时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:新东方现代文背诵篇章


英语课

  The American Revolution was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered 1 in, but they were not breathtaking. What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outright 2 revolution. During the conflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Most of them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of the more isolated 3 communities scarcely knew that a war was on.


  America's War of Independence heralded 4 the birth of three modern nations. One was Canada, which received its first large influx 5 of English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fled there from the United States. Another was Australia, which became a penal 6 colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors 7. The third newcomer-the United States-based itself squarely on republican principles.


  Yet even the political overturn was not so revolutionary as one might suppose. In some states, notably 8 Connecticut and Rhode Island, the war largely ratified 9 a colonial self-rule already existing. British officials, everywhere ousted 10, were replaced by a home-grown governing class, which promptly 11 sought a local substitute for king and Parliament.



1 ushered
v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The secretary ushered me into his office. 秘书把我领进他的办公室。
  • A round of parties ushered in the New Year. 一系列的晚会迎来了新年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 outright
adv.坦率地;彻底地;立即;adj.无疑的;彻底的
  • If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事,你应该直率地对我说。
  • You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。
3 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
4 heralded
v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 );宣布(好或重要)
  • The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 influx
n.流入,注入
  • The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
  • Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施,因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。
6 penal
adj.刑罚的;刑法上的
  • I hope you're familiar with penal code.我希望你们熟悉本州法律规则。
  • He underwent nineteen years of penal servitude for theft.他因犯了大窃案受过十九年的苦刑。
7 debtors
n.债务人,借方( debtor的名词复数 )
  • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Never in a debtors' prison? 从没有因债务坐过牢么? 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
8 notably
adv.值得注意地,显著地,尤其地,特别地
  • Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席,特别是连班长也没来。
  • A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小,一头银发,每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。
9 ratified
v.批准,签认(合约等)( ratify的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准,因此被宣布无效。
  • The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。
10 ousted
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺
  • He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
  • He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
11 promptly
adv.及时地,敏捷地
  • He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
  • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
学英语单词
adjoint functor
allyl guaiacol
Alpinism
ance keloid
anti-catholics
backfill compaction
battery tube
bava
blasting effect
bounds
bridge telegraph console
Bristol joint
bronchioalveolar
butane vaporphase isomerization
cast fan
cately
Cerasus yunnanensis
chlorooxon
co-text
concurrent flow dryer
control installation with narrow dead zone
converter amplifier
countercurrent drying
cumulative effort function
dc dump
delivery risk
derived dimension
desecrate
directory operational binding management protocol
discounting the news
dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Egeron, Selat
enly
Ewart sign
excretory substance
fadah
fenozolone
front month
genetic interaction
higher protist
hyperacoustic frequency
in-processing
inhonestate
Inkan
interference absorbent
iron sulphide ore
jesuitically
jiankang
key cards
Lamina granularis externa
leverets
losses from devaluation
Machilus rufipes
Marchihue
Margaret Tudor
mawp
middle plane
minorus
motor mowers
multiple-tool
nervi clunium superiores
Nicki
nykesha
objective forecasting
Oda, Jab.
pampus cinereus
parallax compensation
parvers
Pedicularis duclouxii
pneumatic tactile glove
prominent problem
prontosils
pulverain
push plate conveyor
radial probability density
radio ship's speedometer
rail screw-bolt power wrench
ransack one's brain s
rasted
requisitory
reva
scaled up
schizechenosy
scout about for
secondary troostite
sinking and drifting face
skagerrak (skagerak)
stator cascade loss
substrates
ters
time-compression curve
to wire
Tungus
tunica vaginalis communis
under indebtedness to
vectorial triangle
viewing section
walrus moustache
water bombers
wellflowered
word-formation
zaragozas