政府的年限business investment expenditure企业投资支出in a swarm成群，大批investment demand 投资需求business expectation 企业预测innovational advances 创新进步money market货币市场重点语段解析(1)Indeed, while economists often stress the relative dependability of consumer spending at a given level of national income they usually point out the great variability of business investment spending．实际上，在经济学家经常强调在国民收入的必然水平上，消费者开销的相对可靠性的同时，他们也经常指出企业投资支出的巨大易变性。

①stress vt．强调。

例句：He stressed the importance of foreign investment in our economy．他强调了外来投资在我国经济中的重要性。

②given在句中是“必然的”，也可当“考虑到，假若”讲。

③point out指出。

例句：Please point out my defects directly.请直接指出我的缺点。

Lesson Two Eveline Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1She would not cry many tears at leaving the Stores.It doesn't mean that she would still cry a little. The meaning is negative, indicating she would not feel sorry or sad to leave the Stroes.2People would treat her with respect then.In those days a married woman was more worthy of respect than an unmarried woman.3…and say what he would do to her only for her dead mother's sake.But for the sake of her dead mother, he said he would beat her.…并且说，要不是看在她死去的母亲的份上，看他会怎么对付她。

only for: but for要不是for somebody's sake (for the sake of somebody): for the benefit of; because of a desire for 为了…起见；为了…之好处She worked very hard for the sake of her child.4She had hard work to keep the house together…It wasn't easy for her to keep the family members together under the same roof.to keep house: 管家，持家；to keep the house together: 一家人团聚在一起5She always felt pleasantly confused.She was a girl in love with a sailor, so when Frank sang the song, she didn't know if he was merely singing the song about any girl in love with a sailor, or if he meant her who was in love with him, a sailor.6the different servicesthe different kinds of work on the ship7He had fallen on his feet in Buenos Ayres.He had settled dwon in Buenos Ayres.8I know these sailor chaps…I know what kind of people sailors are, fooling around with girls at every port of call （停靠港）.9laid its spell on the very quick of her being.Her mother's sad life cast a strong infulence on the deepest of her feelings.10she prayed to God to direct herWhen she didn't know what to do, she turned to God, a detail which showed how strong the infulence of religion was.11All the seas of the world…Her mind was in a turmoil. She was in a state of utter confusion.12Amid the seasAmid tintense mental struggle13Little Keogh used to keep nixLittle Keogh used to watch outkeep nix: watch out 警戒That little boy likes to keep nix for his brother.14She had always had on edge on her,…She had always had an advantage over herhave an edge on somebody: have an advantage over somebody 较某人占优势，胜过某人It's hard to have an edge on her in study.15When they were growing up he had never gone for her.When the children grew up, the father had never beaten Eveline.go for somebody: attack somebody 攻击某人The dog went for the postman as soon as he opened the garden gate.16She elbowed her way through the crowds and…She pushed her way through the crowdselbow one's way through: push one's way through 推挤向前A young girl elbowed her way through the crowds to shake hands with the movie star.17When she had been laid up for a day, he…When she stayed at home for a day because of illness, he…be laid up: be forced to stay in bed 被迫卧床休息My boss was laid up with a bad cold.。

