Unit-1-3课件.ppt

36. It is a vast, sombre cavern of a room: a room that is like a vast sombre cavern 1) The noun cavern instead of the adjective cavernous makes the description more vivid. He was a tyrant of a landlord. (tyrannous) 2) sombre: lack of light or brightness; dark; gloomy; sad (光线暗淡；忧郁不快) 37. dim: lack of clarity of outline of physical things or mental ones (光线暗淡；愚昧迟钝);38. a huge pole Compare: Huge commonly suggests immensity of bulk. e. g. a huge mass of earth a huge leather bellows Vast suggests immensity of extent. e. g. a vast expanse of the sky huge stresses the greatness of a persons (or things) capacity. e. g. a huge eater Vast stresses a things range, scope or variety, as well as extent. e. g. vast knowledge, interests ;39. a blind-folded camel. .. walks constantly in a circle: 1) blind-folded: 2) Constantly means continuously, stressing firmness, steadiness and devotion; endlessly stresses weariness and tediousness and monotony. 40. extract: obtain from a substance by any chemical or mechanical operation, as by pressure, distillation（蒸馏、液化）, etc. ;41. and in superb condition-muscular, massive and stately: 1) superb: 2) muscular: 3) massive: 4) stately: The camel walks in a slow, deliberate and dignified pace, hence stately. （堂皇优雅；气宇宣昂）;42. The pressing. .. and their stone wheels: 1) ramshackle: 2) apparatus: Distinguish: apparatus; instrument; equipment; appliance; device; utensil 3) Note the use of tower and dwarf and the mental picture the author wants to create. tower: reach high (above or over surroundings) dwarf: make look small by contrast or distance ;43. The machine is operated by one / a man: The stress is on one, meaning not two or three men. If the words are replaced by a man, then the stress is on man, meaning not a woman or a boy ( girl). ;44. who shovels. .. in motion: 1) nimble: 2) a dizzy height: 3) throw ones