Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab
New words and expressions
1. Smash v.打碎 –ash 撞击
Crash (car/plane)撞击 stop working
Eg:The computer crashed .
Eg:Stock market crashed.股市崩盘。
2. Grab v.抓住
Grab hold of sth 抓住某物 (suddenly and violently)
Grasp :firmly grasp a chance 抓住机会
Clutch (frightened)
Eg: A drowning man will clutch at straws.病急乱投医
Seize ①抓 eagerly seize power 争权夺利 ②侵袭 占据
Be seized with panic :一下子慌起来。
3. Jewel n.宝石 jewellery 宝石集合 Jew 犹太人
Precious stone 宝石 agate 玛瑙 jade 翡翠 Jade Palace
Ruby 红宝石 Ruby :a girl name
Sapphire 蓝宝石 diamond 钻石
4. Lace n. 花边 带子 necklace 项链 shoelace 鞋带
5. Ring 戒指 a wedding ring engagement ring 订婚戒指 an earing 耳环
6. Staff n.全体员工 (单复数同行)
On the staff :being a member of 成为… 一员
Eg It’s good to have you on the staff.与你一起共事真好。
复数强调个体 ：
Eg:The staff is working efficiently .我们工作效率高
单数强调整体：
The staff are working efficiently .我们各个效率都很高。
Faculty :all the teachers in a university.
Crew :all the people working on a ship or plane.
Cast:all the actors iin a firm or a play.
7. Background n.背景
Social background 社会背景 political background 政治背景 background knowledge 背景知识 background music 背景音乐 remain in the background/keep in the background .
8. Raid v./n a short attact to cause damage.
A night raid a raid on the bank .
Strike v./n 袭击 by air craft.
Air strike 空袭 blitz 闪电空袭 air blitz
Assail : to attact sb with blow or words 袭击，批评
Eg:The angry crowd assail the police with stones.
Assault :殴打，造成人身伤害
Ambush 伏击
9. Scramble v.爬行
climb with difficulty using hands to help .
scramble one’s brains :unable to think clearly 怎么也想不清楚
Eg：It scrambled my brains to hear that he was put into prison.
Scramble for 争先恐后
Scramble for power 争权夺利
10. Snake v./n
Eg: The path snakes its way down to the foot of the mountain .山间小路弯弯曲曲延伸到山脚下。
Snail n.蜗牛 sneak v. 蹑手蹑脚
Sneakers n.运动鞋
Sneak on sb 打别人小报告
Climb :一般的爬 crawl ：匍匐前进。
Text
1. Empty
Eg:I’m empty (hungry)
Empty mind 内心空虚
Eg: The arcade was empty :这条商业街空荡荡。
Empty <-> busy 熙熙攘攘
Eg:The street is deserted at midnight. 这条大街深夜万籁俱静。
Eg:Is this seat taken?/Is this seat saved ? 这个座位有人做吗？
It’s an open seat.Go ahead .没有坐，你坐吧。
2. Admire 高兴的看着，欣赏着
Enjoy :从… 得到快乐 appreciate 鉴赏
Window display :橱窗展示
Go window shopping :只看不买
Show :表演和展现
Fashion show 时装表演 talk show 脱口秀 baby show 宝宝秀 The Spring Festival Entertainment Show 春季联欢晚会
Exhibition :大型展览 make an exhibition of oneself 表现不得体(to behave in a very silly or embarrassing way) 出丑，出洋相。
Eg:The handsome gentleman stripped on the carpet and made quite an exhibition of himself. 那个潇洒的年轻人在地毯上绊了一下出尽了洋相。
Expo :博览会
3. Velvet n.丝绒
An iron hand in a velvet glove ：外柔内刚，口蜜腹剑，两面三刀
A velvet paw :笑面虎
4. Gaze at (to look at sth for a long time because sth is very beautiful or very interesting without consciousness)
Eg:He stood gazing at Hellen.他站在那里，凝视着hellen。
Glare at :to look at sb very angrily 怒目而视
Stare at :to look at sth directly for a long time :直勾勾盯着看
Gape at :with your mouth open especially when you are scared or surprised.吃惊不小，张达嘴。
Eg:People stood gaping at WTC as the building began to crumble in a fraction of a second.
