英语生词p27,28.docx

New world 课文第二行： He was one of the greatest scientists the world has ever known，yet if I had to convey the essence of Albert Einstein in a single word，I would choose simplicity. essence n. 本质，实质；精华；香精 . 1.in essence 本质上，实质上；基本上；其实 2.of the essence 极其重要的 . The two things are the same in outward form but different in essence. 这两样东西表面相同， 但实质不同。 Speed was of the essence in a project of this type. 速度在一个这种类型的项目中至关重要。 （二）simplicity ? n. 朴素；简易；天真；愚蠢 课文第三行：Once，caught in a downpour，he took off his hat and held it under his coat. （三）downpour ? n. 倾盆大雨；注下 课文第五行：This knack for going instinctively to the heart of a matter was the secret of his major scientific discoveries——this and his extraordinary feeling for beauty. （四）knack [n?k] ? n. 1.诀窍；窍门；技巧；妙法 2.才能；技???；能力；本事 3.(言语、行动等的)习惯；癖 4.需要技巧的工作 5.[古语]玩具；小玩艺儿；小摆设 1.He has a knack of teaching arithmetic. 他教算术有诀窍。 （五）instinctively 词根：instinct ? adj. instinct 充满着的 instinctive 本能的；直觉的；天生的 ? n. instinct 本能，直觉；天性 What do we instinctively do? 出于本能，我们会怎么做？ 课文第九行：He had been among the first to be invited to the Institute，and was offered carte blanche as to salary. （六）carte blanche [kɑ:tbl?n?] 1.[复数] cartes blanches [法语] 2.全权委托 3.自由行动权，随心所欲 4.白卡片；签好字的空白纸(任人填写条件 课文第十九行:Then came the staggering—and altogether endearing—request：“Please go slowly. I do not understand things quickly.”This from Einstein！ （七）staggering 英 [st?ɡ?r??] ? adj. 蹒跚的；令人惊愕的；犹豫的 ? v. 蹒跚（stagger的ing形式） ? The implications of these phenomena for China, and for the world, are staggering. ? 这些现象对中国，乃至世界的影响都是惊人的。 （八）endearing 英 [?nd??r??; en-] 美 [?nd?r??] ? adj. 可爱的；讨人喜欢的；引起爱情的 ? Her characters are not very endearing. 跟读 ? 她的角色都不太讨人喜欢。 课文第二十一行：From then on，all vestiges of fear were gone （九）vestiges [vestid?iz] ? n. 痕迹（vestige的复数形式）；残留部分 课文第二十二行：Einstein was born in 1879 in the German city of Ulm. He had been no infant prodigy；indeed，he was so late in learning to speak that his parents feared he was a dullard. （十）infant prodigy ? 天才神童 （十一）dullard