[NCE3] Lesson 1 A puma at large

词汇

spot

1. n. 斑点

   • a big red spot 一个大红斑
   • a spot on one’s reputation 某人名誉上有污点
   • A leopard won’t change its spots 江山易改，秉性难移

   spot of sth 一点…

   • a spot of bother 一点小麻烦
   • You seem to be having a spot of bother with your car,can I help? 你的车似乎遇到了一点小麻烦，需要帮助吗？

   a scenic spot 一个旅游景点

   • A great many of scenic spots are being spoilt by the ill-behaved tourists. 有很多很多风光景点正在被品行不端的游客破坏。
   • The Middle East is a hot spot. 中东是个热点地区。

   on the spot 到达现场

   • Ten minutes after calling 911, a police car arrived on the spot.

2. v. 发现 (在一大片茫茫的事物中发现一个小点)

   • Dr. Marcy and Dr. Butler also spotted the first “family” of three planets. Marcy博士和Butler博士首次发现了由三个行星组成的家族。

   • Chick Webb spotted her in an amateur competition when she was sixteen. 她十六岁时，在一次业余比赛中Chick Webb发现了她。

evidence

• n. 证据 表示证据的时候不可数
• a piece of evidence
• evident 清楚的，明显的（同根词）
• self-evident 不言自明的
  • Arthur Schopenhauer - All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. 所有的真理都经过三个阶段。第一阶段，被认为是荒谬的。第二阶段，被激烈反对。第三阶段，不言自明的。
  • We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. 我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的，即人人生而平等，造物主赋予他们某些不可剥夺的权利，其中包括生命、自由和对幸福的追求。（独立宣言片段）

accumulate

• v. 积累，积聚
  • accumulate knowledge/prssessions 积累知识/财富
  • I accumulated a large vocabulary.我积累了很大的词汇量
• amass （更正式）
  • amass a fortune 积累了一大笔财富
  • People tend to amass possessions.人们往往喜欢积累财富
• pile up 积累
  • Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind.同时，车子在后面越积越多
• collect
  • collect stamps 集邮
• gather
  • gather crops 收割庄稼
• hoard 囤积
  • Shenzhen real estate developers hoard large amounts of land.深圳的开发商囤积了大量的土地

oblige

• v. 使某人感到必须

  • be / feel obliged to do
    • Dear Mr. Wang,
    • Thank you very much for having offer me such a golden opportunity to work as a editor for Designs & Fashions, a best-selling magazine renowned for its extraordinary quality and taste. I was thrilled by the news and have tried my utmost, but after two months’ work I feel obliged to resign, which is truly a tough decision for me.
  • be/feel compelled to do
    • President Nixon felt compelled to resign.
  • be / feel impelled to do 出于内心的良知道义不得不做某事
    • He felt impelled to point out that they were making a dangerous mistake.

• obligation n. 责任，义务

Human being

• human being 可数
  • alien being 外星人
  • intelligent being 智慧生物
  • To be, or not to be:that is the question.
  • I think therefore I am.
• man
• mankind
• humankind
• human race
• humanity
  • a crime against humanity

corner

• v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境
  • Don’t corner me!
  • A cornered heast will do something desperate.穷寇莫追
• on / in / at / around the corner
  • My birthday is just around the corner.

convince

• v. 使某人信服
• convince sb. of sth.
  • He failed to convince the jury of his innocence.
• cure sb. of sth
  • The doctor cured him of his lung cancer.
• inform sb. of sth 通知某人某事
  • My ex-wife informed me of her marriage.
• remind sb. of sth
  • You remind me of one of my classmates.
  • rob sb. of sth
    • The robber robbed me of my wallet.
  • deprive sb. of sth.
    • Some criminals were deprived of political rights.
  • assure sb. of sth.
    • The dealer assured me of its quality.

somehow

• adv. 不知什么原因
  • And I couldn’t remember what it felt like when I could not walk down the street without holding her hand. I mean she was the same woman I fell in love with, she hadn’t changed. But somehow everything’s defferent. We’ve lost something along the way.
• somewhat
  • He was somewhat hungry.
  • He was somewhat embarrassed.
• somewhere
  • I’ve lost my wallet somewhere around here.

disturb

• v. 打扰，令人不安
  • Do not disturb.
  • I hope I’m not disturbing you.
  • Sorry to disturb you, but… 不着急的场合
    • Sorry to disturb you, but I really need your help.

课文

at large

TODO 待自查资料学习部分

1. see/find/observe
2. recognize sb.as… 认出来某人是谁
   • In the torchlight,he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins,our local grocer.
3. identify
   • ID card: identity card
   • UFO: unidentified flying object
4. 法庭相关的词
   • court 法庭
   • go to court 打官司（表示功能不加the）
   • settle sth. out of court 私了
   • accuse sb. of(doing) sth.因为某事控告某人
     • I accused him of stealing my sheep.我控告他偷了我家的羊。
   • charge sb. with(doing) sth.因为某事指责某人
     • I charge him with stealing my sheep.
   • 法庭场景中的一些相关词