Chapter 5 Surprises at the studio
詞匯與句型1.host n.東道主, 主人; 主辦人[地方, 機(jī)構(gòu)等]; (電視等的)節(jié)目主持人e.g. who will be the host for tonight's program? 誰(shuí)是今晚的節(jié)目主持人?反義詞：guest hostess n.女主人; 空中小姐性 (host 主人 + -ess女)e.g. air hostesses all smile when they serve the passengers. 空姐們?yōu)槌丝头⻊?wù)時(shí)總是滿(mǎn)臉笑容。2. calm adj.(水面)平靜的, (天氣)無(wú)風(fēng)的; 鎮(zhèn)定的, 沉著的; 寧?kù)o的, 心平氣和的e.g. the sea is now calm.海現(xiàn)在平靜了。vt. & vi. (使)平靜; (使)鎮(zhèn)定e.g. presently he calmed a little. 他很快就平靜一些了。習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)：keep calm! 安靜! 保持鎮(zhèn)靜! calm down 使平息, 使平靜 e.g. she is terribly excited.we must try to calm her down. 她激動(dòng)得厲害，我們必須想法使她平靜下來(lái)。參考詞匯 同義詞： calm peaceful quiet still 都含 “平靜的”意思。calm主要用于氣候、海洋“ 風(fēng)平浪靜的”, 也可指人表示“安靜的”、“鎮(zhèn)靜的”, e.g. the sky is blue, and the sea is calm.天空碧蘭, 海上風(fēng)平浪靜。although she was frightened, she answered with a calm voice.雖然她害怕, 但還是用平靜的聲音回答。peaceful指“和平的”表示“ 沒(méi)有騷擾和戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的”, e.g. a peaceful environment和平環(huán)境。quiet 指“ 沒(méi)有吵鬧聲的”、“ 沒(méi)有噪音的”,它強(qiáng)調(diào)“聲音很低、很少” 或“全然無(wú)聲”,e.g. he had a quiet life.他過(guò)著寧?kù)o的生活。still 指“沒(méi)聲音的”、“沒(méi)動(dòng)靜的”, e.g. the still hours before dawn黎明前的寂靜時(shí)刻。 3. surprise vt.使驚奇, 使詫異; 意外發(fā)現(xiàn)[撞見(jiàn)], 出其不意獲得(sur- =super- 上面 + prise 抓，原義是從上面出其不意地抓住)e.g. he may surprise us all yet. 他總有一天會(huì)讓我們大家驚奇。n. 驚奇, 驚訝; 令人吃驚的事物e.g. i'll never forget his surprise when we told him.我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記我們告訴他時(shí)他所表現(xiàn)出來(lái)的驚訝表情。e.g.we've had some unpleasant surprises. 我們得到了一些令人不快的意外消息。參考詞匯：surprise , amaze 作為動(dòng)詞在一起比較的一般含義是“使吃驚”。 surprise 是通用詞，它的含義是使人一愣。這種吃驚可能包含著高興也可能包含害怕或憂(yōu)慮。e.g. i rang the bell and was not surprised to see that herbert was as fat as ever.我按響了門(mén)鈴，毫不覺(jué)得奇怪地看到赫伯特仍然和以往一樣胖。 amaze 所表示的吃驚中包含著使人迷惑不解、困窘或驚疑不定。 e.g. he amazed me by his audacity. 他的無(wú)禮使我驚駭。 he stood in amaze at the sight. 他看到那種景象, 驚愕得呆呆地站在那里。 習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)：in surprise 驚奇地 to one's great surprise 使某人非常驚奇的是 surprise by 以…使(某人)驚奇e.g. we looked at the man in silent surprise. 我們不作聲驚訝地看著那個(gè)人。 to my surprise, the task was finished in only one week. 這任務(wù)竟然在一周內(nèi)就完成了。