新概念2词汇 88-90

Lesson 88

trap

陷入

Six men have been trapped in a mine for seventeen hours.

6个人被困在矿井里已有17个小时了。

They were trapped in cave.

他们被困在山洞里。

Due to the heavy snow,they were trapped in the house in the mountain.

由于大雪，他们被困在山中的房子里。

surface

地面

If they are not brought to the surface soon they may lose their lives.

如果不把他们尽快救到地面上来，他们就有可以丧生。

The surface of the road in the rainy day is very slippery.

雨天路面很滑。

Many problems came to the surface.

许多问题浮出水面。

explosive

炸药

If explosives are used,

如果用炸药爆破，

vibrations 2 will cause the roof of the mine to collapse 3.

震动会引起矿顶塌落。

Nobel invented the explosive.

诺贝尔发明了炸药。

He is a brilliant explosive expert.

他是一个出色的爆破专家。

vibration 1

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震动

The earthquake sent the vibration to a village a hundred miles away.

地震把震动传到了一百英里以外的村庄。

The vibration of the earthquake lasted two days.

地震的余波托运费了两天。

collapse

坍塌

The bridge suddenly collasped.

桥突然塌了。

The house collaposed and five poeople were buried under the ruin.

房子塌了，有五个人被埋在废墟里。

drill

钻孔

Rescue workers are therefore dirlling a hole on the north side of the mine.

因此，营救人员在矿井的北侧钻了一个洞。

The workers were drilling holes on a road.

工人们在道路上钻孔。

capsule

容器

They intend to bring the men up in a special capsule.

他们准备用一种特制的容器把这6个人救上来。

The capsule was tightly sealed.

这个容器密封得很好。

Gas cannot escape from the capsule.

气体无法从容器里逃逸出来。

layer

层

If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil ,

如果不是因为土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石，

they would have completed the job in a few hours.

他们的营救工作仅用几个小时就可以完成了。

The furniture was covered with a fine layer of dust.

家具上蒙了一层薄薄的灰尘。

They only painted the first layer fo poaint.

他们刚刷了第一层油漆。

beneath

在。。之下

What is beneath the soil?

土壤下面是什么？

The shelf finally collapsed 4 beneath the weight of the books on it.

在书的重压下，书架最终塌了下来。

lower

放下

Meanwhile,a microphone,which was lowered into the mine two hours ago,

与此同时，两个小时以前放下井的一只麦克风

has enabled the men to keep in touch with their closest relatives.

使井下的人可以与其亲属保持联系。

She lowered her head under his gaze.

在他的注视下她低下了头。

The prices of several goods were lowered.

一些商品的价格降低了。

progress

进展

They have been told that rescue operations are progressing smoothly 5.

他们被告之营救工作进行得非常顺利。

The peace talks progressed well.

和平会谈进展得很好。

The economic cooperation progressed remarkably 6.

经济合作进展顺利。

smoonthly

顺利地

The project did not go smoothly.

这项工程进行得不太顺利。

Everything went on smoothly.

一切都进行得很顺利。

Lesson 89

Lesson 89

slip

小错误

a slip of the tongue

口误

That was a slip of the pen.

那是笔误

A slip of the tongue at the conference resulted in a big loss.

会议上的一个口误导致了一笔重大的损失。

comedy

喜剧

When news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema

当“皮尤”鸟食公司将在我们当地影院演出

by the P.and U.Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it.

喜剧节目的消息传开后，我们都赶紧跑去观看。

Some of Shakespeare's comedies are ended by a marriage.

莎士比亚的一些喜剧以有情人终成眷属结束。

I prefer comedy to tragedy.

我喜欢喜剧不喜欢悲剧。

present

演出

A new play is going to be presented in the Global Theater for weeks on end.

一部新戏将连续几周在环球剧院上演。

Everyone is required to be present at the lecture.

要求每人都要出席这个讲座。

queue

排队

We had to queue for hours to get in

我们不得不排了好几个小时才进得场去。

and there must have been several hundred people present

在演出开场内肯定

just before the show began.

已有好几百人了。

A large crowd of fans are queuing up for the pop star's autograph.

一大群歌迷正排队等流行歌星的亲笔签名。

They queued patiently to get into the auditorium 7.

他们耐心地排队进入礼堂。

dull

枯燥

Unfortunately,the show was one of teh dullest we have ever seen.

不幸的是，这次演出是我们看过的最乏味的演出了。

The lecture was so dull that many students dazed off.

这个讲座极其枯燥，以至很多学生都睡着了。

Many people left the party before it ended because it was very dull.

聚会索然无味，许多人在结束前就离开了。

artist

艺人

Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed,

那些没能进到场内的人没有必要感到失望。

as many of the artists who should have appeared did not come.

因为很应该出场的专业演员都没有来。

He is a famoust artist in Peking opera.

他是一名著名的京剧表演艺术家。

The performances given by the elderly artists won a great applause.

