Advice for Good Little Girls
英语课
Good little girls ought not to make mouths at their teachers for every trifling 1 offense 2. This kind of retaliation 3 should only be resorted to under peculiarly aggravating 4 circumstances.
If you have nothing but a rag doll stuffed with saw-dust, while one of your more fortunate little playmates has a costly 5 china one, you should treat her with a show of kindness, nevertheless. And you ought not to attempt to make a forcible swap 6 with her unless your conscience would justify 7 you in it, and you know you are able to do it.
You ought never to take your little brother's "chawing-gum" away from him by main force; it is better to rope him in with the promise of the first two dollars and a half you find floating down the river on a grindstone. In the artless simplicity 8 natural to his time of life, he will regard it as a perfectly 9 fair transaction. In all ages of the world this eminently 10 plausible 11 fiction has lured 12 the obtuse 13 infant to financial ruin and disaster.
If at any time you find it necessary to correct your brother, do not correct him with mud -- never on any account throw mud at him, because it will soil his clothes. It is better to scald him a little; for then you attain 14 two desirable results -- you secure his immediate 15 attention to the lesson you are inculcating, and, at the same time, your hot water will have a tendency to remove impurities 16 from his person -- and possibly the skin also, in spots.
If your mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong to reply that you won't. It is better and more becoming to intimate that you will do as she bids you, and then afterward 17 act quietly in the matter according to the dictates 18 of your better judgment 19.
You should ever bear in mind that it is to your kind parents that you are indebted for your food and your nice bed and your beautiful clothes, and for the privilege of staying home from school when you let on that you are sick. Therefore you ought to respect their little prejudices and humor their little whims 20 and put up with their little foibles, until they get to crowding you too much.
Good little girls should always show marked deference 21 for the aged 22. You ought never to "sass" old people -- unless they "sass" you first.
adj.微不足道的；没什么价值的
- They quarreled over a trifling matter.他们为这种微不足道的事情争吵。
- So far Europe has no doubt, gained a real conveniency,though surely a very trifling one.直到现在为止,欧洲无疑地已经获得了实在的便利，不过那确是一种微不足道的便利。
n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪
- I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
- His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
n.报复，反击
- retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
- He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.恼人的，讨厌的
- How aggravating to be interrupted! 被打扰，多令人生气呀！
- Diesel exhaust is particularly aggravating to many susceptible individuals. 许多体质敏感的人尤其反感柴油废气。
adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的
- It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
- This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。
n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易
- I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
- This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。
vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护
- He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
- Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？
n.简单，简易；朴素；直率，单纯
- She dressed with elegant simplicity.她穿着朴素高雅。
- The beauty of this plan is its simplicity.简明扼要是这个计划的一大特点。
adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
adv.突出地；显著地；不寻常地
- She seems eminently suitable for the job. 她看来非常适合这个工作。
- It was an eminently respectable boarding school. 这是所非常好的寄宿学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.似真实的，似乎有理的，似乎可信的
- His story sounded plausible.他说的那番话似乎是真实的。
- Her story sounded perfectly plausible.她的说辞听起来言之有理。
吸引，引诱（lure的过去式与过去分词形式）
- The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. 那小孩被诱骗上了车，但又设法逃掉了。
- Lured by the lust of gold,the pioneers pushed onward. 开拓者在黄金的诱惑下，继续奋力向前。
adj.钝的；愚钝的
- You were too obtuse to take the hint.你太迟钝了，没有理解这种暗示。
- "Sometimes it looks more like an obtuse triangle,"Winter said.“有时候它看起来更像一个钝角三角形。”温特说。
vt.达到，获得，完成
- I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科学的方法来达到这一目的。
- His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他为实现人生目标所下的苦功是值得称赞的。
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
不纯( impurity的名词复数 )； 不洁； 淫秽； 杂质
- A filter will remove most impurities found in water. 过滤器会滤掉水中的大部分杂质。
- Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities. 油经过提炼去除天然存在的杂质。
adv.后来；以后
- Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
- Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
n.命令，规定，要求( dictate的名词复数 )v.大声讲或读( dictate的第三人称单数 )；口授；支配；摆布
- Convention dictates that a minister should resign in such a situation. 依照常规部长在这种情况下应该辞职。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He always follows the dictates of common sense. 他总是按常识行事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见
- The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
- He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。
虚妄，禅病
- The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims. 那位伙伴很遗憾地说他不能说出那年轻人产生怪念头的原因。
- The rest she had for food and her own whims. 剩下的钱她用来吃饭和买一些自己喜欢的东西。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
n.尊重，顺从；敬意
- Do you treat your parents and teachers with deference?你对父母师长尊敬吗？
- The major defect of their work was deference to authority.他们的主要缺陷是趋从权威。
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