Gawk at :in a way that looks stupid 傻乎乎看
Eg:Don’t stand gawking at girl all day!
5. The silence was broken :宁静突然被打破了。
Eg:the marriage is broken .
Eg.The deadlock is broken.
Eg:the peace was broken.
Eg.The record is broken.
Streak
Eg:Flashes and lightning streaked the sky.闪电划破了夜空。
6. Roar (动物)咆哮 (引擎) 喧哗
象声词：逼真性和比喻性
Rumble v.咕噜咕噜
Eg:The thunders rumbled in the distance.远处雷声阵阵。
Eg:My stomach will rumble at noon.我的肚子到了中午也咕噜叫。
Roll :常而低沉的声音 make a long low serier of sounds.
Eg:The drums rolled .鼓声阵阵。
Wail v.呼啸 eg:The cold wind was wailing .寒风呼啸。
7. With 独立主格
做伴随状语和原因状语。With 后面的名字与其后的形容词、副词、介词在逻辑上是主谓关系。
1) With +n +adv. Eg:With its headlights on,the car roared down the arcade.
With so many visitors about,we got stuck on the road.
2) With +n.+doing Eg:She entered the hall with everybody staring at her.
3) With + n. + prep Eg:With a book under his arm,he came in
4) With +n. +adj .Eg:With the window open,I was greeted with perfume of jasmine（茉莉花）.
5) With +n.+done Eg:With the daughter taken good care of,the couple went on vacation.
6) With +n.+to do Eg：With so much work to do,he stayed up all night.
8. Blare v.鸣叫
-are :big light or noise.
Flare v.闪耀 glare ：v.照耀 beep :to make a short ,high sound.
Beeper/pager :bp机 toot (喇叭)嘟嘟
Ring :eg:My ears are ringing .我的耳朵嗡嗡作响。
9. Come to a stop 停下来
Come to a pause 暂停下来 come to a halt 停下来 grind to a stop :各支一声停下来
Come to a close 接近尾声 Eg:The ceremony came to a close.
Come to an end
Eg:The war came to an end.
Come to a decision
Com to fame come to success come to silence.
10. Outside the jeweller’s 在珠宝店门外
‘s 两个用途
a. 表示所有格 b.表示地点
Eg：I drop in my uncle’s on my way home.
11. Stay at wheel 留在车里
Wheel 轮子，方向盘
Eg:America is a country on wheels.
Spin one’s wheels :虚度光阴
Eg：The playboy has nothing to do and just spins his wheels.
Put one’s shoulders to the wheel :鼎力相助，助人一臂之力
Eg:The former President Bush put his shoulders to his son’s wheel.
12. Black stockings 黑色面罩 黑色长袜
Blue stockings 女才子
Background notes:
The French philosopher Roussoau, once described a blue stocking as a woman who remains unmarried as long as there are sensible men in the world. She loves books more than anything else.
13. Help yourself to sth
Eg:Help yourself to some fish.随便吃点鱼。
To steal sth :肆意去拿，偷
Eg:He was too busy being wrapped with(忙于)his career to take care of his family.
14. Rush out 一下子冲出去 run after 跟着跑 look after 照顾
Take after 长的像 name after 仿照 (尤其西方取名字) read after :照我这样读
15. Ashtray 烟灰缸
Ash 烟灰 <<the Ashes of Time>> 东邪西毒
Tray 托盘 saucer 浅碟 flying saucer 飞碟
16. It is + impossible + to do sth 只有it才能做形式主语
Adj: impossible possible important essential 上述四个形容词需要使用it做形式主语
Eg:It is impossible for us to stop the thieves.
17. Get away with 携 ….潜逃
Eg：The criminal got away with public fund.罪犯携公款逃跑。
Run away with .私奔 eg：She ran way with her fancy man.跟情夫跑了。
Walk off with sth :顺手牵羊 Stow away 偷渡
Eg:many early immigrants in America stowed away from South America.
Idioms
1. White lie 善意的谎言
2. Black magic 巫术
3. Blue blood 贵族血统
4. Look blue 忧郁
5. Blue jokes 黄色笑话
6. Yellow pages 电话簿
7. Feel in the pink 兴高采烈