老一辈艺术家们的演出赢得了热烈的掌声。

advertiser

报幕员

The only funny things we heard that evening came from teh advertiser

那天晚上唯一有趣的事情是

at the beginning of the programme.

节目开始时那个报幕员的开场白。

The advertiser has a gentle voice and a radiant smile.

那个报幕员嗓音柔和，笑容灿烂。

She worked as an adveriser after her graduation.

一毕业她就当了报幕员。

Lesson 90

Lesson 90

chip

油煎土豆片

Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain.

油煎鱼加炸土豆片一直是英国人喜爱的一道菜。

Chips are his favorite snack.

油炸土豆片是他最喜欢的小吃。

He usually ordered a glass of Coke Cola,

他通常点一杯可乐，

a hamburger and chips for lunch.

一个汉堡包和薯条作为午餐。

overfish

过度捕捞

As the oceans have been overfished,

随着海洋里的滥捕滥捞，

fish has become more and more expensive.

鱼已经变得越来越昂贵。

Overfishing has destroyed the ecological 8 balance.

过度捕鱼已经破坏了生态平衡。

Many sea creatures are at the edge of extinction 9

由于过度捕鱼，

because of overfishing.

许多海洋生物濒于灭绝。

giant

巨大的

So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying

因此，听说北海石油钻井平台上的潜水员

the divers 10 on North Sea oil rigs.

受到巨型鱼类的恐吓，确实很让人吃惊。

He took giant strides forward.

他迈着大步前进。

When you pass the Tian'anmen Square,

路过天安门广场，

you can see a giant picture of Chairman Mao.

可以看到毛主席的巨幅画像。

terrify

吓

The figure in the dark terrified her out of her wits.

黑暗中的人影吓得她魂不附体。

The robber's threats terrified the old granny into handling over her purse.

歹徒的恐吓吓得老太太赶紧把钱包交出来。

diver

潜水员

Five divers descended 11 daily to look for teh remains 12 of the ship.

每天五名潜水员下潜到水下寻找船只的残骸。

As a diver,he worked several hours a day under the water.

作为一名潜水员，他每天在水下工作好几个小时。

oil rig

石油钻井

Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently

钻井平台需要经常修理，

and divers,who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water,

潜水员常常要在水面100英尺以下摸黑工作，

have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish

他们曾在工作时被到他们

bumping into them as they work.

身上的大鱼吓得惊慌失措。

The oil rigs are maintained once a month.

钻井平台每月维修一次。

China has imported some oil rigs.

中国进口了些钻井平台。

wit

理智

Jim is a boy with quick wits.

吉姆是个头脑灵活的孩子。

She is at her wits'end under the situation.

她对这种局势全然不知所措。

cage

笼

Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters.

现在他们有了特制的笼子，用来保护他们免受大鱼的侵袭。

She is like a bird in the cage.

她像一只笼中鸟。

Animals do not live in the cage in the natural reserve.

在自然保护区动物不在笼中生活。

shark

鲨鱼

The fish are not sharks or killer 13 whales,

这些鱼并不是鲨鱼或逆戟鲸，

but favourite eating varieties like cod 14 and skate

而是深受人们喜爱的食用鱼品种，

which grow to unnatural 15 sizes,

如鳕鱼和鳐鱼，

sometimes as much as twelve feet in length.

只不过它们长得出奇的大，有时长达12英尺。

Sharks are regarded as killers 16 in the cocean.

鲨鱼被视为海洋里的杀手。

Shark attack caused a great panic among the visitors at the sea-side.

鲨鱼的袭击在海滨度假者中引起了极大的恐慌。

whale

鲸

Some whales are very friendly to human beings.

一些鲸鱼对人类很友好。

It was reported that a school of whales

据报道，一群鲸鱼

had committed suicide at the sea-shore.

在海边集体自杀。

variety

品种

The supermarket sells watermellon and other fresh vareties in season.

这家超市出信西瓜和其他各色时鲜货。

cod

鳕

Cod is my favourite fish.

鳕鱼是我最喜欢吃的。

What does cod feed on?

鳕鱼以什么为食?

skate

鳐

He is good at cooking skate.

他擅长烹饪鳐鱼。

Guests praised the chef for the wonderful skate he cooked.

客人称赞厨师烧的鳐鱼非常可口。

factor

因素

Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large.

这些鱼能长得这么大是由3个因素造成的。

There are three factors contributing to his success.

他成功的因素有三个。

We should take all these factors into consideration.

我们必须把所有的因素考虑在内。

crew

全体工作人员

The plentiful 17 supply fo food thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs.

钻井平台工作人员抛向海里充足的食物。

All a-hundred-and-eight passengers and crew members died in the crash.

108名乘客和机务人员在这次飞机失事中丧生。

The crew had a nerrow escape in the big storm.

船员们在风暴中侥幸逃生。