Lesson_28

alert a.警觉的,留神的,注 意到的 vt.向…报警,使警惕; 使认识到,使意识到
Keeping alert in the fire is important for people's finding the way out. ;发生火警时,保持机警对于人们逃生来讲很重要.
The seismogragh invented by Zhang Heng in 132 A.D. ;张衡在公元132年发明的地动仪
could alert people to the coming of earthquake. ;能向人们发出地震来临时的警报.

alliance n.结盟,联盟
China is a nonaligned country which will never enter into other countries' alliances. ;中国是不结盟国家,不会加入其他国家的联盟.

bore vt.使厌烦,使用厌倦; 钻(孔),挖(洞) n.令人讨厌的人(或事)
You are such a bore at parties because you don't dance,sing or talk. ;你真是个闷东西,聚会上你不唱不跳也不说话.
Don't bore me with this kind of boring jokes! ;别再说这种无聊的笑话来烦我!

confirm vt.证实,肯定; 进一步确定,确认; 批准
The successfully cloned sheep Dolly ;绵羊多利的克隆成功
confirmed the feasibility of clone technology. ;证实了克隆技术的可行性.
After a three-month probationary period, I was confirmed in my post. ;经过3个月试用期,我获准正式就任该职位.

confront vt.迎面遇到,遭遇; 勇敢地面对,正视; 使对峙使当面对证
The reason why Ruan Lingyu committed suicide ;阮玲玉之所以自杀是
was because she couldn't confront the rumors fabricated by people. ;因为她无法面对人们捏造出来的谣言.
When confronted with evidence of his guilt. Mc vigh confessed. ;面对罪证迈克维供认不讳.

consent n.准许,同意,赞成 vi.(~ to)准许,同意, 赞成
What will you do if your parents don't give you their consent to your marriage? ;如果你父母不同意你的婚事,你会怎么办?

conservation n.保存,(对大自然资 源的)保护,避免浪费
There is a need for the conservation of trees,or there will soon be no forests. ;有必要保护树木,否则不久将会没有森林了.

dictate v.口授,口述;命令, 支配 n.命令,规定,要求
For secretary,knowing shorthand is very useful when the boss is dictating letters. ;对于秘书来说,谙熟速记在向老板口授信件时很有用.
Employees should learn to say "no" to their bosses' unreasonable dictates. ;雇员应学会对上司不合理的要求说“不”.

digest vt.消化;吸收,领悟 n.文摘
Spoon-feeding the students can't help them digest what they have been taught. ;用填鸭式的教育方式教学生无助于学生消化(老师)所传授的知识.
The Reader's Digest is a very popular magazine in the United States. ;《读者文摘》是美国的一本颇流行的杂志.

entertainment n.娱乐;文娱节目, 表演会;招待, 款待,请客
Some people say that Steven Chow's movies cannot be regarded as mere entertainment ;有人说周星驰的电影不能简单地看成是供娱乐消遣 的,
but in fact they tell the audience much more ;而实际上它给观众展示更深刻的内容.
"Thank you very much for the entertainment! "And you thank you for coming!" ;“谢谢你的款待!”“谢谢光临!”

error n.错误,差错
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. ;无理性地推崇真理会比合理的错误更有害.

explode vi.爆炸;爆发; 迅速扩大,激增 vt.使爆炸;使爆发
If you turn on the lights when there is a gas leak,the house may explode. ;如果在煤气泄漏的时候开灯,房子就可能会爆炸.
The exploding world population may lead to an energy crisis. ;世界人口迅速增长可能会导致能源??

explore v.勘探,探测; 探究,探索
Peary Robert explored the North Pole in 1909 ;帕利.罗伯特在1909年对北极进行了探险.
Although the room was filled with laughter, Jane Eyre still felt very lonely. ;虽然房间里充满了笑声, 但是简.爱还是觉得很孤单.

fill vt.装满,充满,布满; 以…充注,填塞;满足 vi.被充满n.充分,足够
Wu Song drank his fill before he climbed the Jing Yang Gang hill. ;武松在过景阳岗之前喝了个够.

gaze vi.凝视,注视 n.凝视,端详
In those boring lectures, ;在那些沉闷的课堂教学 中,
many students just sat gazing through the classroom window. ;许多学生只是呆呆地望着窗外.

glance vi.看一眼;扫视 n.一瞥,扫视.
It was said that Hua Tuo,the well-known Chinese doctor in ancient times ;据说,中国古时候的名医华佗
could tell whether a person was ill with only one glance at his face. ;只要朝人脸上看一眼, 就知道他是否有病.

historical a.历史(上)的, 史学的
Pocahontas is a real historical American Indian figure, ;宝嘉康蒂是一个真实的美洲印第安人的历史人物,
but the Hollywood cartoon movie- ;但是好莱坞动画电影
Pocahontas has twisted the historical facts about her. ;《风中奇缘》歪曲了有关她的历史事实.

historic a.历史上著名的, 具有重大历史意义的
July 13,2001 has become a historic day for China ;2001年7月13日成为中 国历史上具有重大意义的日子
-Beijing succeeded in the 2008 Olympic bid. ;--北京申办2008年奥运会获得成功.

influential a.有影响力的; 有权势的
With the success of the Olympic bid, Beijing will become a world-influential city ;申奥成功,北京将成为一个有世界影响力的城市.

oppose v.反对,反抗
Many people were firmly opposed to ;很多人强烈反对
Cathay Pacific's hiring British pilots at a high salary. ;国泰航高薪聘用英国飞行员.

pledge n.保证,誓言 vt.保证,许诺
My dear,please take this ring as a pledge of my love. ;亲爱的,请接受这个戒指作为我真爱的信物.
You must make a pledge to keep the secret. ;你必须发誓保密.

slip vi.滑倒,滑落;溜走; 下降,跌落 vt.悄悄放进 n.疏漏,差错
Be careful not to slip on the ice. ;小心别在冰上滑倒了.
The years slipped by. ;岁月在不知不觉中消逝.
Tom slipped the candy into his mouth in class, ;在课堂上,汤姆偷偷地把糖块放进嘴里,
but that still couldn't avoid the teacher's eyes. ;但那还是逃不过老师的眼睛.

slippery a.滑的;油滑的, 狡猾的,不可靠的
Drive carefully:the roads are wet and slippery. ;路上又湿又滑, 开车要小心.
I don't like those slippery salesmen. ;我不喜欢那些油嘴滑舌的推销员.

tolerance n.宽容,容忍; 忍耐(力)
Turn the volume down, please.I have little tolerance for noise. ;请把音量关小,我对噪音的忍耐力是有限的.
Tolerance between the races of the world is a must. ;世界各民族间的互相宽容是必须的.