Unit 1 The Dinner Party
1. shortly before WW1 一战前不久
2. track down 追溯，追查
3. be seated 就座
4. spring up 突然出现，开始
5. outgrow the jumping-on-a-chair-at the sight of a mouse era 不再像过去那样见到老鼠就跳到椅子上
6. That last ounce of self-control is what really counts.这多出来的一点自制力才是真正起作用的。
7. motion to sb 向某人示意signal to sb 8. whisper sth to sb 向某人嘀咕，耳语9. the America comes to with a start. 这个美国博物学家突然醒悟了.Startle-----startle10. bait for
a snake 蛇的诱饵
11. an empty room 一个空房子a bare marble floor 没铺地毯的大理石地板
barely any hair====hardly/scarcely any hair 12. serve the next course 上下一道菜a course of dish 一道菜13. frighten sb into doing sth 吓得某人去做…persuade sb into doing sthtalk sb into doing sth threaten sb into doing sth14. out of the corner of his eyes 从他的眼角里
15. Stare straight ahead 盯着往前看16. Not move a muscle 纹丝不动
17. Make for 前往18.Ring out
19. Slam the door shut20. Exclaim
21. at the sight of 一看见at the thought of 一想起
22. a heated/spirited discussion 一场激烈的争论
22. an example of perfect self-control 一个镇定自若的典范
23. A faint sm ile lights up the hostess’s face.Two spots of color brightened her face.A strange expression came over her face.
24. a colonial official 一个殖民地官员
25. give a large dinner party 办一个盛大的晚宴
26. a visiting American naturalist 美国访问博物学家
27. a spacious dining room 宽敞的餐厅28. the major 少校the colonel
29. feel like doing sth 想要/喜欢做某事30. commotion 混乱，骚动
31. The tone of his voice is so commanding that it silences everyone. 他的语调很威严，让每个人都静下来不出声.32. count three hundred 数三百下count up to three hundred 数到第三百下33. sit like stone images 像石雕一样坐着
Sit rooted
Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson
be of interest/important 很有趣/很重要obtain knowledge from many sources从许多源头获取知识personal investigation 个人调查
appoint him to a committee 派他去一个委员会
study papers on the subject 研究该课题的文件
make on-the-spot observations 做现场观察
By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class.无论是论出身还是论教育，杰弗逊都属于最高的社会阶层.
noble persons 贵族persons of noble origins 出身高贵的人
persons of humble origins 出身卑微的人
go out of one’s way to do sth 特意/专门去做某事a cooking pot 做饭的锅
If you will only do this, you may find out why people are dissatisfied. 如果也只有你愿意这样做，你才可能发现为什么人民不满意.
Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it.上帝赋予你一个判断正确和错误的头脑，就运用它吧.
form a correct judgment 形成正确的判断not hesitate a moment to do sth 毫不犹豫地去做某事the former and the latter 前者和后者
In a free country, there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength.在一个自由的国度，总会有冲突的意见，而这正是力量的源泉.
It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive.让自由保持活力的是冲突而不是绝对的一致.
There are two sides to every question. If you take one side with effect, those who take the other side will of course resent your actions.
每个问题都有两面.如果你有力地站在一方，那么另一方的人必定会憎恨你的行动.be chained to customs 受习俗的禁锢lose its usefulness 失去它的效用No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. 任何一个社会都不能制定出永久的宪法或永久的法律.
He didn’t fear new ideas, nor did he fear the future.他不惧怕新观点，也不惧怕未来.I steer my ship with hope, leaving fear behind.我满怀希望驾驶着帆船，把恐惧抛在身后.be based on knowledge 以知识为基石
men of his age===peer 同龄人
practice crop rotation and soil conservation 施行作物轮作和土壤保持
standard practice 标准的做法be superior to any other in existence
比现存的任何做法都优越be inferior to 不如…
Of all Jefferson’s many talents, one is central.
在杰弗逊的诸多才能中，其中一个是重要的.
He was above all a good and tireless writer.首先，他是个优秀的不知疲倦的作家.Ageless-----parentless-----timeless
31. complete works 全集32. when the time came to do sth当该做…的时候33. the task of writing it was his. 撰写的任务都落在他的肩头了.
34. We hold those truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.]
我们坚信这些不言而喻的事实：人人生而平等.Every is born equal.
35. He left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples.
