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
acceptor energy level
access control word
analog vlsi implementations
anomoly
antisweat
Applicable Law of the Ship's Mortgage
arsenic blanc
articuli
axotomous iron ore
bark ga(u)ge
brunder
by default
caffeine addict
call ... attention to
concealed motion
condoled with
cremasteric artery
day finger driving wheel
deficit financing bonds
derrera
desalting compartment
dicyclopentadienyliron
Dormatyl
drust
Ekitykskiy Khrebet
electrothermal baffle
extermine
fluoromolybdate
for all the difference sth makes
Fossa cubitalis
genus Lunda
genus Mysis
government-sanctioneds
hafnium (hf)
health sociology
immovable property tax
immunograms
infinitesimal area
info.
La Villa de Don Fadrique
laparo-elytrotomy
levy-bruhl
limnophora melanocephala
lithia mica (lepidolite)
make it a point to do something
map specifications
mass-penny
megacasino
megaphonically
minished
motor-boat
multisource alarm pheromone
mycalesis mineus
nonpenalized
obscurers
overtolerances
pars tuberalis (lobi glandularis hypophyseos)
plastic metal bearing alloys
point group lattice
populationist
primary biliary dyskinesia
pronormoblast
protective mask filter
queue element list
Redange
reef knot net moking machine
renouncest
reoxidations
reserve book
Saltykovka
scalping shoe
schwehm
Semarang
semi-lagrangian model
sense of polarization
shaft washer back face chamfer
shielded cave facility
side-looking radar display
Sigrid Undset
snsesws-s
spasmophile
Stadie method
stapped
steering bar
steppage gait
Sugar Feast
superterrific
synovial membrane
T-splice
tagils
take-off field length
Tazin R.
trader's schedule
true clover
uniformed services
videodisc microprocessor
vlaie
vulval vycol
waste prevention
weanest
working-mother
wrong-doing