《高级英语（下）》课文要点1. Lesson One The Company in Which I Work1. What kind of life are the salesmen leading?They live and work under extraordinary pressure. When things are bad, they are worse for the salesmen; when things are good, they are not much better. However, they react very well to the constant pressure and rigid supervision to which they are subjected. They love their work, work hard, and earn big salaries.2. How does the narrator feel about his work now?He is bored with his work very often now. He would pass the routine work to the others. He enjoys his work only when the assignments are large and urgent. He frequently feels that he is being taken advantage of, and does not want to spend the rest of his life working for the company. However, he finds there is no way out.3. What do you think is the theme of this passage?This passage is a dark satire on the capacity of the modern corporation world to destroy the human spirit, and on the sacrifice of human dignity because of the desire for personal fame and gain.2. Lesson Two Eveline1. What changes had taken place in her family?In the past, "they seemed to have been rather happy."Now, 1) Her mother was dead;2) Her father became worse;3) Ernest was dead; Harry not at home.2. What made her decide to leave home?1) Hard lifea. no respect at work and at home, though hardworking (a dutiful daughter and sister);b. no protection: her father's violence;c. money affair2) Frank would give her life, perhaps love, too.(p17)3) Her mother's life"Frank would save her." "But she wanted to live."3. Why was she in two minds on the question of leaving or not leaving?A life of quiet desperation.---She had never dreamed of leaving (p3)---At least she had shelter and food and familiar people, and she did not find it a wholly undesirable life (p7)--- She had to explore another life with Frank (p9). She had no confidence.4. Why did she finally refuse to leave?--- National character: Irish paralysis (paralysis: loss or lack of ability to move, act, think, etc.) as shown in the last par.--- Individual character: her timidity (timid: fearful, lacking courage)the image of boat: a strange monsterthe symbol of sea: while offering escape and life, giving warning of death. These opposites reveal her dilemma.3. Lesson Three What's Wrong with Our Press?OutlinePart I IntroductionA. (Par. 1) Newspapers' two advantages over TV (sarcastic)B. (Par.2-4) Survey: People no longer believe in our press.C. (Par. 5) TV does better than the press in informing the public.*How do you interpret newspapers' two advantages?The author is sarcastic in talking about newspapers' "two great advantages". She makes us realize that something is wrong with the press: they have become a habit rather than a function.Part II (Par. 6) What's wrong with our press: Partisanship (rabid bias; one-sidedness)A. (Par. 7)TV presents more than one aspect of an issue.B. (Par. 8) TV provides a wide range of opinion.C. (Par. 9) TV does not feed the appetite for hate.D. (Par. 10-11) TV provides background information.*What's wrong with the American press according to the author?* In what way does TV do a better job than the press in informing the public?Part III ConclusionA. (Par. 12) Good newspapers are hard to find.B. (Par. 13-14) Newspapers have become a habit rather than a function. (resistance to change)C. (Par. 15) The word should be treated with the respect it deserves.* Apart from partisanship, what marks the end of newspapers' usefulness?Newspapers' resistance to change marks the end of their usefulness. Without change they have become a habit rather than a function. They can not perform the vital service of informing the public.*What is the author's purpose in writing the article?The author points out the problems of the American local press in order to call for the press people to treat the word with the respect it deserves, and she also reveals her belief that no picture can ever be an adequate substitute of the word.4. Lesson Four The Tragedy of Old Age in AmericaOutlineI. Attitude toward old ageA. (1) We have not examined old age.B. (2-4) Popular attitudeC. (5) Correct attitudeII. Old age in AmericaA. (6) Root cause of the tragedy: societyB. (7-9) The basic daily requirements for survival: income and housingC. (10) EmploymentD. (11) Heath problemsE. (12) Other problemsF. (13) Old womenG. (14-15) MinoritiesQuestions:1. What are the popular attitudes towards old age?2. What are the interconnected elements that determine the quality of late life?3. Why is old age a tragedy for many elderly Americans?4. What are the major problems the elderly Americans confront?5. What is the author's view of old age?5. Lesson Seven Ace in the HoleAce has just been fired by his boss for damaging a car. He is worried that this might infuriate his wife Eey, and perhaps break up their already shaky marriage. On his way home, he stops by his mother's place to pick up the baby. His mother complains about Evey and hints he should divorce her. All this puts him in a confused and anxious mood. When Evey returns home, they have a squabble, and Evey blurts out a threat to divorce him. It is the baby's funny and clever act that comes to his rescue. Switching on the radio, Ace leads Evey into a dance and the music eases off the tension between them.Ace's experience reflects the plight of the typical American lower-middle class of the 1950s. Life has lost its fresh appeal and drive to him. His social existence is more of a sacrifice than an enterprise. By marrying a Catholic girl, he entraps himself in entangled relationships of family dispute and religious discord. The marriage itself is precarious, and due to recurring crises, it plunges now and then to the brink of collapse. His past glory as a basketball star will not get him any nearer a solution. His only hope seems to lie in the possibility of having more children who might grow up to fulfil his broken dreams.Questions:1. What made Ace so restless during his drive home that day? What was he worried about in particular?2. What do you think their married life was like?3. Was Ace out of the hole at the end of the story? What makes you think so?6. Lesson Eight Science Has Spoiled My SupperOutline:I. (par.1-2) American food is becoming tastelessII. (par.15-17) Tastelessness leads to obesityIII. (par. 19-23) Americans are losing individualityA. (3-8) CheeseB. (9-14) VegetablesC. (18) Deep-freezingQuestions:1. Why does the author make a distinction between science and the so-called science at the very beginning of the essay?The author wants to make clear to the readers that he himself is an honest lover of science and what he opposes here is the so-called science. This distinction is important for otherwise his essay would be weightless from the outset.2. Why does the author suggest that the tastelessness leads to the national problem of obesity? According to the author, the need to satisfy the sense of taste may be innate and important. When food is tasteless, it may be the instinct of mankind to go on eating in the subconscious hope offinally satisfying the frustrated taste buds. Since American food is becoming more and more tasteless, obesity, therefore, becomes such a national curse.3. Apart from obesity, what are the other consequences of Americans as a nation eating standardized tasteless food?Apart from obesity, the application of "science" to food production also causes people to abandon the quality as people and to become a faceless mob of mediocrities. Besides, American people are losing the great ideas of colorful liberty and dignified individualism.7. Lesson Nine I'll Never Escape the GhettoHis experience:4 years at Whittier College: 1959-632 years at Oxford: Fall 1963-65University of Vienna: Summer 1964Returned home: August 19652 years at Yale Law School: Fall 1965-67Returned home: Summer 1966Wrote the article: 1967Facts:I returned home in Aug. 1965I was home last summerHarlem rioting: Summer 1964Watts rioting: Fall 1965Questions:1. What made him decide to return home and make a career there when he left watts for Whittier College?2. Why did he hide the fact that he was from Watts?3. What did he realize when he was studying at Oxford? What made him realize that?4. What was his reaction to the Harlem rioting?5. How does he compare the wisdom of the street corner with his own schooling?8. Lesson Eleven On Human Nature and PoliticsOutlineI. (1-6) Four fundamental motivesA. Introduction (1)*desire for food*human desires: infinite*other fundamental desires: fourB Acquisitiveness (2-3)*origin: a combination of fear with the desire for necessaries*mainspring of the capitalist system; infiniteC. Rivalry (4)*stronger*dangerousD. Vanity (5)*powerful*a variety of forms*growing with what it feeds onE. Love of power (6)*most powerful*increasing by the experience of power* apt to inflict pain: dangerous*desirable sideII. (7-15) Love of excitementA. A very important motive, though less fundamental (7-10)B. Cause (11-12)C. Necessity of securing innocent outlets (13-15)*social reformers and moralists*Many of its forms are destructive*Civilized life is too tameQuestions:1. What are the four fundamental motives? Explain.2. What is the root cause of love of excitement as a motive?3. Why is it so important to secure an innocent outlet in the modern society?9. Lesson Twelve The Everlasting WitnessOutline:Par.1-2: At breakfast; in her sister's house in MexicoPar. 3-4: The night before; finding three cinemas (recent flashback)Par. 5-12: In America; the newsreel (earlier flashback)*What was the newsreel she chanced to see about?*Why did she come to Mexico?Par.13-end: In Mexico, going to the film alone*What decision did she make on the way to the cinema?*Why did she buy the flowers and then carry them in her heart?Flowers: beauty, peace, hope, affection; mother's love (carnations)in contrast with the cruelty of warFlowers (a big wheel) to life/death: she is ready to accept either*What is the everlasting witness? What is it a witness to? Explain?Open.Jerry's face on the screen (close-up): recorded in form of documentary; the image stamped in the mind of Marian and the audience, and the readers; Jerry is still alive.A witness to the cruelty of war.10. Lesson Thirteen Selected snobberiesThe author's views concerning snobbery:1. All men are snobs about something. (par. 1)2. Snobberies ebb and flow. (par. 2)3. Snobberies stimulate activity. (par. 6)4. Each group of people have their own most highly esteemed snobbery. ("Each hierarchy culminates in its own particular Pope." (par. 7)Chief snobberies discussed in the essay:1. Disease2. Booze3. Modernity4. ArtQuestions:1. What is the motive for disease-snobbery?problematical diseases of the rich; romantic adolescents2. How has modernity-snobbery become so popular in modern society?of a strictly economic character; production is outrunning consumption; organized waste; most perishable articles by producers; advertising; newspapers; docile public.3. What are the two kinds of art-snobs? In what way does the author think the unplatonic art-snobs contribute to society?Platonic snobs are truly interested in artUnplatonic snobs buy art because a collections of works of art is a collection of culture symbols, and culture-symbols still carry social prestige, and, moreover, it is also a collection of wealth symbols.It compels the philistines to pay at least some slight tribute to the things of the mind and so helps to make the world less dangerously unsafe for ideas.And even though they buy works of art because they are modernity-snobs at the same time, it has provided the living artists with the means of subsistence.。

Lesson Nine I'll Never Escape the Ghetto Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1…these are credentials enough to qualify one as coming from Watts.…all this constitutes enough evidence to prove that I come from Watts.2But there is more to it than that.但是事情没有那么简单。

3 A college venture in Watts terms is a fateful act.Gong to college is an act that predetermines one's future, as does fate.在瓦茨人心目中，上大学是件有关命运的冒险行为。

4Watts, like other black ghettos across the country, is, for ambitious youths, a transient status.像全国各地的黑人区一样，对充满雄心壮志的年轻人来说，瓦茨是个暂留之地。

5The Watts-as-a-way-station mentality has a firm hold on both those who remain and those who leave.The mentality of taking Watts as a stopping station on the way to somewhere else has a firm hold on both those who remain and those who leave.把瓦茨视为中转站的心态在留下的及离去的人身上都有牢固的影响。

英语自考本科高级英语笔记-下册-Lesson_Seven_2 Lesson Seven Ace in the Hole Words and ExpressionsText Explanation1in the holein an embarassing situation, in an awkward situation.在困境中2No sooner did his car touch the boulevard heading home than Ace flicked on the radio.As soon as his car touched the boulevard heading home, Ace flicked on the radio.3She'll pop her lid.She will be very angry.4He was beginning to feel like himself…"to feel like oneself" means to be in one's normal healthy and happy state.5He beat time on the accelerator.He stepped on and off the gas pedal in time with the music.6He just wanted too much for his money.He wanted too much work out of his employees. He overworked his employees to make more money.7…you had the brains to get out of it.…you were smart enough to leave the job.8this is just between us.this will be a secret between you and me.9any time Evey thinks she can do betterany time Evey thinks that she can lead a better life without you.10There, I've said it.The mother had been wanting to say this to her son for a long time but had been hesitating. Now finally she spoke out.11Evey's a wonderful girl of her own kind.Among people like her, that is to say, Roman Catholics, Evey is a wonderful girl. Here the mother is implying that to her Evey is not wonderful at all.12…but when they get out into the greater world.…but wen they leave their small Catholic world and mix with other people, their weakness becomes apparent.13…she's her mother's daughter.…she is just like her mother.14Well I had everything…Of course I was the best-natured boy, because you gave me all I wanted… Ace said this to appease his mother.15Cars were the death of legs.If you drove in a car all and time and did not walk often, your legs would become so weak that you wouldn't be able to walk much.16Every day, his hair-line looked higher.He was getting increasingly bald.17… that baldness shows virility.It is not a good thing to get bald when he was only in his late twenties, but he comforted himself by thinking that baldness showed his masculine strength and acctractiveness, which was regarded as very important in a man.18… Evey never got around to cooking.… Evey never managed to find time to cook the hot dogs.19…made him feel crowded.He felt upset because he felt the was pressured.20sure-fingered center中锋神投手21 a season's grand total一个赛季所得的总分22but then the sportswriters were all office boys anyway.Ace was unhappy, but he comforted himself by thinking that the sportswriters were not really smart journalists of always on the scence, but people who sat in offices, ignorant of what really happened.23…his stomach was tight.The feeling a person had when he was nervous, tense or anxious.24Whaddeya mean, …What do you mean, …25Ace eased into the living room and got hit with, …Ace moved slowly and quietly into the living room, but as soon as he was in the room, his wife abruptly threw a question at him.26Hit me…An American slang used in begging for something. Here she wanted Ace to give her a cigarette.27…who said it only had thirteen thousand on it.…the old man said that the car has only been driven thirteen thousand miles altogether. It here means the odometer.28he'd bought a suirrelhe'd bought something worthless29Suit yourself.You can do whatever you like, I don't care. This is an expression toshow one's displeasure towards the other person.30…and snap it back in line.… and move it backwards quickly straig ht in between the two cars.31"… He said" - Ace laughed again - "never mind."At first Ace was going to tell Evey what Friedman said, but he laughed, changed his mind and decided not to tell her.32Anybody under six-six they don't want.The professional basketball team doesn't want anybody who is under six feet and six inches in height.33that the be-all and end-all of my life is you and your hot-shot stuntsIf you think that yu and what you regard as your wonderful skills mean everything to me and that I can't get along without you and your skills, you are very much mistaken.34she's a natural…She is a born basketball player.35It's the cooktail hour.Time to relax and enjoy oneself.36This is getting us no place…This is getting us nowhere…; This is not solving any of our problems.37Fred Junior, I can see him now…We are going to have a son, I can even see him now…38…into his lead.The man led the woman in ballroom dancing (交谊舞). The woman followed the man's lead.39…keeping the beat with his shoulders.… he moved his shoulders to the rhythm of the music.40The music ate through his skin and mixed with the nerves and small veins.His whole being was immersed in music.41But I wanted to keep at it, for the family's sake.But I wanted to go on doing my present job in order to support the family.keep at something: work at; not give up 不息地做As long as you keep at it, you will succeed sooner or later.42Ace shose to let that go by.Ace did not make any response to what his mother said.go by: pass 经过We waited fot the procession (行列，队伍) to go by.43Bonnie is a dear little girl, but without a doubt she's her mother's daughter.Bonnie is a lovely girl, but doubtlessly she resembles her mother in nature.without a doubt: doubtlessly 毫无疑问Without a doubt, somebody must have broken into the house when we were away.44What the hell do you think - I read her tiny mind.What on earth do you think - I guessed what she thought.read one's mind: to understand what the other person thinks 看出某人的心思The boy likes to stay alone and no one can read his mind.45If you'd been on your feet all day a block would look like one hell of a long way.If you had stood all day a block would look like a very long way.be on one's feet: be standing 站立着I'm tired out for I have been on my feet all day.46I cut the smart stuff out ever since Palotta laid me off.I have no longer made a joke ever since I was fired by Palotta.cut out: stop doing or using 戒除，不再His doctor told him he must cut out tobacco.lay somebody off: dismiss somebody temporarily 暂时解雇The boss laid off his workmen because of the shortage of materials.47I'm fed up.I have had too much.be fed up: have had too much; be discontented 因多而厌烦，不满We are fed up with his story.Hanent整理。